By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

Do you know what your DARFS are?

Last week I had the privilege of listening to one of my heroes, Skip Ryan, speak about “The Longest Journey.” The title of his talks is from Pascal’s… Continue Reading

By Marshall Brown, Pastor

A couple weeks ago our church staff took a field trip to downtown LA. Our Director of Hope for LA, Dave Kleinknecht, had planned an afternoon and evening for us eating, touring and serving in the… Continue Reading

By Brian Godawa, Elder

Some of us struggle to stay awake reading the Bible, let alone study it. It just doesn’t read like the latest bestselling novel or self-help volume. The stories don’t always flow like watching a movie. Who… Continue Reading

by Jeremy Weese, Pastor

“But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”

Resurrection. In this one word we find all the incredulity of Christianity’s claims, and yet all of its… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

After Sunday’s sermon on grace (click here to listen), I was asked an especially good question:

“But what about my friends who say they are Christians, who have heard this message of grace… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor, and Chris Weldon, Director of Worship

On January 15th we began projecting song lyrics on a screen at both our Westside and Downtown worship services. We are keeping it very simple – white text projected on a black background without images.

This… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

Last Sunday we talked about what theologian John Murray considers to be “the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation” – union with Christ. If you missed it, you can listen to it by… Continue Reading

By Albert Shim, Pastor

Last fall we heard from Ji-Jon and Juliana about Pacific Crossroads’ ministry to international students. I am excited about this ministry for a number of reasons, and as we start a new… Continue Reading

By Jaclynn Balas, Haiti Missions Leader

A few years back I started a personal tradition of making my number of resolutions correspond with the year. I had 10 resolutions for 2010, 11 for 2011 and so on. One of my… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

During this Advent season we remember that the world, for all of its beauty, is still stained with sorrow and that we need God to come and “be our light.” It is a hopeful season… Continue Reading