3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

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3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Jeremiah reminds us that God’s call comes before our confidence. Before Jeremiah feared rejection, God had already formed him, known him, set him apart, and sent him with a message that would tear down lies and plant hope.

This lesson follows Jeremiah’s calling during Judah’s final days before Babylon and shows how his message still speaks to the church today. God’s people can be chosen, blessed, and entrusted with His word, yet still need repentance. Like Jeremiah, we are called to stand with truth, speak with grace, and trust God when obedience feels lonely.

Key Scriptures: Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 9:1, Romans 3:1-2, 1 Peter 1:2, Ephesians 1:11, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Matthew 28:18-20, Hebrews 8:6-13.

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Isaiah opens with a heartbreaking charge from God: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.” In this study of Isaiah 1:1-20, we examine the prophet’s opening message and how it sets the tone for the entire book. God exposes Judah’s rebellion, empty worship, spiritual sickness, and moral corruption, yet He also extends one of the Bible’s greatest invitations: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”

This lesson explores the charge against rebellious children, the contrast with obedient creatures, the condition of a sinful nation, the consequences of hollow religion, and God’s call to repentance. We also consider Isaiah’s larger message of judgment, holiness, mercy, the coming Messiah, and the hope of redemption.

Isaiah reminds every generation that rebellion leads to ruin, but God continues to call sinners back to Himself. His message is both a warning and an invitation: Return to the Lord and receive His mercy.

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

The power to save was never in the preacher or in how nicely the message is packaged. It is in the gospel itself, and behind that power stands the Holy Spirit, whose presence runs straight through the book of Acts.

Main text: Acts 1v8

Outline:

- The power is in the gospel, not in us (Romans 1v16)

- Why we study Acts: the first look through the open door

- How we treat the church is how we treat Christ

- Acts 1v8: the theme verse and mission plan

- The prominence of the Holy Spirit

This lesson continues a walk through Acts and asks what the early church actually looked like and how the gospel spread. It pushes back on the urge to make the message palatable, since the gospel starts with our own lostness and points to Jesus as savior rather than a helper while we save ourselves. From Acts 1v8 the study traces the word for power, dunamis, into Romans 1v16 and 1 Corinthians 2, and recovers the Holy Spirit as the very power of God at work in the word. It closes back in Acts 1, where the apostles wait ten days in prayer and prepare to restore their number to twelve.

Originally Aired: 2026-06-14

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: Acts 1v8

3:13 Why we study Acts

5:00 How we treat the church is how we treat Christ

7:44 The kingdom that already is

13:47 Acts 1v8: the theme verse and mission plan

19:00 The prominence of the Holy Spirit

38:34 Back to Acts 1: waiting and the eleven

40:47 Closing prayer

Why does Psalm 88 end in darkness?

Unlike most psalms, Psalm 88 closes without relief, resolution, or a visible answer from God. The psalmist feels abandoned, isolated, overwhelmed by grief, and surrounded by darkness. Yet this inspired prayer remains in Scripture to remind believers that God welcomes honest cries from broken hearts.

This lesson examines the reality of spiritual darkness, seasons of grief, unanswered questions, loneliness, suffering, and the silence that many faithful people experience. Through Psalm 88 we explore how darkness can shape character, deepen dependence on God, teach perseverance, and help us speak honestly with the Lord.

We also examine biblical examples of suffering, the role of lament in worship, the grieving customs found in Scripture, and the hope found in Jesus Christ, who experienced darkness at the cross and overcame it through His resurrection.

Scriptures include Psalm 88, Psalm 119:71, Ecclesiastes 7:3, James 1:2-4, Matthew 27:45-46, and other passages dealing with grief, endurance, and faith during life's hardest moments.

If you have ever wondered where God is during seasons of pain, loss, depression, loneliness, or unanswered prayer, Psalm 88 offers a voice for your struggle and points toward the One who walks with us through the darkness.

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

We know the works of Jesus, but we have missed the rest of Jesus -- the holy time, trusting sleep, quiet solitude, easy yoke, and finished Sabbath rest he both modeled and offers to weary disciples.

Main text: Matthew 11v28-30

Outline:

- The rest of Jesus is holy time (Genesis 2v1-3; Mark 1v35)

- The rest of Jesus is asleep in the storm (Matthew 8v20, 23-27)

- The rest of Jesus is quiet solitude (Mark 6v30-34)

- The rest of Jesus is an easy yoke (Matthew 11v28-30)

- The rest of Jesus is now, the Sabbath rest that remains (Hebrews 4v9-11)

From Genesis 2 to Hebrews 4, Scripture frames rest as a sanctuary in time, not a leftover at the end of the week. Jesus inherited that pattern: rising before dawn to pray, sleeping through the storm, calling weary apostles away to a deserted place, and offering a yoke shaped to fit our shoulders. Illustrations from Ernest Shackleton on Elephant Island, Hudson Taylor's 1869 letter, and a sleeping child on her father's chest carry the weight of the lesson. The invitation is practical and present-tense: reclaim slow holy moments, name the storms you cannot fix, schedule real solitude, take the easy yoke, and step into the Sabbath rest Jesus completed when he said, "It is finished."

