Shepherd's Community Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
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Shepherd's Community Church - 09/01/2024 - Following Christ at Home
As many of our families begin a new school year, we turn to Colossians 3:18-21 to see how Christ commands us to live at home.
Shepherd's Community Church - 08/25/2024 - Jesus, the One Who Gives Sight to the Blind
In part 2 of this exposition of John 9, Pastor Ryan will continue to help us see the significance of what Jesus did for this blind man and why it matters for us.
Shepherd's Community Church - 08/11/2024 - Enjoying & Pursuing Spiritual Unity
This exposition of Psalm 133 will explore the blessing of spiritual unity.
Shepherd's Community Church - 08/04/2024 - Keeping God & Eternity in View
This exposition of Psalm 73 will concentrate on the reality and way to deal with doubt and discouragement in the Christian life.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/28/2024 - Casting Your Burden on the Lord
This exposition of Psalm 55 will explore the way that prayer expresses and leads to the provision of our need for God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/21/2024 - Dealing with Spiritual Depression
This exposition will explore the nature, causes, and way through spiritual depression - acknowledging it as a common condition in the Christian life.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/14/2024 - Rejoicing in the Forgiving God
In Psalm 32, David teaches us about the goodness of God's forgiveness and the need to willingly confess our sins to God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/07/2024 - Trusting the Good Shepherd
This exposition will focus on the widely loved 23rd Psalm and the Lord's faithful leadership and provision for his people as their good shepherd.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/30/2024 - Learning to Love the God Who Speaks
This second exposition of the Life of Faith in the Psalms series will focus on a Christian's relationship with God's revelation in creation and Scripture.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/23/2024 - Taking Refuge in the Son
This sermon on Psalm 2 will focus on the urgent need to take refuge in Christ. It helps the listener answer the question: What are you doing with Jesus?
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/16/2024 - Jesus, the One Who Gives Sight to the Blind
In today's passage, Jesus heals a blind man on the Sabbath and teaches us a great deal about God, this fallen world, and ourselves.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/09/2024 - Death, Damnation, and Deliverance
This exposition of Hebrews 9:26-28 will highlight how the death of Christ and the return of Christ relate to our death, judgment, and salvation. There is no issue more urgent and important than this.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/02/2024 - You Have a Sin-Solving Mediator
As the Mediator of the New Covenant, Jesus solves the problem of sin, which the Old Covenant never could do.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/26/2024 - God is One
This exposition brings the "One God" sermon series to a close, by focusing on the fitting response of the creature to a God who is one.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/19/2024 - God is Love
The world is desperately confused about the nature and origin of love. This exposition will seek to unpack the glory of God's love and what it means for God to be love, as John calls him in 1 John 4.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/12/2024 - God is Triune
In this sermon we will explore the mystery of all mysteries; the doctrine of the Trinity.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/05/2024 - God is Sovereign
What does it mean that God is sovereign? This sermon will explore the biblical (and sometimes controversial) doctrine of the sovereignty of God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/28/2024 - God is Holy
This sermon will seek to define and apply the doctrine of God's absolute holiness.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/21/2024 - God is Unchangeable
This exposition will focus on God's unchangeable essence and how it teaches us to trust him always.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/14/2024 - God is Perfect
This sermon explores several ways in which the perfection of God is unfolded for us in Scripture, helping us see how different God is from us, so that we might see ourselves clearly in the light of his perfection.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/07/2024 - God is Incomprehensible
This first sermon in a series on the attributes of God will focus on God's incomprehensibility and how it should shape the way we live and relate to God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/31/2024 - Why You Should Trust in Jesus
Looking at Jesus' words in Matthew 12:38-41, we will reflect upon the greatest evidence Jesus provides that we should trust in him as our only Savior and Lord.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/24/2024 - Gaining the World & Losing Your Soul
Genesis 36 is a summary of the prosperity and legacy of Esau that teaches us about the greatest blessings and privileges man can receive from God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/17/2024 - The Already & the Not Yet
This exposition of Genesis 35:16-29 will focus on how we should think about our lives as God's people in this world, while we journey on to our eternal home.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/10/2024 - The Devotion God Deserves from Us
In this exposition, we return to Genesis 35:1-15 to learn about the kind of devotion God deserves from us.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/03/2024 - The God Who Deserves Our Devotion
In Genesis 35:1-15, Jacob devotes himself exclusively to YHWH, in response to YHWH’s grace and faithfulness to him. In the same way, we ought to devote ourselves exclusively to God; in response to God’s grace and faithfulness to us. This exposition will focus on the God who deserves our devotion.
Shepherd's Community Church - 02/25/2024 - The World in Which We Live
In this exposition of the raw and grisly 34th chapter of Genesis, we will seek to learn what God teaches us about the world in which we live as his people.
Shepherd's Community Church - 02/18/2024 - God's Invincible Promises
In the long-awaited encounter between Jacob and Esau, God keeps his promises to Jacob in surprising and gracious ways. This exposition will focus on the invincible nature of the saving promises of God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 02/11/2024 - Wrestling with God
This exposition will focus upon Jacob's famous wrestling match with a mystery man whom he later identifies as God, and the lessons it teaches all of God's people today.
Shepherd's Community Church - 02/04/2024 - God is With Us
As Jacob prepares to meet Esau, he looks to God to preserve him and his family according to his covenant faithfulness. This exposition of Genesis 32:1-21 will focus on the truth of God's presence with his people in their trials.
Shepherd's Community Church - 01/28/2024 - Following a Faithful God
In Genesis 31, God commands Jacob to return with his family back to the land of Canaan. This exposition will focus upon what it means to follow our faithful God in this fallen world.
Shepherd's Community Church - 01/21/2024 - The Blessings of God
This exposition of Genesis 30:25-43 will give attention to the way God’s blessings come to sinners and what sorts of blessings we ought to value and desire the most.
Shepherd's Community Church - 01/14/2024 - The Sludge of Sin & the Faithfulness of God
This exposition of Genesis will focus upon the faithfulness of God in spite of the sins of his covenant people.
