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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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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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