We can’t talk about peace, especially as something we are to ‘do’ (Matt. 5.9) without talking about relationships and interactions with other people.  Peace is not only an important part of who the Church is (those whom God has brought together, the new humanity in Christ) but what we’re called to pursue in our interactions […]

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Peace Be With You – 5 – Romans 12.17-21

In this message, our series on peace turns from what God has done to give us peace to what is required of us to live in and make peace.  In the Bible, there is a very close relationship between righteousness and peace.  Righteousness is not only the ‘status’ God has given us by faith in […]

Peace Be With You – 4 – Isaiah 57.14-21

With the fall of humanity came the brokenness of shalom.  Who could possibly restore it?  Only God can do it but only a human being should do it (since we broke it in the first place).  What can be done?  The answer in the ‘big story’ of the Bible is not a ‘what’ but at […]

Peace Be With You – 3 – Colossians 1.15-23

Why is peace so elusive?  Why do we often only get small glimpses of shalom?  To understand, we must go back to the beginning of the ‘big story’ that the Bible tells.  All of our lives are lived under a larger story which has four chapters: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Last Things.  No matter what […]

Peace Be With You – 2 – Genesis 3.20-24

Peace.  It seems to be in short supply in these days of upheaval.  No one should know more about true peace than a follower of Jesus Christ and no one should be working harder to bring peace than a follower of Jesus Christ.  But what is peace?  It’s far more than the absence of conflict […]

Peace Be With You – 1 – Matthew 5.9

This is the second part of the Glory Days series based on the book of Haggai.  God raised up the prophet Haggai in order to confront His people who had failed to rebuild the temple after returning from their exile in Babylon.  The messages in chapter 2 of the book turn from challenge/confrontation to promise.  […]

Glory Days – 2 – Haggai 2.1-23

This two-message series covers the entirety of the book of Haggai.  Haggai was a prophet called by God to confront the people of Judah who had returned from exile but failed to complete the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  For too long they had focused on their own lives (‘houses’) to the neglect of […]

Glory Days – 1 – Haggai 1.1-15

This is the final message in the Align series.  Though no one knew God better than the prophet Jonah, his story reveals that it’s possible to know God well yet still have a heart that is out of alignment with his.  In this part of the story, Jonah expresses his outrage over God’s choice to […]

Align 4 – Jonah 4.1-11

In this part of the story of Jonah, the prophet is given another command to go to Nineveh and declare God’s message to the city.  This time Jonah obeys, even if reluctant to do so.  On the first day of Jonah’s proclamation, the city as a whole repents of its evil doing and seeks the […]

Align 3 – Jonah 3.1-10

Message two in the Align series focuses on Jonah’s powerful and personal experience of God’s grace.  We learn that, apart from grace, there can be no alignment of our hearts with God’s.  Jonah’s experience of God’s gracious saving work teaches us three important lessons: 1.) Grace makes our story continue  2.) Grace runs as deep […]

Align 2 – Jonah 1.17-2.10

In his day, no one knew the heart of God better than Jonah.  Even so, the book that bears his name reveals that his heart was not fully aligned with the God he knew so well.  When God said to go, he ran.  When God said to preach, he objected.  When God chose to forgive, […]

Align 1 – Jonah 1.1-16

In this final message of the series, we look at how Paul closes his letter to the Philippians.  The close of the letter is essentially Paul’s acknowledgement of the monetary gift he had received from the church.  He expresses joy in that the church had been able to renew their concern for him but also […]

Like Stars #7 – Concern – Philippians 4.10-23

In this message, we learn how Paul expected the Philippian church (and us as well!) to grow in their capacity to live by faith.  This means that we need a change of address (citizenship in heaven, not, ultimately, on earth), a change in character, and a change of mind (our thinking patterns).  Along with these […]

Like Stars #6 – Capacity – Philippians 3.15-21 & 4.4-9

The theme of this week’s message is Confidence.  Paul wants the Philippians (and us!) to be confident that our salvation is based not on law keeping but only on faith.  By faith we receive God’s free gift of salvation which is based on the sacrificial, substitutionary death of Jesus Christ and his resurrection.  The gospel […]

Like Stars #5 – Confidence – Philippians 3.1-14

In this passage, Paul holds up Timothy & Epaphroditus as examples of people who ‘conduct themselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ’.  This passage is important because it offers us a window into the cooperative partnerships that have characterized gospel ministry from the very beginning.  Paul wasn’t a ‘paper’ Apostle, he had […]

Like Stars #4 – Cooperation – Philippians 2.19-30

Kirk Crossing is a church in Jenks, OK pastored by Sean Farver. These podcast episodes are our Sunday morning messages.

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