Payneville Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Chris Wilson
Membership is a covenant relationship between a Christian and a local church. THE CHURCH AFFIRMS THE MEMBER'S PROFESSION OF FAITH BASED ON THE WAY HE OR SHE LIVES AS A DISCIPLE in fellowship with other members under each other’s care.PRINCIPLEAssurance through our AffirmationRepresentationPROCESSThree StepsThe ExceptionThe Undesired OutcomePURPOSEReverenceReputationRestoration
Biblical church members will live as disciples in fellowship with other members under each other’s care.We'll see this lived out in church life by TWO GROUPS, withONE GOAL, demonstratingTHREE GAINS.
Biblical church members will PARTICIPATE, LOVE and SERVE, and today: LEAD and FOLLOW. This sermon was preached at the ordination service for FCBC's newest deacon.
Membership is a covenant relationship between a Christian and a local church. The church affirms the member’s profession of faith based on the way he or she lives as a disciple in fellowship with other members under each other’s care. Members will PARTICIPATE; they will also LOVE and SERVE
Jesus would have us to enjoy prayer, to let it become neither a fake, dramatic performance nor a lifeless, dutiful chore.
God’s absolute sovereignty means that he’s always bringing people together — making “Divine Appointments”
Complete Joy comes from knowing, accepting, and celebrating exactly who you are in relation to Jesus the groom.
Jesus knows what's in man's heart (John 2:24-25). Some people have only "sign-faith". Nicodemus (John 3:1-21) is the first of four examples of such people.
It's DiscipleNow Weekend at Franklin Crossroads. Today, we looked at a couple of the causes of strain in Peter's Fellowship with Jesus, and at how Jesus is Faithful to us even when we're not faithful to him.
We learn lessons about Jesus's ministry PURPOSES from His ATTENDANCE at and INTERVENTION in a wedding at Cana of Galilee.
We look at four days in John 2, in which we learn four things about who God's Christ (Messiah) is.
John the Apostle gives us insight into who Jesus is by looking at him through the lens of who John the Baptist is; we examine three aspects of John’s identity in relation to Jesus.
This is Scriptural pledge given to Franklin Crossroads Baptist Church at my installation service as senior pastor
We discuss the relation between hard and soft hearts and what this has to do with maintaining a teachable but not gullible mind.
We can become so focused on our own ideas and goals that God must graciously blind us to them in order to save our souls and get us onto his agenda (which is to see by the Spirit).
Simon the magician responds fraudulently to Philip's preaching ministry, but Peter and John confront him.
We examine the ministry of Stephen, including his preaching, martyrdom, and the aftermath of his faithfulness.
Believers are commanding to SING praise to God, to GIVE him credit for all He's done, and to REJOICE in Him.
Opposing God is futile and opposing man CAN be fatal, but obeying God is fulfilling (no matter the cost).
When we pray for God’s power to do God’s work, His Holy Spirit will fill us with boldness to do His work.
God invites genuine worshipers into his very presence, but he warns the hard-hearted they’ll be cast out forever.
Physical, psychological, emotional, and financial health are important, but spiritual health is the foundation of true joy.
Genuine conviction of sin leads to repentance and faith, receiving the Holy Spirit, then baptism and church membership.
Christians always know what to do in service to God (even when we don’t yet know specifically).
What Jesus began to do and teach while he was on earth, he now continues by the Holy Spirit working through the church.
It’s worth whatever it takes to properly prepare yourself for worship, then to actually worship, then to return to life with worship’s beauty echoing in through your soul.
God’s beautiful and flawless plan of redemption and glory is continually being accomplished throughout history by Jesus saving more and more people.
God’s beautiful and flawless plan of redemption and glory keeps moving forward even through repeated reversals.
God’s beautiful and flawless plan of redemption and glory teaches us to have the right attitude toward blessings.
God's beautiful and flawless plan of redemption demands his followers humbly play their role so that God alone gets the glory.
God’s beautiful and flawless plan of redemption and glory keeps on saving us despite our fluctuating faith.
God’s beautiful and flawless plan of redemption and glory cannot be thwarted by persistent human evil.
God’s beautiful and flawless plan of redemption and glory begins to unfold with the creation of man.
Since Christians were given spiritual life by the Holy Spirit, we must keep on living by the Holy Spirit.
God’s promised inheritance will be passed to his chosen heirs, resulting in their lives being changed in real, permanent way.
