Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Grace for going out and coming in" on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Not only is there no shame in retracing your steps—this is how God has designed the life of faith.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Religious malpractice" on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Evangelism isn’t just “presenting the ABCs of salvation,” it’s how we communicate who Jesus is and what we think he’s doing in us and in our world. Misrepresenting him is a form of spiritual abuse against people who don't know any better.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Where grace meets guilt" on Sunday, February 8, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus already paid for your sin so that your homecoming can be sheer and unlimited joy.

Series: FATHERS

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Limping toward home" on Sunday, February 1, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: To be a Christian is to limp in one very specific way—it means publicly confessing, “I can’t save myself.”

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "God and the nations" on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: When the church gathers in worship, the heavens can hear us singing, and what they’re hearing is the sound of the nations exalting the one True and Eternal King.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "A God of Justice" on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The cross satisfied justice in heaven and on earth—in heaven by overthrowing the divine council, on earth by atoning for human sin once and for all.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "God and the gods" on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: There are multitudes of elohim, but only one YHWH—that’s what “God Most High” means.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "What do you want?" on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: The Son of God was discontent on our behalf before we had the sense to know what we really wanted. He came that we may have life, and have it abundantly.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The God with a genealogy" on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus is the promised Son, fully divine and fully human, who was sent to give us the chance to become sons and daughters of God.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The Son of God" on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California.

The Big Idea: Jesus must be your personal Savior, and once he is that, then you must learn how grand the story of salvation really is.