Chris Sheppard

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.

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

Great 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

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.

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.

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,

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

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

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

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.