God’s covenant with Abraham shows that keeping the law can never replace trusting in Christ.
By God’s grace, parents must TEACH their children to trust and follow God, and children must faithfully LEARN from their parents.
The incarnation of Christ is necessary for our salvation, and it is the greatest miracle God ever performed.
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
Despite God’s goodness, fallen man continues to question whether it’s worth it to fully commit to God.
Despite all that would keep us from having a deep relationship w/ God, he has made a way for us to live in him.
Every Christian must faithfully steward the spiritual gifts God has given him or her by lovingly using those gifts in service to the local church.
Christians should labor to avoid war, but when avoidance is impossible, Christians may participate in war with a clear conscience.
True fellowship with Christ can only be enjoyed when we're living out the calling God has assigned to us.
Whoever will take up the cross of Christ and follow him will be saved from the cruelty that lives in his heart.
How we respond to God’s plan reveals how devoted we are to God. Four Responses to God's Plan PETER'S BURDEN THE PRIESTS' BLASPHEMY JESUS'S BOLDNESS THE PEOPLE'S BRUTALITY
The world's idea of strength and weakness is the reverse of Christ's idea. We see this truth displayed in three scenes: DENIAL DENIED WATCHING, WEAKNESS, AND WICKEDNESS ARREST AND ATTACK
We look at how Jesus transforms the Passover meal into the Lord's Supper, which in turn promises and anticipates the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. God has used three meals to explain His promise of eternal fellowship with anyone who will trust Him for salvation. We look at: THE BREAD THE BETRAYAL THE BODY AND THE BLOOD
How you react to Jesus’s plans and ways reveals who you really are. Four kinds of reactions observed in today's text: FOES CONDEMN FRIENDS CRITICIZE FAKES CONSPIRE FOLLOWERS COMMIT
Every Christian disciple is called and empowered by the Holy Spirit to declare God’s saving grace everywhere in this world until Christ returns. EVANGELISM IS COMMANDED EVANGELISTS ARE CONNECTED EVANGELISTS MUST BE COMMITTED
This sermon is from our series through the Baptist Faith and Message. This one is on Article 15. Christians should work to improve society in general, and especially to establish and defend equal justice under law, but the only true and permanent help we can offer is through a gospel ministry that focuses on individual regeneration and discipleship.
Easter Sunday Sermon We must remember the most important thing in the world — the gospel Three truths about the gospel: THE GOSPEL CAN BE BELIEVED IN VAIN THE GOSPEL CAN BE UNDERVALUED THE GOSPEL CANNOT BE DESERVED
Good Friday Worship We must learn how to count properly, spiritually. DON'T COUNT ON CONSECRATION DON'T COUNT ON COMPARISON COUNT ON CHRIST
God is drawing together worshippers into a perfect, eternal community. Three of God's actions detailed in Psalm 87 demonstrate this truth. GOD PREFERS ZION GOD POPULATES ZION GOD PROVIDES THROUGH ZION
In this Psalm, David assures believers who are experiencing a "fragmented heart" based on GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY and GOD'S COVENANT FAITHFULNESS
He further addresses the various enemies try to cause our hearts to become fragmented: PERSONAL FRAILTY PERILOUS CIRCUMSTANCES POWERFUL ENEMIES
On Judgment Day, evidence will prove how we've responded to Christ and therefore, where we will spend eternity. THE CLEAR SEPARATION THE CARING ARE SURPRISED THE CALLOUS ARE SHOCKED
Jesus's "parable of the talents" teaches us that Christians show we are ready for Christ to return by working hard in HIs service until He comes. In the parable we see the following truths: THE SERVANTS MADE PLANS THE GOOD SERVANTS WERE PRAISED THE WICKED SERVANTS WERE PUNISHED
The most necessary way to be ready for Christ's return is to be saved. Christians have PREPARED for Christ’s return by believing the gospel. We examine three distinctions between the ready and the unready: PREPARED V UNPREPARED LIT V UNLIT WELCOME V UNWELCOME
In the last half of the Olivet Discourse, Jesus is instructing his people in how to be ready for his return. Christians show that we’re ready for Christ’s return when we take good care of each other. We learn about this from three characters in two parables... A HOMEOWNER A GOOD SERVANT A WICKED SERVANT
Though we don’t know the precise time of the (very) last day, we are told how to recognize it when it comes. It will be marked by three characteristics. It will be... POWERFUL AND GLORIOUS NEAR AND CERTAIN and our response is to be UNKNOWING BUT NOT UNAWARE
The second sermon from Matthew 24-25 (the Olivet Discourse) SEEING THE SIGNS: ABOMINATION TRIBULATION MISDIRECTION
This is the first sermon on Jesus's Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24-25. The BIG IDEA is that we must wean hearts off being so impressed with the good things of this age. Three Observations from Matt 24:1-14 A FACT OFTEN FORGOTTEN AN URGE TO UNDERSTAND A PERSECUTION THAT PURIFIES
the 9th sermon in our Spiritual Disciplines Series: Three sermons on disciplines of BIBLE INTAKE Three sermons on disciplines of FELLOWSHIP with God Three sermons on disciplines of FELLOWSHIP with each other (Today's message completes this section of three sermons. NEXT will be Three sermons on disciplines of MINISTRY.
