Crosslake Christian

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Local sermons for steady Christian faith.

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Crosslake Christian is a steady stream of congregational teaching shaped by biblical passages, pastoral encouragement, and practical faith. The messages move from ordinary Minnesota life into themes of worship, rest, generosity, spiritual battle, and trust in God's presence.

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About Crosslake Christian

Crosslake Christian carries the texture of a local church service more than a studio program. It opens with greetings, small adjustments, and familiar references before settling into biblical teaching. That informality matters. The show keeps the listener near the congregation, where a message can begin with Minnesota seasons, a family camp update, or a picture of someone carrying weight, then turn toward Scripture and prayer. Recent episodes return again and again to God's presence in pressure. Praise is treated as a way to reorient the spirit. Prayer becomes the first response to stress, guilt, loneliness, and fear. Scripture is presented as living, sometimes hard to understand, but still sufficient for keeping faith moving. The teaching is not abstract. It connects Luke's announcement with miracles and ordinary routines, links Jesus' parting promise to support and community, and reads Paul's words to Corinth as a call not to lose heart. The show also spends time with spiritual conflict. Nehemiah rebuilding the wall, Goliath's taunts, and Paul's image of the armor of God become language for persistence when resistance feels personal. There is also a gentler current. Messages about rest ask what people are carrying unnecessarily and point toward Jesus as a place of quieting and release. A message on giving treats generosity as privilege rather than pressure. The register is warm, earnest, and conversational. Humor appears in passing, usually through weather, food, aging, or ordinary church life. The main aim remains pastoral encouragement. Crosslake Christian suits listeners looking for sermon audio that feels grounded in a real congregation, with direct biblical application and repeated calls to trust, pray, keep going, and make room for God in daily life.

Made for: For listeners who want conversational Christian teaching rooted in Scripture, prayer, and practical endurance. It especially fits those drawn to local-church sermon audio rather than highly produced religious commentary.

What sets it apart: Its strength is the close, lived-in feel of the room: everyday Minnesota details, congregational warmth, and biblical application sit side by side. The messages treat faith as both miraculous and ordinary, pressing toward prayer, rest, generosity, and perseverance.

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Sermons and Bible Studies from Crosslake Christian in Crosslake, MN.

As heard by us

Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Crosslake Christian pairs practical biblical teaching with the warmth, humor, prayer, and communal texture of a local church service.

Crosslake Christian keeps the texture of a live church service intact. Speakers begin with local weather, family camp, Easter plans, or a welcome to visitors, then turn toward biblical teaching and closing prayer.

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A groundhog outside steals the preacher's attention; you get a laugh before the call to keep going.

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  • scripture to lean on while an answer to prayer refuses to arrive
  • room to laugh at a groundhog without pretending discouragement is trivial
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Scripture and daily guidancePrayer under stressPraise and worshipGod's presence in ordinary lifeMiracles and faithSpiritual enduranceRest and release of burdensGenerosity and giving

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A Father's Faith

Abraham's wait shapes a Father's Day sermon about faith amid fear and doubt.

A Father's Day sermon follows Abraham's wait for a promised son and asks what faith looks like when progress is hard to see. The preacher turns to the birds of prey in Genesis 15 as an image of fear, doubt and discouragement around a God-given dream.

Missionaries Tony & Grace Walters

Two UMD alumni explain why they devote their ministry to college students.

Tony and Grace, both UMD alumni, speak to a church about their work as campus missionaries in Duluth. They remember college as a time when students need care and the love of Jesus, and explain why they see the campus as a place where ministry can reach beyond the students they…

The Battle Belongs to the Lord

Nehemiah's wall builders anchor a conversational sermon on worry, prayer, and carrying on.

A birthday party and a talk with a high school friend give this sermon its opening concern: how quickly time passes, and how easily stress turns into worry. The preacher moves to Nehemiah's wall builders, who carry on despite mockery.

Finding Rest

A live sermon links everyday exhaustion to Matthew 11 and rest in Jesus.

A man bent under a heavy weight opens this sermon on Matthew 11 and Jesus' invitation to rest. The preacher brings the image close to home with the relief of having space again after company leaves.

Keeping Heart

A warm sermon on affliction, daily trust and keeping heart.

This sermon on 2 Corinthians 4 asks how Christians can keep heart when life hurts. The preacher starts with Paul's words about receiving mercy and not losing heart, then speaks plainly about affliction: becoming a Christian does not spare anyone pain, but the Lord will be with…

Pastor Kevin Senapatiratne

A personal sermon on asking Jesus for help for oneself and others.

A visiting pastor takes the words "just say the word" as the center of this sermon. He begins with a request for healing made on someone else's behalf, then turns to the people his listeners care about. The repeated "one word" refrain keeps that connection in view.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    A Walking Bible

  2. 2

    Off to a Good Start

  3. 3

    Rest for Your Soul

  4. 4

    The Anchor of My Soul

  5. 5

    Pressing On

  6. 6

    He Dwelt Among Us

  7. 7

    Perfect Love

  8. 8

    The Voice of Thanksgiving

  9. 9

    He Is Lord

  10. 10

    Be Doers of the Word

  11. 11

    God is in Control

  12. 12

    Victory in Jesus

  13. 13

    It's Better to Obey

  14. 14

    Understanding God's Will

  15. 15

    God's Ways Are Best

  16. 16

    God's Perfect Timing

  17. 17

    A Step of Faith

  18. 18

    Standing on the Promises

  19. 19

    The Gideons International

  20. 20

    Staying on Course

  21. 21

    In The Last Days

  22. 22

    The Lord is Faithful

  23. 23

    Staying Fresh

  24. 24

    How Much Do You Need?

