Chris Sheppard

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.

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.

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.

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.

Turning to Titus 2 and Proverbs 31, the message calls Christian wives to purity, self-control, and a home-centered life that stands against the culture's competing vision of womanhood.

Continuing this study of family obstacles, the message applies 1 Peter 3 to a Christian married to an unbeliever, calling wives to quiet submission and husbands to a sacrificial, Christlike love.

The sermon discusses Christ's work in believers through difficulties and challenges. It references the importance of His role in completing the work begun in us, drawing from verses in 1 Corinthians 7.

Ezra leads the assembled people to deal seriously with their sin, confess before God, and take costly steps of obedience. Biblical repentance is not sentiment alone; it accepts responsibility and acts according to the Word.

Ephesians chapter 5, verses 22 through 24, lays out the duties of wives as outlined in scripture.

The sermon discusses the responsibility of husbands, emphasizing the importance of love and respect in marriage, referencing Ephesians 5:22-29.