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James names the root issue beneath conflict, restlessness, and spiritual drift: divided desire. Friendship with the world fractures intimacy with God. Yet James declares hope — God gives more grace. Repentance becomes the pathway back to wholeness. On Celebrate New Life Sunday, baptism embodies this movement: turning from divided allegiance and returning fully to God. From our "A Study Through James" series • Austin Payne

After the resurrection, Jesus meets Peter on the shore—not to condemn him for his failure, but to restore him through a deeply personal conversation filled with grace, truth, and invitation. This message explores how Jesus pursues us in our lowest moments and invites us into healing, calling, and a renewed relationship with Him.

On Resurrection Sunday, we see how Jesus meets us personally—pursuing life-changing conversations filled with grace, mercy, and restoration. Through Peter’s story, we’re reminded that our failures don’t disqualify us; instead, Jesus invites us back, heals what’s broken, and calls us forward. The question is simple: will you respond to His invitation?Easter Sunday • Danny Strange

In this Palm Sunday message, we see Jesus revealed as a different kind of king—one who doesn’t conquer through power, but through sacrifice, confronting sin, death, and broken systems to bring true freedom. As Holy Week unfolds, we’re invited to recognize that His ultimate victory wasn’t on a throne, but through the cross and resurrection, where He pursued a personal relationship with us at any cost.

On Palm Sunday, we ask: what kind of king is Jesus Christ? Walking through Holy Week, we see a King who confronts hypocrisy, defeats sin and death, and ultimately gives everything to pursue a relationship with us. This message invites you to experience the weight—and the beauty—of the week that changed everything. Palm Sunday • Danny Strange

This week, Pattie Krohn walks through James 3:13–18, exploring the difference between earthly wisdom and wisdom from above. True wisdom begins with a pure heart and flows outward in peace, humility, and generosity, while earthly wisdom is driven by envy and selfish ambition. Discover how we can receive God’s wisdom through awe, surrender, and community—and experience the good life it produces.

James contrasts two wisdoms competing for allegiance. Earthly wisdom fractures, elevates self, and produces disorder. Wisdom from above is singular, pure, peaceable, and fruitful. The single-minded life learns to see the world through God’s wisdom alone, cultivating peace and righteousness wherever it goes.From our "A Study Through James" series • Pattie Krohn

Why do our words cause so much damage—even when we don’t mean them to? In this message from James 3:1–12, Austin Payne explores how the tongue reveals the condition of the heart and how Jesus offers not just forgiveness for our words, but a new source for them.

James reveals speech as a diagnostic of inner wholeness. A divided heart produces contradictory speech — praise and cursing from the same mouth. A single-minded life produces consistency because it flows from a unified source. Maturity is revealed not merely in belief, but in the everyday words that shape relationships and direction.From our "A Study Through James" series • Austin Payne

In this week’s message, Danny Strange walks through James 2:14–26 and the relationship between faith and deeds. While we are saved by faith alone, the kind of faith that truly saves never stays alone—it transforms how we live. Discover how the Gospel is meant to shape our words, compassion, and everyday decisions.

James confronts compartmentalized faith. A double-minded person treats faith as important but peripheral — a belief that exists alongside self-directed living. A single-minded person allows faith to become the core from which all action flows. Works do not earn salvation; they reveal where allegiance truly resides.From our "A Study Through James" series • Danny Strange

In this episode pastor Danny dives into James 2:1–13 to unpack how favoritism reveals the world’s value system in us and why mercy is the antidote God gives. Through real-life examples and Scripture, Danny shows how receiving mercy from Christ empowers us to see and stop for others the way Jesus does.

James addresses how divided perspective distorts community. Favoritism emerges when believers allow the world’s value system to pollute God’s view of people. The single-minded life sees others through the mercy of God alone — not through wealth, appearance, or influence. A single-minded church becomes a place where dignity flows from grace, not status.From our "A Study Through James" series • Danny Strange

In this episode, we slow down and explore James 1:19–27, where internal noise — anger, impulsive speech, and self-justification — competes with the voice of God’s Word. A single-minded disciple doesn’t just agree with Scripture but receives it humbly, remembers it faithfully, and obeys it fully — allowing one authoritative voice to reorder their loves and reactions. True freedom is found not in reacting, but in listening with the intent to obey — reining in our tongue, caring for the vulnerable, and living unstained by the world.

