Crosswind Church

Why do we go to church? The more mature we get in our faith, the more we realize that we are meant to be in community with other people. We are called to be a part of the Body of Christ, His Church, where we find our identity and purpose.

Spiritual growth is an essential part of our relationship with God. What we will discover, however is that it takes us as individuals, God, and His Community (the Church) all working together!

Paul is in prison when he is writing this letter. He can see people starting to wonder how could God allow such a man, with his gifting, calling, talent, and passion to languish in captivity. If Paul is truly a servant of God, and God has really given him resurrection power and seated him with The Son in the heavens, how can bad stuff happen to him?

Racism is not an issue that is new to us as a culture. In the days of Paul, there was a dividing wall between Jews and Gentiles. The good news of Jesus is that He came to break down the wall and destroy the "Us vs. Them" mentality. In Christ, we are all one humanity.

This Father's Day we are jumping ahead to Ephesians 6. Paul gives us some great practical insight about relationships between parents and children along with employers and employees.

Although Christ died, God resurrected and exalted him. In the same way, we also were dead in our sin, but God resurrected and exalted us through and with Christ!

Prayer is far from being a man-driven monologue toward God as our audience. It is actually a dialogue that leads to discovery of who God is and who we are in Christ.

Join us as we start a new series where we will journey through the book of Ephesians. Over the next several weeks, we will discover the mystery of Jesus Christ that is revealed to us in this wonderful letter.

Industry is about making and constructing things. It works to make our world a better place, and strives to enhance the goodness of our community. Through work it labors, sweats, dreams, and purposes to change the environment to make life more full, free, and fruitful.

Neighborliness rejoices with those who rejoice and weeps with those who weep. However, envy weeps AT those who rejoice, and rejoices AT those who weep. Envy refuses, at it’s core, family, neighbor, fellowship, friendship by enacting a falsehood of alienation instead of the truth of solidarity.

A healthy understanding of both anger and patience must begin with a true understanding of the brokenness of the world. God's slowness to unleash His justified rage is a perfect expression of the restraint of patience. It is the basis for our living out patience. Whether we're stuck in traffic, dealing with a whiny kid, or faced with an incredible injustice, we must be slow to let our anger kindle into rage.

When we talk about purity, most of the time we think about sexual situations. It’s not merely about our actions, it’s about our thoughts, our motives, and the heart behind it. Purity is a constant journey of moving in the right direction.

The “flesh” inside of us wants to be dominant, and its chief way of doing so in creating a sense of drivenness within side us. This drivenness creates compulsive behaviors to turn a want into a need, and in doing this it turns what you seek into an idol that begins to call the shots in your life.

For though we can give without loving, it is almost impossible to love without giving. We want to repurpose the old world “charity” that is often seen exclusively today as “throwing money at poverty” or giving money to charitable institutions and see it in its broader, biblical setting.

Join us on a journey through this series called "Navigate: Change Your Direction." We will explore the seven heavenly virtues. This first week, on Easter Sunday, we explore Christ-like humility.

In the conclusion to our Marriage Matters series we talk about the journey to relational depth. What does it take to make marriage last?

Sex is something that was created by God. In our marriages, sex is a wonderful and essential part of our relationships. This week we will see what the Bible has to say about sex and how it can bring intimacy and unity.

So what happens when you have married the wrong person? Does that mean we simply get a divorce? NO! God longs to take a bad decision or even a bad marriage and redeem it. He loves to make marriages into miracles.

What does the Bible really say about Divorce? This week we talk about what to do when a marriage ends. Whether you've been divorced, going through it, or are on the brink, there is still hope!

One of the quickest things to learn about a marriage is that there will be disagreements and at times heated arguments. How you choose to deal with them when they pop up, how you seek to resolve them is a critical part of enjoying and sustaining a great marriage.