Shepherd's Community Church - 01/07/2024 - God Provides and Disciplines
Our exposition of Genesis 29:1-30 will focus on the providence and faithful discipline that God gives to his covenant people.
Shepherd's Community Church - 12/31/2023 - What do you have to praise God for?
This exposition of Psalm 103 will focus upon the way to cultivate heartfelt, wholehearted, joyful praise to God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 12/24/2023 - Prophet, Priest, and King
This sermon will explore the significance of Jesus Christ as our great prophet, priest, and king.
Shepherd's Community Church - 12/17/2023 - The Hypostatic Union
This sermon will seek to explain the meaning and importance of the doctrine of the hypostatic union, showing the glory of Jesus and what makes him such a capable and sufficient Savior.
Shepherd's Community Church - 12/10/2023 - The Gate of Heaven
This week we will go through an exposition of Genesis 28:10-22.
Shepherd's Community Church - 12/03/2023 - Where Sinners Go From Here
This exposition of Genesis 27:41-28:9 will focus on the lessons learned from the direction each member of Isaac's family takes after Jacob steals the blessing from Esau.
Shepherd's Community Church - 11/26/2023 - A Dysfunctional Family & The Blessing of God
This exposition of Genesis 26:34-27:40 will focus on several vital lessons learned from the account of Jacob stealing his father's blessing from Esau.
Shepherd's Community Church - 11/19/2023 - Familiar Troubles & a Faithful God
This exposition of Genesis 26:1-33 will focus upon the common troubles of the people of God in every generation, and God's faithfulness to them in the midst of those troubles.
Shepherd's Community Church - 11/12/2023 - Trading Lasting Blessing for Temporary Satisfaction
In this exposition of Genesis 25:27-34, we learn about the foolishness of trading the blessing of God for the fleeting pleasures of this life.
Shepherd's Community Church - 11/05/2023 - God's Enduring Promises
Returning to the book of Genesis, we will meditate upon the enduring nature of God's saving promises as seen in Genesis 25:19-26.
Shepherd's Community Church - 10/29/2023 - What Christianity is Truly About
This final exposition of Galatians will focus on the true nature of Christianity.
Shepherd's Community Church - 10/22/2023 - How to Invest in Eternity
This exposition of Galatians 6:6-10 will focus on the need to invest in the church as a means to invest in eternity.
Shepherd's Community Church - 10/15/2023 - Gospel-Shaped, Spirit-Filled Love
This exposition of Galatians 6:1-5 will focus on the kind of love that God commands His people to have for one another.
Shepherd's Community Church - 10/08/2023 - A Truly Holy Life
This exposition of Galatians 5:16-26 will focus on the need Christians have for the power of the Holy Spirit to live a truly holy life.
Shepherd's Community Church - 10/01/2023 - The Only Way to Overcome Sin
In this exposition of Galatians 5:16-26, we will consider the weakness of the law and our need for the Holy Spirit to overcome sin.
Shepherd's Community Church - 09/24/2023 - How to Use Our Freedom
This exposition of Galatians 5:13-15 will focus on the way our freedom in Christ calls for our obedience to him. True Christian freedom leads to obedience, not to sin.
Shepherd's Community Church - 09/17/2023 - Making a Break With Legalism
In this section Paul turns to the implications of the doctrine of justification by faith alone, calling the church to make a clean break with legalistic teachers and legalistic teachings. This exposition of Galatians will focus on the definition of legalism and how to break free from it.
Shepherd's Community Church - 09/10/2023 - Listening to the Law
In Galatians 4:21-5:1, Paul does a deep dive into a familiar Old Testament passage, to demonstrate how even the Law of God teaches that salvation is only in Christ.
Shepherd's Community Church - 09/03/2023 - How Satisfied Are You?
A look at true satisfaction and where it comes from according to Psalm 90:14.
Shepherd's Community Church - 08/27/2023 - The Curious Case of Gospel Drift
Looking at Galatians 4:8-20, we will consider the need Christians have to remember the Gospel and the sufficiency of Christ as our only Savior.
Shepherd's Community Church - 08/20/2023 - Slaves & Sons
In this exposition of Galatians 4:1-7, we will explore the significance and meaning of the blessing of being adopted by God in Christ.
Shepherd's Community Church - 08/13/2023 - What Christ Can Do for You
This exposition will focus in on the blessings Christ gives to all who trust in him, as Paul lays them out in Galatians 3:23-29.
Shepherd's Community Church - 08/06/2023 - What the Law Can Do for You
In this exposition of Galatians 3:19-26, we'll consider one of the most vital purposes of God's Law.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/30/2023 - Wisdom from Above
In this exposition of James 3:1-8, Rick Wilson (Managing Director of Entrusted Word Ministries and fellow FIRE Member) will help us understand the nature and source of true wisdom.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/23/2023 - The Law & the Promise
What is the relationship of the Law to the promises of God's grace? In this exposition of Galatians 3:15-20, we will start digging into God's answer to that question.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/16/2023 - The Curse of the Law & the Blessing of Christ
The next passage up in our series of expositions through Galatians is Galatians 3:10-14. Our time in this passage will focus in upon two conflicting approaches to obtaining God's saving blessings - the way of the law, and the way of faith.
Shepherd's Community Church - 07/09/2023 -The Freeness of Grace
In Galatians 3:1-9, Paul confronts the idea that our works play a part in making and keeping us right with God, showing us that God's grace is completely free. In this exposition of the passage, we will reflect upon the freeness of God's grace.
Shepherd's Community Church 07/02/2023 -Christ & the Christian Life
In this exposition of Galatians 2:20-21, we will learn from Paul of the order of events in the Christian life, according to the Gospel of grace.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/25/2023 - The Only Way to Be Justified
In this exposition of Galatians 2:15-19, we will consider the only way for sinners to be justified by God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/18/2023 - Undermining the Gospel
In this exposition of Galatians 2:1-14, we will consider two common ways to undermine the Gospel of grace.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/11/2023 - Trusting Paul & His Gospel
In this exposition of Galatians 1:10-24, we will consider the reasons Paul gives to trust what he says concerning the Gospel of grace and the importance of doing so.
