Church of the King: Recent Episodes
Church of the King, Evansville, Indiana
Guest pastor Joseph Bayly of Christ Church Cincinnati preaches to us from Luke 10:38-42.
First an excerpt of Pastor Jake teaching us about infant baptism, then Jake preaches from Romans 11:1-10.
Jake preaches from Proverbs on how to have a good marriage in the introduction to our self-help summer.
Note: there was heavy rain on the roof during this recording. It may have affected some of the audio quality.
Pastor Jake preaches from Philippians 4:10-23 (and sums up the whole book of Philippians).
Note: we had some audio trouble on this day, so this episode is in rougher shape than it would normally be, and is missing a chunk (after the prayer). We thought it was well worth preserving what we had, however.
Christmas is the time we celebrate our Savior. Who came to save us from sin and death. To make peace between us and God. And yet, for many of us, Christmas can be one of the most anxiety inducing times of the whole year, right?
Why is that?
Philippians as a Christmas sermon? You might be surprised. Christ has given us the Greatest Gift, and we have many good gifts to give each other...
What is salvation? Why does the Bible sometimes talk about it as a work that's complete in our lives, sometimes talk about it as an ongoing process, and sometimes talk about it as a work that will be complete in the future? What does it mean to work out our salvation with fear and trembling?
Want to not be frightened IN ANYTHING by your opponents? Does your Christian faith even generate opponents? Should you be happy you get to suffer for Christ?
It's Reformation Day! So Pastor Jake preaches from Psalm 46, the inspiration for one of the great hymns of the Reformation, A Mighty Fortress. God is our refuge and our strength, no matter what happens.
How do Christians begin to have real joy? And how does that lead to real obedience to God?
Is love really love when it's not coupled with discernment? A lot of Christians seem to think so, unfortunately.
What is our hope in this life and the next? How do we even know we're Christians, given how weak and sinful we often are? Find out the answers, as Jake preaches through Philippians 1:6.
If anybody talked today like the Apostle Paul talks in Philippians 1, would we like it? Or we would find them overbearing and super spiritual? How do we create the kind of Christian community that makes such warmth and tenderness natural?
You will think of Philippians (along with the whole conception of joy and rejoicing) one way at the beginning of this sermon, and another way at the end!
Who will you serve: Wisdom or Folly? And if you are fool, will you be the proud kind or the teachable kind? Everyone has to choose, as Pastor Jake preaches to us from Proverbs 9...
Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God, and that's one of the keys to understanding the entire book of Proverbs, as Nathan shows us in Proverbs 8.
King Solomon was the son of a marriage that began in adultery and murder, so he knew what he was talking about in Proverbs 7 when he warned again against Lady Folly.
Nobody loves reproof, but it's how God grows us, and we should be thankful for it when it happens. If we reject it, we make ourselves vulnerable to sin and death.
Ben Sulser preaches to us from Proverbs 6:1-19 about three ways to mess up your life: to give your pledge to a stranger (yes, that applies to everybody), to be a sluggard, and to be a worthless, wicked person.
The Bible takes sexual sin seriously, not because sex is some terrible thing, but rather because sex is a great gift of God. For this reason, it has to be guarded diligently, as Pastor Jake taught us from Proverbs 5.
You know you should be wise. But how do you really start to practice wisdom? By doing it with all vigilance. With your whole self. With every facet of the thing that is you. With you whole body, as a matter of fact, as King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 4:20-27
Sometimes the Bible feels weird. Proverbs 4 tells us, basically, not to eat the bread of wickedness or drink the wine of violence. Sounds kind of like Shakespeare or something, right? Like ... when are you tempted to do that? Actually, quite a lot. This passage has more application to your everyday life than you might think, as Pastor Jake showed us in this sermon.
Pastor Ben preaches to us from Proverbs 2:13-35 on why we should really, really, really, really, really want wisdom. Because all her paths are peace.
God wants us to trust in him as little children trust in a good father. In return, he promises us every good thing. So ... why don't we?
Pastor Jake leads us through Proverbs 2, which is all about (surprise, surprise) getting wisdom! Parents, be sure to listen through to the end; there are some valuable tips there.
Nathan preaches to us from Proverbs 1:20-33 on a (seemingly) strange passage of scripture, Lady Wisdom's first monologue.
Ben Sulser preaches from Matthew 7:15-29, on false shepherds, and true and false disciples of Jesus.
Pastor Jake Mentzel preaches on "Ask, Seek, Knock" from Matthew 7:7-11 on May 2, 2021.
series: Sermon on the Mount