Synopsis
Crosswinds Church in Plainfield Illinois is dedicated to teaching, living and connecting people with Jesus. Pastors John Stillman and Ken Schultz lead preaching for Crosswinds Church and regularly distribute audio content via this channel.
Episodes
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Song of Sorrow
08/03/2026 Duration: 41minPsalm 22:1-31 - The message on Psalm 22, reflects on how sorrow, suffering, and lament are real parts of the human experience and the Christian life. Scripture shows that God meets people in their pain and uses suffering to shape endurance, character, and hope in Christ. Because Jesus entered human suffering and carried it to the cross, believers can bring their sorrow honestly to God and find hope and transformation through Him.
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Song of Thanks
01/03/2026 Duration: 43min- This message, rooted in Psalm 118, explores why thankfulness should be the natural response of a believer—not just on special occasions, but every day of life. Ultimately, our song of thanks flows from remembering His deliverance, trusting His steadfast love, and fixing our hearts firmly on Jesus, the cornerstone.
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All hands on deck Recap
22/02/2026 Duration: 57minActs 19:1-10 - This message recaps the final week of the All Hands on Deck series, using Acts 19 where Paul finds disciples in Ephesus, equips them with the fullness of the gospel, and builds a movement that spreads the Word throughout Asia in two years. It challenges believers to know the church’s mission and to live out their faith with intentional disciple-making, not just religious attendance.
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Creative Communication
15/02/2026 Duration: 28min1 Corinthians 9:19-23 - This message challenges believers to engage their community with creative communication rooted in the gospel, modeled after the apostle Paul’s approach in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, where he becomes “all things to all people” to win some for Christ.
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Productive Feedback
08/02/2026 Duration: 36minProverbs 15:31-32 - This message explores how God calls us to give and receive feedback in ways that strengthen faith, character, and community. It highlights the importance of speaking truth with love, not pride, grounding our words in scripture and humility.
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A healthy community
01/02/2026 Duration: 39min1 Corinthians 12:12-27 - The message underscores the biblical truth that Christian community matters, because believers are designed to function together as one body in Christ, not in isolation.
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A people committed to serve
25/01/2026 Duration: 43min1 Corinthians 12:4-11 - This message challenges believers to live out Jesus’ call by serving others with the gifts, time, and circumstances God has given them, just as Paul describes in 1 Corinthians 12. True service is rooted in recognizing our unique roles and using what God has given us for the common good of the Church and the world.
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Redemption
18/01/2026 Duration: 39minColossians 3:1-17 - This message reminds us that Christians have died to their old selves and now have a new, hidden life in Christ, which should transform both our character and community.
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Training
11/01/2026 Duration: 55min2 Timothy 2:2 - In this message, the pastor emphasizes that the church’s mission is grounded in the Great Commandment and the Great Commission — to love God, love others, and make disciples who make disciples. He contrasts a consumer model of church with Jesus’ organic, relational model of training and reproducing disciples through teaching, tasking, and accountability.
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Encouragement
04/01/2026 Duration: 54minHebrews 10:24-25 - This message is part of our series called All Hands on Deck. This series will walk us through the culture of Crosswinds by focusing on our seven culture points. message emphasizes that encouragement is vital to the mission of the church—it is an intentional, Spirit-led practice that builds others up, spurs them toward love and good works, and aligns the church as a unified crew on mission for Jesus
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Rekindling our first love
28/12/2025 Duration: 33minRevelation 2:1-7 - The message highlights how the church in Ephesus faithfully served Christ with hard work, doctrinal purity, and endurance, yet lost the passionate love they once had for Jesus.
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Grace Incarnate
21/12/2025 Duration: 44minJohn 1:15-18 - The message teaches that Jesus Christ embodies both unmerited grace and absolute truth — not as mere ideas but as the living Word who became flesh.
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Flesh
14/12/2025 Duration: 39minJohn 1:11-14 - The incarnation — the Word becoming flesh — reveals God’s astounding love, His willingness to dwell with humanity, and His provision of salvation through Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. Jesus’ coming in the flesh makes possible our adoption into God’s family, offering eternal life and transforming our identity and purpose in Him.
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True Light
07/12/2025 Duration: 44minJohn 1:5-8 - This message emphasizes that Jesus Christ is the true light of the world — not a temporary or symbolic light, but a living, eternal light that continues to shine in the darkness.
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The Word was God
30/11/2025 Duration: 47minJohn 1:1-3 - The sermon proclaims that “the Word” in John 1 — the Logos — is not an impersonal force but the eternal, divine, personal agent through whom all creation came into being. It asserts that Jesus (the Logos) predates creation, sustains all life, and brings light and purpose to humanity.
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Exploring why bad things happen to good people
23/11/2025 Duration: 37minExodus 20:1-21 - This message addresses the age-old question: Why do bad things happen to good people? Suffering and hardship are not always a result of personal sin — but often a byproduct of living in a fallen world, spiritual warfare, the refining work of God, or simply the mystery of His sovereign plans. Like Job, Christians are called to respond not with anger or despair, but with worship, trust, perseverance, and reliance on God.
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Budget for following Christ
16/11/2025 Duration: 01h01minLuke 14:25-33 - In this message we are invited to reframe what “budget” means in the life of a follower of Jesus Christ: it’s not just about money, but about giving of our time, talents, priorities and resources in such a way that follows His economy. We are challenged to count the cost, allocate wisely, and trust that when we surrender, God supplies more than we think.
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Scandalous Grace
09/11/2025 Duration: 48minJonah 4:5-11 - This message reminds us that God’s grace is often scandalous to us because He gives it freely to those we think are undeserving — including us. Like Jonah, we can become angry when God’s mercy doesn’t align with our sense of justice or comfort. God lovingly appoints both blessings and hardships to shape our hearts toward His mission: to show grace to a broken world.
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Do you do well?
02/11/2025 Duration: 43minJonah 4:1-4 - God asks Jonah a heart-checking question: “Do you do well to be angry?” Jonah knew God’s grace for himself, but he resented that same grace when it was shown to his enemies. This message challenges us to process anger with God, let go of bitterness, and reflect God’s compassionate heart toward everyone.
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Great Humble King
26/10/2025 Duration: 44min- In this message we explore how humility before God brings transformation and mercy. Using the example of the King of Nineveh in Jonah 3, we look at the contrasts between worldly power and pride with the humility of Christ—the ultimate King who gave up His glory to serve and save.