Come On Up
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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Episodes
107 episodes
Grace That Breaks Sin’s Grip
Pride loves to take credit and it rarely sees judgment coming. Today we sit with Isaiah’s blunt picture of Assyria: a ruthless power that boasts like it owns the world, even though it’s only an instrument in God’s hands. Pastor Carl walks us th...
When God Uses A Nation In Isaiah 10
Power loves to take credit, but Isaiah 10 rips the mask off. When leaders write unjust laws, exploit the poor, and treat widows and orphans as disposable, God calls it what it is and warns that a day of punishment comes for every proud system t...
Isaiah 9 - When Judgment Feels Like Fire
A wildfire doesn’t need much fuel to spread, and Isaiah says a culture can burn the same way when people forsake God. Pastor Carl brings that warning into sharp focus, showing how judgment can look less like a lightning bolt and more like God l...
Grace As The Strength To Obey
Fear can make smart people do foolish things. That’s why Isaiah’s warning feels so current: when leaders and crowds panic, form alliances, and chase control, God calls His people to a different center of gravity. We talk about why the Lord is “...
God Is Serious About Sin In Isaiah 7 & 8
God’s grace is quiet like a stream, but ignoring it can unleash a flood. That’s the unsettling picture Pastor Carl draws from Isaiah 7 and Isaiah 8 as Judah watches threats rise, leaders posture, and a nation drifts into faithless confidence. W...
When Piety Hides Pride
A king is shaking with fear, an enemy coalition is closing in, and God offers help so direct it almost feels unfair: ask for a sign. What happens when a leader refuses, not with honest doubt, but with polished religious words that protect his p...
When God Stops Speaking - Isaiah 6 & 7
If you’ve ever caught yourself saying, “I don’t want to hear that,” this message lands close to home. We sit with a sobering reality from Isaiah: a heart can resist God so long that hearing becomes harder, humility becomes optional, and pride s...
When Pride Rewrites Worship: King Uzziah And Isaiah 6
The fastest way to spot pride is to watch what happens when someone hears “no.” We take that test into Scripture by walking through King Uzziah’s shocking turn in 2 Chronicles 26 and Isaiah’s throne room vision in Isaiah 6. Uzziah starts with d...
When A Nation Calls Evil Good
Grace can feel like a set of keys, and that’s exactly where people get confused. If God has forgiven me, does that mean I’m free to do whatever I want? We push back on that dangerous idea and get painfully honest about what God actually saves u...
Isaiah 5 - Wild Grapes
God doesn’t need a résumé. He wants a heart that’s honest, humbled, and ready to be changed.We open with a simple cry that cuts through religious noise: Lord, save us, revive us, shine upon us. From there Pastor Carl leads a verse-by-ve...
Empty Idols
Your calendar is full, your feed is loud, and the “next big thing” always looks one step away. We open Isaiah and ask a question that cuts through all of that: what happens when the thing you’re counting on can’t cover you anymore? Pastor Carl ...
The Tab Is Paid
Someone picks up the check for the whole table and a friend insists on paying “their part.” It feels polite, but it quietly rejects the gift. We start there because it captures the core tension of the gospel: Jesus Christ paid the full price wi...
What If Your “Freedom” Is Just Another Idol
You can do a lot of “religious” things and still be far from God and Isaiah 1 refuses to let us hide behind the performance. We talk about why God calls his own people “Sodom and Gomorrah” in a shocking wake-up call, and how empty sacrifice, po...
Isaiah 1 And The Cost Of Going Our Own Way
Consequences are not the opposite of love. Sometimes they are love, loud enough to wake us up.We open with Isaiah’s call to come up to the mountain of the Lord, then Pastor Carl takes us straight into a tough but hopeful truth: we provo...
You Are What You Consume
Your habits are discipling you, whether you notice it or not. What you watch, scroll, replay, and obsess over becomes the “diet” that shapes your thoughts, your tone, and the way you treat people. We start with a simple gut-check: are we feedin...
Trust God Enough To Wait For Him
An empty net after an all-night grind can feel like failure, but John 21 turns that exact moment into a doorway to guidance, provision, and restoration. We’re wrapping up the Gospel of John with Pastor Carl as we follow the disciples back to th...
Peace To You!
Locked doors, racing thoughts, and a future you can’t predict, that’s where this message begins. We follow John 20 as Jesus steps into a room full of fear and speaks the simplest words with the biggest weight: “Peace to you!” That peace isn’t p...
Proof In The Empty Tomb
An empty tomb is one thing. An empty tomb with grave cloths left behind and a head covering folded neatly in place is another. We open John 20 and follow the morning that turns panic into belief, starting with Mary Magdalene arriving in the dar...
Do You Believe?
“Do you believe?” It’s a question many of us have heard so often it can start to feel like background noise, but John refuses to let it fade. We follow the Gospel of John straight into John 19, where the crucifixion of Jesus is recorded with un...
Behold The Man
“We have no king but Caesar.” That line is meant to win an argument, but it ends up revealing a heart that will say anything to get what it wants. We open John 19 with Jesus brought before Pilate, and we watch a governor who knows Jesus is inno...
The Truth On Trial
Chaos rarely announces itself. It just shows up as pressure, confusion and that split second where you decide whether to stand with Jesus or quietly step back. We walk through John 18 and watch two kinds of courage collide: Peter’s shaky courag...
The Second Garden
They came to the garden with lanterns, torches, and weapons and Jesus didn’t hide. We pick up in John 18 as Jesus crosses the Kidron and steps into Gethsemane, a place whose meaning “oil press” frames the night as pressure, grief, and surrender...
Kept In The Father’s Name
Jesus prays out loud on the edge of betrayal, and what He asks for is not what most of us expect. We hear Him plead with the Father to keep His people, guard them from the evil one, and give them a joy that survives pressure, injustice, and rej...
Eternal Life Starts With Knowing The Only True God
Doubt can feel spiritual, but it usually sounds like this: “What if I’m not really saved?” We open John 17 and listen to Jesus pray with boldness for His followers, not as a vague hope but as a clear declaration that they belong to the Father. ...
Eternal Life Is Knowing Jesus
Eternal life gets talked about like a distant finish line, but Jesus defines it with a single word that lands in the present: know. From John 17, we dig into Christ’s prayer on the road to Gethsemane and hear Him say eternal life is knowing the...