Listen to how Jesus restored Peter after his denying Christ. Jesus restores us when we fall too.

The sermon exhorts believers to reject the vain and darkened mindset of the unsaved by consciously adopting a lifestyle of holiness. Drawing from Ephesians 4, the message emphasizes the necessity of putting off corrupt behaviors such as lying, harbored anger, and greed while putting on the new man characterized by truth, forgiveness, and kindness. The preacher warns that believers must actively guard their speech and emotions to avoid grieving the Holy Spirit and giving ground to the devil. It stresses that salvation necessitates a tangible transformation in daily conduct, urging Christians to let Scripture rather than worldly influences dictate their actions. Ultimately, the text calls for personal responsibility in pursuing spiritual growth and maintaining purity in thought and deed.

Back to School, Back to the Book: Learning and Instruction for Life and Godliness August has a rhythm to it. Backpacks are dusted off, school supply lists get pulled from the fridge, and classrooms across the country fill again with students ready — or not so ready — to learn. It's a season that turns our minds naturally toward education, instruction, and the shaping of young minds. But long before the first school bell of the year rings, the wisest man who ever lived was already wrestling with the pursuit of knowledge. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon reflects that "of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh" (Ecclesiastes 12:12). Solomon had access to the finest wisdom, wealth, and learning of his day — and still found that human knowledge alone, apart from God, leaves the soul unsatisfied. There is one education, however, that never wearies the soul because it leads to life. Paul charges young Timothy: "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). This is the curriculum that matters most — not merely gathering information, but rightly handling God's Word so that our lives are shaped by it. This kind of learning doesn't begin in a classroom; it begins in the home. Proverbs 22:6 reminds us, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Parents are a child's first teachers — the first voice shaping what is right and wrong, true and false. We see this modeled perfectly in the life of Christ Himself, who "increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man" (Luke 2:52) — growing under instruction,

How do we as believers seek to encourage one another toward a mature walk in the Lord? In 1 Corinthians 3:1-9, we see Paul confronting the immaturity of the Corinthians in order to seek their growth and good in Jesus. This kind of true encouragement and investment in one another must be present in the life of the church body. Paul's example serves as a model for us in how to truly pursue deep relationship together centered on Christ in the life of the local church.

Psalm 146: The Only Kind of Promises God Won't Keep July 29, 2026

Pastor Jeremiah Gabbard | Genesis 1:9-13 The sermon examines Genesis chapter 1, focusing on verses 9 through 13 to highlight God's method of creating order from chaos. The speaker emphasizes the instantaneous nature of divine creation, arguing that God's spoken word brings immediate results without the need for evolutionary processes or long geological ages. Key themes include the separation of waters and dry land, the categorization of vegetation by kind, and the establishment of celestial lights to mark time. The preacher contrasts biblical simplicity with scientific theories like carbon dating and evolution, asserting that faith in Scripture requires less belief than reliance on human reasoning. Ultimately, the message encourages listeners to trust the straightforward account of creation as a testament to God's power and sovereignty.

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FOMO — The Fear of Missing God This message centers on the condition of the heart and the fear of the Lord as a pathway to recovery, steadfastness, and usefulness to God. Beginning with Hannah, we see that salvation can so transform our perspective that we can "smile at our enemies"—not because our circumstances are easy, but because our joy is rooted in the Lord and His salvation. The message then returns to Proverbs 16:3: "Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established." Through personal testimony, the truth is illustrated that God takes ordinary, inadequate people who surrender themselves to Him and enriches them by grace with understanding, wisdom, and the ability to communicate His truth. Like stale hot dog buns transformed into something desirable by being enriched, our "nothing" placed into Christ's "everything" can become useful for His glory. Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 reveals the deeper issue: everything ultimately comes down to "the condition of the condition of the heart." The same kinds of circumstances happen to the righteous and unrighteous, but they are interpreted differently because of what rules the heart. Fallen humanity is described as being full of evil and madness—not merely incapable of inward good, but broken by sin and unable to fulfill its eternal purpose apart from God. This explains why a fallen world can celebrate what God condemns and reject what God treasures. Darkness can actually appear as light to a heart that is not aligned with God. Therefore, humanity's deepest problem cannot be solved merely by changing politics, circumstances, culture, education, or environment. We need new hearts, and only Jesus can give them. T