Messages from the Pastor's Heart (Summer 2019)

Continuing the wheel illustration from part one, the sermon turns to fathers' duty to teach God's Word to their children through consistent example, everyday teaching moments, and set times of family worship, and calls the church to pursue

Family WorshipFatherly DisciplineChurch Structure

Using a wheel diagram to map out the church's ministries, the sermon explains why Sunday night worship was replaced with adult small groups and calls the congregation to gather around the Word through small groups and Wednesday night Bible

Word-Centered MinistryChurch StructureSmall Group Ministry

Drawing on John 3, 6, and 16, this message traces the Holy Spirit's work of effectually drawing and convicting sinners before conversion, and calls the church to keep sharing the gospel and praying for God to do the monumental saving work

Effectual CallingConviction of SinGospel Proclamation

Walking through Romans 3:21-25, this message lays out justification by grace through faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice, and closes with a personal conversion testimony as a picture of the monumental work only God's Spirit can do in a

Justification by FaithGrace AloneConversion Testimony

Building on a week of student camp built around Christ's incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension, the message charges students and adults alike to pour their lives into the local church rather than a separate youth subculture.

Local Church PriorityLife of ChristBody Life

Reflecting on years of student camp ministry and Titus 2, the message calls the church to actively disciple the next generation through life-on-life example, while trusting that only God can grant repentance, faith, and regeneration in

Children's MinistryLife-on-Life DiscipleshipTitus 2 Model

Stephen stands as a model layman for the church: committed to the body, consistent in godly character, and consumed with his calling. Acts 6 shows how Spirit-filled service can turn church problems into opportunities for growth.

StephenLay MinistryChurch ServiceSpirit-Filled Character

Continuing through 1 Peter 5:1-5, this message turns to how younger leaders and church members are to submit to their elders and clothe themselves with humility toward one another, using Timothy's example to show that maturity, not a

EldersHumility Toward OthersTimothy's Example

Opening a study of 1 Peter 5:1-5, this message examines Peter's apostolic authority and his identification with fellow elders as motivations for faithful shepherding, closing with a personal appeal for prayer as the church looks toward a

EldersApostolic AuthorityPastoral Calling

Peter’s restoration in John 21 traces failure, grace, love for Christ, and renewed usefulness in the work of the church. The sermon applies that testimony to personal obedience and the future faithfulness of the local church.

Peter's RestorationRenewed UsefulnessPastoral Faithfulness