Calvary Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Casey Kuhlman
The sermon outlines a comprehensive framework for how believers should engage with Scripture, structured around three key areas: attitude, interaction, and response. It urges Christians to cultivate a heart of gratitude, love, and high esteem for the Bible, viewing it as more valuable than earthly treasures. Believers are called to actively read, meditate on, study, obey, and trust God's Word as the essential nourishment for spiritual growth and daily living. Furthermore, the message emphasizes the communal responsibility to share, speak, preach, teach, defend, and fight with the truth of Scripture in a fallen world. Ultimately, the text asserts that one's relationship with God is linked to their reverence for and obedience to His written Word.
The sermon presents a profound theological reflection on the nature of eternal inheritance through the lens of a last will and testament, centered on Christ's death as the necessary fulfillment of God's covenant. Drawing from Hebrews 9, it unfolds the biblical concept of inheritance—first as the promised land for Israel, then as Christ's rightful dominion over all creation, and finally as the shared inheritance of believers who are adopted as children of God and sealed by the Holy Spirit. The message emphasizes that this inheritance is not earned but received through faith, grounded in Christ's sacrificial death and resurrection, and guaranteed by the Spirit's indwelling presence. While acknowledging the grief of earthly loss, the sermon affirms that Christ's own weeping at Lazarus's death reveals His deep compassion for human suffering, underscoring His solidarity with humanity and His ultimate purpose to abolish death and restore all things. The call is urgent: to repent, believe, and receive the Spirit's seal, for the inheritance is real, eternal, and available now to all who turn to Christ in faith.
Practicing the presence of God is a biblically grounded discipline rooted in the reality that God is already present, not something to be conjured through emotion or ritual. It is not a mystical experience but a daily, intentional awareness of God's nearness, cultivated through truth, Christ-centered faith, Spirit-enabled discernment, Scripture saturation, obedience, and consistent application in ordinary life. The sermon emphasizes that true intimacy with God is not measured by emotional highs but by a steady, reverent awareness of His presence—seen in creation, providence, and the Word—expressed through affection, prayer, and obedience in everyday moments. By adopting habits such as morning devotion, continual prayer, and evening reflection, believers can cultivate a life of integrated holiness, where God's presence transforms character, strengthens leadership, and deepens spiritual vitality, ultimately fulfilling the biblical call to fear God and keep His commandments.
This lesson, presented to the women of Calvary Baptist Church, is drawn from Titus 2 and 3, centers on the transformative power of the gospel as the foundation for godly living, emphasizing that right actions must flow from right motives rooted in the grace and character of God. It calls believers—especially women—to live with reverence, humility, and gratitude, shaped by the reality of their desperate need and Christ's costly redemption, which fuels a life of self-control, purity, and service. The passage outlines practical, Christ-centered roles for older and younger women, urging mentorship, teaching, and intentional relationships that model biblical womanhood through love, modesty, and submission—not as duty, but as joyful devotion to God's design. Ultimately, the goal is to adorn the gospel in everyday life, making the doctrine of God our Savior attractive and compelling through consistent, grace-driven behavior that glorifies God and draws others to Him.
The sermon delivers a forceful theological critique of the viral 'tiny Jesus' figurine trend, condemning it as idolatrous, blasphemous, and spiritually dangerous. Grounded in the first two Commandments from Exodus 20, it argues that any physical representation of Christ—no matter how small or well-intentioned—violates God's prohibition against graven images and reduces the infinite, transcendent Christ to a man-made, commodified object. Pastor Kuhlman warns that such figurines distort the gospel by replacing the biblical call to repentance with sentimental, emotional gestures, thereby mocking Christianity to the lost world and enabling spiritual complacency. He further contends that the trend reflects a broader apostasy in the church, where cultural entertainment and emotionalism have supplanted biblical fidelity, and calls believers to discernment, separation from worldly trends, and courageous stand for the truth. Ultimately, the sermon urges Christians to reject all forms of idolatry, to honor Christ in spirit and truth, and to stand firm in proclaiming the fullness of the gospel with boldness and integrity.
Referenced Sermon On Animals and Pets: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/422241535163804
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Calvinistic Conundrum or Christ-Centered Confirmation? (Part 1) https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/69252058126912
Reconciling "All" With "Elect" - Calvinistic Conundrum (Part 2) https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/6132512696188
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This message was taught at Camp Ironwood's Men's Retreat on September 27, 2024. The audio quality is not the greatest. We did our best to enhance the recording to the best of our ability.