Chris Sheppard

From the disciples' dispute over greatness, the message presents Jesus' rule of greatness: true ministry is found in servanthood born out of brokenness before God.

Rule of GreatnessServant Ministry

Concluding Nehemiah's prayer, the message traces how he appealed to God's promises and past redemption on behalf of His people before offering himself, unqualified as he felt, for the work ahead.

Nehemiah's ConfessionWilling to Serve

Tracing Lot's slow drift from Canaan toward Sodom, the message warns that cultivating a love for the world, even after receiving God's grace and correction, ends in ruin for a man and his family.

WorldlinessSlow Spiritual Drift

Walking through the opening of Nehemiah's prayer, the message shows how remembering God's covenant faithfulness and confessing sin prepared him for the work God had for him.

Nehemiah's ConfessionCovenant Remembrance

Examining Eli's failure in 1 Samuel 2 and 4, the message warns fathers that honoring children above God and tolerating sin at home will drive the next generation away from the Lord.

Eli's HypocrisyHonoring Sons Over God

From Nehemiah's response to devastating news about Jerusalem, the message shows how spiritual maturity produces genuine grief over the brokenness of God's people and a hunger to see the church restored.

Nehemiah's GriefHoly Brokenness

Working through the Shema in Deuteronomy 6, the message calls fathers and mothers to love God wholeheartedly and to weave that love into the ordinary rhythms of teaching their children at home.

The ShemaFamily Discipleship

Nehemiah begins with a clear-eyed assessment of Jerusalem’s broken condition and a grief that moves toward prayerful leadership. Rebuilding, renewal, and obedience are framed as God’s work through burdened servants.

Nehemiah's GriefHoly BurdenPrayerful Leadership

Drawing on Job and Psalm 127, the message reminds parents that children are a gift entrusted by God, calling fathers and mothers to receive, love, and disciple them rather than push them away.

Children as a GiftNot Exasperating Children

Concluding this study of family obstacles, the message warns husbands against both passivity and domineering leadership, calling them to serve their households out of love for Christ and to answer to God for their homes.

Husbandly LeadershipFatherly AccountabilityServant Motivation