Did Jesus just preach all day every day? What else did he do? Learn about the world Jesus lived in from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/who-is-jesus/ (Who Is Jesus?). Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.faceb...
Nov 09, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 174
How do we obey God's command to submit to authority when the authority isn't following God's command? Is it okay to protest? How? Join the discussion as https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller) covert Part II of Does the Bible Say Anything About Policing? Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and related episodes, including https://www.thecrossingchurch.co...
Nov 05, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 173
The world is clearly broken. We're waiting for Jesus to come back and save us, but is that really going to happen? Learn the truth behind Jesus's mission from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/who-is-jesus/ (Who Is Jesus?). Interested in more content like this? Check out https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/do-all-good-people-go-to-heaven-questions-youre-asking-romans-3-23/...
Nov 04, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 172
The Bible says God made humans in his own image, but we tend to make Jesus into our own image. Is that okay? What did Jesus really look like? Find out from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/who-is-jesus/ (Who Is Jesus?). Interested in more content like this? Listen to our earlier episode https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/was-jesus-a-real-person-who-is-jesus/ (Was Jesus a...
Nov 02, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Policing isn't a new problem—for the US or for the rest of the world. It's been a problem all throughout history, and the Bible has some lessons for us. Learn from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller) as they begin our discussion on what the Bible says about policing. Stay tuned for Part II coming next week! Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and re...
Oct 29, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 170
How do we know that Jesus really existed? It's an important question. If he's just a legendary figure, Christianity falls apart. Discover the evidence for Jesus from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) as we start our new series answering the question: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/who-is-jesus/ (Who Is Jesus?). Interested in more content like this? Check out https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-we-know-the-resurrection-was...
Oct 28, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Is demon-possession actually biblical or a fantastical trope for horror stories? Is it modern or a myth of the past? Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) as he delves into the Bible to uncover the truth. Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and related episodes, including Pastor Dave Cover's https://abiggerlifepodcast.captivate.fm/episode/praying-to-open-your-eyes-in-the-real-spiritual-drama-prayer-on-acts-26-12-18 (P...
Oct 26, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Politics shapes society, so what do we want society to look like? Learn how the Bible defines a just society with https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller). Interested in more content like this? Check out our earlier episode on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/should-we-separate-church-and-state-questions-youre-asking-matthew-4-8-9/ (Should We Separate Church and State?) Like t...
Oct 22, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Did you know that different Christian traditions have different books in their Bibles? So how do we know who is right? Can we trust any of them? Learn how the Bible came together and how trustworthy it is from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) as he continues our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Listen to one of our first episodes on thi...
Oct 21, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Tattoos seem to be increasingly popular now, among Christians and non-Christians. What does the Bible say about them? Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) as he delves into several verses from both the Old and New Testament to continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Check out https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/pot-dinosaur...
Oct 19, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 165
The separation of church and state is fundamental to American politics—one of the core principles established when the nation emerged. But https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller) believe that this doesn't mean that we should (or can) keep our faith out the voting booth. To the contrary, Jesus has a politic and Christians must be guided by it. Interested in more content like this? Check...
Oct 15, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Is speaking on tongues crazy talk, or is it really a sign of the Holy Spirit? What does "speaking in tongues" really mean? Learn from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) as he continues our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Check out https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-to-respond-to-gods-gifts-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-15-11-...
Oct 14, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 163
What's more important: what we do or why we do it? Follow along as https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) does a deep dive into Scripture to uncover what God truly cares about as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/is-greed-your-god-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-12-13-21/ (Is Greed Y...
Oct 12, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Who is the right candidate to vote for in November? Who does God support? Understand the biblical attitude towards politics as https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller) discuss the Christianity and First Presidential Debate. Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and related episodes, including https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+7.55&versi...
Oct 08, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 161
"We have narrowed salvation to focus only on our souls or only on individuals. And we have missed what God is doing on a cosmic level, what God is doing on a bigger level." When we think about salvation, we probably think about our souls, but it's way bigger than that. God cares about all of his creation, which includes animals and nature. We are called to be stewards of the earth and caretakers of the land. Most of us care about the environment, but we might not realize how important it is. Lea...
