After six consecutive losing seasons, high school football coach Grant Taylor believes things can’t get any worse. He’s wrong. After his best player transfers and his Eagles lose to the worst team in the conference, Grant discovers a group of fathers—and one of his coaches—is plotting to have him sacked. Barely making ends meet as…
Welcome to The Mountain Cross
A Little Church with a Great Big God Maybe you’re looking for a church home. Maybe you have questions about God. Maybe you’ve been away from church for a while and aren’t quite sure where you fit in. Or maybe you’re simply looking for a place where you can open your Bible, learn what it…
Matthew 1 – 2
Matthew chapters 1 and 2 introduce Jesus Christ as the promised King and Savior, tracing His genealogy from Abraham and David and revealing His miraculous birth through the Holy Spirit. In contrast to the first Adam, who represented fallen humanity and brought sin and death into the world through his disobedience, Jesus is the second…
Genesis 48-50
As Jacob’s life draws to a close, he blesses Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, giving the younger Ephraim the greater blessing. He then gathers all his sons and speaks prophetic words over each of them, revealing something of their future and the future of the tribes that will come from them. After Jacob dies, Joseph…
Genesis 46 – 47
Genesis 46–47 records Jacob’s journey to Egypt to be reunited with Joseph after many years apart. God reassures Jacob at Beersheba that He will go with him and promises to make his family a great nation in Egypt. When Jacob and Joseph finally meet in Goshen, their joyful reunion brings the long-awaited restoration of their…
Genesis 44 – 45
Genesis 44–45 brings Joseph’s long and painful story with his brothers to its emotional climax. After years of separation, Joseph tests his brothers one final time, and Judah’s willingness to sacrifice himself for Benjamin reveals how dramatically their hearts have changed. What follows is one of the most moving scenes in Scripture as Joseph finally…
Genesis 42 – 43
Genesis 42 and 43 mark a dramatic turning point in Joseph’s story. Years after his brothers sold him into slavery, famine has brought them to Egypt looking for food—and unknowingly, they stand before the brother they thought was gone forever. Joseph recognizes them, but they don’t recognize him. Pastor Carl explains that as God begins…
Genesis 41
Genesis 41 reminds us that God is able to turn seasons of waiting into moments of purpose. After years of being forgotten in prison, Joseph was suddenly brought before Pharaoh, where God gave him the wisdom to interpret the king’s dreams and prepare Egypt for the coming famine. Joseph’s faithfulness in the hidden years became…
Genesis 38 – 40
Even when human lives seem marked by failure, injustice, and uncertainty, God is quietly accomplishing His plan. A family scandal, a false accusation, and a prison cell—put together they reveal a God who never loses control. Pastor Carl reminds us that even when God seems silent, He is never absent. Judah’s moral failure, Joseph’s faithful…
Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus
Cliff Sowa returns to share how God transformed a lifelong hobby into a growing ministry. What began with a fascination for rock music, LPs, 8-track tapes, cassettes, and MP3s has evolved into creating Bible-centered videos on YouTube. Through the stories of ordinary people in Scripture whom God used in extraordinary ways, Cliff explains how the…
Genesis 37
Genesis 37 tells the story of Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, whose brothers become jealous because of their father’s special love and Joseph’s dreams that one day he would rule over them. Their jealousy leads them to sell Joseph into slavery and deceive their father into believing he has been killed. Pastor Carl reminds…