Chris Sheppard

Hebrews calls the church to vigilant oversight against apostasy and its destructive influence. Scripture's portraits of false teachers help believers recognize repudiation of Christ while warning against carelessly declaring that a living

On Mars Hill, Paul begins with the Athenians' spiritual confusion and proclaims the one Creator, Sustainer, and sovereign Lord who commands all people to repent. The resurrection of Christ divides the hearers into mockers, the curious, and

Small groups are a ministry in which the saints are equipped and the body is built toward maturity in Christ. Older and younger believers are called to faithful, intergenerational relationships where sound doctrine is taught, modeled, and

Paul is provoked by Athens' idolatry and reasons about Christ in both the synagogue and marketplace. His witness demonstrates that the true gospel necessarily confronts the false hopes and rival beliefs of every culture.

Gospel Witness

The Bereans receive the preached Word eagerly and examine the Scriptures daily to test what they hear. Their example calls Christians to humble teachability, biblical discernment, and confidence in Scripture rather than cynical suspicion.

Scripture Authority

Believers are commanded to pursue peace with everyone and the practical holiness that evidences God's sanctifying work. These responsibilities are personal but not solitary, because Christians need the local church to help one another run

Sanctification

Hebrews 12:12-14 calls believers to strengthen spiritual weakness, straighten the path of faithful obedience, and actively pursue peace and holiness. By looking to Christ and receiving God's Word, Christians are equipped to endure the

Paul reasons from Scripture that Jesus is the promised, suffering, and risen Christ, and the Thessalonians receive the gospel amid opposition. Their transformed lives and public witness show how a local church becomes an evangelistic and

Concluding this study of divine discipline, the message shows that trials endured under God's fatherly hand are not evidence of His absence but proof of sonship, yielding the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

The Philippian jailer asks the most urgent question a sinner can ask: what must I do to be saved? Paul and Silas proclaim faith in Christ, minister to the jailer's household, and continue serving the church while trusting God's sovereign

God's Sovereignty