Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church Podcast

What if the pattern you're most afraid of repeating is the one you have the most power to stop?

In this episode, JT Coleman teaches from Romans 12:1-2. Drawing from Ezekiel 18, John 9, and personal stories of watching cycles break in real families, JT makes the case that sinful patterns — the ones we inherit and the ones we've started — don't have to continue. What breaks them isn't willpower. It's surrender.

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What do you do when you've been doing the right things and still can't see the fruit?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from 2 Timothy 2:1-7. Paul - writing from a Roman prison while awaiting execution - encourages his young protege Timothy with three vivid pictures: a good soldier who trusts his commanding officer, an athlete who keeps his eyes on the finish line, and a farmer who plants faithfully and waits for the harvest. The takeaway isn't try harder - it's stay close. Jesus said it plainly: "Apart from me, you can do nothing."

If you're tired, if you've been holding on and starting to wonder if it's worth it, this one is worth your time.

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What do you do when you're standing at a milestone - grateful for how far God has brought you, but unsure where he's calling you next?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from Joshua 4, the story of Israel's 12 memorial stones after crossing the Jordan. Joined by Kelly Lester for the church's 238th Homecoming, this message is a celebration of God's faithfulness across generations - and a clear-eyed challenge not to mistake a stone of remembrance for a place to stop. The same God who parted the Red Sea and the Jordan river is still calling his people forward. You can't go with God and stay where you are.

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What keeps you going when following Jesus actually costs you something?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from 2 Timothy 1:11-18. Paul is in a Roman prison awaiting execution and yet writes with total calm. His secret is not willpower but knowing exactly who he has trusted with his life. Pastor Todd unpacks three qualities Paul modeled for Timothy and what it looks like to live that way when the road gets hard.

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What do you do when you've accepted forgiveness but still can't seem to put the weight down?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from 2 Timothy 1:9-10. Paul, writing to Timothy from a Roman prison, lays out three gifts God gives every believer: salvation, a holy calling, and grace. Todd works through each one with honesty - including a word for anyone who's been living like a Christian on the outside without letting it change much on the inside. If you're walking, driving, or just trying to get through the day with something heavy on you, there's something in here worth stopping for.

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What do you do when the fire that used to be there just… isn't anymore?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from 2 Timothy 1:6-8. Writing from a Roman prison and awaiting execution, Paul urged Timothy not to let his gifts smolder — to fan the flame, trade fear for God's power, and keep his eyes on Jesus no matter what was coming. It's a word for anyone stepping into something new and uncertain, and anyone whose faith has quietly gone flat along the way.

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What will actually remain when you're gone?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from 2 Timothy 1:3-5. Paul is writing from a dungeon, facing execution, and instead of bitterness he's full of gratitude and prayer — pointing Timothy back to the faith that first lived in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice. This message asks what's worth being remembered for, and it turns out the answer is simpler and more lasting than most of what we spend our lives chasing.

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Have you ever felt like you've lost your sense of purpose — like your heart just isn't in it anymore?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from 2 Timothy 1:1-2, opening a new series called Inspired drawn from Paul's last letter. Writing from a Roman prison while awaiting execution, Paul still had clarity about three things: his calling, his comfort in the promise of eternal life, and his identity as a child of God. This message asks where you're finding your identity — and whether it's something that will hold.

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Do you feel like God couldn't possibly use someone like you — or that you've drifted too far to find your way back?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from Ephesians 2:1-10. He walks through the stunning before-and-after of the gospel: we were spiritually dead, following the ways of the world, objects of wrath. But because of God's great love, he made us alive in Christ. And now, by grace, we are his poema — his masterpiece — created in Christ Jesus for good works he prepared in advance. No matter where you've been or what you've done, this message holds a genuine word of hope.

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What do you do when you know something's not right in your heart — but you're not sure you want God to actually look?

In this episode, Pastor Todd Lester teaches from Psalm 139:23-24. Drawing on David's courageous prayer — "search me, God, and know my heart" — and a personal health scare that brought new meaning to it, Pastor Todd walks through what hardens the heart and what it looks like to let God test it, reveal what's there, and lead you somewhere better.

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