A sermon for Sanctity of Human Life Sunday The way God deals with humanity provides the only correct model for how we must deal with each other.
A sermon in our Doctrine Sunday series from the Baptist Faith & Message (Article 14). The Big Idea: Churches and individual members should work together in appropriate ways to advance God’s Kingdom. All cooperative ministry between churches must be built on... ONE FOUNDATION by MANY BUILDERS for ONE TEMPLE
True joy only comes through peace with God. We will experience revival when we build our souls on three foundation stones of truth: PAST GRACE PRESENT FAITH FUTURE HOPE
Believers need and desire constant communion with God for three reasons... HE IS OUR SHELTER HE IS OUR STRENGTH HE IS OUR SATISFACTION
Here's the final sermon from Ecclesiastes. The Preacher gives us FOUR BALANCED DIRECTIONS to prevent us from living a life of sinful self-protection: TAKE CHANCES (BUT REMEMBER GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING) FOLLOW YOUR HEART (BUT NOT INTO SIN) DON'T WASTE YOUR YOUTH (BUT OLDER FOLKS AREN'T DEAD YET) GO DEEP (BUT STAY PRACTICAL)
We are not at the mercy of blind chance because God is ruling all things, so we must live by faith. This truth leads us to three practical instructions: REST IN GOD'S GRACE ENJOY YOUR LIFE LIVE BY WISDOM
We're continuing to discover things under the sun that are NOT the key to life. Today, it's satisfying our appetites. THE PROBLEM: SATISFACTION ELUDES US (6:1-7:15) THE CAUSE: SIN WEAKENS US (7:16-29) THE SOLUTION: SUBMISSION RESCUES US (8:1-15)
The second of six sermons from the Book of Ecclesiastes addresses three questions skeptics might ask in light of the fact that God is sovereign over everything. WHY DO ANY WORK? WHY DO THE WICKED RULE? WHY DO WE DIE LIKE ANIMALS? We examine the believers' biblical answers to each of these questions.
Hypocrisy is far more destructive than we might realize, so we must battle it. Three dangers of hypocrisy HYPOCRITES Deceive the Lost HYPOCRITES Discredit the Faith HYPOCRITES Destroy Themselves
Nearing the end of the Triumphs, Treasons, and Turnabouts mini-series, we continue to look at the various qualities of Christ's Enemies.
God intends for Christians to help each other live faithfully by practicing the Spiritual Discipline of Accountability. We discussed: THREE KINDS OF TALKING THAT ARE USED IN ACCOUNTABILITY and FOUR CHALLENGES TO ENGAGING IN ACCOUNTABILITY
Doctrine Sunday sermon from Article 13 of the Baptist Faith and Message STEWARDSHIP IS NOT ONLY ABOUT MONEY STEWARDSHIP IS VERY MUCH ABOUT MOTIVES
Christ's enemies reveal their own folly in their attempts to trap Jesus in ... A POLITICAL TRAP A DOCTRINAL TRAP A MORAL TRAP
We looked at the third of a "trilogy" of Kingdom parables in Chapters 21 & 22. We learn three truths about God's Kingdom EVERYBODY IS WELCOME FEW ARE WILLING NOBODY IS WORTHY
Jesus's parable of the vineyard exposes the violence against him that is living in the hearts of the religious leaders (and us). GOD IS RIGHT TO EXPECT OBEDIENCE MAN IS BENT TOWARD VIOLENT REBELLION MAN IS CONDEMNED BY HIS OWN CONSCIENCE GOD IS ASSEMBLING A FRUITFUL PEOPLE
We continue looking at the characteristics of those who made themselves enemies with Christ in Matthew Chapters 19-23. AUTHORITY CHALLENGED COWARDICE EXPOSED POSITION CLARIFIED GRACE OFFERED
Christ's enemies have hardened themselves in their TREASON against Him at the temple cleansing. From here to the end of Chapter 23, we will see several characteristics of Christ's enemies. Today, their fruitlessness THE CURSE OF FRUITLESSNESS THE CAUSE OF FRUITLESSNESS
The Big Idea of today's sermons is this: Jesus’s followers must keep on desperately bringing our needs to his compassionate attention. To arrive at this summary, we examined three themes in the passage: AFFLICTION DESPERATION COMPASSION
Christ wants his followers to be guided by holy ambition. We will contrast UNHOLY (SELFISH) AMBITION and HOLY AMBITION
Continuing our series from Matthew 19-23, Triumphs, Treasons, & Turnabouts, this, our fourth sermon "First and Last" grappled with Jesus's parable of the vineyard owner and laborers. We focused on this BIG IDEA: Christians must build all our expectations on Kingdom promises, not on worldly assumptions, lest we suffer deep frustration and terrible loss.
