Crossing Community Church

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.

God has been accused of being a "moral monster." Many feel like they can't reconcile the violence of the Old Testament with the message of love in the New Testament. Today Pastor Tim walks us through several passages from the Bible to answer some of these questions.

While the story of Noah and the flood is a story of judgement it's a story of compassion and sadness as well. In our study of Genesis this week we see the broken heart of God over the corruption of His creation.