Fake News is all the rage but it's not a new thing. Thousands of years ago the Apostle Paul was addressing the 'fake news' that Jesus never rose from the dead. On this Resurrection Sunday we look at history and Scripture to confirm the truth -- that Jesus did rise from the tomb!

All the players were assembled. All the agendas were presented. Pharisees, Romans, true followers of Jesus, the disciples, those seeking a new Jewish nation and the sight seers -- all the elements for a perfect storm. And in rides Jesus on a donkey. Such a seemingly simple act, but in reality is like a match on gasoline. Jesus confronts every agenda and assumption as He proclaims Himself as the Messiah!

Exactly what did Ham do that was so wrong? This week we explore Genesis 9 and take a look at this puzzling passage. Nestled in this passage we find eternal truth for parents and children.

This week our guest speaker was Mordechai Wiseman. He is the Chairman and CEO of Israel Firstfruits Center for Economic Advancement. He spoke to us about what it means to be a priestly servant leader in order to manifest the Kingdom of God here on Earth through prayer, repentance, submission and discipleship. It was a strong challenge to move from being an 'observer' to a 'server.'

In Genesis 9 God makes a covenant with Noah. Later He'll make other covenants with Abraham, Moses and David and finally the New Covenant will be instituted by Jesus Himself. Why are covenants important? What do we learn about God from them? Be encouraged as we are reminded that God demonstrates an everlasting faithfulness towards us. He can never break His promises to us!

Joe Darrow, our missionary in Kensington, shared today about how he is seeing faith jump from the book of Hebrews into every day life in many aspects of his family and his ministry -- from K&A in Philly to the Congo!

Rich Mears, a long-time Crossing member and one of our missionaries, shares about how God is using soccer to bring children to Christ all over the world. Enjoy his stories of children in Bensalem and Haiti trusting Christ as well as the time he was shot while serving in Haiti.

Genesis 9 is packed with learning opportunities! This week we focused on Genesis 9:6 where God states that whoever sheds a man's blood must pay with his own blood. How does capital punishment line up with the Christian position on abortion and war?

Genesis 8 begins with these words, "But God remembered Noah." Don't we all need to be reminded that God NEVER forgets His people. Even if we have been floating in an ark for a really long time, God has not forgotten you!

As the story of the ark unfolds in Genesis 7 it's natural for there to be a lot of questions. How did all those animals fit on the ark? How were they fed and cleaned up after? How did Noah get all of them on the ark? But God didn't give us all those details. Instead we must focus on what we know -- for that is what is important to God, therefore it should be important to us.