In this sermon, we look at three scenes that show us living a complete life is simple, but that very simplicity makes it easy to miss. "CHILDREN" RECEIVED JESUS REJECTED DISCIPLES REASSURED
Jesus TURNS ABOUT the efforts of the Pharisees to commit TREASON against him by trapping him in a debate over divorce. In response, Jesus speaks authoritatively on ... MARRIAGE DIVORCE (and REMARRIAGE) CELIBACY
This sermon introduces and surveys the three big themes of Matthew 19-23. Here's the sermon in a nutshell: Jesus’s life models for all of us, his disciples, that despite the many treasons we suffer, God is always working turnabouts for his glory, which will ultimately end in eternal triumph!
A sermon for a difficult time in America. If we properly fear the Lord as Christians, then we will not fear the wild changes (vicissitudes) of life as Citizens. Five HELPS to have the right kind of fear: OUR WORSHIP GOD'S WORDS GOD'S WILL GOD'S WATCH OUR WAITING Three practical suggestions: CHECK YOUR HEART FOR IDOLATRY BE A GOOD CITIZEN EVANGELIZE OUR NEIGHBORS
The mission of the church is to focus on the spiritual and not just the fleshly parts of life, which means we must do all we can to get people reconciled to God in Christ. Looking at this truth from THREE ANGLES: OUR MISSION IS SPIRITUAL OUR MESSAGE IS RECONCILIATION OUR (GOSPEL) MINISTRY IS PRIMARY
This sermon addresses the basics of the Discipline of Worship THE HEART OF WORSHIP: IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH THE PLACE OF WORSHIP: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE THE DANCE OF WORSHIP: DISCIPLINE AND DELIGHT
Our Doctrine Sunday Sermon on Article 12 of the Baptist Faith and Message. God guards our hearts and minds from error through Education. We considered OUR ENEMIES AND THEIR STRATEGY GOD'S GUARD FOR OUR HEARTS (AND MINDS)
The fifth and final sermon in our On the Church series from Matthew 18. Here's the Big Idea... What qualifies a Christian to correct another is that he or she DESIRES forgiveness, NOT that he or she lives a sinless life; therefore, the (healthy) fear of hypocrisy must NOT keep us from practicing corrective discipline.
