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CrossPointe Church
by CrossPointe Church - Orlando
Real conversations about following Jesus in everyday life with Pastor Steve McKenzie.”
Episodes
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To God Be The Glory (Romans 11:25-36)
What happens when you spend years mastering the manual and miss the sunrise? Steve opens this message with a camera that comes with a 500-page owner’s manual, and uses it to ask what all of Romans 9 through 11 is actually for. He walks through the mystery of Romans 11:25-36, including what Paul...
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The Olive Tree (Romans 11:1-24)
What do you do when a dream falls apart and bitterness quietly takes root? David Mudge shares how a hillside in the Scottish Highlands taught him what humility actually feels like: small, and deeply loved. From there he walks through Romans 11:1-24, where Paul asks whether God has given up on his...
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The Message That's Near (Romans 10:5-21)
What if the way to God was never as far off as you assumed? Not locked away in heaven, not buried in some far country, but as close as the next thing you say and believe. In this message from Romans 10:5-21, Associate Pastor Stephen Bean unpacks Paul's answer to one of the oldest questions in the...
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Why Religious People Stumble Over Jesus (Romans 9:30-10:4)
Imagine two runners: one trained for twenty years, sacrificing everything for this exact moment, and the other never ran a single lap, sitting in the stands with cheese powder on his fingers. Now imagine the untrained man wins. That's the picture Paul paints for a religious, disciplined people…
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The Wonder of God's Sovereign Grace (Romans 9:14-29)
What do you do when God does not fit inside the neat little box of your expectations? When his choices feel jarring and your heart burns with heavy, unanswered questions about fairness, it can feel dangerous to speak them out loud. In this episode, Pastor Steve McKenzie opens up Romans 9:14–29 to...
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God's Words has Not Failed (Romans 9:1-13)
We have all looked at a room filled with empty chairs and felt a sudden, heavy ache. Maybe it is the ache of a prodigal child who turned their back on faith, a family member who shares your blood but not your hope, or even your own quiet fear that you simply do not belong at God's table. When the...
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The One Who Climbed the Tree (Zacchaeus)
Have you ever felt like your past mistakes precede you into every room you enter? Most of us know the heavy, suffocating weight of being the outcast, standing on the outside of a crowd while carrying a burden of regret we crafted with our own hands. We spend our weeks trying to cover up our…
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The One God's People Hurt (Hagar)
Have you ever packed up your life and run away from the very place that was supposed to be a sanctuary? Across North America, tens of millions of souls have walked out of church doors with blood dripping from unseen wounds, crushed by spiritual manipulation, silent abandonment in crisis, or the...
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The One Who Went Too Far (Manasseh)
We have all felt the heavy, suffocating weight of a mistake that seems too grand to undo. We lie awake bargaining with the night, convinced we have finally wandered past the boundary of redemption, or we look at someone who deeply wounded us and secretly decide they are beyond saving. In 2...
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The One Everyone Wrote Off (Rahab)
We spend our lives playing a silent game of hide-and-seek, wearing carefully crafted masks to cover our deepest shame and building thick walls around our fragile egos. Deep down, we harbor the quiet terror that if God or anyone else saw who we truly are, we would be instantly cast aside as...
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The One Who Ran (Jacob)
We know that quiet, cold panic in the gut. You wake up in the dead of night, feeling completely unwound while exhaustion leeches every drop of strength from your bones. You have been running hard, trying to stay three steps ahead of a past that threatens to crash over you like a dark, suffocating...
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God is My Portion (Psalm 73)
Have you ever looked around at people who play by their own rules, cheat their way to the top, and mock everything holy, only to watch them coast through life in luxury while you sweat blood just to keep food on the table? That crushing thought sneaks into the quietest hours of Monday morning,...
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God is My Protector (Psalm 121)
You started the journey with so much hope. You signed the marriage covenant, held the newborn child, or walked into the office on day one of your new career, and it felt like a grand adventure. But then the miles started to add up, the terrain hit like a brick wall, and suddenly you found…
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The God Who Know the Real me (Psalm 139)
Most of us are master builders who have spent a lifetime constructing invisible walls to protect ourselves from being fully seen. We hide our deep insecurities, past hurts, and secret flaws behind a highly polished, curated version of ourselves that handles our relationships and manages our...
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God is Merciful (Psalm 103)
Have you ever looked at the spectacular reality of a God who stepped out of heaven to rescue you, and found yourself yawning? It is a terrifying reality for ordinary believers: the slow, quiet drift where your theological vocabulary stays perfectly intact, but your spiritual affections have...
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God is Near (Psalm 34)
Most of us live somewhere between two quiet fears: that God is too far above us to notice, or too small to actually help. Psalm 34 was written from a cave — David on the run, unwashed, surrounded by misfits, having just faked his own insanity to survive. And yet somehow, he writes one of the most...