Originally Aired: 2026-06-07

Speaker: Heath Dutton

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: Matthew 11v28-30

3:21 Holy time (Genesis 2v1-3; Mark 1v35)

7:28 Asleep in the storm (Matthew 8v20, 23-27)

11:29 Quiet solitude (Mark 6v30-34)

17:32 An easy yoke (Matthew 11v28-30)

22:34 The Sabbath rest that remains (Hebrews 4v9-11)

27:59 Closing prayer

Origin stories shape who we are, and the church has one we cannot afford to forget. This opening lesson in a new series on Acts walks through Acts 1v1-11 to recover that story, anchor the church in the resurrection, and call every listener to real discipleship.

Main text: Acts 1v1-11

Outline:

- Origin stories matter, and without ours we drift

- Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel, written to Theophilus

- Dating Acts between Paul's Roman house arrest and AD 70

- The power for evangelism is the gospel, not us (Romans 1v16)

- God's timing, not ours, and a call to real conversion

Acts is not ancient history. It is the church's origin story, and forgetting it means becoming something we were never meant to be. This lesson ties Acts to Luke's gospel, traces Luke the beloved physician as author, and places the book between Paul's house arrest in AD 61 or 62 and the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70. From there it turns to the heart of the matter: the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and the power belongs to God's word, not our packaging. Stop fretting over outcomes, trust God's timing, and let the conversions in Acts move you toward the real thing.

Originally Aired: 2026-06-07

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: Acts 1v1-11

2:56 Without the story, we drift

11:42 Acts is the sequel to Luke

14:58 Dating the book of Acts

18:11 The power is in God's word

21:29 God's timing, not ours (Psalm 37)

29:58 Stay in Jerusalem, receive power, be witnesses

33:42 The church is a kingdom, not a republic

34:45 More than cheap therapy: God's mission

39:37 A call to real conversion

40:58 Closing prayer

A life of worship is not bounded by Sunday morning or Wednesday night. Luke Beggs works through Exodus 34v14, Romans 12v2, and Hebrews 12v1-2 to show that God is jealous, worthy, and deserving of worship, and that the right response is a 24/7 life of heart, mind, and conduct turned toward Him.

Main text: Exodus 34v14

Outline:

- God is jealous of worship, so we ought to worship in assembly

- God is worthy of worship, so we ought to worship in thought

- God is deserving of worship, so we ought to worship in a faithful life

Why does God's own name carry "Jealous" with it, and what does that say about the way we sing, pray, commune, give, and listen on Sunday? Luke draws a hard line between Isaiah's "lips near, heart far" worshipers in Matthew 15v7-9 and a gathered church whose hearts are actually in the room. From there the lesson moves inward, calling for the renewed mind of Romans 12v2 and Ephesians 4v20-24, and the captive thoughts of 2 Corinthians 10v5 over against a culture that says to escape your mind rather than fill it with God. It closes at the cross, walking through Ephesians 2v1-9 and 1 Peter 1v3-9 to ask what kind of life is owed to a God who earned our worship by dying for us.

Originally Aired: 2026-06-07

Speaker: Luke Beggs

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: A Life of Worship (Exodus 34v14)

2:52 God is jealous of worship, so we worship in assembly

10:26 God is worthy of worship, so we worship in thought

19:27 God is deserving of worship, so we worship in a faithful life

36:42 Invitation and closing

Hebrews was written to discouraged Jewish Christians who were tempted to slip back into the safer, more familiar world of Judaism. This opening class to a multi-week study sets the historical stage and previews why the letter still speaks to anyone who feels pulled back toward what is comfortable instead of forward into Christ.

Main text: Hebrews 13v22; Hebrews 10v32-34

Outline:

- Who the original readers were and the pressures squeezing them

- Authorship, dating, and why "only God knows for sure" who wrote it

- The structure of Hebrews as the glorious Christ and the glorious church

- The string of warnings woven through the letter against drifting away

- What pulls believers back today and how to keep pressing forward

The teacher walks through Acts 2, Acts 8v1, Acts 9v1, Acts 15, and Romans 1v16 to show how the first decade of the church was almost entirely Jewish and how persecution, family pressure, and eventual Roman hostility wore those Christians down. He narrows the date to the mid-to-late 60s before the temple fell, identifies the audience from Hebrews 10v32-34 as believers who had already stood their ground in a great contest, and previews the book's drumbeat of "better" and "superior." A short discussion turns the lesson on us: we are not tempted back to Judaism, but the world, comfort, and the pursuit of happiness pull us the same direction. The remedy is the same. See Jesus clearly, and you will not want to look back.

Originally Aired: 2026-06-03

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: Introduction to Hebrews

4:18 Pressures squeezing Jewish Christians

10:40 Who wrote Hebrews

15:05 When was Hebrews written

22:37 Recipients and the purpose of the letter

26:48 Structure: the book of better things

29:40 Warnings woven through Hebrews

31:40 What pulls us back today