Episode – Crossroads Community Church

2025-12-07 – Baggage Tags

Crossroads Community Church

2025-12-07 - Baggage Tags

00:00 / 41:29

We often have labels that others put on us or that we put on ourselves. Pastor Luke teaches us that what’s true about me now doesn’t have to be true about me next.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: December 7

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(03:50) What parts of my past do I need to unpack and let go of?

(11:28) What’s true about me now doesn’t have to be true about me next

(22:19) Even though I can’t change my past, God can change my future

(31:38) 1. Accept God’s grace

(35:04) 2. Keep looking forward

(38:02) 3. Remember the only label that matters

(40:18) Prayer

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2025-11-30 – Dumping Out Distractions

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2025-11-30 - Dumping Out Distractions

00:00 / 39:32

As we start our new sermon series, Live Free Travel Light, Pastor Luke unpacks the idea that if the devil can’t get you to sin, he’ll settle for keeping you distracted.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: November 30

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(06:26) If the devil can’t get you to sin, he’ll settle for keeping you distracted

(16:00) We can be in the proximity of the Lord but not be in His presence

(17:03) 1. Ask God to help me identify my distractions

(22:17) 2. Decrease the distractions

(28:38) 3. Increase the disciplines that help me minimize distractions

(33:28) 4. Press pause

(35:24) 5. Listen for His Voice

(36:58) Conclusion and Prayer

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2025-11-23 – Too Good Not to Share

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2025-11-23 - Too Good Not to Share

00:00 / 42:11

Once we become aware of the world’s problems, we can address them. The problems boil down to all having sinned and fallen short of God’s perfect standard. Pastor Luke teaches us what the remedy is.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: November 23

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(03:49) Scripture

(17:55) 1. Pray for opportunity

(22:38) 2. Share the gospel

(30:53) 3. Go and preach

(34:04) 4. We preach the gospel with urgency

(38:06) Conclusion

(41:07) Prayer

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2025-11-16 – The Power of the Gospel

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2025-11-16 - The Power of the Gospel

00:00 / 38:55

What is the Power of the Gospel and what does it mean for us? This week, Pastor Luke digs in more to how we can live the gospel daily.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: November 16

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(05:19) How Paul explains the power of the Gospel in Romans

(07:27) The Power of the Gospel to Reconcile & Unite

(13:54) The Power of the Gospel to transform lives

(19:37) The Power of the Gospel to overcome our sinful nature

(26:01) The Power of the Gospel to save

(37:29) Prayer

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2025-11-09 – What is the Gospel?

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2025-11-09 - What is the Gospel?

00:00 / 40:40

When we hear the word Gospel, what are we actually referring to? This week, Pastor Brent helps us better understand what the Gospel is and how we keep the gospel of Jesus as the center of our lives.

Date: November 9

Speaker: Brent Faulkner

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(04:15) What is the gospel?

(05:15) The inscribed stone of Priene

(06:06) Gospel = euangélion = good news

(12:42) The question isn’t “Do you believe the gospel?” but “Which gospel do you believe?”

(18:06) The Four movements of the gospel

(28:51) Where we see the movements of the gospel

(32:26) What the gospel means for all of us

(35:49) What gospel are you living?

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2025-11-02 – If God is Good, Why Does He Allow the Bad?

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2025-11-02 - If God is Good, Why Does He Allow the Bad?

00:00 / 39:56

If God is real and God is good, then why do bad things still happen? Pastor Luke asks us to consider that perhaps God has a good reason for not removing all the bad in the world.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: November 2

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(03:59) If God is real and God is good, then why do bad things still happen?

(12:14) If I had the opportunity to remove all the “bad” in the world right now, would I?

(14:51) If I have good reason not to remove everything bad in the world, then shouldn’t I consider: perhaps God has a good reason?

(18:43) I’m so grateful, God was patient with me

(34:55) The suffering we face now won’t last

(39:09) Prayer

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2025-10-26 – God vs Science

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2025-10-26 - God vs Science

00:00 / 43:42

Science asks: What is this? How does this work? Faith asks: Why am I here? Who made me? What is good? Pastor Luke teaches us that science and faith are not in conflict. It complements it.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: October 26

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(04:35) Science asks vs. Faith asks

(10:12) 1. The why matters

(24:25) 2. Science does not conflict with faith, it complements it

(36:46) 3. Science gives us a greater appreciation for the Artist

(40:33) Who is God?

(42:29) Prayer

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2025-10-19 – When Christians Let You Down

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2025-10-19 - When Christians Let You Down

00:00 / 39:34

Don’t judge the composer by the performance of the cover band. Pastor Luke teaches us what to do when Christians let us down.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: October 19

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(07:58) Don’t judge the composer by the performance of the cover band

(11:45) 1. A claim is not the same as a conversion.

(15:14) 2. Maturity takes time

(23:08) 3. We all require grace

(29:51) Don’t let failures of others keep you from the faithfulness of God

32:17 – Ways to heal the hurt

37:42 – Prayer

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2025-10-12 – I Doubt God Can Use Me

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2025-10-12 - I Doubt God Can Use Me

00:00 / 40:09

Don’t let a momentary doubt determine a permanent detour. Pastor Luke teaches us that God uses people who know they need His presence and His power to fulfil His purposes.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: October 12

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(05:01) Don’t let a momentary doubt determine a permanent detour

(12:04) God uses people who know they need His presence and His power to fulfil His purposes

(17:32) 1. God uses people with insecurities

(23:15) 2. God uses people who have failed

(26:38) 3. God uses unlikely people

(36:40) Conclusion

(39:07) Prayer

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2025-10-05 – Permission to Doubt

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2025-10-05 - Permission to Doubt

00:00 / 42:41

We want Crossroads to be a place where all kinds of questions can be asked, and you can belong even if you’re not sure what you believe. Pastor Brent begins our new series, Let’s Talk About It: Doubt, letting us know that if we doubt, we’re in good company.

Speaker: Brent Faulkner

Date: October 5

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(13:28) Doubt is not the enemy of faith & Doubt can be a doorway to deeper faith

(23:22) Don’t let doubt become a dead end

(26:27) If you’re doubting …

(34:40) If someone you know is doubting …

(38:12) Conclusion

(41:56) Prayer

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