Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in 1 Kings 19 today. Elijah had just destroyed the prophets of Baal, yet when he received a threat from Jezebel, he got scared and hid in a cave. God boldens us, but we are still human and will have those moments of fear. It's in those moments that God often whispers to us in the most unexpected ways, rather than grab our attention through fire and fury. Remember, it's ok to not be ok, but it's not ok to stay tha...
Jul 19, 2025•20 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Matthew 25 today. Can faith save you without works? It's complicated. Faith alone is what saves you, works does not. But faith without works isn't faith, it's a facade. God gives each of us gifts, and expects us to use them, just like the servants who were expected to invest their money. So whether you receive many gifts, or receive few, be faithful in what God gives you through your works. “Go therefore and m...
Jul 07, 2025•37 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Romans 14 today. Is it a sin to dance, smoke, wear a hat in church, or eat certain kinds of meat? Whether you say yes or no, you are right. A lot of sins aren't covered in the Bible, but fall under the conviction of the Holy Spirit. This doesn't mean that the answer is the same for everyone. We have to be careful not to let tradition be the judge. We should support one another through the repentance process, b...
Jul 05, 2025•28 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 2 today. What does it mean to love? Love is an action, demonstrating that you care enough about someone to put their well being first. Christ did this by suffering and dying on the cross so that we could receive salvation. So why aren't we returning the favor? As Christians, we should love Christ by following His commands and loving one another. That means actually caring about others, not seeking to...
Jun 29, 2025•41 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 1 today. For those of you who attend church, what is the main reason you go? Or for those of you who aren’t into the whole “church thing”, what do you think it’s all about? Is it about how you feel? What kind of music they play? Whether or not they serve coffee? Or even down to the color of the paint on the walls, or whether they have chairs or pews, none of that matters. Because if we make church ab...
Jun 21, 2025•23 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be 1 Corinthians 2 today. What does it mean to live by grace, not rules? Grace is a gift from God, but is often something to be abused. Christ gave up His life so that we could be free FROM sin, not free TOO sin. The price He paid was far to great for us to just abuse Grace. This week, we will explore how true faith in Jesus transforms our hearts, leads us by the Holy Spirit, and calls us to a life of purpose. Salva...
Jun 12, 2025•37 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Colossians 3 today. Salvation is a gift, but grace isn’t an excuse. In this message, we explore the balance between Christ’s finished work and our ongoing responsibility as believers. It’s not about following rules—it’s about living with purpose and gratitude. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all...
Jun 07, 2025•38 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Romans 7 today to confront a truth we often avoid: we're all sinners, incapable of saving ourselves. But that's not the end—it's the beginning of grace. Through personal stories, biblical insight, and heartfelt conviction, this sermon reveals how God doesn’t expect perfection—He desires repentance . Discover: Why trying to “fix yourself” never works What the Apostle Paul’s inner conflict teaches us about our own ...
May 27, 2025•37 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Matthew 28 today. This message, again, is primarily for our members at Highland Baptist Church, but applies to anyone in the Church. Before Jesus ascended to Heaven, he gave us a commandment known as the great commission. That commandment is to go unto the world teaching all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It’s the verse that I reference at the end of each episode, and the...
May 24, 2025•45 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Titus 3 today. Today’s message is primarily for those at Highland, but can be applied to all growing churches. Our numbers have been growing lately, and in order for the church to function, we need to be able to communicate, hold one another accountable, and build one another up. We need to work with each other, not against each other, we need to show respect to our leaders, even if we disagree with them, and we ...
May 16, 2025•25 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Titus 2 today. There's a saying that she is just a number. And while that may be true, whether we're young or old, we all have a role in the church. Older folks have a responsibility to teach the younger people whether it be through leading classes, discipleship, or just being a role model. And young people should be obedient to wherever they are called, even if that call is to be a preacher. So whatever your age...
May 06, 2025•35 min
Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in John 21 today. Peter was the original Jesus fanboy, but in the beginning that’s all he was. He loved Jesus on a very superficial level, yet when it came time to be faithful, Peter wasn’t able to do anything without Jesus standing there. Peter’s love for Jesus changed over the course of his life, and the same thing can happen with us. It’s easy to say I love Jesus when things are going easy. But Jesus calls us ...
May 02, 2025•33 min
Happy Easter and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in John 20. We talk about Jesus and His impact on our lives all the time, but today is the day we celebrate what He did for us, and I don’t think we realize just how impactful that was. At any time, Jesus could have come down off that cross and ended the suffering, but He didn’t. And it cost Him everything because He loves us so much. We may love Jesus, but Jesus is more than a person, He is a purpose. The work that He...
Apr 20, 2025•15 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in John 17 today. Jesus sure did make a lot of people mad. He overturned the money changers, called out the Pharisees and Sadducees, and upset the high priests. He intentionally made a lot of enemies for the purpose of being persecuted and sent to death. How often do we go out of our way to do the same. Most people (myself included) try to avoid conflict, but this accomplished nothing. If we are going to be faithful, som...
Apr 20, 2025•28 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Mark 14 today. The definition of a Christian literally means “little Christ”. Originally meant as an insult, we adopted this word as our identity. We are meant to be imitators of Jesus so that the world can receive Him and His salvation. But we won't always be perfect at that. Peter thought his love for Jesus was strong enough to never slip, but as Jesus predicted, he denied Him 3 times that night. We won't be perfect...
