We want Crossroads to be a place where all kinds of questions can be asked, and you can belong even if you’re not sure what you believe. Pastor Brent begins our new series, Let’s Talk About It: Doubt, letting us know that if we doubt, we’re in good company. 

Speaker: Brent Faulkner

Date: October 5

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(00:00) Intro

(13:28) Doubt is not the enemy of faith & Doubt can be a doorway to deeper faith

(23:22) Don’t let doubt become a dead end

(26:27) If you’re doubting …

(34:40) If someone you know is doubting …

(38:12) Conclusion

(41:56) Prayer

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Some seasons of life require me to restructure a friendship. Pastor Luke teaches us how to know when it’s time to pull away from a friendship.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 28

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(00:00) Intro

(03:24) Some seasons of life require me to restructure a friendship

(06:02) I cannot live the right life if my biggest influences are the wrong friends

(16:00) Be healthy, set healthy boundaries, and be rooted in good community

(22:42) 1. When someone is pulling me away from God’s plan

(28:30) 2. When there is unreconciled offense

(36:44) 3. When a conflict cannot be resolved

(39:00) Conclusion

(42:45) Prayer

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We need to make allowances for each other’s faults. As Pastor Luke continues our The Lost Art of Friendship series, he teaches us to forgive, love, be peaceful, and be thankful.  

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 21

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(00:00) Intro

(01:08) Colossians 3 and Ephesians 4

(11:27) Be quick to forgive

(22:32) Let love be my guide

(30:32) Let peace rule in my heart

(35:01) Let thankfulness overflow

(38:41) Prayer

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We have to choose our closest friends cautiously and wisely. Pastor Luke teaches us what the right friends do and don’t do.  

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 14

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(00:00) Sluka’s story

(06:19) Intro

(13:07) Friends to avoid

(20:03) I shouldn’t expect non-believers to live like Jesus

(30:12) I have to choose my closest friends cautiously and wisely

(32:08) 1. Right friends give right advice

(33:07) 2. Right friends encourage one another

(36:59) 3. Right friends can challenge me

(41:25) 4. To have great friends, I have to be a great friend

(43:02) Sluka’s Friends video

(46:27) Week 2 Application

(50:30) Prayer

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Spiritual growth best happens in the context of relationships. In the first week of our new series, The Lost Art of Friendship, Pastor Luke teaches us how to build community around us.  

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 7

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(00:00) Intro

(06:58) Spiritual growth best happens in the context of relationships

(12:48) 1. We accomplish more together

(21:38) 2. We support one another

(25:00) 3. We avoid isolation ignorance

(28:32) 4. We need help with healing

(32:49) Week 1 Application

(41:09) Prayer

What would Jesus do if he were me? In our last message of our The Power of Discipleship series, Pastor Caleb teaches us that doing what Jesus did requires more willpower than it does horsepower.  

Speaker: Caleb Maple

Date: August 31

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(00:00) Intro

(04:43) What would Jesus do if he were me?

(12:08) Doing what Jesus did requires more willpower than it does horsepower.

(17:27) Discipleship Diagram

(21:42) Doing what Jesus did in everyday life

(26:47) How am I living out the 10k life?

(33:28) Prayer

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Who are you becoming? As we continue our The Power of Discipleship series, Pastor Luke shares with us the ways to become like Jesus.  

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: Aug. 24

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(00:00) Intro

(05:11) Who am I becoming?

(07:48) Growth Preventers

(10:11) Becoming Like Jesus: 1. Disciplines

(15:49) Becoming Like Jesus: 2. Teachings

(22:01) Becoming Like Jesus: 3. Relationships

(26:56) Becoming Like Jesus: 4. Awareness of the Holy Spirit

(32:38) Becoming Like Jesus: 5. In Tension

(39:26) Conclusion

(40:24) Prayer

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Jesus told us to go and make disciples. Pastor Luke, in the first message of our The Power of Discipleship series, teaches us what being a disciple means. 

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: Aug. 17

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(00:00) Intro

(03:02) Go and make disciples & Disciple: a follower

(07:20) “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

(17:44) Be With Jesus: Abide

(25:11) Be With Jesus: Worship

(28:27) Be With Jesus: One-anothering

(31:25) What is my role in discipleship?

(35:48) Conclusion

(36:58) Prayer

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In the last week of our Radical Prayers series, Pastor Luke asks us to pray, “God, give me great boldness.” Because when you know and trust your savior, you no longer have a need to play it safe.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: Aug. 10

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(00:00) Intro

(04:55) God, give me great boldness

(17:56) When you know and trust your savior, you no longer have a need to play it safe

(26:19) 1. Prepare for opposition

(30:26) 2. Prepare to see God move

(33:39) 3. Take your next step in faith

(35:49) 4. Bold faith fulfills like nothing else will

(38:53) Prayer

The prayer to search me isn’t an easy prayer. It’s a radical prayer, but it can also lead to incredible freedom and wholeness. Pastor Brent takes us through Psalm 139, showing us that there are actually four little prayers in this one prayer.

Speaker: Brent Faulkner

Date: Aug. 3

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(00:00) Intro

(03:20) Psalm 139v23-24

(11:54) Search me, O God, and know my heart

(17:34) Test me and know my anxious thoughts

(23:52) Point out anything in my that offends you

(31:10) Lead me along the path of everlasting life

(34:06) Search Me

(36:05) Prayer

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