Chris Sheppard

Hebrews 13:9–12 warns believers not to be carried away by religious teaching and rituals, but to find their spiritual strength in God’s grace and Christ’s sufficient sacrifice. The sermon applies this call to personal faith and life in a

Hebrews 13:7–8 calls believers to remember and imitate faithful spiritual leaders, considering the outcome of their lives, while following Jesus Christ as the supreme and unchanging example. Church leaders must live lives worthy of

Hebrews 13:5–6 calls believers to reject the love of money and be content with what God has provided, trusting that he will never abandon them and is their helper. This contentment demonstrates wholehearted love for God and shapes how

The sermon explains how faithful, sustained teaching of Scripture, a cleansed church, and preaching the gospel brought gospel success in Ephesus. It applies that example by urging the local church to keep the Word central and to reach the

Local Church

Hebrews 13:4 calls Christians to honor marriage and keep sexual intimacy pure, because sexual sin dishonors God and brings judgment, while faith in Christ offers forgiveness. The church is urged to guard its witness through marital

Acts 19 portrays the gospel’s mighty work in Ephesus: God used apostolic miracles to authenticate the message, exposed counterfeit spiritual authority, and brought both public reverence and believers’ costly repentance. The Word’s growth is

From 1 Timothy 3:13, the sermon calls deacons to serve honorably according to Scripture, meeting the church’s needs with humility and faithfulness. It presents ordination as the church’s public affirmation of qualified servants and stresses

Paul’s extended ministry in Ephesus moved from the synagogue to the hall of Tyrannus, where he reasoned from Scripture and preached the gospel to a wider audience. The sermon emphasizes that God governs the church’s work and its results,

Gospel Witness

Acts records a unique, transitional period in which Jews, Samaritans, Gentiles, and Old Testament believers are visibly incorporated into the one New Testament church. Reading these events in their redemptive-historical setting guards