Podcasts – The Cross Current

Over 2000 years later and Christ’s question is still on the world’s front page: “Who do YOU say that I Am?” The destiny of every person who has ever lived rises or falls based on confessing with their mouths and believing in their hearts the right answer to this question. In this series, we’re taking you in the studio and on the street with our outreach radio team to experience first-hand some of the crazy responses people give! But, in the end, what’s truly important is not what others say about God, but what God says about Himself. Hear and see the teaser trailer for this series now! Audio Trailer http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/WhoDoYouSayThatIAm_Trailer.mp3 Video Trailer (Extended) Who Do You Say That I Am? | TCC Radio Series Trailer from The Cross Current on Vimeo. Supplementary Resource | Sermon Dig deeper into the specific truths presented throughout this series by listening to a sermon on the subject. “Who […]

Part 4: RELAYING Good News of Great Joy “And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them” (Luke 2:20). In this fourth and final episode we challenge all of God’s sheep to be like those shepherds by relaying His good news of great joy to others this Christmas season. Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: REJOICING in Good News of Great Joy If a messaging angel and multitude of heavenly hosts pause for the purpose of singing God's praises, then how can't we do the same? In this third episode of our special Christmas series, we rejoice with heaven to give God glory for sending His only Son to be our sovereign Saviour and conquering King. Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: RECEIVING Good News of Great Joy Suffice to say we have a lot to learn from those supposedly simple shepherds who watched their flocks on that very first Christmas night. While Bethlehem was hustling and bustling with crowds of people, the shepherds chose to chill out where it was calm and quiet. Will you choose to do the same and receive afresh God’s good news of great joy this season? Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 1: REVEALING Good News of Great Joy Have you ever thought about why Mary, Joseph, the wise men, and the shepherds all worshiped at the feet of baby Jesus while the rest of the world somehow “missed the memo” and was hopelessly distracted with business as usual? In this part 1 our series we trust the truth of God's Word will help you relax with the commercial chaos as you reach out with the Christ of Christmas this holiday season.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Do you know that Christmas can be the most wonderful time of the year for sharing Christ? In this outreach radio series, you’ll hear several real-life conversations on the street with non-Christians surrounding the subject of Christmas, along with their reaction to the Good News of great joy that a Saviour has been born! TCC Radio host Cory McKenna will also be closing out each episode in the studio by sharing insights from Scripture to help us all make the most of Christmas in our life and witness this season. Remember: the greatest and most miraculous “good” of the Good News is God Himself! Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now! http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/GoodNewsGreatJoy_Trailer.mp3

Part 3: One Wonderful Word While Christianity is like other religions in that it's a belief that attempts to answer the big questions of life, Christianity is also nothing like other religions because of one wonderful word. Ready for it? Well, in this part 3 of our series we again take you in the studio and on the street to hopefully have you find out for yourself!   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: Every Fool Thing As we look around our own “selfie society” we see that we are all inescapably religious worshipers with hopelessly rebellious hearts that reject any lordship over our lives – especially God’s! In this part 2 of our series we again open God’s Word in the studio to expose every “fool” thing and the fact that all people know God and are without excuse for denying Him.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 1: We All Got It! Many modern skeptics claim that God and religion are just western ideas for the ignorant and weak-minded. However, both Scripture and human history confirm that we all “got religion” in the sense that we all instinctively worship someone or something. In this part 1 of our series we take you in the studio and on the street to faithfully proclaim the only true God Who is worthy of all our worship in hope that He reconciles all of our listeners into a personal and saving relationship with Himself.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: Struggling with Satan? Think about how many movies, books, and songs have been written about a supposed struggle between the devil and God. But is God really struggling with Satan? In this third and final episode, we’ll first open God’s Word in the studio to share His victory story over Satan before taking you to the street to hear a glory story of how He saved a real satanist on the street.   Listen to the full-length “Survey with a Satanist” now! http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/SoYouReallyWannaBeScared_SurveywithaSatanist.mp3

