Chris Sheppard

Luke 9:57-62 calls for wholehearted discipleship that keeps serving Christ without turning back. The charge honors faithful service in the local church while pressing every believer to keep a steady hand to the plow for kingdom work.

Wholehearted DiscipleshipNo Turning BackKingdom Service

Concluding this section of Ephesians 1, this message unpacks the immeasurable greatness of God's power shown toward believers and displayed in raising Christ, insisting that these deep doctrines must be experienced in the heart and not left

Power of GodResurrection Power

Continuing through Paul's prayer for the Ephesians, this message explains that spiritual understanding of God's truth comes only from the Holy Spirit's illumination, not human effort, and that theological truth must be lived out

Spiritual IlluminationDoctrine Applied

Turning from the blessings of grace in Ephesians 1 to Paul's response to them, this message highlights how Paul praised the Ephesians for their faith in Christ and their specific, sacrificial agape love for the saints, and shows a pastor's

Agape LovePastoral Prayer

Reading the parables of the mustard seed and the leaven as warnings of false, corrupting growth within the visible church, the message names specific modern examples of doctrinal compromise while cautioning that disagreeing on how to

Mustard and LeavenDoctrinal CompromiseKingdom Parables

Ephesians 1 teaches election and predestination as bountiful blessings that display the grace, mercy, and love of God in salvation. The message urges believers to receive biblical mysteries by faith without forcing them into man-made

ElectionPredestinationDoctrines of GraceDivine Mystery

Working through the parables of the mustard seed and the leaven in Matthew 13, the sermon considers whether Jesus is picturing the healthy growth of the kingdom or its corruption from within, and cautions that disagreement over these

Kingdom GrowthDoctrinal PrioritiesMustard Seed and Leaven

Ephesians 1 finishes Paul’s blessing by highlighting the inheritance of God’s people and the sealing work of the Holy Spirit. Believers are secure in Christ to the praise of God’s glory because the Spirit is the guarantee of what is to

InheritanceSealed by the SpiritGospel Security

Ephesians 1 continues the praise of God’s grace by showing redemption, forgiveness, and the mystery of His will accomplished in Christ. God lavishes grace on His people and gathers all things under Christ in the fullness of time.

RedemptionLavished GraceMystery of Christ

Matthew 13 distinguishes superficial, worldly, and truly receptive hearers of the Word. The parable of the soils teaches the church to identify false profession patiently while recognizing that only a Spirit-prepared heart receives the

Parable of the SoilsFalse ProfessionPrepared Heart