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Come on up to the mountain as we seek to learn more from the Lord through His Word! Pastor Carl of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina simply teaches through the Word, verse by verse, chapter by chapter.
Listen here or on the radio! Come On Up airs weekdays at 3:30PM and 10:30PM on WSKY - WEZZ in Waynesville - 97.5 FM / 970 AM and in Asheville - 102.9 FM / 1230 AM .
“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths.” - Isaiah 2:3
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What if the real blindness isn’t in the eyes but in the heart that refuses light? We journey through John 9 with Pastor Carl as a man born blind receives sight and sets off a chain reaction—joy, investigation, legal debate, family fear, and finally worship. The moment Jesus kneads clay on the Sabbath exposes a tension as old as religion itself: when rules become a shield against mercy, the Lord of the Sabbath stands near and we still miss him. Yet the healed man’s voice cuts through the noise...
What if the breakthrough you want won’t come through the method you expect? We walk through John 9 and the healing of a man born blind to explore why Jesus rarely repeats a technique, how suffering can be a canvas for God’s works, and what it means to obey when the process feels strange. Clay made from spit, a pool called Siloam, and a long walk while still blind become the unlikely path to sight—and a living picture of creation, living water, and faith that moves before it understands. As t...
Doubt and faith often sit side by side, and that tension becomes a doorway to deeper hope when Jesus says, “If anyone keeps my word, he shall never see death.” We explore what He meant—not denial of physical death, but the promise that those who believe will never be cut off from the life of God. From there, we travel through Abraham’s story to see how the gospel was already taking shape: Melchizedek’s bread and wine, a priest-king of righteousness and peace; Sarah’s laugh turning into Isaac’...
What if the life you own still feels unpowered? We open John 8 and sit with a bracing claim from Jesus: everyone who sins is a slave to sin, but the Son sets slaves free. Pastor Carl walks us through the uncomfortable beauty of that truth—why religious pedigree cannot rescue us, why proud hearts mishear God, and why keeping Jesus’ word is the doorway into real freedom. We explore a simple image to ground big theology: a gift without batteries. Your salvation is secure, yet the world remains ...
Feeling “mostly fine” but drifting without a map? We take a hard, honest look at why feel-good slogans can’t rescue a soul that’s quietly lost and why Jesus’ words in John 8 cut through the fog with a freedom you can actually live. Pastor Carl starts with a road trip gone wrong and turns it into a mirror for the heart: when the battery dies and the playlist fades, what voice guides you home? We walk line by line through John 8 to uncover how faith really starts—by hearing the Word. Not hype,...
A scandal in the temple courts, stones in ready hands, and a single sentence that resets the room: I am the light of the world. From that turning point, we lead you through the tension between law and mercy, appearance and truth, and why Jesus’ light exposes more than guilt—it reveals a path back to life. We revisit Deuteronomy’s standard of witnesses, question the credibility of the trap, and face the uncomfortable possibility that the accusers’ zeal masked collusion. When the rocks fall sil...
A crowd presses forward with stones in their hands, certain they’re on God’s side. Then Jesus kneels, writes in the dust, and turns a courtroom into a rescue. We journey through one of Scripture’s most gripping collisions of law, conscience, and grace to ask a hard question with a hopeful answer: what happens when unflinching truth stands shoulder to shoulder with radical mercy? We start by naming the confusion many feel around sexuality and identity, then anchor the conversation in God’s de...
A crowd gathers at dawn, a scandal erupts, and stones are ready. We step into the temple court where a woman is thrown before Jesus, and a carefully staged legal trap tries to force him to choose: uphold Moses or defy Rome. Instead, he kneels and writes in the dust, then turns the moment into a mirror—exposing hypocrisy, honoring the law’s heart, and covering a shattered life with mercy and a clear call to change. From that turning point, we widen the frame to explore what Scripture means by...
Silence hangs over the Feast of Tabernacles as the priest carries water from the Pool of Siloam—then Jesus steps forward and breaks the quiet: If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. We dive into that electric moment and trace how a centuries-old ritual suddenly points straight to a present-tense promise. The story sweeps from Moses striking the rock to Zechariah’s cleansing fountain to Isaiah’s free invitation to the thirsty, revealing how Scripture’s streams converge in the person ...
A quiet ritual, a circling crowd, and then a voice that breaks the silence: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” We step into John 7 at the Feast of Tabernacles, where Jesus stands in the temple and ties centuries of longing to one daring promise—living water that will flow from within those who believe. As officers are sent to arrest him and religious leaders weigh politics against prophecy, no one can lay a hand on him. The reason is not luck; it’s timing. His hour has not yet...