We should feel three emotions... THE WEIGHT OF SIN THE COMPASSION OF GRACE THE DISTRESS OF HYPOCRISY
Continuing our series from Matthew 18, today we consider this: God has laid out a process meant to bring a sinning member to REPENTANCE, which will lead to the full RESTORATION of unity in the church, BUT if that sinning member REFUSES to comply, then as a LAST RESORT, the church must REMOVE him or her from membership. To adequately grasp this concept, we must reckon with THREE NECESSITIES: REMEMBER OUR GOAL RELY ON GOD'S AUTHORITY RETRACE the BIBLE'S STEPS
The Purpose of Practicing Corrective Discipline is to share Christ's joy in a loving and whole church. To achieve this, we need to wrestle with three ideas... OUR GOAL: TO PROTECT THE WHOLENESS OF THE FLOCK OUR MOTIVE: LOVE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE FLOCK OUR REWARD: TO SHARE CHRIST'S JOY WITHIN THE FLOCK
In this second sermon on Matthew 18, we focus on the damage we can cause if we refuse to help each other battle against temptation. We need to rightly understand FOUR ELEMENTS OF TEMPTATION: THE REALITY OF TEMPTATION OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEMPTATION OUR REACTION TO TEMPTATION THE RESULTS OF TEMPTATION
This is the first sermon in our five-sermon series ON THE CHURCH from Matthew 18. In this sermon, we see that True Disciples... HAVE BECOME LIKE HUMBLE CHILDREN (they've been converted) KEEP ON HELPING OTHER HUMBLE CHILDREN
Psalm 83 helps us to pray for our enemies and God's enemies. We must know, remember, and rejoice in three truths... KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST KNOW WHERE YOU STAND IN HISTORY KONW WHAT TO PRAY FOR ENEMIES
An Easter Sunday Message on the Resurrection of Christ. The resurrection forces humanity to reckon with THREE REALITIES: THE FACT OF THE RESURRECTION THE FOLLY OF MAN'S SEARCHING THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR FAITH
In a time of political and legal and societal crisis, Asaph the Psalmist speaks the encouraging words of God. He describes: THE CRASH THE CAUSE THE CURE
Though it may seem impossible to FEEL a certain way on command, the Bible doesn't hesitate to command our feelings. in Psalm 81, God commands his people to rejoice in him. GOD COMMANDS JOYFUL WORSHIP GOD CONDEMNS IDOLATRY GOD CARES FOR EVEN THE STUBBORN
There are four things we must remember to get our hearts past simple prayers for deliverance, to the deeper level of desiring deliverance FOR God's glory. Let us think on and rejoice in... GOD'S CHARACTER OUR TROUBLE'S CAUSE THE KINDNESS OF CALAMITY THE GLORIOUS CHRIST
God has an encouraging word for those who are scared during the global coronavirus outbreak (and for any time, really). We must set our minds on God's Spirit, and on His gospel. THE RIGHT FOUNDATION IS THE GOSPEL. CHRISTIANS HAVE SET THEIR MINDS ON THE GOSPEL. CHRISTIANS MUST KEEP SETTING THEIR MINDS ON THE GOSPEL.
This is a sermon that helps us develop the right perspective about our needs. God meets our needs for our good, but EVEN MORE than this, he meets out needs for His own Name's sake. Ways God Vindicates His Name... GOD FORGIVES SIN GOD CONDEMNS ENEMIES GOD DISPATCHES PRAISERS
We considered three things the next generation needs THEY NEED TO BE TAUGHT THEY NEED TO BE SHOWN THEY NEED TO BE SAVED
Asaph struggles with doubts about God's goodness... ASAPH THOUGHT PRAYER WASN'T WORKING ASAPH THOUGHT PRAISE WASN'T WORKING ASAPH REALIZED HE HAD NOT BEEN LOOKING AT GOD
The final sermon in the Upside-Down Kingdom series. We see in Jesus THE COURAGE TO STAND UP and THE COURAGE NOT TO FIGHT each in it's appropriate situation
Did Jesus have to BELIEVE? Yes! He was faithful in both senses of that word—he always followed through obediently AND he did so because he was full of faith in God. We see this in the story of Jesus rescuing a young boy from demonic possession. We see "three C's" in this passage: A COMPLICATED PROBLEM THE COMPASSIONATE HEALER OUR CONFLICTED FAITHS
In the transfiguration, Peter, James, and John have four specific experiences which we too have in our own way: AN AMAZING ENCOUNTER INCREASING UNDERSTANDING FEARLESS HUMILITY A RESURRECTION MINISTRY
Christ gives us three reasons to come after him and forsake the world: BECAUSE THE WORLD'S GAME IS RIGGED BECAUSE THE WORLD'S PRIZES ARE JUNK BECAUSE GOD'S JUDGE IS COMING
This is the seventh sermon in our Upside-Down Kingdom series. In it, we consider four ways of answering Jesus's question: "Who do people say that I am?" AN ENEMY A PROPHET CHRIST THE CONQUEROR CHRIST THE SUFFERING SERVANT KING
