All In, with Kirk Crossing

In the final message of the series we wrestle with Jesus’ command that we are to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.  Of all the teachings […]

This week’s upside down and backward truth is that we find our lives by losing them.  Matthew 10 is a very challenging chapter in which Jesus sent out twelve of […]

This week’s ‘upside down & backward’ truth is that we rejoice is suffering.  This is a very difficult sounding truth because no one would rightly say that they enjoy suffering.  As […]

In the third message of this series, we encounter the upside down and backward truth that we are strong when we are weak. In 2 Corinthians, Paul had to defend his […]

The second counterintuitive truth of this series is that we die in order to truly live.  In the natural way of thinking, death follows life.  But in God’s kingdom, life […]

The Bible contains many teachings which seem counterintuitive.  For example, we live by dying with Christ.  We lose our lives in order to find them.  We are strong when we […]

In the final message of this series, we ask the question, “Is Jesus Lord?”  If he’s not a liar or a lunatic, it must be that he is Lord.  It […]

Was Jesus a lunatic?  In John chapter 6, Jesus made the proclamation that “whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life.”  He added, “for my flesh […]

Many people today think of Jesus as nothing more than a good, inspiring, moral teacher who lived a long time ago and influenced the thinking and behavior of many people […]

Is Christianity to be rejected because it claims ultimate or absolute Truth?  Is it to be rejected because it claims to provide the only means of salvation possible for human beings?  […]