Part 2: Dealing with Demons Halloween is the one night of the year when costumed little cuties embody ghouls, goblins, and ghosts – or what the Bible might refer to as demons. In this episode we are dealing with demons in hope of discovering whether they are real and what kind of power they might have.   Listen to the full-length “Survey with a Satanist” now! http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/SoYouReallyWannaBeScared_SurveywithaSatanist.mp3

Do you REALLY want to be scared? If so, keep reading…and start listening! Halloween is a holiday celebrated by millions of people every year as a fun time for costumed kiddies to knock on neighborhood doors in search of candy. Most see it is as nothing more than harmless fun, but is it possible there is more to “All Hallows Eve” than meets the eye? In this spooky series of TCC Radio we turn over every tombstone to unmask what truly might be lurking in the shadows of Halloween. Part 1: Unmasking Halloween’s History Why is it that scary movies scare us? Why does the sight of blood, ghosts, and skeletons frighten us so? Might there be some sort of threat that we're instinctively reacting to that goes beyond what we can rationalize with our minds? Well, to find answers to these questions and many more, we are going to get historical – not “hysterical” […]

Part 4: Up To No Good How is it possible for a supposed Atheist to say they are a “very good person” without having an objective standard for what “good” is? If morality is merely “common sense”, where does that “common sense” come from to make it “common”? In this Gospel conversation, our TCC radio rep corrects with gentleness to expose the fact that all people are absolutely “up to no good” compared to the one true God.   Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: Is God’s Grace Good? Is God’s grace truly good or is it just a cheap bargaining chip to cash in on whenever it’s convenient? Can someone lie and steal without being “labeled” as a liar or a thief? This time we’re giving you a “two in one special” as our radio rep shares two compelling Gospel conversations in just one episode.   Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: How Good is “Good Enough”? Is a self-professed goodness score of 75% “good enough” to earn eternal life with God? At what point does our bad behavior cause us to cross the line from being a good person to a bad person? In this gentle and respectful evangelistic exchange, God brings together two sinners to talk truth on how good is truly good enough for the young and old alike.   Synopsis + Trailer

Part 1: Bad To Be Good? Can someone be bad in their thoughts yet still good in their community? Hear how our TCC Radio Rep reasons from Scripture to advance and give a defense of the Gospel in this elusive encounter with one very unusual suspect.   Synopsis + Trailer

“It’s all good” is a common contemporary phrase synonymous with saying: “chill out”. However, the biblical necessity of being “all good” by God’s standard should cause all sinners great concern in light of eternity! God is good. This ultimate truth is wonderfully good news for some but terribly bad news for others – it really depends on where each individual is personally standing today in relation to God. Further, most people know that God is good. But, as sinners, most people do not know that God's goodness is our greatest problem! If only God is “all good”, how can He not punish people for being bad? In this series, we're taking you in the studio and on the street with our outreach radio team to preach and teach the truth of God's goodness. Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now! http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/ItsAllGood_Trailer.mp3

Part 4: The Priority of … Putting a puck in the net? Scoring and celebrating a hockey goal, “spitting” sick rap lyrics, imploring loved ones to live life to the fullest … three deathbed decrees that seem a bit trivial in light of eternity. Does the simple fact that everyone has “messed up” somehow obligate God to allow everyone into His eternal presence? In this fourth and final episode of this series, our TCC Radio rep lovingly confronts his new friends with God’s truth on top priorities.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: The Priority of … Perspective on Eternity? Girlfriend, sin, salvation … an interesting deathbed bucket list before breathing your last. Does assuring a lost sinner to simply feel good about their meritorious deeds serve as sufficient spiritual preparation before they meet their Maker? Tune in to this gracious truth exchange to hear how two professing Christians differ in what specific words each would share with someone who only has 3 minutes to live.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: The Priority of … Peace with God? Family, friends, where you are going when you die … three defining deathbed priorities that we all share in common. In this powerful episode of our series, God providentially places our radio rep with two tenderhearted teens who first humbly confess their fear of death after the recent suicide of a best friend, and then rejoice at the hearing that peace with God is possible!   Series Synopsis + Trailer  