Oct 07, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Last week, https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) said Christian's shouldn't go to war. But this week, https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) says the opposite. Find out way as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Make sure to check out last week's episode with the counter-argument: https://www.t...
Oct 06, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 159
Patrick and Keith are doing another point/counter-point. Should Christians go to war? In this episode Patrick says the answer is no, based on Jesus’s teachings and actions. Jesus’s explicit rejection of violence before his crucifixion show us that his teachings on non-violence were not merely for private life, but also were intended to guide how Christians live out their whole lives, and function in society. In our next episode, Keith answers ‘yes.’ To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossi...
Oct 04, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Some say that the best things in life come at the greatest cost. What are kids costing parents? Do they sometimes seem like too much to handle? Join in this discussion with https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/molly-cover/ (Molly Cover) as cover how the Bible wants us to view kids and parenting. Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and related episodes, including our eBook https://inf...
Oct 01, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 158
How can the church be unified if there are so many denominations? How do we know what's right and true? Learn the reason for denominations and how we should regard them from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon) as he continues our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/can-the-church-survive-covid-19...
Sep 28, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 156
We’ve been getting lots of question on our Facebook page, and we’re hitting them all hear in one lightning round. https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller) as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Check out our guest interview with Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass on the c...
Sep 26, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Can Christians drink alcohol? How much? Hear how the Bible addresses alcohol as https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) continues our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/one-mans-journey-to-overcoming-addiction-an-interview-with-warren-mayer/ (Addiction Recovery and Jesus) from our last series ...
Sep 23, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 154
The God of the Old Testament sounds pretty callous and vindictive in some places, doesn't he? How does that fit in with https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/series/god-is-i-am/ (his character) of grace and forgiveness? Understand what troubling passages, like those found in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+7.1-2&version=NIV (Deuteronomy 7.1-2) and https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+15.3&version=NIV (1 Samuel 15.3), mean as https://www.thecrossingch...
Sep 21, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 153
We might say that God is sovereign over everything, but do we really believe it? What about the little things like sports games or what clothes to wear? Learn how God's sovereignty impacts our own free will and personal responsibility from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller) as we continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Quest...
Sep 17, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 152
Do you get stuck when you come to Leviticus in your Bible study? It happens. Is that chapter even necessary for us anymore? Find out from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) as he continues our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Check out https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/who-picked-which-books-went-into-the-bible/ (Who Picked Which...
Sep 16, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Do we each have a soulmate? Whether you're married or single, this is an important topic to consider. Discover the purpose of marriage and how to make it successful from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon ) as he continues our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Check out https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/should-christians-watch-the-bachel...
Sep 14, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 150
Politics can easily captivate our hearts, hopes, and mental energy. When is that proper civil duty? When does it become idolatry? Are there any tests we can use to determine it? Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming classes! Find out https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/who-would-jesus-vote-for (Who Jesus Would Vote For) and https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/how-to-be-skilled-at-life (How to Be Skilled at Life) in these Zoom classes with https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pa...
Sep 10, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Struggling to find your purpose in life or role in the church? It can be really tricky. Learn how to discern your spiritual gifts and calling from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) as he continues our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Scroll down for more resources and related episodes, including a blog post by Annie Kelly on "https://www...
Sep 09, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 148
It's hard to imagine that God would send good people to hell, so they must go to heaven, right? But what does "good" mean? Who is good? Find out from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastor Keith Simon )as he analyzes https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+3.23&version=ESV (Romans 3.23) to continue our series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Interested in more content like this? Check out ...
Sep 07, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 147
Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming classes! Find out https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/who-would-jesus-vote-for (Who Jesus Would Vote For) and https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/how-to-be-skilled-at-life (How to Be Skilled at Life) in these Zoom classes with https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller). Violence and riots around political issues are becoming everyday news. How should...
Sep 03, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming classes! Find out https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/who-would-jesus-vote-for (Who Jesus Would Vote For) and https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/how-to-be-skilled-at-life (How to Be Skilled at Life) in these Zoom classes with https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick Miller). You might wonder what happens to your pets when they die, but have you also thoug...
Sep 02, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 145
