Audio Messages & Sermon Series - Crosswinds, Plainfield, IL

We all know that we only have just so much time on this earth. We sometimes ask, When will I die? but a more relevant question is, How am I living? In this last “About Face” message, Pastor John explains that living as a martyr means living as a witness to the fact that your life is going to extend beyond your earthly existence.

To some, being spiritual means dedicated to your religion. Or it can mean meditation, mysticism, or not connected with the here and now.

These are tough economic times: job losses, declining portfolios, and dropping home values. In this message from 2 Corinthians 8-9, Pastor John makes some observations on how to find financial grace through giving, even in the hardest economic times.

All of us are influencers at one level or another. Influence is about more than just using the right words. It’s about recognizing and practicing some vital behaviors. In this message, Pastor John looks at the life of Paul to discover some keys to influence.

There’s no doubt that we live in a pluralistic culture. Plurality is a fact of our increasingly mobile society, and technology which shortens the time and distance between cultures. What we need to learn is how to respond to the ideology of pluralism – that faith is private, or that different religions are not a matter of truth vs. falsehood, but of different perceptions of the same truth.

Do you want to be more loving? The Bible is not for information, but for transformation, and in reading Scripture, we can become transformed into people who are more loving and less loveless.

God opens the door to freedom and true worship. In this message, Pastor John shows how one man’s imprisonment led to another man’s freedom – and how we can all find freedom by calling on Jesus’ name

Chances are, you are overcommitted, and it’s time for you and I to sort out our commitments. You will be more effective in life being fully committed to a few good things, rather than half-committed to a dozen. In today’s message, Pastor John talks about how God opens the door to a new mission in life.

Almost all heroes have a mentor, a caretaker, or someone behind the scenes providing necessary support, encouragement, and guidance. In this message, Pastor John looks at how Mordecai the Jew served as a mentor to his adopted daughter Esther, enabling her to be transformed from a beauty queen to a shero.

What does it mean to be made for more? It does not mean you were made for more stuff, not more power, not more money not more possessions. You were not born primarily for these things. Pastor John Stillman takes a deeper look into Psalm 122 to answer the question what were we made for.