Part 1: The Priority of … Pot Smoking? Pot smoking, longboarding, and listening to Led Zeppelin … wise priorities with only 3 minutes to live? In this candid conversation with three unsuspecting students, our radio rep graciously opens God's Word to share passing words of true wisdom in light of the realities of forever we all face.   Series Synopsis + Trailer  

Time is a gift. How are you spending yours? Over the average lifespan of 80 years, people will spend 20 years sleeping and 18 years watching television. That’s almost half your life! When you consider the time you spend shopping, driving, eating, and working … what’s left? What priorities are most important to you today? What priorities will be most important to you tomorrow? What if you only had a year to live? A month? A week? One day? What if you only had 3 minutes to live? What would be most important to you then? Throughout this outreach radio series, you’ll be on the streets with our TCC Radio reps listening to real-time Gospel conversations and learning how to witness with urgency! We’re all just one heartbeat away from eternity … where will you spend yours? Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now!

Part 4: Extreme MULTIPLICATION God gave evangelists to equip His saints for the work of the ministry toward building up the Body of Christ. In this fourth and final session, we cast vital vision for how Extreme Team missionaries can use their experience to multiply and normalize the work of evangelism ministry within the lives of Christ-followers of their own local churches.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: Extreme MOMENTUM Our objective as equipping evangelists is to help entire churches enjoy widespread witnessing momentum under constant pastoral care. In this part 3 of our series, we explain from experience why the Extreme Team Missions ministry of the few is so vital for catalyzing and intensifying the “Gospel groundswell” of the many in your church.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: Extreme MENTORING At The Cross Current, we believe that disciple-making is always about equipping by example. Who do you and your church have helping you be more faithful witnesses for Christ? In this part 2 of our series, we teach and testify how hands-on mentoring is so vital for helping us “go” and preach the Gospel together.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 1: Extreme MISSION TCC Extreme Team Missions are local missions day trips into major urban centres for the specific purpose of preaching the Gospel through high volume tracting, one-to-one street witnessing, and open air preaching. These events allow participants to fully leverage the local missions expertise of The Cross Current and receive personal mentoring from some of the most experienced evangelists and open air preachers in Canada. In this first part of the series, we break the ice by bringing you into the big picture of how and why Extreme Team Missions can matter so much to you and your church long-term. Series Synopsis + Trailer

Christian, has God been growing in you a “holy discontent” with safe and comfortable Christianity? Do you ever wonder why the witness of the early church seems so incompatible with what we experience together today in the church? Are you personally being lead of the Lord to “amp up” your own life and witness for Christ and do you also long to see your entire church being Christ’s witnesses together? If you said “Amen!” to any of these questions, then the time has come to take you and your church to the “Extreme”. In this special summertime series of TCC Radio, you’ll first join Cory McKenna in the studio where he’ll open Scripture in hope of inspiring you and your church with the biblical basis for Gospel outreach with strangers on the street. We will then actually take you onto the street with our equipping evangelists as they lead armies of seed sowers to Niagara […]

Part 3: Going Nowhere Fast The concept of “warp speed” may be cool for Captain Kirk and hip for Han Solo, but how likely is it in real life? In this third part of our series, Gary Bates takes the wheel to fly us through the scientific realities of space travel before we open Scripture to set the trajectory toward the ultimate trip we all must take.   Synopsis + Trailer  

Part 2: Life, The Universe, Anything? Have you ever considered what might motivate so many people to so passionately pursue the existence of extraterrestrial life? Is this obsession simply for the sake of “science”, or could there be something much more subversive happening? In this second part of our series, Gary Bates helps us biblically see the bigger picture and scientifically assess the possibility of life on other planets.   Synopsis + Trailer  

Part 1: Sci-Fi in the Sky How on earth did a subject with virtually no basis in reality get so “out of this world” in the minds of so many people? In this first part of our series, Gary Bates helps us see the big picture of how the science of fiction seeks to satisfy those who have knowingly rejected their Creator. Synopsis + Trailer

