King’s Cross Church

There is a love that rebukes, and there is a love that overlooks. To cover it in love is to bury it six feet under—not to place it on your mantel at home and scowl at it all the time. If you're going to overlook the sin, it needs to be overlooked for good.

Have you ever been so hurt by someone that you've written them off? Christ died for you while you were an enemy. Recognize the grace that you have received, and be an imitator of God, extending that same grace to others.

If we confess the sins we know about, God cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Like a little boy covered in mud who asks his father to clean his dirty hands, we're washed from head to toe.

Those sins you're hiding—do they affect your relationships with other believers? John says yes. We are one body, and the holiness of the parts matters for the holiness of the whole.

The way you listen to your wife is directly tied to your prayer life. Dwell with her in an understanding way, like Christ does with you.

The Protestant Reformation recovered the truth that Christ's righteousness is ours through faith alone. Today, we've so diminished God's holiness that grace has lost its meaning. We need a new reformation—to recover God's holiness and the truth that our only hope is grace alone.

While Christians must resist evil without adopting the tactics of darkness, we should not simply stand by while evil advances. This means using all the good means God gives us—good laws, good lawsuits, good arguments, good jokes, and yes, good casseroles too.

A Statement on the Defeat of Idaho Proposition 1 Yesterday, November 3, 2026, God was most merciful to the state of Idaho. Proposition 1 proposed to remove the many restrictions on abortion in our state, attempting to legalize and create a statutory right to murder the unborn up to the 8th or 9th month of pregnancy, redefining fetal viability, and removing parental consent. By God's grace, over 55% of Idaho citizens voted "no" on Proposition 1, soundly defeating the ballot initiative. While in other states, initiatives and candidates openly supporting the murder of the unborn passed or were elected, Idaho was graciously spared. Praise God for the many who rallied to this cause: significant money was given, thousands of doors were knocked, texts sent, phone calls made, signs held at intersections by hundreds of volunteers all over the state. But I want to particularly thank the many faithful pastors who proclaimed the truth boldly, who led their congregations in prayer and worship, asking the Lord to rise up and defend us. Therefore, we must not let this moment pass without offering up our praise to the Lord Jesus Christ who has heard our prayers and acted decisively to defeat this ballot initiative. May God's people raise a shout in Idaho today. May there be singing and rejoicing and feasting and celebrating in our land. We serve the living God, the Triune God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit. Let our neighbors know that it is God who has done this. It is God who has given us this victory. God has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into this dark world for sinners, and by His death, burial, and resurrection, He is reconciling rebellious sinners to Himself. We call on our neighbors to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, to confess that He is Lord with us and submit to His gracious rule. Forgiveness and healing for every sin is found in Him, including the bloodshed of abortion. He is the way, the truth, and the life, and He offers mercy to all who call on His name. He is the defender of orphans and widows in their distress. He is our shelter and high tower. All glory be to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us... Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth" (Ps. 124). On behalf of Knox Presbytery, @TJSumpter

The fear of man is a snare. But Christ sets us free to serve God alone. Caring only what God thinks is radically freeing and at the same time radically transforming.

One of the great temptations when things are going well is a sort of spiritual coasting—living on cruise control. Prayer becomes an afterthought. Sins are tolerated. But Christianity is a high calling, not to be approached casually or in half measures.

One of the great lies of the evil one is that you can't really change. But the gospel of Jesus Christ flatly contradicts those lies. God is changing you from the sinful person that you are into a holy son or daughter. You don't have to stay there in that sin.

It is fundamentally God's love that converts human hearts. While we should not endorse bad behavior, God's love is the solution to bad behavior, and so your job is to love others the way you have been loved by God.

We believe that some educational choices are better than others. Parents must make the best decision they can, considering the quality of teaching, the culture, their children's needs, and cost. These are immortal souls—you want the best for them, and that requires sacrifice.

Your children are nuclear. They are immortal souls made in the image of the immortal God. The training and discipleship of that image is powerful—either for good or for evil.

One of the greatest temptations for men is the sin of despair—believing the lie that it's too late, the lie that nothing will ever change. But Jesus is risen from the dead. Therefore, you may not despair.

Samson, in his 40s, chose to forget what he knew full well in his 20s. How often does it happen that someone comes to the Lord, is convicted of sin, and is on fire for God—and then it slowly starts to fade? The old fire isn't there. The old love has grown cold.

One of the great lies of the devil is that you can’t really be completely clean. But if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We are a race of cathedral ruins. Born into the generation of the unrighteous, our only hope is to be regenerated. And in Christ, guilty sinners are adopted, and God has become our Father.

God uses a wife’s submission to her husband to teach her how to trust Him. This is not blind obedience—but disrespect, disloyalty, complaining, and a critical spirit are forms of adultery.

The Holy Spirit comforts us, but he is not tame. The living God is overwhelming in life and glory, and part of walking with him is learning to walk with him in his storm.