Shepherd's Community Church - 06/04/2023 - No Other Gospel
In this opening sermon on the NT book of Galatians, we will look at Galatians 1:1-9 to learn 4 crucial truths about the true Gospel.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/28/2023 - Always and Forever Faithful
In this exposition of Genesis 25:1-18, we will dig into the record of Abraham's death and the generations that came after him, learning from these things how God is always and forever faithful to his people.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/21/2023 - The Kind Providence of God
In this exposition of Genesis 24:1-67, we will meditate upon the kindness of God in his faithfulness to keep his promises to his people, and to provide for our needs as we press on to our eternal home with him.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/14/2023 - Hope Survives the Grave
In this exposition of Genesis 23:1-20, we will reflect on the death of Sarah and the hope God's people have in the face of death.
Shepherd's Community Church - 05/07/2023 - The Blessed Way
David Highfield will be preaching on the "gateway to the psalms", Psalm 1.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/30/2023 - The Lord Will Provide
Continuing on in our exposition of the book of Genesis, we will meditate together on how God's dealings with Abraham in Genesis 22 give us hope that the Lord will provide for us in all things.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/23/2023 - What True Obedience Looks Like
In this second exposition on Genesis 22, we will look to Abraham's example to find out the marks of true obedience to God.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/16/2023 - How Far Will You Go to Obey God?
In this opening exposition on the well-known 22nd chapter of Genesis, we will wrestle with the puzzling test God poses to Abraham in Genesis 22:1-2.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/09/2023 - What a Risen Savior Can Do for You
In this special Resurrection Sunday sermon, we turn to the book of Romans to see what only a risen Savior can do for sinners.
Shepherd's Community Church - 04/02/2023 - God's Protected Pilgrims
In this exposition of Genesis 21:22-34, we will see how the Everlasting God (v. 33) provides for his people in this world.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/26/2023 - Children of the Promises
Our exposition of Genesis 21:8-21 we will wrestle with what it means to be a true heir of God's saving promises.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/19/2023 - God Keeps His Promises
In Genesis 21:1-7, the long-promised son of Abraham and Sarah, and heir to the blessing of Abraham, is finally born. Our exposition of this passage will focus on the faithfulness of God to keep his promises.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/12/2023 - If Not for God
In Genesis 20:1-18, God intervenes in troubling circumstances to ensure that a son is born to Abraham and Sarah, just as he promised. Our exposition of this passage will look at God's faithfulness and grace to ensure that all his promises to his people are fulfilled.
Shepherd's Community Church - 03/05/2023 - What You Get When You Chase the World
Genesis 19:30-38 is the record of shameful events on the part of Lot and his daughters, and the last word about Lot in the book of Genesis. We'll look to this passage to find what there is to gain from chasing the world.
Shepherd's Community Church - 02/26/2023 - You've Got the Real Thing
In this sermon, we will dig into the message of Hebrews 9:1-14, which teaches us that one of the key reasons why the first covenant is obsolete and replaced by the New is that in the New Covenant in Christ, we’ve got the real, actual heavenly realities that the copies in the old pointed toward: Actual access into the heavenly presence of God and actual purification of sin and guilt. The Old could never do these things, and the Tabernacle itself, along with the Day of Atonement, clearly demonstrates this.
Shepherd's Community Church - 02/19/2023 - The Judgment & Salvation of the Guilty
Our next exposition of the book of Genesis will focus in on the destruction of Sodom and the salvation of Lot in Genesis 19:1-29.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 02/12/2023 - God is a Just Judge
In this exposition of Genesis 18:16-33, we'll explore why God's perfect justice is bad news for unrepentant sinners, and good news for God's redeemed people.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 02/05/2023 - How God Presses His Promises Home
Returning back to our series of expositions through the book of Genesis, we'll meditate upon how God presses his promises home to our hearts, based upon his interaction with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 18:1-15.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 01/29/2023 - Clearing the Fog of Forgiveness (Pt 2)
In this sermon we will continue walking through biblical principles regarding forgiveness, focusing particularly on the conditional aspects of forgiveness.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 01/22/2023 - Proclaiming God's Forgiveness
In this Sanctity of Human Life Sunday Sermon, we will focus on the responsibility of the church to be a forgiveness-proclaiming people, even while we oppose societal sins like abortion.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 01/08/2023 - As the Lord Has Forgiven You...
In this sermon on Colossians 3:12-13, we will seek to learn from the difficult command to forgive others as the Lord has forgiven us. We'll consider two critical ways to become more forgiving people, as we strive to grow up spiritually.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 01/01/2023 - God's Faithfulness & Your Sanctification
In this New Year's Day sermon, we'll meditate upon the connection between God's faithfulness and the progressive sanctification of every Christian.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 12/25/2022 - Making Sense of the Baby
Have you ever wondered why Jesus was born as a baby? If his purpose in coming into the world as a human being was to die, why did he have to live well into adulthood before dying on the Cross? We'll try to make sense of these things in this Christmas Day sermon.
