Audio Messages & Sermon Series - Crosswinds, Plainfield, IL

Jesus was a man! No big revelation huh! Or is it? In today’s message we will be talking about what we can learn about manhood from Jesus. He had fierce love for His father and for all of us, and was willing to battle sin and death for us! Men, let’s follow Him into glory!

Stoking spiritual fire in our hearts takes the Holy Spirit stirring the coals of the church by convincing us of sin, and blowing in the fresh oxygen of grace at the same time by convincing us of the goodness of Christ to sinners. In addition, we must be convinced of judgement and that it is placed on Him so that we may go free and fight our sin from victory, not for victory.

Does the fire of your faith need to be stoked so that it does not grow cold? In today’s message we look at the role of the Holy Spirit as oxygen stoking our fire while He lives in us through the power of Jesus' words as we abide in Him!

The message on Psalm 22, reflects on how sorrow, suffering, and lament are real parts of the human experience and the Christian life. Scripture shows that God meets people in their pain and uses suffering to shape endurance, character, and hope in Christ. Because Jesus entered human suffering and carried it to the cross, believers can bring their sorrow honestly to God and find hope and transformation through Him.

Is artificial intelligence evil? That is the question Pastor Ken took on Sunday — and his answer was not a tech lecture. It was a walk through Matthew 15, where religious leaders confronted Jesus over something that looked scandalous on the surface: his disciples eating bread with unwashed hands. Jesus flipped the argument upside down. It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth (Matthew 15:11). Mark 7:20-23 says it even more bluntly — evil comes from within, out of the heart.

The scripture is Philippians 4:14-23 — Paul's closing words to a church that had supported him while he sat in prison. On the surface, it sounds like a polite "thanks for the cash." But Paul does something remarkable with it. He borrows the language of a business ledger ("credited to your account," "paid in full," "well supplied") and turns it into a picture of friendship. These believers weren't patrons buying influence, and Paul wasn't a client on the payroll. They were partners in the gospel.

In Philippians 4:1–3, Paul urges believers to stand firm in the Lord and calls Euodia and Syntyche to agree in Him, teaching us that Christian unity is more important than winning every argument. Unity does not mean agreeing on everything, but choosing love, humility, forgiveness and the mission of the gospel over personal opinions and the need to be right.

Paul in Philippians 3:12-21 reminds us that we have not yet “arrived,” but are called to press on toward Christ, refusing to let our past, failures, circumstances, or pursuit of perfection keep us stuck. Because Christ has already made us His own, we do not run to earn salvation—we run from a position of grace, keeping our eyes on the heavenly goal and remembering that our citizenship is in heaven.