Emmanuel Tuscaloosa: Recent Episodes
Emmanuel Baptist Church: Tuscaloosa, AL
Psalm 80 | God restores His sinful people through Christ, who bears their judgment and brings them back to God giving life to those who repent and trust Him.
Psalms | Michael Crosswhite
Psalm 79 | Christians are free in Christ to love their enemies, trusting Him to avenge.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 78 | Asaph urges God's people to stop resisting their Shepherd and trust His gracious rule through His King, fulfilled in Christ.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 77 | When sorrow tempts us to doubt God's love, we must remember His past faithfulness, trusting that He is leading His people through suffering to make them like Christ and bring them safely to glory.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 76 | The fear of the Lord leads His people to trust His sovereign power, rest in His peace, and worship Him with humble reverence.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 75 | Because Christ drank God's cup of wrath for His people, believers can confidently give humble thanks and praise, trusting that God will faithfully judge the wicked and exalt the righteous at His appointed time.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 74 | When God seems silent amid the triumph of evil, remember that your eternal King has always been saving His people, keep praying and praising, and wait confidently for Christ to fully vindicate His name and His people.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 73 | Although the wicked may seem to prosper now, worship gives believers an eternal perspective that reveals their end and reminds us that God Himself is the greatest and lasting reward of the faithful.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 72 | Jesus is the righteous King who delivers the needy, blesses His people with God's covenant promises, and reigns forever over all the earth, giving believers peace and security that no political power can provide.
Psalms | Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 71 | When believers feel forgotten by God amid suffering, they must remember their secure place in God’s covenant through Christ and continue praising Him with confidence in His faithfulness and the hope of resurrection.
Psalms | Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 3:12–13; 6:10–12; 10:24–25; 10:32–36; 12:12–15; 13:1–3; 13:17 // A church built to last is marked by mutual accountability and spiritual care, active encouragement toward godliness, and Christlike love that is expressed in practical service to one another.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 3:6; 3:14; 4:14; 6:17-18; 10:23 // Hebrews urges believers to hold fast to Christ by watching their hearts and trusting God to sustain their faith.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 4:14-16; 10:19-22 // Drawing near to God is a heart posture of confident faith grounded entirely in Christ’s finished work, expressed through prayer and corporate worship, and sustained by the assurance that Jesus’ blood has secured forever the believer’s access to God.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:1-4 // When believers neglect God’s final revelation through Jesus Christ, the Gospel can fade into spiritual “white noise,” leading to imperceptible drift from faith unless they intentionally anchor themselves in God’s Word and the salvation Christ provides.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:22-25 // God preserves His people by sustaining them through His Word, strengthening them within the fellowship of His body, and securing them entirely by His grace.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:20-21 // This benediction closes with a prayer that celebrates what God has done and asks that He continue His work by equipping and transforming His people from within to do His will.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:18-19 // God sustains faithful ministry through the prayers of His people.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:17 // Believers should willingly submit to faithful church leaders, who are accountable to God for your soul, because resisting their biblical guidance harms both the leaders’ joy and the believers’ own spiritual good.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Luke 15:11-32 // Our assumptions about God often distort His true nature, but Jesus reveals Him as a loving Father who seeks the lost, calls for repentance, and restores both sinners and the self-righteous.
From Death to Life // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:15-16 // Because of Christ, believers offer God a continual, heart-born, and truth-filled sacrifice of praise that overflows into lives of confession and tangible good works toward others.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:10-14 // Our only hope for true cleansing and nearness to God comes through Jesus’ blood, so we endure temporary scorn for the sake of an eternal dwelling.
