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CrossWay Community Church | Bristol, WI
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CrossWay exists to glorify God through the transformation of lives by the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our hope is that all people find their satisfaction in God alone.
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Receiving the Resurrection
Feb 100:39:36Tap to summarizeDiscussion Questions: Sermon Overview Receive the Christ and receive the resurrection.Digging Deeper Read Luke 20:27-441. There are aspects of life in this broken world that can cause us to long for “the resurrection.” What would be some of those things for you? 2. In this passage, Jesus is confronted by some “who deny that there is a resurrection.” (v. 27) There are some who do the same thing today. How important is belief in the resurrection from the dead for true, biblical Christianity? Support your answer. (Please read 1 Cor. 15:12-20, to see the apostle Paul’s answer to this question.)3. This passage teaches us that human marriage will not be a part of the age to come in the new heavens and the new earth. How does that land on you? 4. Human marriage points beyond itself to the marriage of Christ and his bride, the church. Why is the marriage we will enjoy for all eternity something worth looking forward to? In what ways will it be better than even the best of human marriages? 5. It is good to live with all our might while we do live, and it is good to eagerly long for the day when we enter our eternal home. What might it look like to live well now, and yet long with eager anticipation for the resurrection? 6. There are many today who (as did the Sadducees) think Jesus is little more than a “good teacher” (v. 28). Why is it not a viable option for us (or anyone else) to see Jesus as simply a good teacher (and nothing more)? How might we respond to those who see Jesus this way? 7. What is Jesus’ line of reasoning in support of the resurrection from “the passage about the bush” (v. 37)? 8. What is the significance for us that Jesus (“the Christ,” v. 41) is both David’s son and David’s Lord? 9. How might the truths from this passage help you grow in your love for Christ and in your pursuit of a life that is pleasing to him? Prayer
Transcribe →God, Caesar, and the Wisdom of Jesus
Jan 2500:39:22Tap to summarizeDiscussion QuestionsSermon Overview Jesus' wisdom compels us to give honor to governments and ourselves to God.A. Live by the surpassing wisdom of Jesus.B. Give to human governments within limits.C. Give yourself to God without limits.Digging Deeper Read Luke 20:20-261. How does believing that all resources are ultimately God’s help us in submitting to the government? (e.g., paying taxes with faith God will provide, or not allowing our hope to be controlled by government over/underspending). 2. Name (in less than 30 seconds!) an area of politics which often frustrates you. What do you think Jesus would have to say about it? Try to consider any Scripture passages referencing this area. 3. How can we use the surpassing wisdom of Jesus to interact with governing authorities well?4. Where do you think you need to consciously limit - or elevate - the honor or trust you place in government? Why?5. How might we approach political involvement/rhetoric as a Christian witness to others? What about criticism of political leaders?6. What areas of your life (if any) do you think might be affected too much by politics? (areas named in the sermon were time, affections, and community)7. Read CrossWay’s fourth defining value below: “As a result of our personal experience of God’s love through the Gospel, we eagerly seek to obey the first and greatest commandment—to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind. This love is the natural and joyful response to experiencing God’s gracious forgiveness, for the one who is “forgiven much, loves much.” This love for God will be expressed in all we do, but it will find a particularly heightened expression in worship, both personal and corporate.”What tends to limit you from loving God wholeheartedly? 8. Suppose a friend or coworker comes to you to vent about the most recent thing happening in the news. What would be a gospel-shaped response? 9. How do you need to trust in God’s wisdom and sovereignty this week? Prayer
Transcribe →The Cornerstone
Jan 1800:40:48Tap to summarizeDiscussion Questions:Sermon Overview Welcome the independent, inescapable authority of Jesus.I. Jesus' authority is independent of whether we recognize it (vv. 1-8)II. Jesus' authority is inescapable by those who reject it (vv. 9-19)Digging Deeper Read Luke 20:1-191. The religious leaders wanted to trap Jesus with their questioning, but he questions them instead. Why isn't Jesus concerned with answering their question about authority? 2. "Humans love our autonomy. We want to be authorities unto ourselves." Where do you see this true in your own life? 3. Why is it better to have Jesus in authority over our lives rather than trying to take authority ourselves?4. Key to understanding verses 9-18 in this passage is Isaiah 5:7: "For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel." How do we see churches today refusing to acknowledge the Lord's authority over them, just as Israel refused to acknowledge the Lord's authority over them? 5. What does it mean that "the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" (Ps. 118:22)?6. Where do you "stumble over" or struggle with Jesus's authority? Some categories named in the sermon were his claims about who he is, his miracles, which may seem impossible, his ethics, which may seem too strict, and his exclusivism, which may seem unfair.7. How can we, as a Gospel Community, help each other in daily surrendering to the authority of our King? Prayer
