CrossTalk at the Kroc is a faith-based podcast featuring real conversations about the Gospel in everyday life. Through stories, ministry discussions, and practical encouragement, CrossTalk explores how faith meets real life and how the love of Christ is lived out through service, community, and discipleship. It highlights various ministries of The Salvation Army throughout the world.
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What happens when our rules, traditions, comfort, or even our desire for recognition become more important than people?
In Luke 14:1–14, Jesus enters the home of a prominent religious leader for a meal, where He is being carefully watched. There, He encounters a man in need of healing—and uses the moment to challenge the religious leaders' understanding of the Sabbath, their pursuit of status, and even the way they choose the people they invite to their tables.
In this episode of CrossTalk at the Kroc, Major Jonathan Raymer explores this powerful encounter and the lessons Jesus teaches through it. Jesus shows that the Sabbath was never meant to become an excuse to ignore someone in need. He challenges us to examine whether our systems serve people or whether people have become servants of our systems.
But the conversation doesn't stop with healing. Jesus also confronts our desire for recognition and challenges us to practice genuine humility and generosity—loving and serving people who may never be able to repay us.
At the center of it all is a simple but powerful question:
Who are the people we're not seeing?
Because it's easy to see a problem. Jesus saw a person.
Join us for Miraculous: Sabbath Healing, as we explore compassion, humility, generosity, and what it means to see people the way Jesus does—where faith meets real life.
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2 Nov 2026
Stones of Remembrance: Don't Forget
Sermon preached on November 1, 2026 at The Salvation Army Augusta Kroc Center by Major Jonathan Raymer.
2 Nov 2026
13: Major's Monday Minute
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