A steady sermon about slowing down and making space to be with Jesus.
This sermon uses a hot New England summer to ask a simple question: how are people spending their days, and can they slow down enough to be with Jesus?

Crossway Christian Church
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
A grounded sermon feed for listeners who want Christian teaching tied to scripture, community, service, hope, and everyday formation.
Crossway Pond Sermon Podcast is a church sermon feed from Crossway Christian Church in southern New Hampshire, built around on-campus teaching by lead pastor Dave Ripper.
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A steady sermon about slowing down and making space to be with Jesus.
This sermon uses a hot New England summer to ask a simple question: how are people spending their days, and can they slow down enough to be with Jesus?
A measured sermon that turns Jeremiah's gate-side suspicion into a steady call to trust God.
The episode opens in church-life greetings and then settles into Jeremiah in Jerusalem, with Babylonian pressure, retreating enemies, and a guarded city shaping the message.
A sermon on hope that treats belief as something practiced through deliberate choices.
Jeremiah's deliberate act of hope is framed as a refusal to let exile and the bleakest chapter of the people's story have the final word. Dave Ripper presents hope as more than wishful thinking: it is something chosen, rehearsed in the mind, and strengthened through ordinary…
A steady sermon on God's nearness, from Genesis to everyday life.
Crossway Christian Church's sermon podcast centers on practicing God's presence in ordinary life. It traces that nearness from Genesis through the tabernacle, temple, the Ark of the Covenant, Jesus, and the promised advocate, then closes with a clear call to stay aware of God in…
A gentle sermon on serving from love, not for it.
The sermon frames the Bethany dinner scene as a quiet case for serving from love, not for it. Lazarus, Martha, and Mary are used to show how Jesus reorders duty, devotion, and worth, and the opening nod to church construction and generosity gives the message a grounded start…
A warm sermon on knowing Jesus as present life, not future theory.
Dave Ripper starts with parking, Donut Sunday, and the plain routines of church life before moving to John 17:3 and the idea that eternal life is not only a later promise.
A sermon on Scripture and Israel's kings that presses the case for obedience to God's word.
This sermon keeps Scripture at the center of daily life and follows Israel's story from Joshua 1:8 through the judges, Saul, David, Solomon, and the split that follows Solomon.
A steady sermon that turns exile, rebuilding, and faithfulness into practical hope.
Ezekiel's Vision treats exile as a hard chapter, not the ending. Dave Ripper places Ezekiel in Babylon, a place that is not home, and uses that setting to reflect on disappointment, belonging, purpose, and the call to stay faithful when life has turned another way.

Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.




It starts with donuts.
Dave Ripper opens with Joshua 1:8.
The episode opens with a church update, a new baby, and the feeling of coming back after four weeks away.
Dave Ripper opens with a question that unsettles easy assumptions about eternity.
The sermon opens with gratitude for the church team and a look toward the future before turning to the promise of God’s coming world.
Dave Ripper opens with a warm morning greeting.
Pastor Dave Ripper delivers a sermon launching a six-week series on Psalm 23, framing it as the antidote to a culture of inadequacy and scarcity.
Pastor Dave Ripper of Crossway Christian Church delivers a sermon on present suffering and future glory, drawing extensively from C.S.
Dave Ripper starts with summer heat, vacation travel, and the need to be intentional with the little time summer offers.
Crossway reflects on 30 years of faithfulness, service, and church memory.
Dave Ripper opens Vision Sunday with a pastoral look at the church’s new ministry year.
Dave Ripper opens by saying hope is something the world cannot manage without.
Dave Ripper opens with a pastoral greeting and local notes about snow, travel, hockey, and the church’s Ash Wednesday service.
Dave opens with a warm welcome.
Dave Ripper, lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church in southern New Hampshire, uses a dedication Sunday to call the church to 'pursue God,' 'build community,' and 'unleash compassion.' He quotes Mary in Luke 1:38, 'Here I am, the servant of the Lord,' and uses Atomic Habits to argue that identity shapes action.
Dave Ripper, lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church in southern New Hampshire, opens with Jim Carrey's Golden Globes joke about being "enough" and uses it to frame Psalm 23 around contentment.
Crossway Christian Church pastor Anson preaches from John 11 in the "At the Feet of Jesus" series, using Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to address pain and suffering.
Dave Ripper, lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church in southern New Hampshire, preaches from Matthew 1:18-25 on Joseph’s response to Mary’s pregnancy and the meaning of “Emmanuel.” He ties Joseph’s decision to Deuteronomy 22, Isaiah 42:3, and A.J.
Dave Ripper, lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church in southern New Hampshire, preaches on Psalm 23:3 and the line “He restores my soul.” He uses Philip Keller’s sheep image of being “cast down,” where an animal on its back can lose circulation and die within hours.
Crossway Christian Church pastor Anson teaches from Jeremiah 18:1-4, using the potter and clay image to ask whether listeners are “moldable or formable” before God.
Dave Ripper, lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church in southern New Hampshire, preaches Psalm 23:2 outdoors after telling the crowd that an electrical inspection nearly canceled the service.
Crossway Christian Church lead pastor Dave Ripper and pastor of young adults and discipleship Anson Thiebaud frame Luke 1 around Zechariah, Elizabeth, and Gabriel.
Pastor Dave Ripper delivers a sermon on learning to pray like the prophet Jeremiah, drawing from Jeremiah 15:15-21.
Pastor Dave Ripper preaches from Jeremiah 7 on how worship becomes distorted when hearts prioritize comfort, control, affirmation, or security over genuine relationship with God.
Dave Ripper opens by greeting listeners from Crossway Christian Church in southern New Hampshire and thanking them for joining the sermon podcast.
Dave Ripper preaches from Jesus’ visit to Bethany.
A pastor delivers a sermon and shares church updates after Easter services.
A Father's Day sermon from Crossway Christian Church encouraging listeners to practice the way of Jesus.
A sermon from Crossway Christian Church on being a reconciling community, part of the 'Good and Beautiful Community' series.
A sermon on building an encouraging community as part of a series on being a good and beautiful community.
A sermon from Crossway Christian Church about building a Christ-centered community, with a metaphor of a stool found during a building renovation.
A sermon on the Seventh Commandment about adultery, part of a series on Jesus and the Ten Commandments.
A sermon exploring the Apostle Paul's hidden years and God's redemptive work in believers' lives.
A sermon about how periods of delay are integral to following God, using humor and personal anecdotes.
A pastor uses a football story to illustrate a spiritual lesson about perseverance and faith.
A sermon introducing a series on the Apostle Paul's life, encouraging listeners to follow his example as he followed Christ.