Audio Messages & Sermon Series - Crosswinds, Plainfield, IL

This is the fourth and last message in our series: Promise for the Misfits. In this series we explore the majesty of God’s good news this Christmas for us misfits through the first few chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

This is the third message in our series: Promise for the Misfits. In this series we explore the majesty of God’s good news this Christmas for us misfits through the first few chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

This is the second message in our series: Promise for the Misfits. In this series we explore the majesty of God’s good news this Christmas for us misfits through the first few chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

This is the first message in our series: Promise for the Misfits. In this message we explore the majesty of God’s good news this Christmas for us misfits through the first few chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

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.