Shepherd's Community Church - Christmas Eve Service - 12/24/2022 - Making Sense of the Manger
In this Christmas Eve sermon, we will consider the role of the manger as a sign from heaven to confirm the birth of Christ and to help us better appreciate the significance of his birth for ourselves.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 12/18/2022 - Making Sense of Bethlehem
In this sermon, we will wrestle with the significance of Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus the Shepherd-King of his people.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 12/11/2022 - Making Sense of Joseph & Mary
You probably know who Jesus' earthly parents were - Joseph and Mary. But do you know why these two were chosen by God to be the earthly parents of Jesus the Messiah? We'll try to make sense of Joseph and Mary in this sermon, and see what they teach us about Christ himself.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 12/04/2022 - Making Sense of the Virgin Birth
This sermon will explore the significance of the repeated biblical teaching that Jesus was born to a virgin. Is the Virgin Birth a biblical doctrine? And does it really matter? We'll seek to make sense of it all in this sermon.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 11/27/2022 - Making Sense of the Incarnation
This sermon kicks off this year's Advent sermon series, which will seek to make sense of some of the commonly known but often misunderstood aspects of Christ's first coming. This sermon will seek to help us understand the meaning and implications of Christ's Incarnation.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 11/20/2022 - God's Everlasting Promises
Our next exposition in Genesis will cover the extraordinary events of a single day in the life of Abram, recorded for us in Genesis 17:1-27. Here we will meditate on the everlasting promises of God and consider the consequential devotion to God that is called for from all of God's covenant people.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 11/13/2022 - God Hears and Sees
In this exposition of Genesis 16, we will learn the lesson with Abram and Sarai that God truly does hear our prayers and see our afflictions.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 11/06/2022 - How God Gives Assurance
In this exposition we will consider the meaning and the significance of the "Abrahamic Covenant" of Genesis 15:7-21, and see how God gives assurance to his people through his covenants.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 10/30/2022 - What Abraham Knew About Christ
In this Reformation Sunday sermon, we will take a brief excurses from the book of Genesis, to look at Romans 3:21-4:8 and what Paul says about how God justifies sinners, and how he did so prior to the coming of Christ.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 10/23/2022 - Believing God
In this exposition of Genesis 15:1-6, we'll find great encouragement in a brief interaction between the Lord and Abram.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 10/16/2022 - A Fork in the Road
In this exposition of Genesis 14:17-24, we will seek to learn from Abram and the consequential choices he had to make following the rescue of Lot.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 10/09/2022 - God's People Win in the End
This Sunday we will dive into the first half of Genesis 14 to see how God stays faithful to his people in the midst of world conflict and in the face of great enemies.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 10/02/2022 - God Sticks to His Man
This Sunday's sermon will focus on Genesis 13:1-18 and the separation between Abram and his nephew Lot. While the account of this separation may not seem like much more than a mere historical detail in the story of Abram, it actually reveals vital Gospel realities.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 09/25/2022 - God is Faithful
This Sunday's exposition of Genesis 12:10-20 will focus in on the faithfulness of God to his people, in the midst of strange circumstances and despite our sin.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 09/18/2022 - Obeying God
This Sunday we will turn our attention to Genesis 12:4-9 and set off with Abram for the land of Canaan, considering what it looks like to be serious about obeying God.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 09/11/2022 - God's Promises to Abram (And to Us)
Returning again to our exposition of the book of Genesis, we will focus in on the substance of the promises God makes to Abram in Genesis 12:1-3 and consider what those promises teach us today.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 09/04/2022 - Leaving Home
This Lord's Day we return to our journey through the book of Genesis and start digging into God's gracious plan to bring salvation to the world through a fallen but faithful man and his descendants.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 08/28/2022 - 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Guest speaker Reggie Sanchez preaches from 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 08/21/2022 - Don't Be Ashamed of the Gospel
Guest speaker Sean Davis preaches from Romans 1:16-17, showing four crucial reasons why we shouldn't be ashamed of the gospel.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 08/14 /2022 - You've Got the Ultimate Covenant
In this exposition of Hebrews 8:1-13, we will be reminded that in Christ, we are participants in the greatest covenant relationship with God possible; that the New Covenant in Christ is the ultimate covenant, with the best possible promises and the best possible Priest and Mediator.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 08/07/2022 - The Importance of Knowing God's Love
Guest speaker Dr. Tom Hawkes preaches from 1 John 4:19, helping us understand how crucial it is that we know God's love.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 07/31/2022 - Lord of the Waves
Guest speaker Mike DeVries preaches from Matthew 8:23-27, and we learn that Jesus is leading, calm, and in control no matter what you're going through.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 07/24/2022 - Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd
This week, we look at another of Jesus' "I am" statements from the Gospel of John where Jesus directly confronts the Pharisees over their reaction to the healing of the blind beggar. We'll see how Jesus' claim to be the Good Shepherd not only had big implications for the Pharisees but also for us today.
Shepherd's Community Church - Sunday Service - 07/17/2022 - Be Transformed
This Sunday, Rick Wilson, former elder, FIRE board member, and founder of Entrusted Word Ministries will be preaching on our transformation in Christ while walking us through Romans 12:1-2.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - Sunday Service - 07/10/2022 - You've Got a Better Hope
In this sermon on Hebrews 7:11-28, we learn why having Jesus as our Great High Priest is so wonderful, and how our ultimate hope is that we can draw near to God through Him.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - Sunday Service - 07/03/2022 - The Word
Guest speaker Jamie Ramge preaches about the Word from John 1:1-14.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - Sunday Service - 06/26/2022 - Jesus Christ, the True Vine
This week, we look at Jesus' last "I am" statement in the Gospel of John where Jesus declares himself to be the true vine. Here, Jesus teaches us to abide in him by being connected to him just as a branch is connected to a vine. We will see that by abiding in Christ, God prunes us in order to produce much spiritual fruit.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - Sunday Service - 06/19/2022 - Ask Your Father
Guest speaker Matt LaCava preaches from Matthew 7:7-11 about bringing our requests to our heavenly Father.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - Sunday Service - 06/12/2022 - Jesus' Astonishing Authority
Guest speaker Tom Miller, an elder/evangelist from Northern Ridge Baptist Church, preaches on the authority of Christ from Matthew 7:28-29.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - Sunday Service - 06/05/2022 - You've Got a Priest-King
In this exposition of Hebrews 7:1-10, we'll discover the relevance of Melchizedek in Scripture, and bask in the glorious reality that we've got a Priest-King in Christ.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/29/2022 - Corporate Worship & How to Make the Most of It
In this sermon, we will consider the nature and importance of regular corporate worship, and look at some ways we can engage wholeheartedly in worship when we are gathered together.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/22/2022 - Contentment in Confusing Times
In this exposition of Psalm 131, we will learn about the way to gain true contentment in the Lord, in situations that we find most confusing.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/15/2022 - The Gospel & Division Among Races
In this sermon on Acts 17:15-34, James Miller (Missionary to Alaska) will explore the need of the world for the Gospel.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/08/2022 - Heading Toward Redemption
In this exposition of Genesis 11:10-32, we reach the end of the first major section of the book of Genesis. We'll see how this simple genealogy points us to the fulfillment of God's saving promises.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/01/2022 - The Kingdoms of Man
Our next exposition in Genesis will focus on the familiar story of "the tower of Babel." We'll see how the sins of Babel infect our lives today, and how the Lord's response to these sins should sober us and give us hope.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/24/2022 - What Unites Us All
Returning back to our journey through Genesis, we'll walk through the history of mankind following the flood in Genesis 9:18-10:32, and see how it tells the story of the Gospel.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/17/2022 - Death is Not the End
In this exposition of 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, we'll see how the resurrection of Christ and the promise of every Christian's future resurrection at Christ's return should affect the way we think about death.