Anchor of the Soul // Jeremy Hudson
Hebrews 13:8-9 // The same Christ that sustained the saints of old will also sustain you; therefore, do not be led away by false doctrine.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:7 // Your faith is the result of faithful believers who taught you God’s Word, whose enduring lives and suffering call you to imitate their steadfast faith and be witnesses to others.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:5-6 // Contentment flows from trusting in God’s abiding presence, not from wealth or circumstances.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:4 // The church must honor marriage by upholding God’s design for it and fleeing sexual immorality in light of Christ’s grace.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 13:1-3 // A faithful church reflects Christ by loving deeply, welcoming boldly, and standing firmly with those who suffer for the gospel.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 12:18-29 // In Jesus, God’s final word moves us from the terror of Sinai to the grace of Zion, where forgiven sinners are welcomed into his kingdom and to refuse him is to face judgment.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 12:14-17 // As members of the church, we guard each other’s faith.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 12:12-13 // Weary believers are to be strengthened and walk in holiness, knowing God’s discipline leads to healing and future salvation.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 12:5-11 // Believers endure suffering because God’s discipline proves true sonship and produces holiness and righteousness.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 12:3-4 // Weary believers are urged to endure by fixing their minds on Christ’s suffering.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 12:1-2 // Because Christ is better and has secured our joy, we endure by laying aside sin and fixing our eyes on Jesus as we run the race set before us.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 11:32-40 // Faith trusts God through any circumstance.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
A retelling of the circumstances around Jesus' birth to remember a time some 2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ, the eternal son of God, took on flesh and came to live with us.
Christmas Eve Service // Michael Crosswhite
Romans 8:1 // The penalty for sin has been done away with for all who are in Christ Jesus.
From the Manger to the Cross // Jeremy Hudson
2 Corinthians 5:21 // Christ took our sin upon himself and gave us his righteousness, so that by being united to him through faith we are not only forgiven but also granted the riches of eternal life and a new identity that fuels grateful obedience.
From the Manger to the Cross // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 11:23-31 // Endure every fire by trusting God, who rewards faith that stands firm.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 11:8-22 // Live as pilgrims, walking by faith toward the City Christ secured for us.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 11:3-7 // By faith, God’s people now live according to the reality that the God who spoke all things into existence is pleased with them through their union with Jesus.
Anchor of the Soul // Jeremy Hudson
Hebrews 11:1-2 //Faith is God’s gift that helps believers live as if His unseen promises are already true, staying faithful and hopeful through every trial.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 10:32-39 // Look to your future reward in Christ for strength to endure.
Anchor of the Soul // Tom Allen
Hebrews 10:26-31 // Deliberately rejecting Christ after knowing the truth leaves one exposed to God’s fearful wrath.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 10:24-25 // The church exists to help believers persevere by regularly gathering to encourage and stir one another toward love and good works as the Day of the Lord approaches.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
In session 4, we look at guardrails we need to put in place and resources that can help raise our children to walk wisely in a world of technology.
In session 3, we examine what things are necessary for our family to put tech in its proper place.
In session 2, we look at what Deuteronomy 6 has to say to our generation of tech-addicted parents. How are we supposed to raise our children?
In session 1 we examine the effects that screens and social media are having on our growing children.
Hebrews 10:23 // We must hold fast to our confession of Christ because He is our hope of eternal joy and we know our hope is secure because God is faithful.
Anchor of the Soul // Jeremy Hudson
Hebrews 10:19-22 // Christ’s priestly work enables unfettered access to God.
Anchor of the Soul // Tom Allen
Hebrews 10:17-18 // In Christ, our sins are fully forgiven and forgotten by God.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Charlie Kirk’s assassination was not only a personal and national tragedy but a martyrdom for his Christian faith and mission, calling believers to boldly live and proclaim the gospel despite opposition.
Hebrews 10:15-16 // Christ’s sacrifice brings the New Covenant of forgiveness and Spirit-given transformation.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 10:14 // Christ’s sacrifice makes believers perfect before God while continually sanctifying them.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 10:13 // Christ’s sacrifice secured salvation, and He now reigns until all bow in salvation or judgment.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 10:11-12 // Christ’s single finished sacrifice contrasts the priests’ endless offerings, securing forgiveness and access to God.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 10:5-10 // Christ’s willing, perfect, once-for-all sacrifice accomplished what the law never could—sanctifying us, satisfying God’s will, and giving lasting hope and peace to weak sinners.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 10:1-4 // The law was only a shadow meant to teach and remind of sin, never able to perfect, but to point us to Christ for redemption.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Psalm 70 // God has shamed your enemies and will save you for the sake of his praise.