James moves from internal desire to internal noise. Anger, impulsive speech, and self-justification compete with the voice of God’s Word. A double-minded life listens selectively; a single-minded life receives the Word humbly and obeys it fully. Obedience is not legalism but clarity — allowing one authoritative voice to shape how we live.From our "A Study Through James" series • Austin Payne

Temptation isn’t random — it reveals where our hearts are still divided. In James 1:12–18, we see how desire, if left unchecked, leads somewhere destructive — but God’s unchanging goodness offers a better path. This episode reminds us that freedom begins with settled allegiance and remembering who we belong to.

James exposes temptation as a battle for allegiance. Desire pulls us inward, tempting us to believe false stories about God’s goodness and our fulfillment. Rather than blaming God, James redirects our focus: every good and perfect gift comes from above. Freedom from temptation grows as believers become single-minded — refusing to listen to the distorted voices within and anchoring their trust in God’s unchanging character.From our "A Study Through James" series • Raymond Hudson

In this opening message of the James series, Pastor Danny explores why trials feel so destabilizing—and how they can become the very place God brings us toward wholeness. James invites us to see trials not as pointless suffering, but as refining fire that exposes our divided hearts and calls us into single-minded trust. When we waver, God remains steady, generously offering wisdom that leads us toward maturity and lasting joy.

James opens by confronting how believers interpret hardship. Trials reveal whether we are divided in our perspective or anchored in God’s purposes. While circumstances invite fear, bitterness, or despair, James calls believers to see trials through God’s lens — as instruments of formation producing endurance and maturity. The single-minded life refuses to toggle between competing interpretations of reality and instead trusts God fully, even under pressure.From our "A Study Through James" series • Danny Strange

In this message from Acts 2, Pastor Danny Strange reminds us that transformation was never meant to happen alone. The early church devoted themselves not just to Jesus, but to one another—and God moved powerfully through their shared life. Discover why devoted community is where real growth happens and why the invitation to step in is still open for you today.

Abiding is deeply personal, but never private. Branches in the vine grow together. Jesus links abiding in His love to loving one another — sacrificially, consistently, and joyfully. The Christian life is a shared life, where we encourage one another, confess and pray together, carry burdens, forgive, and serve side by side. As 3Crosses launches a new season of Life Groups, we remember that transformation rarely happens in isolation. God designed us to remain in Christ within community, where His life flows through us to strengthen, sharpen, and bless one another.From our "Abide" series • Danny Strange

In this episode of the Abide series, we explore what it really means to follow Jesus as we go—beyond quiet moments of faith and into everyday life. From John 15:12–17, we see that abiding with Jesus looks like friendship with Him, obedience expressed through love, and living on mission in a way that bears lasting fruit.

Jesus makes it clear that obedience is not the entrance into His love but the expression of remaining in it. Obedience is how love takes shape in real life — in choices, habits, relationships, and desires. When we abide in His love, obedience stops feeling like religious rule-keeping and becomes partnership with the heart of God. Jesus calls us friends, not servants, because He reveals His heart and invites us into His work. Obedience is the fruit of intimacy: listening, trusting, and walking with Jesus daily in the ways He leads.From our "Abide" series • Danny Strange

In this message from John 15:9–11, Danny Strange explores what it means to move beyond simply knowing that God loves us to actually living in that love. Through the images of family, apprenticeship, and home, we see how drift happens—and how Jesus invites us back into delight, closeness, trust, and partnership with the Father. Abiding joy, Jesus says, is found not in performance, but in remaining in His love.

Jesus invites us to remain—not in fear, shame, or performance—but in the same love that the Father has always had for Him. This means God’s posture toward us is not reluctant or fluctuating but steady, joyful, and overflowing. Remaining in His love reshapes our spiritual life from striving to resting, from insecurity to assurance, from duty to delight. The result, Jesus says, is true and lasting joy — the unmistakable fruit of a life rooted in God’s affectionFrom our "Abide" series • Danny Strange

In this message, Austin Payne slows us down beneath outcomes and effort to recover Jesus as the true source of life. Rooted in John 15, the conversation reframes abiding not as a spiritual technique or performance metric, but as a grace-fueled posture of dependence on a Person. As pressure lifts, we’re invited to remain—learning that lasting fruit grows from connection to Christ, not control of our lives.

We begin the year by grounding our entire faith in the reality that every Christian is now in Christ — united with Him, joined to His life, and sustained by His presence. Jesus’ image of the vine and branches shows that Christianity is not just believing what Jesus said or imitating what Jesus did; it is receiving His very life. To “abide in Him” means staying connected, dependent, and receptive to the life Jesus already gives. Our identity is not achieved but received, and everything God will grow in us this year begins with this simple, essential command: remain in Me.From our "Abide" series • Austin Payne

What if lasting change doesn’t come from trying harder, but from staying connected? In this message from John 15:16, Danny Strange explores what it means to bear “fruit that will last” and why true transformation flows from abiding in Jesus, not personal effort. Discover how identity, environment, community, and small, consistent reconnection shape a life that grows real fruit over time.

