Chris Sheppard

Working through Ephesians 4:25-28, the message calls believers to put off the old vices of lying and stealing and put on truthful speech, righteous anger that hates sin without falling into it, and hard, honest work that enables generous

Concluding the parable of the prodigal son, the message contrasts the older brother's resentment with the father's relentless watching for his lost son, showing that repentance and faith are man's God-given responsibility even as the

Working through Paul's contrast between pagan futility and new life in Christ, the message calls believers to remember their new identity in Christ rather than drifting back into their former patterns of sensuality and impurity.

Baptism is the visible, obedient response of those who have been spiritually united with Christ in His death and resurrection, and this church practices believer's baptism by immersion as a matter of biblical conviction rather than mere

Opening the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15, the message traces the younger son's sinful request and descent into the far country as a picture of how sin always carries a wandering heart further than it intends to go, deliberately

Working through the Great Commission in Matthew 28, the message argues from the New Testament pattern that baptism follows conversion, defines believer's baptism by immersion as the true profession of faith, and urges any

Great Commission

Working through the parable of the lost coin in Luke 15, the message shows how a lost sinner's helpless condition and God's careful, deliberate search for the lost display both man's responsibility to repent and God's sovereign initiative

Continuing through Ephesians 4:14-16, this message warns that spiritual immaturity leaves believers vulnerable to false doctrine and calls the church to speak the truth in love so that every member's work builds up the body toward maturity.

Tracing Jesus's parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15, the message shows that the shepherd's search pictures God's own pursuit of straying sinners and highlights the heavenly joy and celebration that erupts when one lost sinner is found and

Working through Ephesians 4:12-13, this message explains that Christ gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastor-teachers to equip and mature the saints for ministry, insisting that every member of the church is called to active