Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The Unrecognized Savior" on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus saw us for who we were long before we recognized him—and he used his advantage to save us when we weren’t looking for salvation.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The trial of success" on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: When it looked like things couldn’t possibly get any worse for us, God unsealed the infinite riches of his grace in Jesus, and the life is still flowing for the whole world from that source.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The royal interview" on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: God’s answer to the nightmare of our sin was to swallow up death.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The forgotten servant" on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus is the innocent man who serves the guilty, interpreting God’s purposes once and for all by dying on the cross for our sins.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "One Wild and Precious Life" on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The only way to make your wild and precious life last forever is to hide it in the One who died for you and yet lives.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The faithful servant" on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: In the face of temptation, the surest form of resistance is a stronger love.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Desperate Measures" on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The cross is an act of redemption so drastic that it’s indecent—but it’s the only thing drastic enough to bring sinners to the recognition of our moral bankruptcy.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Selling the Obedient Son" on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Beholding Christ’s obedience for us is what gives us the joy to obey when God asks difficult things.

Series: MEANT FOR EVIL

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Read the room, Joseph" on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus is the Son who was adored by his Father, despised by his brothers, and destined to save the entire family of faith.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Tried and True" on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The glib, superficial agreement we give to idea that God is good has to mature into real, tested faith—or else we will go on mistaking pleasant circumstances for God’s blessings forever.