Psalms // Tom Allen
Psalm 69 // Psalm 69 reveals David’s suffering and hope, finds ultimate fulfillment in Jesus’ innocent suffering and zeal for God, and teaches us to trust God's justice amid persecution.
Psalms // Michael Crosswhite
Psalm 68 // God’s works by which he saves his people and settles them in a home with Him lead them to praise him and desire his praise from the nations.
Psalms // Jeremy Hudson
Psalm 67 // God blesses His people so that all nations might know Him, find joy in Christ, and worship His name.
Psalms // Michael Crosswhite
Psalm 66 // A call to all people to praise God for His mighty works and testify to His saving power.
Psalms // Michael Crosswhite
Psalm 65 // A Psalm of celebration and praise due to God for his blessings to all nations of the earth.
Psalms // Michael Crosswhite
Psalm 64 // When slandered, we are called to respond not with retaliation, but by taking our hurt to God, trusting Him to defend us and bring justice for the glory of His name.
Psalms // Michael Crosswhite
Hebrews 7:23-25 // Jesus Christ as our eternal High Priest, intercedes on our behalf, providing salvation to the uttermost—fully and forever—by shielding us from both God's judgment and the enemy's accusations.
Anchor of the Soul // Michael Crosswhite
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 60 // David prays for God to fight on behalf of his people because the salvation man provides is worthless.
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 55 // David demonstrates a pattern of prayer for the believer to cast his burden on the Lord.
Tom Allen // Psalm 53 // Man’s depravity displays the free grace of God in delivering his people.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 3:1-19 // God’s role in enduring faith provides the essential foundation for the Christian and the Church.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 3:13-19 // The church body plays a vital role in the enduring faith of a Christian.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 3:7-12 // Today we look at the role of the believer in holding fast the faith to the end.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 2:17-18 // As our eternal high priest, Jesus provides us the kind of lasting help we truly need.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 2:16-17 // Jesus’s death provided the perfect solution to mankind’s greatest problem.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 2:10 // Through Jesus’ rescue operation, God brought His people from darkness to glory.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 2:9 // Jesus’s experienced the fullness of death so that his people wouldn’t have to.
Jeremy Hudson // Hebrews 2:3b-4 // God has confirmed the message of salvation declared by Christ and his disciples. Christians can rest in Jesus fully confident that he has supplied all they need to receive that salvation.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 2:2-3a // The great salvation offered in Christ, revealed to us by God himself, comes with a great warning for those who neglect it.
Carlton Weathers // Romans 1:16-17 // The Gospel is not something to be ashamed of but is the power of God to save everyone who believes.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 2:1 // Close Inspection of God’s word tethers the Christian to the anchor of Christ.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 1:14 // Angels minister on behalf of the Son for the sake of His people.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 1:4-14 // The Son is king, eternal God, and judge, and is therefore superior to angels.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 1:3c // The Son has made purification for sins once and for all.
Jeremy Hudson // Hebrews 1:3b // The Son sustains and bears all things by his powerful word.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 1:3a // In these last days God has spoken to us by his Son who is God incarnate.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 1:2b // The Son is the final and ultimate word from God because all of creation was made for him and through him.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 1:1-2a // God has spoken to us in these last days through his Son.
Tom Allen // Hebrews 13:20-21 // God’s power at work in the death and resurrection of Jesus is sufficient to equip his people to do his will.
Michael Crosswhite // Hebrews 5:8 // Jesus, the eternal son of God, came to learn obedience and be perfected so that he might be a suitable savior for his suffering people.
Jeremy Hudson // Isaiah 52:13-53:12 // God’s will is satisfied through Jesus’ willful obedience to die in order to atone for the guilt of his people.
Michael Crosswhite // Romans 3:25 // Paul answers the crucial question: how can God be righteous if sinners can now stand before him as righteous?