Transcribe →The Reason for Christmas
Dec 2800:40:38Tap to summarizeDiscussion Questions: On break until January
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The God Who Comforts with His Coming
Dec 2100:38:03Tap to summarizeDiscussion Questions: On break until January 2026
Transcribe →A King Who Will Rule with Righteousness
Dec 1400:36:34Tap to summarizeDiscussion QuestionsSermon Overview Hope in the King whose righteous rule will produce perfect peace.I. His qualification is unquestionable (vv. 1-3a)II. His rule will be righteous (vv. 3b-5)III. His peace will be perfect (vv. 6-9)IV. His majesty will be magnetic (v. 10)Digging Deeper Read Isaiah 11:1-101. What injustices in our world make you wish for peace? What does the coming of Jesus have to say about this?2. When you want peace, who or what do you look to?3. In the sermon, a distinction was made between what delights human rulers and what delights our King, Jesus. What is different about what Jesus desires from us, versus what earthly leaders and rulers often desire? (see Isa. 1:23)4. What would it look like to grow in delighting in God, fearing him in a way that longs to honor him?5. This sermon focused on the kind of righteous rule that Jesus, this promised King, will have. What do you most look forward to about his promised rule?6. In Jesus’s righteous rule, he will enact justice always. As was said in the sermon, if this is our king, we had better live like him. How can we obey this call in our daily lives?7. Reread Isaiah 11:6-9, which gives us a picture of what eternity with the Prince of Peace will be like. Which of these particular pictures of peace do you long for? Why does your heart long for this?8. To get another picture of the peace which comes in eternity, read Revelation 22:1-5. What do these verses mean to you, and how can we start to live out this peace now between one another?9. “When the King came the first time, it wasn’t to judge, but to save.” How did Jesus fulfill this purpose in his life on earth? What will be different about his second coming?10. It can feel counterintuitive to consider this majestic, righteous, peacemaking king when Christmas is supposed to be about baby Jesus lying in the manger. Why do you think there is goodness in thinking this way about Jesus at Christmastime? Prayer
Transcribe →A Child Who Will Make Peace
Dec 700:44:38Tap to summarizeDiscussion QuestionsSermon Overview Our hope for endless peace rests on a child who will reign forever.I. The future for God's people is a dawn that drives out darkness (vv. 1-3)II. This dawn will mean the end of enslaving enemies (vv. 4-5)III. God will make this endless peace through a child who will reign forever (vv. 6-7)Digging Deeper Read Isaiah 9:1-71. “To be in darkness is to seem to be abandoned by God.” By a show of hands, have you ever or do you now feel this way? Share more if you’re comfortable. 2. “The first coming of Jesus was the beginning of the end of the darkness of the world.” How have you experienced this line from the sermon? How has darkness begun to end? How is it still present? Think in terms of the world and your own life.3. Anticipating that Christ has come and is coming again should lead to hope and joy. How might we help one another be more intentional about giving thought to Christ’s first and second coming? 4. Do you see spiritual enemies (like sin, demons, the fear of death) as your greatest enemies? Why or why not?5. How did Jesus’ death on the cross defeat our spiritual enemies?6. Reread Isaiah 9:6, especially the end. Which of the four descriptors of Jesus catches your attention? Why?7. What is a takeaway (s) for us from the fact that roughly 700 years prior to the birth of Jesus, Isaiah so clearly and so specifically foretold his coming?8. Where do you long for peace in your life? With God? With yourself? With others? 9. There are many aspects to the peace Jesus came to bring for his people (e.g. - peace with God, peace among ourselves, peace within ourselves, etc.). Are there any aspects of the peace he brings that you have perhaps not appreciated as much as you should? Why might that be? How might we grow in gratefulness for all that Christ came to do for us? 10. Read Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” How has Jesus brought us peace through his death? How might we use this verse to share the gospel with someone this Advent season? Prayer
Transcribe →Entering the Kingdom
