Advancing Word Podcast

All three Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke record Jesus stilling the storm at sea.  Furthermore, in each of these accounts, in the wake of the Lord’s magnificent demonstration of power, the disciples ask the searching question, “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”  This sermon based on the account in Mark 4:35-41, posits that Jesus, our Lord and Savior is a man of Divine character, of demonstrated compassion and of dynamic capability.  

At the City-Wide Revival in Dayton, Ohio sponsored by the Dayton Baptist Pastors and Ministers Union, Dr. Stubblefield encourages believers to endure the challenges we face in life.  On the way to “still standing,” there are times in life we must “stand still.”  The focus of this sermon is the faithful and heroic leadership of Moses as the Israelites prepared for the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea recorded in Exodus Chapter Fourteen, verses 10 -14.  

Dr. T. D. Stubblefield is not only a pastor-teacher but preaches throughout the continental United States and abroad as a revivalist.  In the first of two segments this season devoted to this dimension of his ministry, listeners will experience Dr. Stubblefield sharing his unique gift during revival at the Colossians Baptist Church, Newport News, Virginia.  This sermon based on 2 Kings, Chapter 4, verses 1-7 with its focus on a poor widow facing an insurmountable crisis, provides a spiritual roadmap on “how to handle the breaks in life.”  

In First Timothy, Chapter Three, verses 14-16, the aged Apostle Paul moves to the central concern of this letter.  Christian belief and Christian behavior are Siamese twins and are inextricably intertwined in “‘the house of God.”  This message posits that the church is the spiritual environment where then and now believers in living and loving community demonstrate “household matters.”  

On Father’s Day at the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Lexington, KY, Dr. Stubblefield preaches from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1, verses 62-66.  The focus of the sermon is Zacharias, a Levitical priest who lost his voice during an encounter with an angel in the Temple.  During his newborn son’s circumcision and the official declaration of his name, he found his voice!  He gave inspiration and hope to those who heard him and to contemporary fathers whose voices in their homes, marriages, families, churches and communities have been silenced. 

At the Warrenton Community Church in Warrenton, Missouri, Dr. Stubblefield shares a sermon rooted in the account of the shipwreck in the Book of Acts, Chapter Twenty-Seven.  The Apostle Paul and two hundred seventy-five other prisoners were on board a ship to Rome that was pummeled by hurricane force winds. The ship ran aground forcing many of the passengers to swim to safety.  Some got to land on broken pieces of the ship.  The “broken pieces” in this text are symbolic.  They represent realities we experience, resources we employ and reminders we embrace in life and in ministry.  

The Book of Joshua, Chapter Twenty-Four, verse fifteen records Joshua’s epic challenge to the nation of Israel as they consolidated their conquest of the Promised Land and as he entered the sunset of his life.  “Choose you this day whom ye will serve” were not only the words of a great leader and courageous soldier but those of a father who experienced favor from God.  This sermon examines the sources of Joshua’s divine favor.   

For fifty-seven verses, in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, the Apostle Paul shares the truth about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the impregnable fortress and irreplaceable foundation of Christian faith.  And then, with but one word, “therefore,” in verse 58, he moves from principle to practice, from rhetoric to relevance, from argument to application, from exposition to experience and challenges the Corinthian church to be focused, faithful and fruitful.   We can do this too because of the "power of the previous" as it is embodied in Jesus’s glorious resurrection.

In the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 4, verses 14 – 16, the author writes with the expressed purpose of encouraging persecuted Christians to hold on to their faith.  He reminds his readers that they have a friend in high places.  This sermon reminds us that Jesus is that Friend and He is unique because of His position, promotion, person and provision.  

Writing from prison in Philippians, Chapter Three, verses 7 - 11, the Apostle Paul shares the essence of the Gospel.  He is committed to telling the truth.  His powerful witness extended to the “saints in Caesar’s household”.  This sermon focuses on the characteristics in the life of every believer and every church who stands up for Jesus.