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God is My Deliverer (Psalm 18)
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from one hard thing, but from a lifetime of hard things stacking up. If you've ever felt that weight, Psalm 18 was written for you. In this message, Pastor Steve McKenzie walks through the retrospective of an old, scarred David who looked…
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God is My Light (Psalm 27)
You can be singing at the top of your lungs one moment — hands raised, completely convinced of God's victory — and on your knees in the dark the next, begging Him not to abandon you. That's not a spiritual failure. That's Psalm 27. And that's the human experience. In this message from…
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God is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)
Episode Summary We've domesticated Psalm 23. We've turned it into background noise for grief and decoration for walls. But David wrote this psalm with dirt under his fingernails — as a shepherd who knew exactly what it cost to keep sheep alive. This week, Steve McKenzie opens "The God Who Is…" —…
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The Questions Already Answered (Romans 8:31-39)
What Can Separate Us From the Love of God? — Romans 8:31–39 You already know the answer. Nothing. But knowing it and feeling it are two very different things. This week, Stephen Bean closes out Romans 1–8 with Paul's thundering conclusion — a string of rhetorical questions that aren't really...
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Help for Hurting Christians (Romans 8:18-30)
You know the verses. You believe them. But Monday afternoon still feels heavy, and the gap between what you know and what you experience can be isolating. In this message from Romans 8:18-30, Steve McKenzie walks through one of the most hope-filled passages in all of Scripture, not as a quick fix...
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The War is Over (Romans 8:1-17)
What do you do when you're a Christian who's done everything right and still feels like it isn't enough? Steve McKenzie opens Romans 8 with a declaration meant for the weary believer: the war with God is over. Through the story of a soldier who hid in the jungle for 30 years after his war had...
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Unbound (Roman 7:1-25)
You know the feeling: you promised yourself you'd do better, be more patient, more present, more faithful. And then you didn't. Romans 7 is Paul at his most raw, naming the civil war every honest person recognizes inside themselves. In this sermon, Steve McKenzie walks through why the struggle...
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Freedom in a New Master (Romans 6:15-23)
You finally land the job you've been chasing. You finally pay off the debt. You finally move out of your parents' house. And somewhere in the middle of celebrating, it hits you. The new job came with a new boss. The new place came with a stack of bills. The freedom you wanted came wearing a...
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Living Under Grace (Romans 6:1-14)
Do you feel defeated by sin? Not in some abstract theological sense, but the Tuesday afternoon kind, where you feel like you've broken the same promise for the thousandth time? Or maybe you've swung the other direction, quietly convinced that grace is a blank check and the fire for holiness has...
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Grace Wins (and it's not even close) (Romans 5:12-21)
Hope is a strange thing to lose quietly. You don't decide to stop believing it — it just goes cold. A diagnosis comes. A relationship falls apart. A child walks away. And the world tells you to stay positive, find your peace, keep your chin up. You try that. The peace doesn't come. And somewhere...
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A Song of Soul-Satisfying Worship (Romans 5:1-11)
Easter was powerful. The worship, the baptisms, the celebration of a risen Savior. But then Monday came. The alarm went off and nothing had changed. The diagnosis was still there. The marriage was still hard. The grief didn't lift just because we sang about an empty tomb. So what difference does...
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Jesus Cannot Be Kept Out (Easter 2026)
Imagine the sinking feeling of standing outside a locked car while your only set of keys rests mockingly on the driver's seat. That thin sheet of glass suddenly feels like a thick brick wall, separating you from everything you need to move forward. Many of us live our daily lives behind similar...
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Please, Don't Be Quiet (Palm Sunday)
Have you ever felt like your life is a quiet room where the wonder of God has slowly leaked out? We often treat the miracles of Jesus like dusty fairy tales we have heard a thousand times, forgetting that He is the King who speaks directly to the howling winds and commands the very molecular...
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The Faithful Father (Romans 4:17-25)
Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt the crushing weight of your own inadequacy? Many of us carry a satchel of religious guilt that feels like lead, constantly checking our spiritual temperature and wondering why the fever of our failures won't break. In this episode, Associate Pastor...
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What God said to the Stargazer and the Murderer (Romans 4:1-12)
We all know the heavy weight of the mirror. When we look at our own lives, we often see a fractured reflection of missed marks, hidden shames, and the exhausting effort of trying to prove we are enough. In this episode, we dive into Romans 4 to witness a radical courtroom scene where God calls a...
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But Now... The Diamond of the Gospel (Romans 3:21-31)
For five weeks, we've been sitting in the dark. Paul has spent three chapters building a case so airtight that no one can escape it. The pagan, the philosopher, the priest... every mouth silenced. Every defense stripped away. If Romans ended at chapter 3, verse 20, you'd be holding the most...
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Every Mouth Silenced (Romans 3:1-20)
Ever feel like you’re running a race on a treadmill? You’re working harder, doing more, and trying to be "better," yet you’re still haunted by the nagging feeling that it’s just not enough. In this message, we step into the courtroom of Romans 3, where the Apostle Paul strips away our excuses and...
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Whose Praise are You Living For? (Psalm 2:17-29)
It’s easier to curate a photograph than to face a mirror. In Romans 2, Paul holds up a mirror to religious people who know the truth, teach the truth, and carry the symbols of belonging, yet may lack inward transformation. In this message, Pastor Steve explores the danger of religious privilege,...