When Jesus speaks of “fruit that will last,” He isn’t talking about momentary inspiration or temporary spiritual highs, but the kind of transformation that comes from His life flowing through ours. Lasting fruit is the evidence of real union with Christ - character shaped into His likeness, obedience born from love, and lives that point others toward Him. This is the invitation for 2026: not to try harder, but to remain in Jesus so His life bears fruit in us that truly lasts.From our "Abide" series • Danny Strange

In this episode, Larry walks through 1 John 5:1–21, reminding believers that eternal life is not a distant hope but a present assurance secured in Jesus. As Advent comes to a close, we’re invited to step into the new year abiding in Christ—grounded in His truth, His presence, and His unshakable promise.

As the year draws to a close, John offers believers the gift of confidence — you can know you belong to God. Eternal life isn’t a wishful hope but a present reality secured in Jesus. Advent ends not with uncertainty, but with assurance that Christ has come, is with us, and will keep us. We step into a new year abiding in His truth, His presence, and His promise."God With Us" series • Larry Vold

In this episode, Austin Payne explores how Christmas is not only about the birth of Jesus, but the new birth God offers us through His love. As we journey through Advent, we’re reminded of our identity as God’s children and the transforming work that shapes us to become more like Christ.

Christmas isn’t only about the birth of Jesus — it’s about the new birth offered to us. John marvels at the Father’s love that makes us His children, reshaping our identity and hope. Advent reminds us who we are and whose we are, freeing us from sin’s grip as we grow to resemble Jesus. The miracle of the manger leads to the miracle of our transformation."God With Us" series • Austin Payne

In this week’s message, Danny Strange walks through 1 John 2:3–17, inviting us to experience the love of Christ at Christmastime. Through Advent, we’re reminded how walking in the ways of Jesus, leaning into Christian community, and resisting worldliness helps restore love, joy, and peace to the season.

John teaches us to walk as Jesus walked, while warning us not to love the world's lust, greed, and pride, temptations that hijack Christmas every year. The answer isn't stripping away celebration or compartmentalizing faith from festivity, but learning the difference between feasting and gluttony: feasting responds, connects, and rests; gluttony grasps, compares, and never stops."God With Us" series • Danny Strange

In this week’s episode, Pastor Danny explores 1 John 1:5–2:2 and the Advent theme of peace found in God’s light. Together we unpack what it means to walk in the light, confront darkness, and practice confession that restores fellowship with God and others. Join us as we reflect on how true peace is experienced when we step honestly into the truth.

Advent shines a light into the darkness of our hearts and world. John calls us to step out of hiding and into honesty with God, where confession opens the door for cleansing and restored fellowship. Jesus is our advocate and atoning sacrifice, proving that we don’t need to fear the light. Christmas is the invitation to walk with God in truth, freedom, and grace."God With Us" series • Danny Strange

In this episode, Austin Payne and AJ talk about how Advent invites us to slow down, draw near to the real Jesus, and rediscover the kind of joy that can’t be shaken by circumstances.

John opens his letter by reminding us that the story of Jesus isn’t theory or myth — it’s eyewitness reality. God entered our world in flesh and blood, seen, heard, and touched. Advent begins with the stunning truth that God came near, and that nearness brings fullness of joy. In a season filled with noise and nostalgia, we anchor ourselves in the real Jesus who really came for us."God With Us" series • Austin Payne

In this message, Pastor Danny Strange unpacks Matthew 17:14–20 and reveals how faith is the key that activates spiritual victory. Through the story of the desperate father and Jesus’ powerful response, we learn that even mustard-seed faith can move mountains when placed in Jesus. Discover how a life of prayer, trust, and daily responsiveness to God leads us into true, victorious living.

Spiritual victory requires faith, but not the amount of faith we think—just a mustard seed's worth is enough when placed in Jesus. The disciples failed to heal the boy not because they lacked sufficient faith, but because they stopped relying on God and began trusting in their own abilities, forgetting to pray and ask God to do what only He can do. The victorious Christian life is simply cultivating prayer as a rhythm, responding in faith to whatever God brings to our attention, and actively participating in the work He's already doing."Spiritual Warfare" series • Danny Strange