Episode – Crossroads Community Church

2025-10-19 – When Christians Let You Down

Crossroads Community Church

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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2025-09-28 – Why Can’t We Be Friends

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2025-09-28 - Why Can’t We Be Friends

00:00 / 43:43

Some seasons of life require me to restructure a friendship. Pastor Luke teaches us how to know when it’s time to pull away from a friendship.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 28

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(03:24) Some seasons of life require me to restructure a friendship

(06:02) I cannot live the right life if my biggest influences are the wrong friends

(16:00) Be healthy, set healthy boundaries, and be rooted in good community

(22:42) 1. When someone is pulling me away from God’s plan

(28:30) 2. When there is unreconciled offense

(36:44) 3. When a conflict cannot be resolved

(39:00) Conclusion

(42:45) Prayer

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2025-09-21 – My Allowance

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2025-09-21 - My Allowance

00:00 / 43:24

We need to make allowances for each other’s faults. As Pastor Luke continues our The Lost Art of Friendship series, he teaches us to forgive, love, be peaceful, and be thankful.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 21

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(01:08) Colossians 3 and Ephesians 4

(11:27) Be quick to forgive

(22:32) Let love be my guide

(30:32) Let peace rule in my heart

(35:01) Let thankfulness overflow

(38:41) Prayer

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2025-09-14 – The Right Friends

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2025-09-14 - The Right Friends

00:00 / 51:32

We have to choose our closest friends cautiously and wisely. Pastor Luke teaches us what the right friends do and don’t do.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 14

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Sluka’s story

(06:19) Intro

(13:07) Friends to avoid

(20:03) I shouldn’t expect non-believers to live like Jesus

(30:12) I have to choose my closest friends cautiously and wisely

(32:08) 1. Right friends give right advice

(33:07) 2. Right friends encourage one another

(36:59) 3. Right friends can challenge me

(41:25) 4. To have great friends, I have to be a great friend

(43:02) Sluka’s Friends video

(46:27) Week 2 Application

(50:30) Prayer

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2025-09-07 – Building Community

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2025-09-07 - Building Community

00:00 / 41:59

Spiritual growth best happens in the context of relationships. In the first week of our new series, The Lost Art of Friendship, Pastor Luke teaches us how to build community around us.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: September 7

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(06:58) Spiritual growth best happens in the context of relationships

(12:48) 1. We accomplish more together

(21:38) 2. We support one another

(25:00) 3. We avoid isolation ignorance

(28:32) 4. We need help with healing

(32:49) Week 1 Application

(41:09) Prayer

2025-08-31 – Do What Jesus Did

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2025-08-31 - Do What Jesus Did

00:00 / 35:04

What would Jesus do if he were me? In our last message of our The Power of Discipleship series, Pastor Caleb teaches us that doing what Jesus did requires more willpower than it does horsepower.

Speaker: Caleb Maple

Date: August 31

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(04:43) What would Jesus do if he were me?

(12:08) Doing what Jesus did requires more willpower than it does horsepower.

(17:27) Discipleship Diagram

(21:42) Doing what Jesus did in everyday life

(26:47) How am I living out the 10k life?

(33:28) Prayer

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2025-08-24 – Become Like Jesus

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2025-08-24 - Become Like Jesus

00:00 / 41:18

Who are you becoming? As we continue our The Power of Discipleship series, Pastor Luke shares with us the ways to become like Jesus.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: Aug. 24

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(05:11) Who am I becoming?

(07:48) Growth Preventers

(10:11) Becoming Like Jesus: 1. Disciplines

(15:49) Becoming Like Jesus: 2. Teachings

(22:01) Becoming Like Jesus: 3. Relationships

(26:56) Becoming Like Jesus: 4. Awareness of the Holy Spirit

(32:38) Becoming Like Jesus: 5. In Tension

(39:26) Conclusion

(40:24) Prayer

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2025-08-17 – Come, Follow Me

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2025-08-17 - Come, Follow Me

00:00 / 37:27

Jesus told us to go and make disciples. Pastor Luke, in the first message of our The Power of Discipleship series, teaches us what being a disciple means.

Speaker: Luke Smith

Date: Aug. 17

— Table of Contents —

(00:00) Intro

(03:02) Go and make disciples & Disciple: a follower

(07:20) “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

(17:44) Be With Jesus: Abide

(25:11) Be With Jesus: Worship

(28:27) Be With Jesus: One-anothering

(31:25) What is my role in discipleship?

(35:48) Conclusion

(36:58) Prayer

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