Hill Country Bible Church Dripping Springs Sermons

Meet Lara Dudek, MD, a member at Hill Country Bible Church. She is also a board-certified ophthalmologist from the American Board of Ophthalmology and licensed by the Texas Medical Board. She and son, Nicholas, are participating in a medical mission trip to Guatemala later in July. Learn a bit more about her, the team in Guatemala, and how they share the Gospel through life changing medical eye procedures on this podcast.

Opposition to Jesus grows. The Pharisees, together with their rivals ,the Sadducees. ask for "one more sign" from Jesus to prove He is who He says He is. Rather than comply, He challenges their inclination. Once alone with His disciples, He asks "who am I?" Peter, responds "The Christ". Peter responses as he does, because God revealed that to him. We declare Jesus as Christ because the Lord is at work in our hearts today.

Isaiah warned of a people who honor God in words and deeds but worship in vain because their hearts are not in the right place. Jesus is interested in our hearts. He is teaching us that God’s word should never be nullified by human traditions and commandments.

People see Jesus’ miracles, hear his teaching and are offended. However, there are two different types of responses to this offense. One group outright rejects Him. Others, like the disciples, respond in repentance and worship Him because they see in Him, Someone greater than themselves. Who do you see when you are confronted by Jesus?

Jesus was a powerful storyteller. Using parables to describe the Kingdom of Heaven, He confronts us with the necessity of a heart change to be His follower. Only then do His parables show us His Kingdom as it is and as it will be. Otherwise, we only hear without understanding and see without perceiving.  

Jesus never leaves room to accept Him only as a good moral teacher. When the Pharisees challenge His disciples’ rule-breaking, He questions their willingness to make rules that reject Scripture. Theirs is a self-righteous, self-driven moralism. Instead, Jesus shows us that accepting Him means we join in an intimate relationship inspired by inner transformation of our hearts. That is a work of the Holy Spirit.

Doubts arise when unmet expectations collide with current circumstances. John was in prison in the most difficult conditions, giving rise to his question whether Jesus was the Messiah. Rather than scold him, Jesus shares what He is doing that fulfills Messianic prophecies. Jesus invites us to come to Him for rest from our doubts.

In the final podcast for the spring 2024 men's study series, we looked at God-honoring leadership. Seemingly unrelated, we can see how Psalm 23 and qualifications for elders in 1 Peter 5 give us great insight into the character traits of a leader.

Jesus was driven by a compassion for the lost. When He sent twelve disciples to heal and spread the Good News, He told them it would be hard. We must, like Him, be willing to go so far as to sacrifice our lives carrying out the missions He gave us as His disciples today.

Here is a short look at image bearing as part of the spring 2024 men's masculinity series. Jason did an entire sermon on being an image bearer on October 22, 2023. See the link below to go to that sermon.