the Cross Orlando

Ben Hoyer
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the Cross Orlando is a congregation of people living under the reign of God — gathering weekly, working across our city, and caring for one another.

  1. 3d ago

    2Peter 1

    Opening a three-week look at Peter's second letter, this message walks through chapter 1: God's divine power has already granted everything needed for life and godliness through the knowledge of Christ. Peter's list of virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, and brotherly affection is not a to-do list but a set of dummy lights signaling where we have forgotten what is already true.

  2. Jul 12

    Matthew 25 and Paul

    The final message in the series on vocation looks at civic and neighborhood calling through the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25), urging us to get in the game with the gifts and resources God has entrusted to us, followed by a conversation with Paul about his work in commercial real estate and his involvement with the Coalition for the Homeless.

  3. Jul 5

    1 Peter 2 and Brandi-Michelle

    Continuing the series on vocation, this message turns to the second arena—church—working through 1 Peter 2, where Peter urges believers to put away malice and slander and be built together as living stones into a spiritual house, a sanctuary founded on Christ the cornerstone, justice, and righteousness. It closes with a conversation with Brandi-Michelle Rhodes on belonging and what members of a church owe one another.

  4. Jun 28

    John the Baptist and Eliza

    Continuing our series on vocation, we turn to Luke 3 — where John the Baptist tells the crowds, tax collectors, and soldiers to do their everyday jobs justly rather than abandon them — and see how working fairly and well honors the image of God in the people our work touches. Ben is then joined by urban planner Eliza, who shares how her faith shapes the way she designs more walkable, neighborly communities.

  5. Jun 21

    Great Commission and Carole

    Wrapping up family and turning to the church arena of vocation, this message focuses on the Great Commission in Matthew 28, where the risen Jesus meets his disciples on a hill in Galilee and sends them to make disciples of all nations.

  6. Jun 14

    Jesus, John and Aaron

    Continuing the vocation series on family, this message turns to John 19 and the crucifixion scene, where Jesus, seeing his mother Mary and the disciple he loved standing by the cross, entrusts them to one another's care.

  7. Jun 7

    Mary, Martha and Amy

    Revisiting the three arenas of vocation (family, church, and neighborhood), this message focuses on family through Psalm 68, where God is father to the fatherless and sets the lonely in families, and includes Amy sharing her own story about family.

  8. May 31

    Good Samaritan - Neighborhood

    Concluding the three arenas of vocation, this message turns to neighborhood, examining the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 and the lawyer's question about how to inherit eternal life and who counts as one's neighbor.

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the Cross Orlando is a congregation of people living under the reign of God — gathering weekly, working across our city, and caring for one another.

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  • Creator
    Ben Hoyer
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    443
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    the Cross Orlando