Chris Sheppard

Working through Proverbs 26:17-26, this message exposes how gossip and quarreling spread like fire in a church family, often disguised as spiritual concern, and calls believers to confront it directly rather than let it smolder and destroy

Gossip WarningQuarrelingGuarding the Tongue

Working through Matthew 5, this message contrasts the Old Testament's eye-for-an-eye justice with Jesus's call to surrender personal rights and revenge, showing that only a heart purged of grudges can practice gracious giving.

Personal RightsRetaliationGracious Giving

Proverbs 25 introduces Hezekiah's recovery of Solomon's proverbs and contrasts God's glory in concealing with the kingly work of searching out. The message calls God's people to diligent study, reverent humility, and godly wisdom.

HezekiahSearching Out TruthDiligent Study

Acts 3 and Hebrews 10 press the church to keep gathering, proclaiming the words of life, and stirring one another up to love and good works. Even in fearful days, the church must be the church and do the work Christ has given it.

Gathered ChurchWords of LifeChristian Courage

Proverbs 24 warns against envying evil people or joining them in their destructive ways, and it calls for justice without partiality. Wisdom teaches God’s people to choose their companions carefully and make judgments by truth rather than

Bad CompanyImpartial JusticeEnvy Warning

Acts 2 and Hebrews 10 show that the Christian life is meant to be lived in fellowship, not isolation. The loss of gathered life exposes how deeply believers need one another for encouragement, love, and good works.

Biblical FellowshipDanger of IsolationMutual Encouragement

Scripture calls God's people to care for the poor without adopting the world's false answers to poverty. Wealth is an opportunity for good and gospel witness, and mercy should begin with the household of faith before extending outward.

Care for the PoorHousehold of FaithWealth as Stewardship

Drawing a parallel to the Galatians' desertion of the true gospel, the message warns that a church distracted by cultural crusades can lose sight of the gospel itself, and calls believers to pursue justice and mercy as a byproduct of

Gospel OppositionTrue vs False GospelMercy MinistryGreat Commission

Rooting the discussion in Genesis 1-11, the message argues from the unity of the human race and the image of God in every person for a biblical view of race, and warns against aligning with social justice movements whose stated aims

Image of GodOne Human RaceGospel OppositionRacism as Sin

Continuing in Romans 1, the sermon traces the downward spiral from refusing to honor God to idolatry, insisting that a nation's moral unraveling is the direct fruit of exchanging the Creator for the creation.

Idolatry and JudgmentWrath of AbandonmentChurch DisciplineCultural Decline