Series: GUARD YOUR HEART

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Imposters in the Heart" on Sunday, September 6, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: On the cross, Jesus purified our polluted source by showing us a God so lovely that all of his rivals are revealed as imposters and fakes.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Family Vision and the Gospel" on Sunday, August 30, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The gospel is the only plan that fully accounts for the failure of the children and still ends with a blessing.

Presented on Sunday, August 2, 2026, this message is a unique look at where we are and where we're going as a church. In a word: discipleship. Featuring Pastor Tom Pfingsten and Discipleship Pastor Sam Harrell.

Teaching points:

Whose mission have you been pursuing?

Every mature Christian is equipped to make disciples.

Discipleship is God’s plan to use his people to cover the entire earth with his kingdom.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "What it all means" on Sunday, July 26, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: God allows evil so that he can bend it to his own purposes.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "What you are and what you will be" on Sunday, July 12, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: God cursed his own Son because there was no other way to bless you and me.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The Other Child" on Sunday, July 5, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Between Jesus and each one of us, God has blessed the undeserving child and cursed the Son who was preferable in every way.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "A Savior and a Son" on Sunday, June 28, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: In the kingdom of God, our “Joseph” provides both for our lives in this world and for our eternal future with him.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Few and Evil" on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: At the end of a life that had been short and difficult, Jesus stood before a king not to retire comfortably, but to die so that we could enjoy his inheritance.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Seeking God's Will" on Sunday, June 14, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: God’s will was to forsake his own Son so that we can be restored to him as long-estranged children to our Father.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Sharing the Gospel" on Sunday, June 7, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The Son you thought was dead is alive, the King wants you to come live with him, and everything you thought was bad and unfair and tragic turns out to have been working for your good all along.