Keith Stovall

Pairing Colossians 3:5-7 with Joshua's defeat of the five kings in Joshua 10, this message pictures the hard, deliberate work of killing sin in the believer's life and roots the victory in Christ, who was cursed on the tree and rose to

Mortification of SinChrist's VictoryJoshua's Conquest

Every believer is called into the choir of corporate worship, serving the preaching of the Word with humility rather than personal preference or performance, since all worship ministry work will one day be tested and evaluated by the Lord.

Worship LeadingServant-Hearted MinistryCongregational Singing

True corporate worship is measured not by emotional experience or musical excellence but by whether the word of Christ dwells richly among God's people as they sing truth to one another and are lovingly corrected by it.

Word-Centered WorshipSinging to One AnotherFatherly Discipline

Studying Hannah's prayer in 1 Samuel 1-2, this message holds her sacrificial devotion and overflowing praise up as a pattern for worship, urging the church to prepare their hearts all week so that Sunday singing flows from genuine delight

Hannah's PrayerHeartfelt WorshipSacrificial Devotion

1 Samuel 2 warns through Hophni and Phinehas that corrupt leadership, impure worship, and public scandal dishonor God and wound his people. The church is called to put sin to death, protect its reputation, and pursue purity in worship and

Corrupt LeadershipImpure WorshipChurch Reputation

Moses' call shows that God chooses, calls, equips, and confronts leaders, but sin and unbelief can still hinder their usefulness. Spirit-filled leadership requires conversion, love for God's people, trust in God's power, and repentance from

Moses' CallLeadership HindrancesRepentance in Ministry

Bezalel's Spirit-empowered craftsmanship for the tabernacle shows that God equips ordinary, praying people rather than machinery or plans to accomplish his work, and calls believers to offer whatever gifts and resources he has placed on

Spirit-Empowered ServiceBezalelFreewill Giving

Tracing the story of Joseph's descendants in Joshua 17, the sermon shows how fear and lack of faith, not God's provision, kept Ephraim and Manasseh from possessing the land God had already promised them. It applies this to the slow,

Unbelief WarningGradual Sanctification

Working through Israel's crossing of the Red Sea, the message calls believers to be still and trust God's sufficiency when a trial feels as menacing as Pharaoh's army, resting in the truth that He fights for His people and is good even in

Be Still and TrustGod's SufficiencyExodus DeliveranceFatherly Discipleship

Drawing on Exodus 23:29-30 and Deuteronomy 7:23, the sermon compares Israel's gradual conquest of Canaan to the slow, protected, and perseverance-requiring nature of Christian sanctification. It emphasizes that God drives out sin from a

Gradual SanctificationPerseverance of the Saints