Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Left behind" on July 9, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: It’s believing the gospel, that you’re a failure and you’re loved anyways, that creates the devotion necessary to follow Jesus where he is going.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Impossible love" on July 2, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The visible glory of Christ here and now is that his people are known for their love.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Sold for us" on June 25, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus was willingly betrayed so that traitors like you and me can be forgiven and feast with him in heaven.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Humility is a verb" on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The only motivation that can keep you washing people’s feet is the desire for more of Jesus—for yourself, and for others.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The God who washes feet" on Sunday, June 11, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: You’ll never love Jesus for who he really is until you share in his humility.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Over and out" on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus has the right to tell everyone what to believe—and his message to the whole world is, “Believe in me.”

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Hearing, seeing & saying the glory of Jesus" on Sunday, May 28, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: God chooses the moment when his people are deaf, blind and mute to work his plan and save the world.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Cometh the Man" on May 21, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: You can’t avoid the storms of life, and unless you are completely taken with the worth and beauty of God, you will sink under a bad enough crisis.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "We would see Jesus" on May 14, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus welcomed his own death, and to the world that looked like a man who hated his life. But Jesus wasn't suicidal; he loved life so much that he was even willing to die so that you and I can have more of it—and, in the end, be with him where he is.

Series: APPROACHING THE CROSS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The king of humility" on May 7, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus fulfills the popular expectation of his day while at the same time contradicting the content of it—all by choosing to ride a donkey. The king has finally arrived, and he’s here to provide the salvation that no one was looking for. That’s the Triumphal Entry.