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The Case Against the "Good Person" (Romans 2:1-16)
Most of us know how to prosecute someone else’s sin. We are far less comfortable defending our own. In Romans 2, Paul turns the spotlight from the obvious sinner to the respectable, moral, churchgoing person. The finger we were pointing outward suddenly points back at us. In this message, Pastor...
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The Heart of Darkness | Romans 1:26-32
Is our world falling apart, or is it falling into place? When we look at the shifting moral landscape of our culture, it’s easy to feel like God is distant or that His judgment is something far off in the future. But the sobering truth of Romans 1:26-32 is that the very things we lament are often...
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The Autonomy of God's Wrath & Our Unbelief (Romans 1:18-25)
The Strong Man and the Niagara: Understanding God’s Wrath and Grace We live in a world that wants to taste the sweetness of God's love without the bitterness of His holiness. We often view "wrath" as a divine temper tantrum, but what if God’s wrath is actually the greatest proof of His love for...
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The Debt of Grace & The Glory of God (Romans 1:8-17)
The Hurricane and the Candle: Finding Power in the Belly of the Beast Have you ever felt like your faith is just a small, flickering candle trying to stay lit in the middle of a hurricane?. Whether it’s the pressure of your career, the weight of your past, or the chaos of the world around you…
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The Horizon of Grace (Romans 1:1-7)
Some passages of Scripture do more than teach us. They steady us. Romans opens by lifting our eyes to the grace of God that stands at the horizon of history and shines into our present lives. Before Paul explains what we must believe or how we should live, he shows us who we belong to and what…
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Heaven's Values Shaping Today's Church (Revelation 5)
There are moments in Scripture that stop us in our tracks, not because they are confusing, but because they are overwhelming in beauty and weight. Revelation 5 is one of those moments. It pulls back the curtain on heaven and shows us what is truly at the center of reality. In this message, Pastor...
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The Simplicity & Values of the Early Church
Many Christians feel overwhelmed by complexity. Faith can start to feel like a system to manage rather than a life to live. In Acts 2, Scripture gives us a surprisingly simple picture of what the church looked like when the Spirit first formed it. Ordinary people devoted themselves to the…
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God's Answer is a Child (Isaiah 9:1-7)
Do you know that feeling when everything finally settles down—the crisis passes, the argument resolves, the anxiety lifts—and you think, "Okay, maybe now I can breathe"? And then three days later, there it is again. Different problem, same darkness. Different fear, same weight. We glimpse peace,...
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Remarkable Grace for Unremarkable People (Luke 1:26-38)
Ever feel like you're just... ordinary? Like your life doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things? You're not alone. Mary felt that way too—a teenage girl in a forgotten town with a completely mapped-out, unremarkable future. But then God showed up. In this message, we discover that God...
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God Speaks to Your Inner Critic | 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Every believer knows the sound of the inner critic. It tells you that you are too small, too inexperienced, too broken, or too tired for what God has called you to do. In this message from 1 Timothy 6:11 through 16, Pastor Steve shows how God speaks a stronger word than the voice inside us. Paul...
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That Gospel That Transforms | 1 Timothy 6:1-10
The gospel does far more than save us. It reshapes the way we work, the way we pursue godliness, and the way we think about wealth. In this message, Pastor Steve walks through one of the most practical and confronting passages in 1 Timothy. Paul speaks directly into places where our hearts are…
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The Stewardship of Leadership | 1 Timothy 5:17-25
What does it mean to lead in a way that honors God? In 1 Timothy 5:17–25, Paul gives practical wisdom for how the church should honor faithful leaders, confront sin in leadership, and discern character with patience and care. In this message, Pastor Steve addresses the hard questions people often...
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Practical Godliness in God's Family | 1 Timothy 5:1-16
What does godliness look like in real life? In this message from 1 Timothy 5, Pastor Steve shows that faith is not limited to quiet moments of prayer or worship. True godliness shows up in how we speak to one another, care for our families, and live with compassion in everyday life. Paul calls…
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God's Training Plan for a Healthy Soul | 1 Timothy 4:1-16
How do you train for godliness? In 1 Timothy 4:1–16, Paul shows that spiritual health is not built by willpower but by grace. Pastor Steve unpacks God’s plan for a healthy soul through three rhythms that mirror our physical life: exercise, rest, and nutrition. This message exposes counterfeit…
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Pillar of Truth | 1 Timothy 3:14-16
The church in Ephesus stood in the shadow of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis. It was massive, beautiful, and filled with idols. Yet Paul reminded Timothy that the true wonder of the world was not made of stone but of people. In this message, Gene Coleman, an...
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Servants Shaped By The Gospel | 1 Timothy 3:8-13
When people think of deacons, they often picture board meetings or budget spreadsheets. But in Scripture, deacons are not administrators of an organization. They are lead servants who reflect the heart of Jesus. In this message from 1 Timothy 3:8–13, Pastor Steve shows how the gospel shapes every...
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Real conversations about following Jesus in everyday life with Pastor Steve McKenzie.”
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