Apr 12, 2025•42 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Romans 12 today. What does it truly mean to sacrifice? For the apostles, it meant sharing the Gospel under the threat of death or persecution. These days, persecution to most means getting made fun of for what you believe, or getting into an argument with someone online. Most of us have never experienced true persecution in our lives. In some parts of the world, speaking the name of Jesus would be a death sentence, an...
Apr 04, 2025•18 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Titus 1 and 2 today. People are watching you. And I'm not just talking about the nosy government. Everything we do, we are being watched. The things we say, the things we do, and the places we go contribute to other’s perspective of us, and as Christians, that can have an impact on the Gospel. Of course, we aren’t going to be perfect, and you can’t expect someone who just became a Christian to behave in the same way a...
Mar 30, 2025•38 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will continue in Titus 1 today. We all struggle with sin in some capacity. Sometimes that sin will have a negative impact on the Church, or on the lost. As Christians, we are representing Christ at all times, and must hold one another accountable for sins that would create a stumbling block. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching the...
Mar 23, 2025•44 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will continue in Titus 1 today. As we grow in Christianity, life only becomes more difficult. Paul mentions not being accused of dissipation. What does that mean? Dissipation means wasting time or money, basically doing things that offer no value to the Church. So if you are to grow in your faith and become an elder in your church, your expectations and responsibilities grow as well. Church isn't supposed to be a gentlemen's clu...
Mar 14, 2025•36 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Titus 1 today. God has called each and every one of us to serve in the body of Christ. Some are pastors, some deacons, and many in every other supportive role. Different roles have different responsibilities. Deacons or elders in the church are held to a higher standard than many in the congregation, and the pastor is held to an even higher standard. There are special reasons for this, but whatever God calls you to, H...
Mar 07, 2025•37 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Philippians 2 today. Paul went through a lot in his short life. He was shipwrecked, thrown in prison, beaten, chased out of towns, all for the sake of the Gospel. In other words, he lived his life just like Christ, who was also beaten, chased out of town, arrested, and died a terrible death. To live a Christian life, we have to be willing to be uncomfortable, even if it means we are put in a situation that Paul or Jes...
Feb 24, 2025•37 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Galatians 6 today. We've covered this topic before, but what does it mean to be the church? The church isn't just a building. It's a body of believers that care about one another and support one another. Being a faithful Christian requires an emotional investment that can be quite vulnerable at times. I'll admit, sometimes I myself want to withdraw and become uninvolved, but that's exactly what Satan wants. This week,...
Feb 21, 2025•31 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in 2 Corinthians 6 today. If you become a Christian, praise God for that!!! But don’t think for a second that life will all be sunshine and roses. Paul warns us that part of being a Christian means being in uncomfortable situations. You might be insulted, physically assaulted, stolen from, cut off in traffic, or wronged in some other way. Our natural instinct is to retaliate, seek revenge, or get even. But Jesus teaches ...
Feb 11, 2025•40 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Colossians 2 today. As Christians, we grow in faith and walk through life only to lose focus. Sometimes we drift off in our faith, only to try and double down by trying to be holy. This takes the form of becoming busy in the church, or perhaps scheduled prayer and Bible reading, and trying to follow every commandment that God has given us. But this isn’t what brings us closer to God. He just wants our heart of worship...
Feb 08, 2025•39 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in 2 Timothy 4 today. As Christians, we were given 2 main commandments. Share the Gospel, and disciple one another. Both of these often become hindered when we let fear get in the way. For us, it’s usually fear of how others view us, but for Timothy, it was the fear of being killed. This was Paul's encouragement not just to Timothy, but to every Christian that would come after him. God has given us everything we need to ...
Feb 01, 2025•39 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in 2 Timothy 4 today. As Christians, we were given 2 main commandments. Share the Gospel, and disciple one another. Both of these often become hindered when we let fear get in the way. For us, it’s usually fear of how others view us, but for Timothy, it was the fear of being killed. This was Paul's encouragement not just to Timothy, but to every Christian that would come after him. God has given us everything we need to ...
Jan 20, 2025•59 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 6 again today to conclude the previous message. Where has our faith gone? It appears to have been lost in the complacency of everyday life. The problem isn't the people around us. Our enemy is the demons and Satan himself, and we aren't putting on the armor of God to defend against it. And because of that, it's no wonder that the Church is struggling. This year, we want to encourage you to put on that armor ...
Jan 18, 2025•46 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 6 today. Humans are selfish, it’s our fallen nature. The problem is, we often care more about ourselves than others. In fact, we tend to care more about what people think about us than care about what they’re going through. This leads to us believing that other humans are the enemy, when in fact the real enemy is Satan. As we go into a new year, let’s examine our hearts for opportunities to care more for oth...
Jan 04, 2025•34 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Luke 2 today. When you see nativity scenes, what comes to mind? Oftentimes we picture a pretty looking stable, hay everywhere, and a “manger” that looks like a comfortable cradle. In reality, there was probably animal feces all over the place, the smell was probably horrendous, and there were probably bits of animal feed still in that manger (which is basically a feeding trough). He was born into muck, our muck. He li...
Dec 23, 2024•37 min
Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 4 and John 8 today. The concept of “relative truth” is a popular one these days. One of those “truths” is not believing that God isn’t real, and therefore believing that they won’t stand face to face with Him one day. Well, the problem with that is regardless of what you believe, the truth is absolute and you will stand before God whether or not you choose to believe it. But this truth that we have needs to ...
Dec 16, 2024•43 min
