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Cross City Church
by Cross City Church
Living for Jesus in all of Columbus.
Episodes
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Jesus: Risen Savior & Judge - 1 Thessalonians 1:10
From the earliest days in the NT church, there was a clear understanding and embrace of the return of Jesus physically… who would do two incredibly powerful things. He will come and deal with humanity in two wildly distinct ways. He will deliver… take back every person who has listened to him...
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Perpendicular to the One - I Thessalonians 1:8-9
The core change of salvation is not escape from eternal destruction, but a transformation from false powers and promises to whole heartedly worship the only living and true God.
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The Power Of Truth Believed - I Thessalonians 1:5-8
There is great worth in human examples. God has designed incredible power to be demonstrated through followers of Jesus who understand and articulate gospel centrality well and live lives continually shaped by it. Authentic believers openly speaking Christ into all things.
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God’s Choosing Love - 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5a
As Paul is commending the Thessalonians for the Spirit’s fruit in them, he reminds them of God’s unmerited, choosing love for them and grounds all that he sees in them in that reality. God’s love being poured out on people through his gospel going forward in word and in power is the mean’s by…
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Spiritual Vitality - I Thessalonians 1:1-3
Spiritual Vitality… what does the prayerful work of our faith look like? What does the labor of our love for one another look like and how steadfast is our confidence in Christ?
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The Last Gospel - Revelation 22:12-17
I am coming and all will be perfectly rewarded by me, including you. Come to me and let me cleanse you. Listen to the Spirit telling you now “come”. Listen to the Church say “come”. Come and add your voice to tell others to come be with Christ and have your thirsty soul satisfied by Christ as a...
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The Power Of Gospel Servants - 1 Corinthians 9:15-23
Again and again we place ourselves at the feet of Jesus and welcome his commission to go out like Jesus and be a servant like he was. Its our spiritual act of worship.
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Taste & See That The Lord Is Good - Psalm 34
David reminds us that it becomes easier to praise the Lord in every season when we “taste and see that the Lord is good.” Even in difficult times, when we are brokenhearted or hurting, we can trust that God is near.
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A Song Worthy Savior - Psalm 98
Sing dear family of God. Sing Sing because our great Father is the righteous terminator of sin, in us through the forgiveness of our Savior Jesus and outside of us, in every ounce of existance the Judge Jesus. Because he loves it. Sing it loud, sing it new, sing it with music, sing it with joy…
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The Delivered Deliverer Delivers - Psalm 40:6-17
Psalm 40 showed us how perfect Jesus would be and would rely upon the Father as he navigated the true valley of the shadow of death so that we wouldn’t. And because he did that, we now can cry out to the Father in our need and know he will truly deliver us into joy and gladness and so we can rest...
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Waiting With God - Psalm 40:1-5
In the end, we are people who wait with God through prayer, watching for every part of his response, taking note of them and telling one another and the watching world of the accounts of Gods faithful and loving answers to our prayers for God’s praise and for the hope that they too will see and...
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Race Killing Lameness - Hebrews 12:1-14
In the Kingdom life-race that God has given each of us, weights of life and sin war against our minds and hearts to slow us down or stop us. God calls us to fight against these obstacles and sin and to embrace his refining help for each of us in this. The question for you is “ Will I embrace…
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Practicing Godliness and Contentment - 1 Timothy 6:3-10
When we treasure Christ above the things of this world, we find contentment in God’s provision.
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The Sign of Jonah and God's Open Arms - Matthew 16:1-4
The Sign of Jonah calls all of us to acknowledge God's great power, our own sin, and the incredible gift of mercy and redemption offered to us through Jesus Christ.
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The Grace Of The Victorious Christ - Mark 16:1-8
In the most dramatic fashion, Jesus completed the work of redemption by rising from the grave, pursuing his disciples and demonstrating that he is the Messiah who always keeps his promises.
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The Crucifixion Of Jesus - Mark 15:1-47
Jesus the innocent, intentional sacrifice and Jesus the excellent, gracious King who laid his life down out of love for us.
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Jesus Claims His Divine Office - Mark 14:61-72
Though Jesus did not find it good to defend himself, he did find it worthy to gout of his way to make it abundantly clear by a 5 way statement that He indeed was the divine messiah. You cant have Jesus without embracing this claim of his.
