Audio Messages & Sermon Series - Crosswinds, Plainfield, IL

The Incredible Hulk made anger and rage heroic. Countless little boys (and little girls) and grown boys have “hulked out” and felt powerful. But it’s a false, self-destructive power. In this message, Pastor John describes a more powerful and effective way to manage anger.

God put you here on earth to do two things: to learn to love Him and to learn to love other people. In this message, Pastor John shares three reasons why love matters most.

Jesus wants you and me to be experts at love. In this message, Pastor John explores three ways that we can imitate Jesus as expert lovers of others.

One time, a man asked Jesus how he could really live, and Jesus' answer blew him away. In our second message on the habits of faithful communities, Pastor John looks at the habit of love.

God wants us to learn how to love because it makes us like Him and prepares us for eternity. In this message, Pastor John looks at four levels of love that are taught in the Bible to help us learn how to love.

The Bible says that God sets the lonely in families, but how can we have the kind of beautiful relationships God made us to have with each other? In this message, Pastor John will share three Biblical principles for relationships that are beautiful.

History and the Bible are full of stories of spectacular sinners. Fortunately, the Bible also contains the story of the spectacular love of God that shines bright against the darkness of the world's most spectacular sinners. In this message, Pastor John looks at one of the most familiar passages in Romans which gives us confidence and hope in God's love for us.

Of all the different kinds of neighbors we've talked about loving in this series, loving your unsaved neighbor is the one that will last into eternity. In this message, Pastor John looks at the simple steps Jesus gives us to love our unsaved neighbors.

When we've been hurt by someone repeatedly or severely, we sometimes might say that the person doesn't deserve our mercy. That's a contradiction in terms! In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus showed how enmity and offenses do not cancel mercy, but give mercy an opportunity to shine.

For many, immigration reform is a purely legal issue and not a spiritual issue at all. In this message, Pastor John looks at what God's word has to say about this very important topic, and how we must control the borders of our hearts as followers of Jesus.