Aliens. Little green men, lights in the sky, people abducted, and other weirdness. What’s going on, Canada? Reports of even our air space being violated, just add to the nearly 150 reports of U.F.O. sightings around the world every single day. Some 90% of these reports can be explained by natural or man-made things, but what about that other 10%? TCC has abducted Gary Bates, author of amazon.com bestseller Alien Intrusion, to help us discover the truth about who or what is really out there. Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now! http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/TCCPhoneHome_Trailer.mp3

Part 4: May Blind Minds See! If being deceived by definition means that you don’t know it’s happening, how would you know if you’re being deceived? In this fourth and final part of our series we’ll again open God’s Word in the studio and on the street to expose the ultimate source of all false religion in the hope that God allows the blind minds of all our unbelieving hearers to finally see clearly Who Jesus really is!   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: One Wonderful Word While Christianity is like other religions in that it's a belief that attempts to answer the big questions of life, Christianity is also nothing like other religions because of one wonderful word. Ready for it? Well, in this part 3 of our series we again take you in the studio and on the street to hopefully have you find out for yourself!   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: Every Fool Thing As we look around our own “selfie society” we see that we are all inescapably religious worshipers with hopelessly rebellious hearts that reject any lordship over our lives – especially God’s! In this part 2 of our series we again open God’s Word in the studio to expose every “fool” thing and the fact that all people know God and are without excuse for denying Him.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 1: We All Got It! Many modern skeptics claim that God and religion are just western ideas for the ignorant and weak-minded. However, both Scripture and human history confirm that we all “got religion” in the sense that we all instinctively worship someone or something. In this part 1 of our series we take you in the studio and on the street to faithfully proclaim the only true God Who is worthy of all our worship in hope that He reconciles all of our listeners into a personal and saving relationship with Himself.   Series Synopsis + Trailer

Religion. Some people can’t get enough of it … and some don’t even want to talk about it. Others would even claim that religion is the root of all evil! Over 90% of the world’s population adheres to some form of religion. Yet, it’s becoming increasingly more common to use the term “religion” as synonymous with “private superstition” that has no place in public discourse. In this sacred series of TCC Radio, we again take you in the studio and on the street with our outreach radio team to talk truth about who is “religious” and who is not. In light of eternity, Christians must learn to graciously expose the lie that our religion is just one of many ways to God … when the One we are following publicly proclaimed and proved to be the only way. Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now! http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/GotReligion_Trailer.mp3

Part 4: “Going” Presuppositional at Easter “It’s absolutely true that there is no absolute truth.” The statement itself presupposes that truth does exist. In this fourth and final episode of our series, we talk eternal truth with a self-proclaimed esoteric Christian about Jesus Christ who IS the way, the truth, and the life and who needs no one to authenticate His supreme authority. Synopsis + Trailer Did Jesus really have to die and rise again? Read our expert response.

Part 2: “Going” Pluralistic at Easter How is it possible to not believe in God, yet personally have experiences of God? Is the Good News of Good Friday merely one of many equally valid expressions of spirituality? In this episode, our radio rep engages in a fascinating conversation with a supposedly VERY good person whose spiritually eclectic worldview can’t quite sustain rational thought about objective reality. Synopsis + Trailer Did Jesus really have to die and rise again? Read our expert response.

Part 3: “Going” Perfect at Easter Is knowing a few facts about Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection sufficient for receiving salvation? Is it rational and realistic to express death as your number one fear? In this enlightening episode, our radio rep enjoys a very candid conversation with two “Christian-ish” Canadians who are doing their best to catch up on good works … only to find out that perfection is God’s standard for heaven.   Synopsis + Trailer   Did Jesus really have to die and rise again? Read our expert response.

Part 1: “Going” Public at Easter If Jesus Christ was publicly put to shame and crucified at Easter, how can we not publicly preach His death, burial, and resurrection – especially at Easter? Hear the conversation that unfolded when two cordial Christians express their concerns to our TCC Radio Rep about the dangers of alienating people through street preaching.   Synopsis + Trailer   Did Jesus really have to die and rise again? Read our expert response.

