Gentleness means choosing to give up the right to be right. This choice can lead our actions and conversations to overflow with humility and love for others. How can we be gentle when it’s hard? Watch this message from Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs to find out.

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs kicked off a new series, Radical: Stop Playing it Safe. It’s time for us to do some evaluation. How deep is our commitment to the message of Jesus? From the book of Acts, Marty reminded us what the church was designed to be. Gathering together, giving generous...

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our series, Radical: Stop Playing It Safe, with a focus on radical community. While we do have a personal relationship with God, we are called to be part of the kingdom of God, part of a community. Five components make up a radical church communit...

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our series, Radical: Stop Playing It Safe, addressing radical faith that is displayed in the act of baptism.
Radical faith is:
• Not just believing, but boldly acting on it.
• Required when you make a decision to follow Jesus.

Baptism – a command...

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our series, Radical: Stop Playing It Safe, with a message on the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. Taking part in Communion is one of two celebrations, or rituals, along with baptism, commanded by Jesus in the New Testament. Jesus gave us this beautifu...

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our series, Radical: Stop Playing It Safe, with a message on the Holy Spirit. When Jesus left his disciples he promised to send an advocate to be in us to lead us in truth. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity, equal in every way to ...

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs gave the final sermon in the series Radical: Stop Playing It Safe with a message on radical prayer. Six short but daring prayers that, when God answers, will have enormous effect on your life—for the better. These prayers should have a place of priority in you...

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs dove into Psalm 103 with a message on cultivating a heart of gratitude. In a beautiful list of who God is and what he does, Psalm 103 begins with “Let all that I am praise the LORD; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.” The psalm tells us this typ...

"This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our Summer in the Psalms series with a study of Psalm 1, which describes a path of choices which can lead to a blessed life. There are three obvious choices described in this psalm:
• We need to be careful where we sit, walk, or stand.
• Love God...

"“Real spiritual need and change, as we have emphasized, is on the inside, in the hidden area of the life that God sees and that we cannot even see in ourselves without his help.”
- Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart
This week, Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs, continued our series, Movementum, wi...

This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs kicked off our new series—Fearless: Finding Courage in God looking at a favorite text where the disciples find themselves in a precarious storm in the middle of a lake and are worried for their lives. Jesus is literally in the boat with them, and yet they are ...

"This week, Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our Fearless series, focusing on something that is prevalent in our culture today—the fear of missing out, or FOMO as it is called. This fear is most often based in insecurity and focusing on the wrong things. With social media presenting unreal...

"This week, Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our Fearless series with a story from the Old Testament when the Israelites were close to entering the Promised Land. Focusing on the wrong things, the Israelites feared the people before them and forgot what God had done for them in the past. G...

"This week Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our Fearless series and taught from the Old Testament text of Nehemiah. Relating this story to serenity, Marty recited the prayer that contradicts fear for so many: God, grant me the serenity to... ACCEPT the things I cannot change, COURAGE to ch...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our series, The Next Right Thing, teaching from the New Testament book Philemon. The apostle Paul wrote this letter to Philemon from prison where he had befriended a runaway slave who was owned by Philemon. Paul had grown to love the slave, Onesimus, who ha...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in our series, The Next Right Thing, teaching from the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah, the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes, (historically an officer of high rank in royal courts) was concerned with the state of the Jews in Jerusalem after one of his brothers returned...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs brought us Impact Sunday, an annual event where we look back at the previous year and take time to celebrate all that God has done through the church. Through ministries in and outside the walls of Crossings Community Church, the community has heard and experienced the ...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in the Sermon on the Mount series focusing on prayer. Throughout his life, Jesus taught about prayer many times. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus preached about prayer through three words: Ask, seek, and knock. Asking God is only part of prayer. Sometimes it ...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued in the Sermon on the Mount series focusing on what we treasure. In his most famous sermon, Jesus touched on many topics, including the difference between earthly and heavenly treasures. As Marty explained, Jesus tells us:
• What we typically treasure is tempo...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued our series on the Sermon on the Mount, jumping to the end and where Jesus uses a parable explaining how to receive and act upon his words. Jesus knew his listeners would hear his words and return to their lives. He told them they had a choice to make when they...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs kicked off our new series on the Sermon on the Mount. Over the next seven weeks we will look at this most famous sermon; its meaning for all, its blessings to followers of Jesus, and its call for change and commitment to Jesus. Those in the audience when Jesus preached ...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs continued our Sermon on the Mount series, addressing the topic of worry. He explained the difference between concern and worry. Concern is a healthy state of being that can motivate change. Worry, on the other hand, can damage us and our lives. Worry puts our focus on t...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs kicked off our new series Building a Life That Matters. Teaching from a passage of Scripture that has guided his vision for Crossings, Acts 2:42-47, Marty focused on the importance of the Church in the believer’s life. A life that matters is built connected to the One w...

Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs wraps up the series, Building a Life That Matters, reminding us that the Gospel is for us, but not only us. Part of loving Jesus is sharing his love with others. We gather for worship, we spend time growing in our knowledge and love for him, and we go, we serve so other...