Shepherd's Community Church Good Friday Service - 04/15/2022 - When Jesus Saved a Thief
In this Good Friday sermon, we'll meditate upon the account of "the thief on the Cross" who looked to Jesus for mercy just hours before his death, found in Luke 23:39-43.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/10/2022 - While the Earth Remains
In our next exposition of Genesis, we are going to dive into the setting and the terms of the "Noahic Covenant" - God's promise to never destroy the world again with a flood. We'll deal with the reasons this covenant is so important, and how it points to the Gospel.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/03/2022 - God's Promises & God's People
In this exposition of Genesis 8, we'll consider how the Lord puts his saving love and faithfulness to his saving promises on display as the waters of the flood receded, the earth dries out, and Noah and his family finally are allowed to exit the ark.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 03/27/2022 - Taking God at His Word
In Genesis 7, God makes good on all the warnings of judgment and promises of salvation he spoke to Noah. In our exposition of this passage, we'll consider how the truthfulness of God's words should alter the way we live.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 03/20/2022 - A Way of Escape
In our next exposition of Genesis, we'll see God reveal a way of escape from his judgment to Noah, and consider how it points us to the way of salvation through Christ.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 03/13/2022 - God's Response to Sin & Sinners
Returning back to the prologue to the flood narrative in Genesis 6:1-8, we'll meditate upon God's response to sin and sinners, and how that response is one of judgment and salvation.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 03/06/2022 - Man's Spiraling Sinfulness
In our next exposition, we will tackle the surprising (and somewhat difficult) beginning of Genesis 6 (6:1-4), where we see mankind spiraling downward in sin and unable to save himself from the cycle of death that dominates our world.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 02/27/2022 - Living in a World of Death
Next up in our series through the book of Genesis is the genealogy from Adam to Noah in Genesis 5 - a passage that shows us the way to live rightly in a world of death.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 02/20/2022 - Progress, Failure, & Hope
In this exposition of Genesis 4:17-26, we will follow the family line of Cain (vv. 17-24) and of Adam (vv. 25-26) and explore how the descendants of each men teach us to live for matters of eternal importance.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 02/13/2022 - The Spread of Sin
Genesis 4 tells the story of sin's spread throughout the world, following the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden. In this exposition of Genesis 4:1-16, we will see what Cain's murder of Abel teaches us about the corrupting power of sin and the only solution to it.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/30/2022 - The Crime & the Coverup
Returning back to our running exposition of the book of Genesis, we'll walk through the text of Genesis 3:6-13 - the account of man's intentional fall into sin.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/16/2022 - God's Two Kingdoms & the Sanctity of Human Life
In this sermon, Zach will explore the distinct roles God assigns to us in Scripture as members of the human race and as members of Christ's church respectively, and how these roles should govern the way we go about promoting the sanctity of all human life in the world.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/09/2022 - The Tempter & the Temptation
In this exposition of Genesis, we'll consider the identity of the serpent who shows up to lead mankind into sin in Genesis 3:1-5, as well as the characteristics of his temptation, so that we might guard ourselves from his schemes today.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/02/2022 - Prioritizing Love in 2022
No one drifts into holiness. Grace-driven effort is required for us to grow spiritually. In this sermon we will consider the goodness of urgently seeking to grow in our love for one another in the coming year.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/19/2021 - Why the World is Broken (and Why It Needs a Savior)
In this exposition of Genesis 3:1-24, we will look at 5 fundamental reasons the world we live in is so broken, and why we are in such desperate need for a Savior.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/12/2021 - Putting Genesis 2:18-25 to Work
We'll come back in this sermon one more time to the text of Genesis 2:18-25 to explore some of the main practical implications of it. Our aim will be to see the implications of this passage upon our relationships in general, our genders, and upon marriage.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/05/2021 - Gender, Marriage, and the Plan of God
We're returning back to Genesis 2:18-25 again this Sunday to explore the purpose of God in creating human beings male and female and in establishing the institution of marriage.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/28/2021 - Help Needed and Provided
In this exposition of Genesis 2:18-25, we'll consider why it is not good for man to be alone, and how we need each other to glorify God in this life.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/21/2021 - How to Live with God Forever
In this exposition of Genesis 2:8-17, we'll explore what the passage teaches about the way for man to live with God in his dwelling place forever.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/14/2021 - God's Finished Work
This Sunday's sermon will focus on Genesis 2:4-17 and upon what it says about the nature and identity of human beings.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/07/2021 - God's Finished Work
In our next exposition on the book of Genesis, we'll look to "the most delightful day [to date] in all of history" (as one pastor describes); the seventh day of the creation week and the first Sabbath - and hear God inviting us to find our rest in him forever.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/31/2021 - Solus Christus
In this sermon on Acts 4:1-12, we will dive into the Reformation doctrine Solus Christus (Christ Alone).
