Cross Community Church has joined with First Harvest Chapel to form Jericho Road Church! Officially launching in April 2014, Jericho Road Church is the result of the coming together of two churches in the Irvine/Tustin area compelled by God's m

If It Is from God: Things I Learned from Cross - Acts 5:27-39

Mar 31st, 2014

Jin H. Cho Fourth Week of Lent "Think of the self that God has given as an acorn. It is a marvelous little thing, a perfect shape, perfectly designed for its purpose, perfectly functional. Think of the grand glory of an oak tree. God's inten

Sins of Omission - Not Doing What We Ought - James 4:13-17

Mar 24th, 2014

Samuel S. BangThird Week of Lent "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." This often quoted obser

Redemption in the Garden - Genesis 3:7-21

Mar 17th, 2014

Jin H. Cho Second Week of Lent Lent is the traditional time of the year in which we prepare our hearts, our minds, our lives, to receive the great gift of Christ's loving sacrifice on the cross, and the victory of the Easter resurrection. To

The Fall - Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

Mar 10th, 2014

Jin H. ChoFirst Week of Lent Lent is the traditional time of the year in which we prepare our hearts, our minds, our lives, to receive the great gift of Christ's loving sacrifice on the cross, and the victory of the Easter resurrection. Toda

Hospitality - Following Jesus into Dangerous Places - Ezra 3:10-13

Mar 3rd, 2014

Mike McNichols Message from Guest Speaker Dr. Mike McNichols. Following Jesus is very often counter-intuitive. Sometimes we want to respond to a situation one way, but Jesus calls us to respond in an entirely different way. As we share our l

Influencing Others by Sharing Our Lives - 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Feb 24th, 2014

Samuel S. Bang The Christian faith has been passed down the past 2,000 years not only through its teaching but through the demonstration of lives lived in faith. All of us are influenced and shaped by the people and things around us. Unfortun

We Are Not What We Should Be - Romans 8:18-25; 1 John 3:2-3; Philippians 3:12-14, 20-21

Feb 17th, 2014

Samuel S. Bang The Spiritual Life as a Journey. "This life, therefore, is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are grow

Thirst and Hunger - Psalm 63:1-5

Feb 10th, 2014

Jin H. Cho What does it mean to live 'the good-life'? The predominant way in which we think of human well-being is fulfillment of desires. But the way in which we seek to fulfill our desires is often the very thing that destroys us. Which mea

Changes - Matthew 6:9-13

Feb 3rd, 2014

Jin H. Cho Change is Always Coming Some of us look forward to it, while others struggle with it. Some of us feel we can impact change in our lives, while others think it is something that happens to us that we can only cope with. The Scriptu

YoYo Spirituality, Part 2 - Judges 2:6-10; Ephesians 5:15-21

Jan 27th, 2014

Samuel S. Bang Even a cursory reading of the Bible reveals that the people of God throughout history have struggled being faithful to God. Are we destined to live a YoYo like spiritual life: Loving God one moment, only to wander from the God

YoYo Spirituality - Judges 10:6

Jan 20th, 2014

Moving Forward, Let Go - Genesis 13:1-18

Jan 13th, 2014

Jin H. Cho New Year's Resolutions Many cultures around the world attach significance to the celebration of a New Year as a time of new beginnings and new possibilities. While the cynical among us might grumble and say "big deal", it is an op