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 24 // God punishes the nation of Israel with a plague on occasion of David’s sinful census.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 23:8-39 // The hall of Israel’s heroes is a testimony of God’s grace to his people.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 23:1-7 // David anticipates Israel’s true leader to come from his line.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 22 // The Lord protects his chosen servants from those who oppose them and enables them to accomplish the tasks he has commissioned them to do.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 21:15-22 // God’s people are called into battle to face giants in King David’s absence, but they are victorious.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 14 // The wisdom of man does not bring about righteous and Godly ends.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 13 // The sins of David’s past adultery and his present indecisiveness come home to roost as the sword is brought to his own family.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 12 // David is confronted and punished by God for his sin, but through repentance receives forgiveness and restoration.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 11 // David’s adultery led to his sinful cover-up, and all of it was evil to the Lord.
Michael Crosswhite // 2 Samuel 10 // Those who spurn the kindness of God’s king will face God’s wrath.
Jeremy Hudson // 2 Samuel 9 // The kindness of God received through Christ will fill his people with marvel and wonder at his abundant goodness.
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 50 // God warns the religious and the hypocritical worshiper that the one who truly glorifies Him is genuinely grateful.
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 49 // Do not fear the oppression of the rich, for he will perish and God will ransom the souls of his people from death.
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 48 // God’s ongoing presence and protection is among his people who praise him, trust him, think about him, and share him.
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 47 // God has triumphed over all nations and peoples, becoming their king.
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 46 // The people of God are protected from eternal harm by their heavenly father that shelters and rescues them.
Michael Crosswhite // Psalm 45 // The king is extolled for his beauty and virtues, and his bride-to-be is honored and joyous because of her marriage to him.
Nathan Loudin // Psalm 43 // Christians often wonder what God is up to, especially when it seems like our enemies are winning the war. What is our hope when we are demoralized and disillusioned by the persecution and oppression of our enemies? Ultimately, our vindication will come through Christ and that is cause for great hope in God.
Jeremy Hudson // Psalm 42 // The Christian’s hope in great sorrow is the steadfast love of God.
Psalm 41 // As recipients of God's grace and mercy, we are called to extend that same grace and mercy to others, especially to the weak and helpless, and in doing so, we will experience the blessings and protection of the Lord in our own lives.
2 Samuel 6 // David celebrates because the Lord has selected him as king to bring the ark of the covenant back into the center of worship in Israel.
1 Samuel 16 // God’s Spirit in the hearts of the humble forms the foundation of his kingdom.
1 Samuel 13 // The fear of man and disobedience to God produces the enslavement of God’s people to the Philistines.
1 Samuel 12 // Though God’s people stand guilty having transgressed his covenant, God mercifully forgives them, compelling them to truly love him with their heart.
1 Samuel 11 // God’s Spirit empowering God’s king brings salvation for God’s people, changing their sorrow to rejoicing.
1 Samuel 10:17-27 // God’s people are dependent on him for all things, and they are expected to submit to his authority on all matters.
In spite of Israel’s rejection of Him, God blesses her king with his help, his privileges, and his presence.
1 Samuel 8 // God’s people ignore his self-revelation, reject his authority, and conform to the thinking of the world around them by demanding a king like other nations.
1 Samuel 7:2-17 (Jeremy Hudson) // God responds to Samuel’s intercession for Israel as they repent of sins and trust him for deliverance.
1 Samuel 5 (Tom Allen) // God goes into exile to glorify himself as he fights his people's battles for them.
1 Samuel 4:1b-22 // The glory of God departs from Israel to ultimately establish his kingdom as he fulfills his promise to judge the priesthood.
1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a (Jeremy Hudson) // The inauguration of Samuel’s prophetic ministry represents a new era where the word of the Lord is again common in Israel.
1 Samuel 2:12-36 // The immorality in God’s people was rooted in the priesthood, making necessary God’s swift and severe judgment.
1 Samuel 1:1-2:11 // God answers the prayer of Hannah, reversing her state and foreshadowing the salvation he will bring to Israel through its judgment.
Psalm 39 // David reaches the bottom of the pit of despair and seeks his only source of rescue.
Psalm 38 // David waits for God’s forgiveness of his sin to come through restoration and reconciliation.
Psalm 37 // David encourages the congregation of the righteous who are facing the injustices of life.
Psalm 36 (Jeremy Hudson) // The steadfast love of God sustains those who depend on Christ for righteousness.
Psalm 33 (Jeremy Hudson) // God’s sovereign power in creating and ruling the world produces trust in God among those who fear him.
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