Nov 3000:39:10Tap to summarizeDiscussion QuestionsSermon Overview Those who enter the kingdom depend on Jesus completely and treasure him supremely.I. Who enters: those who depend on Jesus completely (vv. 15-17)II. Who enters: those who treasure Jesus supremely (vv. 18-30)III. How Jesus makes entry possible: suffering in our place (vv. 31-34)IV. How entry looks: dependent faith produces joyful following (vv. 35-43)Digging Deeper Read Luke 18:15-431. Jesus exhorts us to receive the kingdom of God like a child, in complete dependence. How does this help us in entering his kingdom? 2. What’s the opposite of being like a child in approaching God? How could/does this show up in your life?3. Wealth isn’t evil, but it is a danger. How is wealth a powerful rival to God?4. Where do you struggle when thinking about money? Greed? Discontentment? Jealousy? Overreliance on it for security? What might you do or change to grow in this area?5. Those who follow Jesus give up much now, but also receive much now. If you follow Jesus, what good things have you already experienced because you are a part of God’s kingdom now?6. It was asked in the sermon, “Do you see Jesus’s love?” What does it mean to see His love, and how does it help us enter his kingdom? 7. The blind man at the end of the passage is a picture of the one who enters the kingdom. How do we live our lives marked by the kind of joyful following that the blind man exhibits upon being healed? 8. What is one specific thing that keeps you from entering the kingdom? Self-righteousness? Pride? Wealth that consumes your life? How do you flee from it? 9. How can we live in such a way that witnesses to unbelievers about the goodness of entering the kingdom of God?Prayer
Transcribe →The One God Receives
Nov 2300:29:17Tap to summarizeDiscussion QuestionsSermon Overview Come to God, trusting not in yourself, but in Jesus. God's saving mercy and grace are only for those who know they don't deserve it.Digging Deeper Read Luke 18:9-141. In our passage, the Pharisee comes to God trusting in himself (and how good he is). Where do we see this in the text?2. What are subtle or obvious ways we can trust ourselves instead of Jesus?3. “Whenever we feel God does not love us because we have failed, we have adopted the Pharisee's approach.” Do you experience this? If so, how can you respond to these feelings? How can we help each other?4. One of the ways Pharisee-like self-righteousness reveals itself is in a propensity to treat others with contempt (cf. v.9b). Reflect on some of the words (and tone) you have used with others around you in the past. Do you see any supporting evidence that you may have, at times, been guilty of treating others with contempt? What heart-level attitudes might such words reveal? 5. How tempted are you to compare yourself with others to determine how good or bad you are? A lot? A little? Something else?6. What’s the problem with assessing yourself based on comparison to others?7. How easy is it to view yourself like the tax collector, claiming no righteousness of your own?8. It was said in the sermon, “... we are all far more sinful than we think. And it is only when we grasp this that we can receive the good news.” What was meant by this? Do you agree? 9. How might we use this parable (and the truths it teaches) to engage with unbelievers about the good news of the Gospel? 10. What one specific application from this passage might God want you to consider and take with you into the week ahead? Please share. Prayer
Transcribe →"When the Son of Man Comes"
Nov 1600:39:14Tap to summarizeDiscussion QuestionsSermon Overview Jesus' sure and sudden return calls for wholehearted loyalty and persevering prayer.Digging Deeper Read Luke 17:20-18:81. Did this sermon help you in your understanding of what the Kingdom of God is? How so? 2. How does Daniel 7:13-14 shed light on what Jesus meant when he spoke of “the kingdom of God” and “the Son of Man”?3. The coming of the Son of Man will be unmistakable to all (17:22-25). Why do you think Jesus wants his disciples (including us) to know this? What does this truth help guard against? 4. The coming of the Son of Man will be unexpected by many (17:26-30). In mercy, Jesus is warning his people, lest we be numbered among those who are not ready for his return. How can we help one another guard against complacency and against living with no sense of urgency (as those in Noah’s and Lot’s day did - until it was too late)? 5. The coming of the Son of Man will be for salvation and judgment (17:27, 29, 34-35). Apart from God’s grace, we can be inclined to think that we’re really not all that bad, and certainly not worthy of God’s judgment. How might we use the truths taught in this passage to help unbelievers see both the sober reality of coming judgment and the salvation Christ offers? 6. One rightful response to what Jesus shows us in this passage about his return is to live with wholehearted loyalty to God. Is there a specific area of your life in which you are okay with something less than wholehearted loyalty to God? Please share. What would be a good next step toward change in this area? 7. Another rightful response in light of the second coming of the Son of Man is persevering prayer to God (18:1-8). Are there things you have prayed for, and yet God has not answered the way you hoped he would? Have you found yourself tempted to give up praying, and “lose heart”? Please share. 8. It was said in the sermon that “the key to not losing heart (in prayer) is the character of God.” What aspects of God’s character would you say are most important for you to be mindful of as you seek to persevere in prayer until the Son of Man comes again? 9. What might be some ways we can encourage one another to persevere in prayer until the Son of Man returns? Prayer
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