Chris Sheppard

Turning to Romans 1, the message argues that America's cultural collapse is best understood not as random moral decline but as evidence of God's wrath of abandonment against a nation that has suppressed the truth about him.

Wrath of AbandonmentCultural DeclineTotal DepravityDivine Judgment

Working through Matthew 5:33-37 on oath-taking, this message shows that Jesus is not forbidding oaths outright but exposing the Jews' evasive use of them to dodge truthfulness. God's people must be people whose plain word can be trusted,

TruthfulnessOaths WarningSermon on the Mount

The final message in the series considers both sexual immorality and desertion as biblical allowances for divorce, then addresses remarriage after divorce. It urges the church to handle painful marriage questions under the full counsel of

Desertion and DivorceRemarriagePastoral Care

Working through Proverbs 22:6, this message confronts the guilt and unbalanced teaching that often surround this popular verse and calls parents to faithful, balanced training rather than a formula guaranteeing outcomes. It stresses that

Child RearingChurch and FamilyFatherly Discipline

Jesus names sexual immorality as the biblical exception in divorce while still upholding God's design for marriage. The sermon distinguishes lawful allowance from sinful divorce and warns that departing from Scripture multiplies harm in

Divorce Exception ClauseSexual ImmoralityMarriage Design

Proverbs 21 and Proverbs 16 expose man's self-deception and God's righteous assessment of the heart. Life reveals motives and attitudes, but the Lord weighs the heart and uses his word to examine and reshape his people.

Self-DeceptionGod Weighs the HeartMotives Examined

Working through Jesus's response to news of the Galileans killed by Pilate and those crushed by the tower of Siloam, the message calls hearers to see present tragedies, including the COVID-19 pandemic, as a summons to repentance rather than

RepentanceTragedy and SovereigntyPandemic Response

Working through the account of Hannah and Elkanah in 1 Samuel 1, the message traces how God used a barren, provoked, and broken woman and an imperfect husband to raise up a man of God, calling parents to godly, purposeful parenting rather

Hannah's BarrennessGodly ParentingProvision Through Trial

Working through David's distress and his settled security in Psalm 4, this message contrasts the anxiety that trials produce with the deep assurance that comes from a genuine relationship with God.

Anxiety and AssuranceTrials Refine MarriageEvening Devotion

Matthew 19 brings Jesus' teaching on divorce back to God's original design for marriage in Genesis. The sermon calls believers to become practical reformers who let Scripture correct the careless and permissive views common in both culture

Divorce and RemarriageMarriage in GenesisPractical Reform