The term cross-culture emerges from the social sciences and typically refers to interaction of one culture or language with another But that's not how I'm using it today I'm thinking of it in the biblical sense the salvation sense Jesus' whole life was immersed in the culture of the cross and He referred to His impending death on the cross as His hour Let's consider today the culture of the cross of Christ what it meant to Jesus personally and the world ultimately [... more]

Pastor Skip begins his message Defeat of the Russian Alliance and shows you why it's never a good idea to pick a fight with God [... more]

Any lawyer can tell you that whenever the star witness is a resurrected corpse you have a pretty good case But Lazarus being alive from the dead doesn't seem to persuade everyone And so the big issue becomes what shall we do with Jesus The decisions made here set the clock in motion for an impending hate crime the crucifixion of Christ But from heaven's vantage point this is all part of God's plan for redemption Let's see the responses and how we can make a difference [... more]

Any lawyer can tell you that whenever the star witness is a resurrected corpse you have a pretty good case But Lazarus being alive from the dead doesn't seem to persuade everyone And so the big issue becomes what shall we do with Jesus The decisions made here set the clock in motion for an impending hate crime the crucifixion of Christ But from heaven's vantage point this is all part of God's plan for redemption Let's see the responses and how we can make a difference [... more]

We'll hear the conclusion of Skip's message Wise Men's Delight and learn more about these strange men who came seeking Jesus [... more]

Pastor Skip reminds us that plenty of folks today hear about Jesus but never come to Him [... more]

This is one of the most beloved passages to be found anywhere in Scripture But it's not a stand-alone passage The healing of the blind man in chapter was more than a miracle It was part of the process of Jesus forming His flock The leadership had cast the healed man out of the synagogue Jesus found him accepted him saved him and placed him in His own fold [... more]

Jesus had friends and He had enemies But besides those He also had some frenemies enemies who pretended to be friends To this crowd who at first pretended to believe v Jesus is both confrontational and controversial This paragraph highlights three possible identities of Jesus two of them were his enemies' accusations and one was Jesus' own claim [... more]

The birth of Jesus was cause for great joy for the world But as Skip shares today it also brought about a time of great weeping and mourning as a prophecy was fulfilled [... more]

Can you imagine what a surviving copy of Jesus' autograph would be worth today Or what about a letter to His disciples The fact is there is no existing document or copy of anything Jesus ever wrote We only have this story of Him scribbling something in transient dust on the Temple stones Though John doesn't tell what Jesus wrote that day his account does reveal a lot about Jesus Himself and how He interacted with three different kinds of folks [... more]

All the diverse and assorted experiences offered by this world can never satisfy the deepest longing of the human soul What we really want isn't what we really need The rest of John chapter illustrates this truth In the midst of a crowd of people clamoring for deep spiritual satisfaction stands the only One who can provide it He offers them the drink that really satisfies and all but a few refuse it preferring rather to die of thirst How painfully ironic [... more]

Mark Twain once remarked that A lie can travel halfway around the world while truth is still lacing up its boots This section of John's Gospel has generated much confusion and misunderstanding Even Jesus' original audience had trouble understanding His meaning and when they did they found the truth was difficult to bear These hard truths however are the words of eternal life v Let's look at these four realities today [... more]

The Hostess Company has for years advertised that its Wonder bread helps build strong bodies ways and that just two slices has the calcium of eight ounces of milk and the fiber of whole wheat Wow The crowd that Jesus was speaking to would have loved that But our Lord presents something to them far greater than what they were wanting He knew what they needed [... more]

I m a churchman I freely confess that Yet I m also painfully aware that the culture around me incessantly asks the above question when it comes to the church Who needs it Why should I belong to something so archaic and so narrow In the next several weeks I d like to take a fresh look at us--the church of Christ--and answer this question Today as we begin our series let s jump right in and deal with this question head on Who needs the church and why This teaching is from the series Church Who Needs It Links [... more]

After studying about the believer s death resurrection and heaven for four months now maybe you can relate to these words by Puritan author Thomas Watson nbsp quot Spiritual things satisfy the more of heaven is in us the less earth will content us quot nbsp Knowing what we know now about the believer s future world how can life be different in this present world This teaching is from the series From the Edge of Eternity Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]

People are getting away with murder every day I don t just mean the violent premeditated and vicious slaying of innocent lives but also by deep seated attitudes of hatred and spite Murder has always been a problem with our race but there s something much deeper and more profound than the act of taking a life Today and next week we will examine this commandment and it's ramifications into several areas of society This teaching is from the series God's Top Ten Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]