Audio Messages & Sermon Series - Crosswinds, Plainfield, IL

In John Chapter 7 Jesus the man who claimed to be God tells the most religious people on the planet that they do not know God! They seek to kill him yet in His mercy Jesus invites even his enemies to drink of Him and know eternal life. Where are you quenching your thirst for God? In Jesus or in the functional saviors of your life. If in Jesus then according to His word out of your heart will flow rivers of living water to refresh thirsty souls around you.

In Today’s message Pastor Ken coaches us by telling us to “Stay Down To Go Up!” in our worship of God! True worship of God does not happen by accident by the commit of your whole mind, body, and soul to God. Pastor Ken shares that learning to worship is much like the way he learned to pole vault in High School! When we train well as disciples we will reach new heights in our relationship with Jesus!

“Are You Rowing or Flowing” In today’s message Pastor Ken challenges us to become active in fellowship with God and His people. Fellowship is not a party but a party with a purpose. We are not just a party having fun but a party on a rescue mission.

In this week’s message Pastor Ken shares how we can “Get one in the net” for Jesus and win at this game called church. To fulfill the great commission we need to commit ourselves to making disciples. The key is to learn from the master fisherman Jesus how to work together to catch men in His net of love.

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.