Crossgates Church Audio Podcast

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Broken"</p><p>In this message from April 12, Executive Pastor Ben Boyd kicks off our mini-series called, "My Resurrection Story". The series is centered around how God has taken what was broken, dead, and buried and resurrects it to purpose, power, and hope!</p>

<p>Easter Sunday Morning Message: "The Reality of the Resurrection"</p><p>In this Easter message from April 5, Pastor Kyle continues our series through 1 Corinthians with a message from 1 Corinthians 15:20-28. This Easter message confronts us with a profound truth: the resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a spiritual concept but a historical fact that demands our response. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 15, we discover that Christ's resurrection is verified through execution, the empty tomb, eyewitness testimony, and early accounts that no one ever recanted even under threat of death. But here's where it gets personal: Jesus didn't just rise for Himself. He became the firstfruits, meaning His resurrection guarantees ours. Through Adam, death entered the world and touches every human body. Through Christ, the second Adam, resurrection life becomes available to everyone who believes. The message challenges us to understand that our hope extends beyond our souls to our physical bodies. When believers die, they immediately enter God's presence, but that's not the end. One day, at Christ's return, every body will rise—believers to eternal life in glorified bodies, unbelievers to judgment. This isn't abstract theology; it's the promise that nothing we surrender to Christ remains unredeemed. Our very bodies, subject now to decay and death, will one day rise imperishable. The question we must answer is urgent and personal: Are we ready for our resurrection? Because it's coming, whether we're prepared or not.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Every Person Has a Part"</p><p>In this message from March 29, Pastor Kyle continues our series through 1 Corinthians with a message from 1 Corinthians 3:5–23. We are reminded that it’s not about personalities or platforms—it’s about God, the One who gives the growth. Discover what it means to build your life on the foundation of Jesus Christ and how every part of your life matters in His kingdom. Come be encouraged to refocus your faith, find your place in God’s work, and live with purpose as part of His church.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Maturity Matters"</p><p>In this message from March 22, Pastor Kyle confronts what it means to move from spiritual immaturity to maturity, leaving behind division, jealousy, and comparison to grow into the life God has for us. This is a powerful call to examine our hearts, refocus our faith on Jesus, and take the next step in becoming who God created us to be. </p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "The Wisdom of God"</p><p>In this message from March 15, Pastor Kyle explores Paul's dramatic shift in ministry strategy—from trying to connect with people through eloquent wisdom to simply preaching "Jesus Christ and him crucified" in the power of the Holy Spirit. We learned that the cross only makes sense when you're saved, and that real ministry begins when we decide to know someone (Jesus Christ) in someone else's power (the Holy Spirit). This has profound implications for our spiritual life: we must stop relying on human wisdom or our own abilities and instead trust in the supernatural power of the gospel to transform lives.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "The Dangers of Division"</p><p>In this message from March 8, we continue our series through 1 Corinthians with a timely and challenging message out of 1 Corinthians 1:10–17 and 3:1–4. In a culture—and even a church world—where division comes easily, we’ll be reminded that allowing anyone or anything to divide our loyalty simply doesn’t make sense in Christ. The enemy loves to use division to create distraction, but God calls His people to unity rooted in Jesus alone.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Here We Go!"</p><p>In this message from March 1, Pastor Kyle launches a brand-new, fun and faith-building series through the book of 1 Corinthians. We’ll kick things off in 1 Corinthians 1:1–9 in a message called, "Here We Go!", discovering how God calls ordinary people into an extraordinary story of grace, purpose, and unity. Whether you’ve studied this letter before or it’s brand new to you, this series will challenge, encourage, and help you see how God is still at work in His church today.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Fellowship & Discipleship"</p><p>In this message from February 22, Pastor Kyle concludes our Made to Pray series with a powerful message from Luke 11 titled, "Fellowship & Discipleship". Over the past several weeks, we’ve been learning the approaches Jesus gave us in the Lord’s Prayer—and this week we’ll finish strong by discovering how prayer draws us deeper into fellowship with the Father and shapes us into true disciples. This meaningful conclusion will help us lean in together, grow in our understanding of prayer, and step forward committed to living out what Jesus taught us.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "When Heaven Breaks In"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from February 15, Guest Pastor Austin Davis shares a powerful message titled “When Heaven Breaks In,” reminding us that God’s Kingdom becomes visible on earth when ordinary people abide with Jesus and carry His presence into everyday life. Teaching from Acts 3, he encouraged us to recognize that through the Holy Spirit, believers are invited not only to experience God’s Kingdom personally, but to allow it to flow through them to others. The message challenges us to slow down and abide daily with Christ, to see people with compassion and Kingdom perspective, to boldly share the hope we have in Jesus, and to live out the Gospel through both our words and our actions. Ultimately, we were reminded that every encounter is an opportunity for God to move, and that when we walk closely with Jesus, Heaven can break into the ordinary moments of our lives.