In our ongoing series on Spiritual Disciplines, we are studying the Disciplines of FELLOWSHIP with GOD. Keeping a Spiritual Journal is one of those disciplines; it helps us to defend against three kinds of "drunken" thinking about ourselves: THINKING YOU HAVE GRACE WHEN YOU DON'T THINKING TOO MUCH OF YOURSELF THINKING TOO LITTLE OF YOUR FAITH
Continuing our series through the Baptist Faith & Message, this sermon examines Article 11 on Evangelism and Missions. Four Essentials of Evangelism & Missions: The Evangelist Must Call for CONVERSION The Scope of Evangelism is COMPREHENSIVE The Believer's Decision Will Lead to CONFRONTATION The Believer Will Enter a New COMMUNITY
Showing compassion to those in need can be TRICKY because some kinds of "helping" actually hurt, and it can be DIFFICULT because our natural inclination is to be selfish with what we have or to judge those in need as unworthy of help. We are taught by Jesus's example though to demonstrate the anatomy of compassion... A HEART of Compassion A HEAD of Compassion HANDS of Compassion
All kinds of people can be citizens of Christ's Kingdom. Four observations from this story: JESUS'S PRESENCE IS NO ACCIDENT THE WOMAN'S PERSISTENCE CAN'T BE AVOIDED THE WOMAN'S PERCEPTION IS ASTOUNDING JESUS'S PURPOSE IS ACCOMPLISHED
The Pharisees and scribes ATTACK Jesus over his "failure" to properly teach his disciples to follow their TRADITIONS. We trace through three stages of this story... A DISAGREEMENT A DIAGNOSIS A DECISION
One way Christ is an upside-down king is that he is both divine and human at the same time. CHRIST is a MAN CHRIST is GOD MEN need CHRIST
King Jesus and King Herod could not be more different. The way Jesus reigns is completely upside-down from the way any human king ever has.
This is the third sermon in our Parables of the Kingdom series from Matthew 13. From the parables of the wheat and weeds and the good and bad fish we learn about three phases in the Kingdom: (1) Current Situation (2) Coming Separation (3) Ceaseless Suffering
This is the second of five sermons on Jesus's Kingdom parables in Matthew 13. In it, Jesus warns against three wrong attitudes from which to hear the Word, and he commends one right attitude. A hearer of the word might be... 1) HARD-HEARTED 2) SHALLOW 3) ANXIOUS 4) TEACHABLE
This is the first of five sermons on Jesus's Kingdom Parables in Matthew 13. In this sermon, we consider WHY Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables... BECAUSE IT FULFILLED PROPHECY IN ORDER TO CONCEAL THE KINGDOM IN ORDER TO REVEAL THE KINGDOM
Our final sermon from the Book of Proverbs. In this message, we hear about six characteristics of the excellent wife: SHE'S VALUABLE SHE'S TRUSTWORTHY SHE WORKS HARD FOR OTHERS SHE'S GENEROUS SHE'S UNAFRAID SHE'S APPRECIATED
In this message, we look at the first nine verses of the famous chapter, Proverbs 31. We looked at the first three of four pieces of wise advice handed down through King Lemuel's Mom...
- Stay away from SEXUAL SIN.
- Be Careful with ALCOHOL.
- Speak Up for the WEAK.
WARNING: This sermon addresses issues related to sexuality. This is the fourth of thirteen messages from the Book of Proverbs.
This is the first of 13 planned sermons from the Book of Proverbs. It covers Chapter 1.
This is the 8th sermon from Matthew 11-12. In 12:38-45, Jesus demonstrates the awful danger people are in who display obstinate unbelief.
This short message was given at PBC following our Easter Choir Musical, "We Are Witnesses".
This sermon was preached at Raymond Baptist Church at our Community Sunrise Service on Easter morning.
This message was preached at the Holy Week lunchtime worship service hosted by the Meade County Ministerial Association on Thursday of Easter Week.
This is the seventh sermon from Matthew 11-12, a section of Matthew's gospel that details the increasing opposition to Jesus's ministry by his enemies.
This is the sixth sermon in the Matthew mini-series "Opposition", which covers Chapters 11-12.
This is the fifth sermon from Matthew 11-12, the section in Matthew's gospel in which opposition to Jesus is dramatically increasing.
This is the fourth sermon in the Rising Opposition section of Matthew's Gospel (Chapters 11 & 12).
This is the second sermon in the series on Matthew 11-12. In this sermon, Jesus Defends John the Baptist against potential criticisms, while properly placing him under Kingdom citizens in order of significance.
In Matthew 11-12, opposition to Jesus steadily increases. Even John the Baptist—who is clearly Jesus's ally—is tempted to doubt him.