  25. 25

    Treating People Right

  26. 26

    Rest for Your Soul

  27. 27

    What Matters Most?

  28. 28

    Don't Forget to Remember

  29. 29

    The Goal of the Church

  30. 30

    A Compassionate Father

  31. 31

    Praying the Price

  32. 32

    The Goal as a Christian

  33. 33

    A Day of Remembering

  34. 34

    Childlike Faith

  35. 35

    A Firm Foundation

  36. 36

    What Am I Asking God For?

  37. 37

    Pastor Andy Mixer, Wk. 2

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    Pastor Andy Mixer

  39. 39

    Finding Favor

  40. 40

    If Christ is In You

  41. 41

    Becoming an Influencer

  42. 42

    His Ways Are Higher Than Our Ways

  43. 43

    The Good Shepherd

  44. 44

    Standing Firm

  45. 45

    The Love of God

  46. 46

    A Precious Cornerstone

  47. 47

    Gird Your Mind for Action

  48. 48

    A Living Hope

  49. 49

    Kenzie

  50. 50

    A Great Light

  51. 51

    The Reason for the Season

  52. 52

    A Time For Everything

  53. 53

    Dean Goossen

  54. 54

    Mindset

  55. 55

    A Thankful Heart

  56. 56

    Consider It All Joy

  57. 57

    The Great Shepherd

  58. 58

    A Race to Run

  59. 59

    Dale Kuglin

  60. 60

    By Faith

  61. 61

    Once For All

  62. 62

    A Perfect Priest

  63. 63

    A Permanent Priest

  64. 64

    Anchor of the Soul

  65. 65

    Frank Figueroa

  66. 66

    He Learned Obedience

  67. 67

    Entering His Rest

  68. 68

    Write Your Own Headline

  69. 69

    Encourage One Another

  70. 70

    Pay Attention

  71. 71

    My Debt is Paid

  72. 72

    Finding God's Will

  73. 73

    Great is Thy Faithfulness

  74. 74

    Faith That Works

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  75. 75

    Empowered Faith

    ·33m
  76. 76

    Faith Like a Mustard Seed

    ·42m
  77. 77

    A Mother's Faith

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    The End of all Things

    ·35m
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    For a Little While

    ·39m
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    True Worship

    ·35m
  81. 81

    To God Be The Glory

  82. 82

    The Last Enemy

    ·34m
  83. 83

    A Place for You

    ·47m
  84. 84

    Like a Child

    ·39m
  85. 85

    Not What Goes In But What Comes Out

    ·34m
  86. 86

    Pressing In

    ·38m
  87. 87

    For His Purpose

    ·38m
  88. 88

    Guest: Speakers: Sam & Tsana Gullickson

    ·23m
  89. 89

    Little is Much When God is In It

    ·34m
  90. 90

    Keeping Heart

    Hidden gem

    Crosslake Christian's "Keeping Heart" centers on 2 Corinthians 4 and 6, with the speaker reading Paul's line, "we do not lose heart," and tying it to his own conversion on the road to Damascus.

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    Finding Rest

    Hidden gem

    Crosslake Christian's "Finding Rest" uses Matthew 11 to picture a person carrying the weight of the world like Mount Everest on his shoulders.

    ·39m·2 clips
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    Pastor Kevin Senapatiratne

    Hidden gem

    Pastor Kevin Senapatiratne centers Matthew 8:5-13 on the centurion who says, "just say the word," and ties that scene to faith that asks Jesus for help.

    ·45m·3 clips
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    A Cheerful Giver

    A pastor introduces a sermon on giving from 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, emphasizing giving as a privilege.

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    Friendship with God

    A sermon encouraging listeners to use praise as a weapon to focus on God's nature and find strength in scripture.

  95. 95

    Nothing is Impossible with God

    A sermon on Luke chapter 1 emphasizing that nothing is impossible with God, with points on the announcement, acclamation, and appreciation.

  96. 96

    I Am With You Always

    A sermon about Jesus' promise 'I am with you always' and the power of the Holy Spirit.

  97. 97

    A Father's Faith

    Crosslake Christian's "A Father's Faith" uses Abraham in Genesis 15 to frame trust, promise, and delayed fulfillment.

    ·38m·2 clips
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    In The Waiting

    Hidden gem

    Crosslake Christian's “In The Waiting” examines why prayer can seem unanswered through the 400-year intertestamental period and Galatians 4:4-5.

    ·30m·2 clips
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    Missionaries Tony & Grace Walters

    Hidden gem

    Tony and Grace Walters describe campus ministry at the University of Minnesota Duluth as a way to reach students through Chi Alpha, the Assemblies of God mission wing that spans "over 300 colleges and universities." Tony connects the work to the Great Commission and says college campuses shape future "engineers," "teachers," and "politicians" who will lead beyond UMD.

    ·23m·1 clip
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    The Battle Belongs to the Lord

    Hidden gem

    Crosslake Christian's "The Battle Belongs to the Lord" ties 2 Chronicles 20 to David and Goliath, Nehemiah, and Hebrews 10:24-25.

    ·38m·2 clips