Chris Sheppard

Ephesians 1 begins Paul’s praise for the spiritual blessings God gives His people in Christ, including election and adoption according to His gracious purpose. These blessings lead the church to worship the Father for grace planned before

ElectionAdoptionPraise of Grace

Walking through Jesus' explanation of the parable of the sower, the sermon shows four ways people respond to the word and insists that true conversion always produces lasting fruit, unlike the shallow, thorny, or hardened responses that

Parable of the SowerFruitful FaithMarks of Conversion

Opening a verse-by-verse study of Ephesians, this message examines Paul's opening greeting to show it is not a mere formality but an apostolic challenge for the church to submit to God's Word with the joy, grace, and peace that marked the

Apostolic AuthorityGenuine Believers

Opening a new series in Matthew 13, this message explains why Jesus taught in parables, showing that these stories reveal previously hidden mysteries of the kingdom of heaven to those who have ears to hear while remaining concealed from

Kingdom MysteriesPurpose of ParablesHearing and Response

Hebrews warns believers not to drift from Christ, neglect gathered worship, or treat spiritual life as optional during seasons of disruption. The church's ordinary means of growth remain vital because Christ builds His church through His

Warning PassagesSpiritual DriftGathered WorshipChurch Health

Ephesians 6 teaches children to obey their parents in the Lord and places parenting within God’s larger design for the family. Christian family life begins with conversion to Christ and is lived before God in ordered roles and

Parental AuthorityFamily DesignHousehold Discipleship

Wives are called to submit to their husbands as an outworking of the mutual submission believers already practice within the church, and this submission is grounded in the husband's headship and offered out of love for Christ rather than

Wifely SubmissionHeadshipChristian Marriage

From the creation account, Adam and Eve's calling to rule and fill the earth is applied to marriage and family, closing with a call for the church to be marked by simple obedience to what God has already made clear in His Word.

Dominion MandateFamily DesignObedience to God's Word

Continuing in Genesis 2, this message unpacks Adam's poetic delight over Eve as the pattern for marriage, warning that building a family on anything less than God's standard, like a house built with mismatched materials, produces recurring

Marriage as God's MasterpieceBuilding on God's StandardOne Flesh

Opening a series on God's design for the family from Genesis 1-2, this message establishes that marriage and children belong to God as the true owner, and that husbands, wives, and families are called to build according to his design rather

God's OwnershipFamily DesignMale and Female