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Stewardship"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from February 8, Pastor Kyle continues our series Made to Pray exploring the fourth approach to prayer found in Luke 11:2-3, where Jesus teaches us to pray "Give us each day our daily bread." This isn't just about physical provision—it's about declaring our complete dependence on God for everything in our lives. Prayerful stewardship acknowledges that God has given us everything we have, invites His wisdom in managing what we've received, and presents our needs to Him every day. This approach helps us move from kingdom-focused prayer into the personal areas where we desperately need God's provision and guidance.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Partnership"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from February 1, Pastor Kyle focuses on the third approach to prayer found in the Lord's Prayer: PARTNERSHIP. We learn that our prayers actually play a part in the advancing of God's kingdom here on earth. The kingdom of God is the rule, reign, and authority of God, which is true over all things right now but not yet fully revealed. When Jesus walked the earth, He demonstrated what the kingdom coming looks like—the blind received sight, the lame walked, the oppressed were set free, and the lost were saved. Now, Jesus invites us to pray for that same kingdom reality to break into our world today. This isn't about overcoming God's reluctance but laying hold of His willingness to move powerfully in response to our faithful prayers.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message: "Listening & Doing"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from January 25, Pastor Ben Boyd confronts us with a challenging truth from James 1:22-25: it's not enough to simply hear God's word—we must become doers of it. The teaching draws us into the uncomfortable reality that we can be captivated by biblical truth without being changed by it. Like looking in a mirror and immediately forgetting what we've seen, we often experience conviction during worship or study, only to walk away unchanged. The message uses powerful examples from Scripture—King Herod who listened to John the Baptist gladly yet beheaded him, Pontius Pilate who was fascinated by Jesus yet condemned Him—to illustrate how listening without obedience is spiritually futile. The core challenge connects directly to our prayer lives: many of us avoid being alone with God because we fear what He might reveal in that mirror. But here's the liberating paradox of faith—true freedom comes through obedience to what James calls 'the perfect law,' which is ultimately Jesus Christ Himself, now written on our hearts and minds. When we root ourselves in God's Word, receiving it humbly, focusing on it, remembering it, hiding it in our hearts, and dwelling on it, transformation happens naturally. We're called beyond selective obedience and comfortable listening to a life where surrender leads to action, where hearing God's voice compels us to move, and where our Made to Pray journey becomes more than knowledge—it becomes the very rhythm of our changed lives.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Worship"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from Janaury 18, Pastor Kyle focuses on how the Lord's Prayer teaches us to approach God in worship, declaring "hallowed be your name." We learn that prayer and praise are deeply connected, and that worshipping God in our daily prayer time transforms both us and our circumstances. This approach reminds us of who God is, what He has done, and prepares us to partner with Him in seeing His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Relationship"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from January 11, Pastor Kyle explores the profound truth that Jesus teaches us to approach God in prayer by first establishing our relationship with Him as Father. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, His first word was "Father" - not as a mere formality, but as the foundation for everything that follows. This approach flies in the face of religion and walks us back into relationship with God. Just as Adam and Eve once walked face to face with God in the garden, Jesus is restoring our ability to enter confidently into the presence of our Abba Father through prayer.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Place and Promise"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from January 4, Pastor Kyle launches a new series, Made to Pray, with a message that sets the foundation for why prayer is not optional—but essential to the life of every believer. Teaching from Luke 11, we’ll see the consistent pattern of Jesus intentionally withdrawing to specific places to pray and how that rhythm shaped His life, leadership, and decisions. This message invites us into a new year with a fresh posture toward God—establishing intentional patterns of prayer, coming as students asking, “Lord, teach us to pray,” and trusting the powerful promise that when we ask, seek, and knock, our Heavenly Father responds by giving us His very presence through the Holy Spirit. This message will challenge, encourage, and prepare our hearts for a transformative season of prayer together as a church family.</p>

<p>Sunday Morning Message - "Preparing for a New Season"</p><p><br></p><p>In this message from December 28, Executive Pastor Ben Boyd brings a powerful message centered on Jesus’ authority to rescue, restore, and renew. Teaching from Luke 8:26–39, we’ll see how Jesus confronts bondage, brings freedom to the broken, and transforms a life once marked by darkness into a testimony of grace. Paired with Ephesians 2 and Colossians 1, the message reminds us that we were once far from God but are now made alive and reconciled through Christ. As the restored man is sent to tell what Jesus has done, we are challenged to live as living testimonies of His power. This message calls us to trust God for renewed strength, patient growth, and a fruitful life that reflects His transforming work.</p>