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/24/2021 - What is Man?
In this sermon, we will consider 2 foundational truths concerning the nature of human beings, according to the text of Genesis 1:26-31.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/17/2021 - And God Said
How did God create the world, and how long did it take him to do so? These are the questions we'll try to answer in our next exposition of the book of Genesis, as we look once again to Genesis 1:1-31.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/10/2021 - Our Good Creator
In this sermon, we'll work our way through Genesis 1:1-31 to see the goodness of God's original creation and what it says about God.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/03/2021 - Life from the Wastelands
In this sermon we'll spend time meditating on the curious statement of Genesis 1:2 - and see how God is a God who brings life out of desolate places.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 09/26/2021 - In the Beginning, God
In this sermon we'll hear the vital, ever-relevant, and perhaps offensive message of the first verse of the Bible.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 09/19/2021 - In the Beginning: An Overview of Genesis
In this sermon we'll kick off a new sermon series through the book of Genesis, looking at the setting and main message of the book.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 09/12/2021 - The Meaning and Importance of the Lord's Supper (Part 2)
In this sermon we will conclude our exploration of the meaning and importance of the Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians 10:14-21 and 11:17-34.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 09/05/2021 - The Meaning and Importance of the Lord's Supper (Part 1)
How important is the Lord's Supper? Do you know? In this sermon we will begin to explore what Scripture says about the value and the purpose of the Lord's Supper for the church. We will spend much of our time in Paul's instruction to the Corinthians, in 1 Corinthians 10:14-21 and 11:17-34.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/27/2021 - The Meaning and Importance of Baptism
"This Lord's Day sermon will provide an overview of the ordinance of baptism and our church's teaching regarding it. Here are the questions we will seek to answer together from Scripture:
- What is baptism?
- Who should be baptized?
- Is baptism necessary for salvation?
- What are the blessings of baptism?
- What should I do if I desire to be baptized? "
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/22/2021 - How Do I Know I'm Truly a Christian?
It is a common experience for Christians to experience periods of doubt regarding their standing with God. Believing that Jesus is the Savior of sinners is not the same as believing Jesus has saved you specifically. If you lack the assurance of your salvation in Christ, or if you do somewhere down the road; this sermon based on the letter of 1 John may prove helpful to you.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/08/2021 - Questions & Answers
In this sermon, we will tackle a question about dealing with hateful people, and a question about responding to wayward adult children.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/01/2021 - You Need Christian Confidence
Can you have true spiritual confidence? This passage explains why you not only can, but why you NEED Christian confidence.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 07/25/2021 - Questions and Answers
In this sermon, Zach will answer a handful of questions that were sent to him this past week.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 07/18/2021 - To the Comfortable Christ-less Church
In this final sermon on the 7 letters of Christ to his churches in Revelation 2-3, we'll seek to hear what the Spirit says to us as he speaks to the comfortable and Christ-less church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22. What sort of church keeps Jesus on the outside looking in (see v. 20)?
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 07/11/2021 - To the Weak Beloved Church
The sixth letter of Christ to his churches in Revelation 2-3 is the most encouraging letter by far. In it Christ encourages and expresses his love for the weak but faithful church of ancient Philadelphia. In this sermon, we will explore what can learn from the way Christ speaks to this church in Revelation 3:7-13, and how we can become more like this church.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 07/04/2021 - To the Vibrant Lifeless Church
In this sermon we'll dig into the sobering words of Christ to a church that looks very alive on the outside, but is very much dead on the inside. Revelation 3:1-6 is a letter to a vibrant [but] lifeless church, with convicting words that every Christian needs to hear.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/27/2021 - To the Loving Undiscerning Church
Returning back to our series of expositions through Christ's letters to his churches in Revelation 2 & 3, we'll dig into to Jesus' words to the loving but alarmingly undiscerning church in Thyatira.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/20/2021 - All Things For Good
In this sermon we will dive into one of the most encouraging, and yet difficult to believe, promises in the Bible - Romans 8:28.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/13/2021 - Suffering Swallowed Up by Glory
This Lord's Day we're going to take a short break from our series in Revelation 2-3 to find encouragement from the truth of Romans 8:18.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/06/2021 - To the Courageous Compromising Church
In Christ's third letter to the churches of Revelation 2-3, we will seek to hear and learn from what the Spirit says to the courageous (yet) compromising church in Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17). What can we learn from a church that was standing strong against the external pressures of the culture, while caving in to the internal pressures of sin and temptation? We'll explore that in this sermon.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/30/2021 - To the Troubled Suffering Church
This Lord's Day we will hear and work through Christ's letter to the struggling 1 C. church in Smyrna. We'll consider the sufferings they were enduring and the way Christ encourages them, and then spend some time applying the passage to our current circumstances as a church.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/23/2021 - To The Loveless Orthodox Church
In this sermon we will kick off a new mini-series on Christ's letters to his churches in Revelation 2-3. In this first letter (Revelation 2:1-7), we'll see consider what Christ has to say to the church in Ephesus, a church much like our own. We'll meditate on the danger of a loveless orthodoxy and hear what Christ has to say to a church that has fallen prey to this danger.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/16/2021 - What Baptism Pictures
In this Baptism Sunday sermon, we'll consider three truths that are pictured in the ordinance of baptism.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/09/2021 - Faithfully Focused on Christ
In this final exposition of the letter of 1 Timothy, we'll look to Paul's closing words in 1 Timothy 6:17-21 which call us to stay focused on Christ as a church.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/02/2021 - Warning! Don't Stagnate or Forsake Christ! (Instead, Grow and Persevere)
The third warning passage in the book of Hebrews calls us to seriously evaluate our spiritual lives.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/25/2021 - A Faithfully Godward Church
This sermon returns back to 1 Timothy 6:11-16 to dwell on the importance of a high view of God in local church ministry.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/18/2021 - A Faithful Reformation
Every church needs to experience ongoing reformation until Jesus returns. In 1 Timothy 6:11-16, we'll begin to explore 6 ways Christians can faithfully bring needed reformation to the local church.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/11/2021 - Identifying Unfaithful Teachers
Continuing our line by line study of the letter of 1 Timothy, we'll consider the four marks of unfaithful teachers given in 1 Timothy 6:2b-10. Do you know how to spot an unfaithful spiritual leader? Paul's instructions in these verses are very helpful for learning how to do so.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/04/2021 - Death Precedes Life
