Series: THE VICTORIOUS LAMB

The Big Idea: When the One who is Life climbed onto the dead tree in the place of death and died, he reopened the way to the tree of life.

When he made that cross our tree of life, he was telling us, “Reach out your hand, take of this tree of life, and eat, and live forever.”

Series: THE VICTORIOUS LAMB

The Big Idea: Sin is not just a violation of commandments. It is the vandalism against God’s image that Jesus came to undo.

Every sinner is a humiliating parody of what he was created to be—and it’s only by believing in Jesus that you can be truly and eternally restored.

Series: THE VICTORIOUS LAMB

The Big Idea: Unbelief takes two forms — hostility toward Jesus and indifference to his message. Hostility when Jesus interferes with your worship and indifference when you simply don’t have any use for him.

We are saved because God is not willing to be either hostile or indifferent toward us.

Series: THE VICTORIOUS LAMB

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The Lamb tried and denied" on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The most difficult test of faith is when Jesus rejects your conditions and your mistaken hopes. It leaves you cold, it shakes the foundation—but on the other side of this test is true contentment with what Jesus has already provided.

Series: THE VICTORIOUS LAMB

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The Lamb in custody" on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Never was a person so free as Jesus of Nazareth, yet he was willing to be betrayed, seized, bound, and handed off like a criminal so that you and I can know real freedom.

Series: WHAT JESUS WANTS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The future that Jesus wants" on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Whenever and wherever people are believing the gospel, trusting in the salvation of Jesus and his righteousness, we are as “perfectly one” as it is possible to be this side of heaven.

Series: WHAT JESUS WANTS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The witness that Jesus wants" on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The message of the gospel is what separates the people of God from the “natives” of this world and protects us from deception at the same time.

Series: WHAT JESUS WANTS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The unity that Jesus wants" on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California

The Big Idea: All of our most painful division in the church is the direct result of someone betraying Jesus by rejecting the gospel.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Bear fruit or bust" on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: God will forgive all your sin if you want him to, but he won’t play games with your religious pride.

Series: BEGINNINGS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Behold the Son of Man" as a special Christmas Eve message at Emmanuel Baptist on Sunday, December 24, 2023.