Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages

In this sermon, Minister of Care, Scott Berry, focused on our identity as adopted children of God. He highlighted our identity as conquerors empowered by the Holy Spirit and heirs through adoption, e…

Text: Romans 8:5-11 As we continue in Romans, Pastor JR Vassar examines the profound contrast between living according to the flesh and living in the Spirit.

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John 3:6

Galatians 5:…

Text: Romans 8:1-4

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+ In Jesus you have all the acceptance you will ever need.

-       John 12:42-43

-       1 Corinthians 4:3-4

"To please God… to be a real ingredient in the divine hap…

Text: Romans 8:1-2

In Pastor JR Vassar's sermon on Romans 8:1-2, he emphasizes humanity's vital need for reconciliation with God, exploring universal guilt and the transformative power of faith in Ch…

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Text: Acts 2:41-47

“Beethoven has the real goods, the stuff from Heaven, the power to make you feel at the finish: something is right in the world. There I something that checks througho…

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Text: Hebrews 1:1-3

+The baby in the manger is God’s message to us.

+The baby in the manger is God’s savior for us.

+The baby in the manger is God’s king over us.

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Text: 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

+A follower of Jesus is no longer a prisoner to death.

+A follower of Jesus is a new creation.

+A follower of Jesus is sent.

“Plainly, if Paul’s conclusi…

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Text: Exodus 25:1-9

“The central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation. They say that God became man.” –  C. S. Lewis

+ Image of Tabernacle in the Encampment of Israel

+The Tab…

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Text:  Psalm 105:37-43

“Hearts on earth say in the course of a joyful experience, “I don’t want this ever to end.” But it invariably does. The hearts of those in heaven say, “I want this to …

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Text:  Exodus 12:1-13, 21-28

Typology exists when there is a historical correspondence between events, institutions, and persons found in the OT and the NT. I argue that typology does not me…

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Text: Colossians 1:3-14

“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too-easily satisfied religionist, but justified in happy experience by…

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Text:  Romans 7:7:5-6, 14-25

+Who is the “I”?

+There are many in the Church who fit the description of the “I”.

+There are true believers in the Church who are still trying to live the Ch…

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Text:  Romans 7:7-13

“…these motions of sin are irritated, provoked, and increased, through the law’s prohibition of them; which is not to be charged as a fault on the law, but to be impute…

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Text: Romans 7:1-6

“Men quietly got in touch with Him... and found themselves doing things they couldn’t do, thinking thoughts they couldn’t think, and loving people they couldn’t love. They w…

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Text:  Romans 7:1-4  

“On your exceedingly great mercy rests all my hope. Give what you command, and then command whatever you will.” - Saint Augustine, The Confessions 

+License (An…

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Text:  Romans 6:11-13, 19  

“Grace is opposed to earning, but it’s not opposed to efforts.” - Dallas Willard

• Prayer 

• Fasting 

• Service

- disciplines of community (givin…

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Text:  Romans 6:11-23 + Vision

+ Intention

+ Means

“There is no need to despair; hundreds of these adult converts have been reclaimed after a brief sojourn in the enemy’s camp and now are wit…

In this sermon, Pastor JR explains how every Christian is free from sin as a fact, but not every Christian lives in that freedom as an experience.

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Text:  Romans 6:15-23 + Conversion is a …

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Text:  Romans 6:12-14+ What is the Promise?

·       You Belong to Christ and Christ Belongs to You.

+ What are the Practices?

• Mortification

• Vivification

In this sermon, Pastor JR reminds us that baptism and faith go hand in hand. It signifies our union with Jesus. Our sins become Christ's, and His grace, life, and salvation become ours, transforming …