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The Catastrophe of the Second Garden - Mark 14:43-60
The Spirit and the apostles want us to know how humanity utterly failed Jesus after everything, either in wicked hatred or wicked failure and how excellently and beautifully Jesus handled Himself as he willingly chose to be put to death despite being blameless.
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A Window Into Perfect Prayer - Mark 14:32-42
In watching Christ in his great hour of need we learn that much of our preconceived notions of prayer are fictional and often foolishly religious. As we watch Him here, he is leaving us an example of what perfection in prayer really looks like. It is earnest, communal, non boxed or formulaic but...
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Our Treasured Covenant -Mark 14:22-31
Jesus cherished the delivery and celebration of his New Covenant to us wherein we could finally fellowship deeply with Him through the indwelling Spirit and gave us Communion to remember this and how it took the willing death of Jesus to accomplish it. Let us Cherish our Savior and His amazing...
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Mission Garden & Field - Luke 10:2
Anyone and any church that is centered on the Gospel of Christ then receives Christ’s commission to extend that gospel to the time and location He has placed them. He has extended it as a joy and honor for us… done from the foundation of relationship with him, embraced and done together, and done...
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God’s Family - I John 3:1
As we continue in our vision series, we look at how God calls us his children, and adopts us into his family. Not metaphorically “like” his family, but actually brought in. Through the work of Christ we are adopted in. And because of this, we are called to live in light of this reality, in…
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The Gospel Crux - Titus 2:11-15
The good news of Jesus is both the foundation and summary of who God is and who we are in Christ and the purpose for our existence and redemption. Therefore, the gospel must be truly clear, believed and be the fully functioning priority in every aspect of our individual lives and church. Our…
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Easter Sunday - Acts 17:16-18
Today is Easter… the celebration of the Savior rising victorious over all things… our sin and even over death. And not only that.. but Glorious, transformed resurrection with God is what he offers you today, not simply a guaranteed post death trip to an eternal perfect vacation.
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All According To Plan - Mark 14:12-21
As Jesus’ earthly ministry is beginning to wrap up, he demonstrates that he is, in fact, in complete control of all things that are happening. He is not caught up in the whirlwind of events surrounding him, rather, he is directing them. And as he heads towards the passover feast with his…
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Two Glories, Two Values, Three Positions - Mark 14:1-11
Like this admirable woman… who brought pleasure to the heart of Jesus…. Truly Follow Jesus……xSeek the pleasure… seek the honor of your Savior using the resources you have… despite the reactions of others
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Read the Kingdom Seasons - Mark 13:12-37
Christ tells us the road ahead is hard and it will be filled with apocalyptic events, imposter Christs and false prophets who are powerful, inescapably persuasive and able to perform the supernatural. But God is faithful, He is with us and we are with him as he gathers his elect across time and...
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A Clear Head In End Times - Mark 13:1-13
So the future gets hard … really hard before he makes all things right. Christ has told how to expect false messiahs, teachers, prophets and others who will capitalize on this to gather followers out of fear. But our call is to expect such times and to be dedicated to being Christ’s witnesses...
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Kingdom Giving & Receiving - Mark 12:38-44
As Jesus wraps up his public teaching, he gives warnings about the scribes and their desire to be the center of attention, and contrasts them with the poor widow who humbly gave all that she had.
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Divine, Enthroned, & Waiting - Mark 12:35-37
Our savior is seated in majesty right now until the Father is finished subjecting all spiritual authorities, rulers and powers to him…. And part of our worship is praising and adoring Him in that majesty and authority and patience.
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Knowing God’s Scripture and Power - Mark 12:18-27
Praise God that He raises us up after death and that we are forever with him. And may each of us deeply know and love the power of our Great God and his authoritative Scriptures.
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The Greatest Commandment - Mark 12:28-34
Jesus once again shows that his approach to those who come to him with humility and sincerity is much different than those who come to him in accusation and condescension. As he does so he lays out some incredibly helpful guidelines for how we should look at God’s law as new covenant believers.