This Resurrection Sunday our Scripture text is 1 Corinthians 15:35-49. We'll dig into this passage together and consider how Paul uses the relationship of seeds to crops and of Adam to Christ to address the skepticism of those who believe the resurrection of all believers to be impossible. God's work in nature and in redemption both testify to the fact that in God's world, death precedes life.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 04/02/2021 - God's Wrath Spent & Satisfied
In this Good Friday sermon, we will look at Jesus' "cry of dereliction" on the Cross in Matthew 27:46 and consider the good news in it for all who trust in Christ.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 03/28/2021 - Christian Identity & Peter's Call to Action
The book of 1 Peter has much to say about Christian identity and how Christians are to respond to trials, suffering, and the alienation that comes from our allegiance to Jesus Christ. In this week's passage, we'll look at 1 Peter 1:13-21 to see the different ways Christians are encouraged to live out their faith and respond to the grace of God in hope, holiness, and reverent worship.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 03/21/2021 - Faithfulness in Hard Places
In this sermon we will tackle the difficult words of 1 Timothy 6:1-2, where God instructs slaves to show respect and work hard for their earthly masters for the sake of the Gospel. There is no downplaying the difficulty of obeying teaching like this, nor of situations like that which it addresses. But God calls us to faithfulness even in the hardest of situations, as we'll hear in these two verses.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 03/07/2021 - Jesus is a Better Priest
In 1 Timothy 5:22-25, Paul urges Timothy to proceed with caution when appointing new pastors in the Ephesian church. As we look to this passage together, we'll consider the importance of patience and slowness in our ministry as a church.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 02/28/2021 - How to Handle Unfaithful Pastors
Continuing in our line by line study of 1 Timothy, we'll wrestle with Paul's instruction in 1 Timothy 5:19-21 which teaches us what to do when a pastor becomes morally disqualified from serving as a pastor. Hard situations like this require clear and direct instructions, like what God gives us in this text. This passage will help us see that doing what's right in the church is far better than simply doing what's easy. May Christ be honored as we hear and respond to his Word again on Sunday.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 02/21/2021 - Supporting Faithful Pastors
This week's exposition of Scripture will be focused on the command to give generous material support to faithful pastors in 1 Timothy 5:17-18. What does it mean to give pastors "double honor" (v. 17) and why is it important to do so? It may not be the text you've been longing to hear preached, but with God's help we will see the goodness in it and why it's an important part of building a faithful church.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 02/14/2021 - On Christian Contentment
In today’s sermon, Paul walks us through the definition of Christian contentment and how we can apply that in our daily lives. The definition of Christian contentment we will be looking at today is taken from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs. “Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 02/07/2021 - Faithful Care & Discernment
In this sermon we'll look at Paul's instructions in 1 Timothy 5:9-16 regarding how the church ought to care for widows, and see what it has to teach us today about caring for people in need.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/31/2021 - Faithful Ministry Starts at Home
In 1 Timothy 5:3-16, Paul teaches Timothy and the Ephesian church about the proper care of widows in and around their congregation. This instruction is important and holds wide application to our relationships with the members of our earthly families. In this sermon, we'll look at verses 3-8 of the passage, and think through what our relationships with the members of our families have to do with our profession of faith in Christ.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/24/2021 - The Church as a Faithful Family
In this sermon we will start to dig into Paul's instruction about how to love people in our spiritual and earthly families; our fellow church members and our 'blood' relatives.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/17/2021 - Faithfully Effective Ministry
The passage that is next up in our verse by verse study of 1 Timothy is 1 Timothy 4:11-16, where Paul shows Timothy how to be truly effective in ministry as he carries out his responsibilities of guarding the church from error and teaching the church sound doctrine. What does Timothy have to do to be a blessing to the church as he guards and teaches them? And what does it all have to do with us? We'll dig into those things in this sermon.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 01/10/2021 - A Faithful Leader's Focus
Getting back to our study of 1 Timothy, we will look next to 1 Timothy 4:6-10, where Paul helps Timothy stay focused on his primary duties as a leader and pastor in the local church. What ought every church leader focus on in ministry? We'll find some answers to that question and see how they apply to our lives in this important and timely passage.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/27/2020 - Renewing Our Commitment to Fellowship
One aspect of the Christian life that's been negatively affected by the events of the last year has been that of our fellowship with one another. In this end of year sermon, we will look to God's Word to see if there may be need to renew our commitment to Christian fellowship.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/20/2020 - Hope is a Person
In our fourth "hopeful meditation" on Isaiah 9:1-7, we'll trace the passage to the root of the hope extended in it. How will all the glorious promises of this prophecy be fulfilled? The answer lies in the coming of a specific Person to the world.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/13/2020 - The God of Light
In our third "hopeful meditation" on Isaiah 9:1-7, we'll spend some time reflecting on what this prophecy reveals about God. Who is the God of light? We'll see four of our God's glorious excellencies in this passage.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/06/2020 - Sustained by Hope
In our second "hopeful meditation" on Isaiah 9:1-7, we'll explore how the promises of this passage function to sustain our faith while we wait for God to fulfill them completely. We'll look at the specific promises of the passage and consider how and why they should encourage us today.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/29/2020 - A Light in a Dark Place
This sermon kicks off our Advent sermon series in the prophecy of Isaiah 9:1-7, and will begin to explore how the light of Christ's coming breaks through the darkness of life in this fallen world.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/22/2020 - Unfaithful Teachers & Teachings
As we cross into 1 Timothy 4, we'll look at Paul's warning in 4:1-5 about false teachers in the Ephesian church, identifying the marks and the problems with their teachings and applying Paul's teaching to our local church in the 21st century.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/15/2020 - Faithfully Focused on the Gospel
In 1 Timothy 3:14-16, we reach the heart of Paul's first letter to Timothy. In this sermon we will reflect upon the three realities that we must stay focused on as a church, in order to grow more faithful to God.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/08/2020 - Faithful Deacons
Continuing our verse by verse study of 1 Timothy in this sermon, we'll look at the job, the qualifications, the reward, and the example of a NT Deacon.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/01/2020 - Faithful Pastors
What are the biblical qualifications of a pastor? In this sermon, we will dig into 1 Timothy 3:1-7 to see what God requires of local church pastors in every age.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/25/2020 - Men & Women in a Faithful Church (Part 3)
In this sermon we will wade into the muddy waters of 1 Timothy 2:13-15 to dig out the reasons Paul gives in the text to support the prohibition of women from teaching doctrinal instruction or exercising spiritual authority over men in the church. Is 1 Timothy 2:11-15 intended to be oppressive to women? We'll explore that question in this sermon.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/18/2020 - Men & Women in a Faithful Church (Part 2)
This sermon continues our study of Paul's teaching about the roles of men and women in the local church in 1 Timothy 2:8-15. Here we'll explore what it means for the men to "pray, lifting holy hands" and for the women to "learn quietly with all submissiveness."