Doubt, debate, and a miracle collide in Jerusalem as Jesus teaches at the Feast of Tabernacles and confronts leaders who prize appearances over truth. We walk the crowded courtyards where a man once paralyzed now carries his mat on the Sabbath, and hear why that act reveals God’s heart better than any rule could. The question stings today as much as it did then: are we judging by optics, or by a righteousness shaped by Scripture and the Father’s will? We unpack Jesus’ claim that his doctrine...
What if the most faithful move is the quiet one no one sees? We walk through John 7 at the Feast of Tabernacles and watch Jesus refuse the spotlight, ignore easy metrics, and align with the Father’s timing. That choice exposes our own drift into ritual: showing up out of habit, serving from autopilot, praying on schedule while the heart stays far away. The message invites a reset from routine to reverence, where we ask, “Lord, what is your heart for me in this hour?” and mean it. We unpack t...
When truth collides with our comfort, something has to give. We walk through John 6 where Jesus speaks about eating his flesh and drinking his blood, refuses to soften the claim, and invites us to trade easy answers for real discipleship. The crowd loves miracles, but many leave when the message touches the will. We explore why Jesus uses hard sayings and parables to separate curiosity from surrender, and how the Spirit gives life while the flesh offers nothing but noise. Together, we unpack...
What if the life your soul craves isn’t found in another rule, but in a meal—real nourishment that you can actually take in? We walk through John 6 where Jesus calls Himself the Bread of Life, then tie it back to Isaiah’s covenant of peace to show how God moves us from discipline to restoration. This isn’t about managing behavior or polishing an image; it’s about eating the Word, letting grace work from the inside out, and discovering why true peace arrives when the Holy Spirit takes up resid...
Shipwrecked souls don’t need new opinions; they need a lifeline. We open John 6 where Jesus calls himself the bread from heaven and confronts a crowd offended by grace. Pastor Carl connects the dots from manna to murmuring, from fiery serpents in Numbers 21 to the bronze sign lifted high, and from Capernaum’s demands for signs to the cross where Christ becomes sin for us. The throughline is urgent and hopeful: refuse God’s provision and you keep the poison; look to the Son and live. We also ...
Crowds chased boats and rumors across the Sea of Galilee, but Jesus answered with a question that still stings: why are you here? We unpack the moment He redirects people from chasing another meal to discovering the Bread of Life, the only source that satisfies soul-deep hunger. Along the way, we trace the storm, the sudden arrival on a new shore, and the scramble of boats from Tiberias to Capernaum—then pause to hear how motives, mercy, and faith collide. We explore the tension between visi...
Tired of white-knuckling your way through the week? We open John 6 and watch Jesus move from a quiet hillside retreat to an unexpected feast and then into a midnight storm, revealing a pattern of grace that meets us when our strength runs out. With Pastor Carl guiding the journey, we connect the dots between Passover’s bread, a child’s meager lunch, and the true bread from heaven who satisfies more than appetite—he satisfies the soul. We set the scene for a community shaped by Rome and scatt...
What if deep Bible knowledge can still leave us blind to the One it reveals? We dive into Jesus’ startling words to religious experts who searched the Scriptures yet missed the living Word right in front of them. With Pastor Carl guiding us through John’s Gospel, we follow a trail of witnesses—the Father’s voice, John the Baptist’s testimony, the Messiah’s works, and Moses himself—all converging on a single claim: Jesus is the promised Christ who brings life from death. We unpack why belief ...
What if the voice that spoke galaxies into being is the same voice that can wake a dead heart now? We walk through John 5 and discover why Jesus doesn’t just offer life—He is life—and how that changes the way we face sin, judgment, and hope. Pastor Carl unpacks the seeming tension between believing in the Father and believing in the Son by tracing a clear line through John 3, John 5, and Romans 10. Rather than a contradiction, we find the unity of the Trinity moving toward us: the Father sen...
A man waits thirty-eight years by a pool, hoping for a moment of change. Then Jesus arrives, speaks a few words, and everything shifts—mobility returns, hope reignites, and a quiet temple encounter reframes what healing really means. We walk through this gripping story from John, not to admire it at a distance, but to confront a tension many of us live with: rules that promise safety versus a relationship that brings life. We dive into the Sabbath controversy that erupts when mercy refuses t...
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