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The Legitimate, Limited Space of Government - Mark 12:12-17
God created and appoints governing authorities for a specific work of providing justice and human flourishing. Both the people of government and the hearts of people must never allow government or leaders to become greater than their role, laying claim on things that belong to God alone such as...
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Choosing To Steal From God - Mark 12:1-12
The leaders of Israel knew who Jesus was and so-loved themselves that they decided to murder Jesus, the Son of God and the prophesied Messiah, to keep the money, power and honor that really belonged to Jesus and the Father.
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Singing: Adorning the Worthy - Colossians 3:16
True worship singing is my heart using the whole of my self to attest to and promote the goodness and beauty of God. It is done through truths housed in melody, harmony, manner and whole body adornment. We are seeking to affirm, lean into and revel our souls in these excellencies of God, even if…
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Promises Kept: Joy - Isaiah 35:10 & Luke 2:1-10
As we wrap our Advent series, we trace God’s promise to bring everlasting joy to its fulfillment in the person of Christ. Jesus came from joy with the Godhead to bring joy to us, partially now, and fully forever with him.
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Promises Kept: Love - Micah 7:18-20 & 1 John 4:9-10
The love of God and forgiveness was promised in the Old Testament and perfectly fulfilled in Christ.
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Promises Kept: Peace - Isaiah 9:6 and Luke 2:13-14
God promised to give peace through the coming of his Son. Without Jesus, true peace - peace that lasts and is present despite of trouble - is impossible. What're you waiting for? Find peace with Jesus, the promised and risen Son.
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Promises Kept: Hope - Psalm 130:1-8 & 1 Peter 1:3
Centering on the promise of hope, Psalm 130 provides a framework of waiting for the promise, whereas 1 Peter 1:3 gives insight into the fulfillment of that promise - both then and today.
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Suffering The Fools No Longer - Mark 11:27-33
At a pivotal point, the most central leadership of Israel meets up with Jesus to attempt to trap him. This time, he turns the tables and calls their bluff, placing them in a spot where they cannot escape their manipulative ways.
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The Priority and Power of Prayer - Mark 11:12-25
Prayer is a core priority for the believer and his corporate people. In it God communes with his people, granting them prayers, confidence and answers as they strive to align with him, with particular attention to maintaining a heart of forgiveness to all.
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The Triumphal Entry - Mark 11:1-11
In a stunning fulfillment of prophecy, Christ came to “Save us” (Hosanna), but do we understand and value exactly what he came to save us from or do we still love it.
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Eyes To Truly See - Mark 10:46-52
As Jesus encounters the blind beggar he highlights Bartimaeus’ response as the correct response for a disciple of Jesus, rightly seeing Jesus for who he really is and responding by abandoning all else to follow him.
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A Servant of Idols or People - Mark 10:32-45
The new life in Christ is marked by radical Christ-worshiping servanthood of others which only flourishes where idols are repented-of and guarded-against.
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The Beautiful Treasure Of Christ - Mark 10:17-31
To every soul on the planet, Christ holds out the offer of new life. It is a life unending, full of abundance now on earth with present suffering, and full of joy, glory and his love after death. But this offer of life is contingent upon yielding the whole of this natural life at the Cross of Jesus.
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The Value & Example Of Children - Mark 10:13-16
Jesus scolds his disciples for their failure to properly value children. As he teaches, he reminds us of the value of all human life and points to the helplessness and trusting hearts of children as examples for all of us to follow in order to receive the Kingdom.
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The Divine Design Of Marriage - Mark 10:1-12
God made marriage to be the single occasion in creation where two people permanently become one as a man marries a woman. This oneness pictures and gives foretaste to the union all believers will have with Christ in eternity. God loves the gift of marriage and calls us to invest in it.
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The Mortal Danger of Any Sin - Mark 9:42-50
In Christlikeness, absolute rejection of sin is essential for us. If we loose that rejection/ repentance…. Soften up and find sin in us to be acceptable, then we have lost our essence… we have lost our way… we are living and worshipping worthlessly because we are pro-sin. So, rather than hold…
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Proudly Bound to His Own - Mark 9:38-41
Christ has joyfully and intensely bound himself to his trusting followers. How we treat them is a direct treatment of Him.
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