The culture is confused about Easter. What could chocolate bunnies and painted eggs possibly have to do with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? What’s so “good” about Good Friday? In this series, our outreach radio team first hits the streets to go, tell, and broadcast real-time conversations with everyday people about the true meaning of Easter in the hope that all who hear the Good News will come to believe. We then close each episode back in the studio opening Scripture to see how we might each relate to the various characters involved in the crucifixion account as we consider the ultimate decision we all face: what to do with the Son of God? Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now!

Part 4: Right Relationships This fourth and final episode starts on the street with our radio rep teaching Christ and His Gospel to a young woman who seems very tender to the truth. We close out the series again opening Scripture in the studio in hope that through hearing and responding to His Gospel, God graciously saves all of our listeners into a right relationship with Him. Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: Right Reasons In this third episode of our series, our radio rep hits the streets to reason with a spiritual “thinker” who candidly makes her case for how and why our rights are more important than God’s. We then head back to the studio to reason from Scripture about how God is much more than just our Creator because in Christ He Himself is the very reason for all things and also holds every right over all things. Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: Right Matters In this second episode of our series, our radio rep gently brings biblical correction to the heart and mind of a professing Christian whose seems unwilling to submit to the sole and sovereign Lordship of Christ. We close things out in the studio opening God’s Word to telescope several specific rights before offering Christians a couple simple, Scriptural ways we can expose suppression of truth when witnessing to our lost loved ones. Series Synopsis + Trailer

Part 1: Right Beginnings This first episode of the series starts on the street as our radio rep reasons with a skeptic who holds that every human being has the same basic rights, even though rights are person-relative. We wrap things up in the studio by opening Scripture and going all the way back to the very beginning of human history to learn why we as humans have rights that no other living beings have. Series Synopsis + Trailer

Rights. Every human is born with them. They are essential for dignity, liberty, and security. Governments are paid to protect and promote them, and people everywhere passionately demand them. Yet, human rights are still violated in this world every day. In this thought-provoking series of TCC Radio, we’re taking you in the studio and on the street with our outreach radio team to talk truth about “Whose Right?” Ultimately, the answer to this question is found not with God’s image-bearers, but within the character and nature of God Himself. Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now!

Part 4: Up To No Good How is it possible for a supposed Atheist to say they are a “very good person” without having an objective standard for what “good” is? If morality is merely “common sense”, where does that “common sense” come from to make it “common”? In this Gospel conversation, our TCC radio rep corrects with gentleness to expose the fact that all people are absolutely “up to no good” compared to the one true God.   Synopsis + Trailer

Part 3: Is God’s Grace Good? Is God’s grace truly good or is it just a cheap bargaining chip to cash in on whenever it’s convenient? Can someone lie and steal without being “labeled” as a liar or a thief? This time we’re giving you a “two in one special” as our radio rep shares two compelling Gospel conversations in just one episode.   Synopsis + Trailer

Part 2: How Good is “Good Enough”? Is a self-professed goodness score of 75% “good enough” to earn eternal life with God? At what point does our bad behavior cause us to cross the line from being a good person to a bad person? In this gentle and respectful evangelistic exchange, God brings together two sinners to talk truth on how good is truly good enough for the young and old alike.   Synopsis + Trailer

Part 1: Bad To Be Good? Can someone be bad in their thoughts yet still good in their community? Hear how our TCC Radio Rep reasons from Scripture to advance and give a defense of the Gospel in this elusive encounter with one very unusual suspect.   Synopsis + Trailer

“It’s all good” is a common contemporary phrase synonymous with saying: “chill out”. However, the biblical necessity of being “all good” by God’s standard should cause all sinners great concern in light of eternity! God is good. This ultimate truth is wonderfully good news for some but terribly bad news for others – it really depends on where each individual is personally standing today in relation to God. Further, most people know that God is good. But, as sinners, most people do not know that God's goodness is our greatest problem! If only God is “all good”, how can He not punish people for being bad? In this series, we're taking you in the studio and on the street with our outreach radio team to preach and teach the truth of God's goodness. Listen to the teaser trailer for this series now! http://www.thecrosscurrent.com/podcast/ItsAllGood_Trailer.mp3