Crossway Baptist Church

Compassion In Action, Part Three - The Case of The Perplexed Prophet (Luke 7:18-35)

In this our 30th message through the Gospel of Luke, Pastor Buffy Cook teaches Part 3 of Compassion In Action - The Case of The Perplexed Prophet.  Since the day Jesus ascended to heaven, folks have had questions about Him - "Who Jesus Is?"!  The disciples struggled to answer that question as did the greatest person ever born among women, John the Baptist.  In 2000 years, little has changed - folks still wrestle with questions and doubts as to "Who Jesus Is?"  As we watch John the Baptist struggle to answer that question, Jesus didn't ridicule, mock, condemn or dismiss John's doubts...He showed COMPASSION!  He still does the same today!  He still tells us today - "Happy is the man who never loses his faith in me"!  Grab a Bible, a notebook and a pen and listen in as we examine The Case of The Perplexed Prophet.

Compassion In Action, Part Two - The Case of The Widow's Son at Nain (Luke 7:11-17)

The only thing worse than a physician with a bad bedside manner is one with no bedside manner!  We ALL desire a physician with a wonderful bedside manner.  Jesus had the best!!!  This passage - "the loveliest story in all the gospels" - is a beautiful, amazing, heart-rending pic of the wonderful, compassionate bedside manner of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ!  As he literally attends the bedside of an only son being carried out for burial & looks into the eyes of his weeping heartbroken widow of a mother, we still today, 2000 years later, can feel her pain in Jesus' heart! True Compassion In Action!!!  Grab your Bible, a notebook and pen and listen in as Pastor Buffy Cook teaches on "The Case of The Widow's Son at Nain."

Compassion In Action, Part One - The Case of The Centurion's Servant (Luke 7:1-10)

What is the ONE thing we all desire in a physician?  Knowledge, Skill, Diploma, Looks?!  Is it not COMPASSION?!  Compassion has been defined as "your pain in my heart"!  OH the pain our Lord must have felt in His heart as He ministered place to place!!  In Luke Chpt 7, He encounters a beloved centurion's servant on death's door, a weeping heartbroken widow burying her only son, a perplexed prophet in need of reassurance & a sinful woman in need of forgiveness.  Jesus, The Great Physician, motivated by compassion, helped them all!  Grab your Bible, a notebook and a pen and listen in as Pastor Buffy Cook leads us to examine The Case of The Centurion's Servant as we watch Jesus, The Great Physician, Compassion In Action!

The Sermon On The Level: Part Four (Luke 6:43-49)

In this, the 27th message from our walk through Luke's Gospel, Pastor Jimmy Hicks examines Jesus' final words in the Sermon on  the Level by drawing four points  from the text:
I. A Tree is Known By its Fruit
II. The Fruit of a True Disciple is Obedience
III. True Disciples Build their Foundation on the Rock
IV. Lives Founded on the Rock will Persevere

The Sermon On The Level: Part Three - King's Kids, Part Two (Luke 6:37-42)

Do you have a hero?!  Many of us do & at some point have sought to copy or imitate him/her.  As Christians our "hero" is & should be Jesus Himself!  Paul in 1 Cor. 11:1 said "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."  Yet NOT mere outward imitation..."If you really reverence a great man, you will get at his spirit" (Brooks)...true Christianity from the inside out.  That is what this section of The Sermon On The Level is about - the spirituality of a devoted follower of Christ...Jesus calls for A Magnanimous Disposition, A Life-Imparting Vision, & A Careful Self-Examination!  Listen in as Pastor Buffy Cook teaches Part 3 of The Sermon On The Level.

The Sermon On The Level: Part Two - King's Kids, Part One (Luke 6:27-36)

Wouldn't you LOVE to hear Jesus preach a sermon?!  Yet, are we really THAT eager?  He's demanding - take up your cross and follow Me; He's radical - love your enemies!  In His Sermon On The Level in Luke 6, Jesus says that just as kids physically look & act like their parents, spiritually the same is true.  And so, the conduct of "King's Kids" (disciples of Christ) oughta be that of Supernatural Love...love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who abuse you.  Jesus' words & their implication for our lives remain as explosively radical today as they were then!!!  Listen in as Pastor Buffy Cook teaches Part Two of The Sermon On The Level. 

Men & Method Of Our Master (Luke 6:12-19)

As we continue our look into Luke’s Gospel, we come to Luke 6:12-19, where we see Jesus calling His 12 disciples from the masses who’d been following Him to this point.  We know God had a ton of ways He could’ve used to give His truth to the world. He could’ve used the angels who would’ve likely been more obedient and productive at getting the job done than we have been.  He could’ve even spoken directly from heaven, like He did when Jesus was baptized. He could’ve opened the skies and spoke to every person in the world.  He for sure had more options, so I can’t tell you why He chose to do it the way He did. But what we do know for sure is,

“Jesus’ method for ministry was to prayerfully choose a few men to minister to the masses.”

 From our text today we can take notice of 4 things – The Masses, The Master, The Method and The Men.

 

The Sermon On The Level (Luke 6:17-23)

In this, our 24th message through the Gospel of Luke, Pastor Buffy Cook teaches on Jesus Sermon On The Level.  In that sermon, Jesus dropped the equivalent of four "spiritual H bombs," dramatically leveling with the 12 & His other disciples; annihilating the world's value system in the hearts and minds of His disciples forevermore.  Jesus outlines the profile of a true disciple (poor, hungry, sad, hated) vs the siren call of the world (rich, full, happy, popular), effectively blowing away any shallow talk of discipleship & thus calling for true commitment.  We can glibly dismiss these four "spiritual H bombs" as shocking or we can take them to heart as what it truly means to follow Jesus!!!  Grab a Bible, notebook and pen and listen in as we examine Jesus' Sermon On The Level. 

A Few Good Men (Father's Day 2017)

In this, our Father's Day 2017 message, Pastor Buffy Cook teaches from 1 Cor. 16.  America & her church is in desperate need for men to stand in the gap for Christ today.  Paul at the close of 1 Corinthians lays out some very practical advice on Christian living, a call for "A Few Good Men."  It's a timely call for Christian men everywhere, indeed anyone within the body of Christ, to stand in the gap for Christ today!  So, whether you are a father, grandfather, young man, old man or none of those, grab your Bible, a notebook and pen and listen up as we hear God call through the apostle Paul for "A Few Good Men."

Ten Steps To Spiritual Renewal - Step #3

This is the 3rd message in our 2017 Summer Series, "Ten Steps to Spiritual Renewal" from the book of Nehemiah.  Pastor Buffy Cook teaches in this message that Step #3 is "Getting Concerned Over Sin."  Here in the 9th Chapter of Nehemiah, we find 10 Steps that serve to drive us to do just that!