Chris Sheppard

Opening a study of John 14, this message identifies the Holy Spirit as the divine Advocate and Helper the Father gives to those who love and obey Christ, warning against popular portrayals that reduce the Spirit to a mere chummy friend

New Birth

Continuing a study on the person of the Holy Spirit from John 14, the message traces how the Father sent the Son to accomplish redemption and now sends the Spirit to apply it, saving lost sinners and sanctifying the saints.

New Birth

Pausing the verse-by-verse study of John 14-16 to address the Trinity directly, the message defines the Holy Spirit's place within the Godhead through progressive revelation and warns against illustrations or explanations that go beyond

Nehemiah 8 shows God's Word producing brokenness, holy joy, continued study, and concrete obedience among the people. A right response to Scripture moves from understanding to worship, celebration, and renewed obedience.

Continuing through John 14:7-14, this message traces how Jesus patiently corrected His confused disciples and promised that those who believe in Him would do greater works through the coming of the Holy Spirit. The burden is that believers,

Opening Jesus's farewell words to His remaining eleven disciples, the sermon unpacks the promise of a prepared place in the Father's house and Christ's promise to return, and encourages the troubled to find comfort in personal communion

Following Judas's exposure as the traitor, Christ's new commandment to love one another as he has loved is preached as the chief mark by which the world will know his true disciples, illustrated by the self-sacrificing love that marked

Walking through John 13's account of Jesus exposing Judas at the table, this message shows that betrayal from within does not diminish Christ's sovereign lordship over His church. It warns that traitors to the faith still arise among God's

Jesus' washing of the disciples' feet becomes a direct command for believers to serve one another, and the sermon presses hearers to examine what hobbies, jobs, self-interest, or family priorities keep them from being committed to serving

Christ's washing of Judas's feet alongside the other disciples is preached as proof that true servanthood is not a ceremony to be performed but a humility that stoops even to serve the most wicked, calling the church to a self-evident,