Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Safe in the household of God" on Sunday, November 30, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: All our lives we search and search for that thing that will satisfy our hearts, but Jesus is the God who came looking for you.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The blemished flock" on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus is the spotless Lamb whose life is traded for the blemished ones, the creatures hopelessly marked by our sin.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The only cure" on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: There is only one cure for what ails us, and it’s Jesus.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Bear fruit or die" at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California on Sunday, November 9, 2025.

The Big Idea: Jesus can tell us to “bear fruit or die” because he died so we would bear fruit—not by striving, like the sister-wives of Jacob, but as naturally as telling a story.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The unwanted sister" on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus didn’t just work to have his bride, he died to have her—and he chose the unlovely one.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The real stairway to heaven" on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus turns spiritual rocks like you and me into his personal temples, anointed with the “oil” of the Holy Spirit.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Grace in disguise" on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus is God wearing the disguise of humanity—but Jesus didn’t wear his disguise to take a blessing for himself. He wore it to give himself away as a blessing to the whole world.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "I dig you" on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus does all of the work and gives you the living water—he digs the well and says, “The water is yours.”

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Public display of affection" on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Isaac was deceptive about his love—he hid it, he kept it private, he tried not let anyone see how much he loved Rebekah—and he was rewarded with the protection of a pagan king. But Jesus refused to hide or disguise his love, and the pagan king of his day killed him for it.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Loving your birthright" on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus is the brother who willingly transfers his birthright to undeserving, indifferent people.