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/11/2020 - Men & Women in a Faithful Church (Part 1, Redux)
After a 7 month long break from the letter of 1 Timothy, we resume our exposition of 1 Timothy 2:8-15 and look at what God says to us through Paul concerning the roles of men and women in the local church. This sermon will focus on the first 4 of 7 principles in the text about men and women in the church.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/04/2020 - 1 Timothy Recap
After a 7 month break from our study in 1 Timothy, we return back to the letter in this sermon to continue exploring what it takes to build a faithful church. Here we will review the main theme of 1 Timothy and its relevance to today.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 09/27/2020 - Jesus is a Better Priest
What does it mean that Jesus is our High Priest? How should it impact our lives? Dig into Hebrews 5 to find out.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 09/20/2020 - Real vs. Counterfeit Righteousness
In Matthew 7:13-29, Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount by presenting us all with a choice - a choice between a way of life that leads to the kingdom of heaven, and a way of life that leads to destruction. What are these two ways? And which way will you choose? We'll dig into the conclusion to the Sermon on the Mount in this sermon.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 09/13/2020 - Relational Temptations
In Matthew 7:1-12, Jesus exposes and leads his followers away from 4 specific temptations in their relationship with God and others. This sermon will seek to unpack the way Jesus guards us from these surprising relational, interpersonal temptations in the Christian life.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/30/2020 - Religious Hypocrisy & How to Avoid It
In this study of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 6:1-18, we'll explore what Jesus says regarding the danger of religious hypocrisy and some specific ways to avoid it.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/23/2020 - The Righteousness Jesus Requires
In this sermon on Matthew 5:17-48, we'll explore the kind of righteousness that Jesus requires of all who desire to live under his saving rule. What does Jesus mean when he says that we must have a righteousness that exceeds the scribes and the Pharisees to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matt 5:20)? What does that kind of righteousness look like? Those questions (and more) will be answered in this sermon.
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/16/2020 - Life Under the Rule of God
This sermon kicks off a series through Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5-7, known as "The Sermon on the Mount." Here we'll dig into Matthew 5:1-16 and consider 7 ways Jesus describes those who are living under the rule of God.
00:00 - 17:41 - Stream Starting Soon 17:41 - 18:55 - Call to Worship 18:55 - 24:42 - Announcements 24:42 - 38:13 - Worship through song 38:13 - 43:10 - Prayer 43:10 - 1:30:59 - Sermon 1:30:59 - 1:36:47 - Worship through Song 1:36:47 - 1:39:05 - Benediction
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/09/2020 - Questions & Answers (Part 3)
This sermon addresses 4 questions that were recently asked by the members of our church related to current events.
- How should we view the upcoming presidential election if we are anxious about 1 candidate or the other being elected?
- How do we deal with ""covid fatique"" (meaning being tired of the isolation and rules)? How do we get a good attitude and keep pressing on?
- Does the chaotic nature of current events indicate that Christ’s return is close?
- How do we love our neighbors well during this crazy time of fear and misinformation?
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 08/02/2020 - Questions & Answers (Part 2)
0:00 - 1:13 - Call to Worship 1:13 - 8:28 - Welcome and Announcements 8:28 - 20:05 - Worship through Song 20:05 - 1:24:12 - Sermon 1:24:12 - 1:31:03 - Last Song and Benediction
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 07/26/2020 - Questions & Answers (Part 1)
0:00 - 5:08 - Welcome and Announcements 5:08 - 17:35 - Worship Through Song 17:35 - 23:36 - Prayer 23:44 - 1:10:00 - Sermon 1:10:00 - 1:16:39 - Closing Song and Benediction
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 07/12/2020 - Who Will See the Kingdom? (Part 2) - John 3:1-21
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 07/05/2020 - Who Will See the Kingdom? (Part 1) - John 3:1-21
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/28/2020 - The End of the Matter Part 2 - Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/21/2020 - The End of the Matter - Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/14/2020 - Life and Its Creaturely Limits - Ecclesiastes 11
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Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 06/07/2020 - Foolishness is the Problem - Ecclesiastes 10:1-20
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/31/2020 - What to Expect from Life - Ecclesiastes 9:1-18
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/24/2020 - Dealing with Injustice - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/17/2020 - Wisdom is Better than Ease - Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/09/2020 - Trading Joy for More - Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 05/03/2020 - How to Engage with God - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 4/26/2020 - Surviving a Broken World - Ecclesiastes 4:1-16
Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 4/19/2020 - This Uncontrollable Life - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22