Lenexa Baptist Church

November 8th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

Boats are designed for water. They are designed to exist in the water, and they cannot fulfill their purpose if they are kept on a dry isolated dock. But if water somehow makes its way into the boat, the boat will capsize and sink. The boat is safe and effective in the water if the water is not in the boat.

Jesus, in John 17, prayed for the church. Christ prayed for us. In John 17:15, He prays to the Father, “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.”

As God’s people, the Church, we are called to be in the water of the world. But as we navigate the waters of a broken world seeking to rescue lost sinners, we must keep our hull watertight. We must maintain our holiness and devotion to Christ, otherwise we become indistinguishable from the water of the world around us and lose our effectiveness to save anyone for Christ.

In the final five verses of 1 Corinthians 5, Paul seeks to clarify this important principle that has historically been a bit of a challenge for the church. How do we relate to the lost world around us?

I pray that you will plans today to join us for worship. Weekend worship is a Friday decision. Make the decision today, and I will see you at church!

November 8th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

Boats are designed for water. They are designed to exist in the water, and they cannot fulfill their purpose if they are kept on a dry isolated dock. But if water somehow makes its way into the boat, the boat will capsize and sink. The boat is safe and effective in the water if the water is not in the boat.

Jesus, in John 17, prayed for the church. Christ prayed for us. In John 17:15, He prays to the Father, “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.”

As God’s people, the Church, we are called to be in the water of the world. But as we navigate the waters of a broken world seeking to rescue lost sinners, we must keep our hull watertight. We must maintain our holiness and devotion to Christ, otherwise we become indistinguishable from the water of the world around us and lose our effectiveness to save anyone for Christ.

In the final five verses of 1 Corinthians 5, Paul seeks to clarify this important principle that has historically been a bit of a challenge for the church. How do we relate to the lost world around us?

I pray that you will plans today to join us for worship. Weekend worship is a Friday decision. Make the decision today, and I will see you at church!

November 1st, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

As Christians, we hold to the Bible as the standard for truth. There is right and wrong. There is moral and immoral, and within the body of Christ, we hold each other to that standard. Wherever you find a church moving away from the truth of God’s Word, you will also find a growing prevalence of sin and immorality where anything goes. Sin is tolerated and even celebrated as a picture of tolerance and acceptance of everyone.

Paul has rebuked the Corinthian church for their lack of Biblical authority. They have mixed the Word with philosophy and rationalism. With their loss of biblical authority, they have also experienced a loss of biblical morality. Gross immorality and sin have occurred in the church. Paul is not writing an open letter to the city of Corinth. He is writing to believers in the church. They have lost their foundation in the truth of God’s Word, and they now find themselves boasting about latitude and tolerance in clear areas of morality. Lives are being destroyed and their gospel witness is diminishing.

Paul calls upon the church to address the issue and remove the brother who is engaging in this lifestyle of sin. I believe that one of the reasons that God inspired Paul’s letter to the Corinthians was so that we might have a clear picture of how to address sin in the church. What should be our motivation and attitude when dealing with sin in the body? Remember, God is not just concerned with what we do, but the manner and the motivation of our actions.

This passage is mission critical to the body of Christ, and I pray you will join us as we gather to recalibrate our lives to the plumb line of God’s Word and worship our Savior and King, Jesus Christ. See you this weekend!

November 1st, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

As Christians, we hold to the Bible as the standard for truth. There is right and wrong. There is moral and immoral, and within the body of Christ, we hold each other to that standard. Wherever you find a church moving away from the truth of God’s Word, you will also find a growing prevalence of sin and immorality where anything goes. Sin is tolerated and even celebrated as a picture of tolerance and acceptance of everyone.

Paul has rebuked the Corinthian church for their lack of Biblical authority. They have mixed the Word with philosophy and rationalism. With their loss of biblical authority, they have also experienced a loss of biblical morality. Gross immorality and sin have occurred in the church. Paul is not writing an open letter to the city of Corinth. He is writing to believers in the church. They have lost their foundation in the truth of God’s Word, and they now find themselves boasting about latitude and tolerance in clear areas of morality. Lives are being destroyed and their gospel witness is diminishing.

Paul calls upon the church to address the issue and remove the brother who is engaging in this lifestyle of sin. I believe that one of the reasons that God inspired Paul’s letter to the Corinthians was so that we might have a clear picture of how to address sin in the church. What should be our motivation and attitude when dealing with sin in the body? Remember, God is not just concerned with what we do, but the manner and the motivation of our actions.

This passage is mission critical to the body of Christ, and I pray you will join us as we gather to recalibrate our lives to the plumb line of God’s Word and worship our Savior and King, Jesus Christ. See you this weekend!

October 25th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

There is no room for pride or arrogance in the body of Christ. All that we have in Christ we did not earn; we received. This is the heart of our passage for this week. 1 Corinthians 4:7 says, “For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive?” The implied answer is obvious: nothing! All that we have in Christ, we received. By grace through faith in Christ, we stand accepted before God. We received the righteousness of God through faith in Christ, who died a death we could never die, to give us a salvation we did not want, through a faith we did not have. It is all received as a gift of God’s abundant grace. It should result in an incredible security and a beautiful humility that permeates every aspect of God’s people. God’s grace secures us, compels us to worship and brings us to a place of humility with regard to one another. All of us are on the same level. We are all empty sinners who came to the Father for mercy. All that human stuff that divides us and causes us to boast, we check it at the door. We may encounter these attitudes in the world, but not in the church.I pray that you will make plans to join us this weekend for corporate worship. Corporate worship is a sacred moment where God is uniquely present among His people. Our gathering is not a routine or an informational lecture, but rather a sacred assembly where God reorients our hearts away from earthly distractions toward an eternal reality. Ask God to prepare your heart today for worship with His people. Bring a friend. Invite a neighbor and join us for worship.

October 25th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

There is no room for pride or arrogance in the body of Christ. All that we have in Christ we did not earn; we received. This is the heart of our passage for this week. 1 Corinthians 4:7 says, “For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive?” The implied answer is obvious: nothing! All that we have in Christ, we received. By grace through faith in Christ, we stand accepted before God. We received the righteousness of God through faith in Christ, who died a death we could never die, to give us a salvation we did not want, through a faith we did not have. It is all received as a gift of God’s abundant grace. It should result in an incredible security and a beautiful humility that permeates every aspect of God’s people. God’s grace secures us, compels us to worship and brings us to a place of humility with regard to one another. All of us are on the same level. We are all empty sinners who came to the Father for mercy. All that human stuff that divides us and causes us to boast, we check it at the door. We may encounter these attitudes in the world, but not in the church.I pray that you will make plans to join us this weekend for corporate worship. Corporate worship is a sacred moment where God is uniquely present among His people. Our gathering is not a routine or an informational lecture, but rather a sacred assembly where God reorients our hearts away from earthly distractions toward an eternal reality. Ask God to prepare your heart today for worship with His people. Bring a friend. Invite a neighbor and join us for worship.

October 18th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

What do you think of when you hear the word “Preacher”? Do you think of a man in a Black robe or a motivational speaker or maybe a self-help guru? But what does scripture say a preacher really is? Paul has already described a preacher as a farmer. In our passage this week, he’ll describe a preacher as a builder. As a builder, Paul understands the need for a strong foundation and the need to operate according to code. God’s builder, in His Kingdom work, is not someone who points people to himself, but to Christ and the truth of God’s Word. Join us this weekend as we look to Christ and His Word that we might be built up into a building that glorifies Him.

October 18th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

What do you think of when you hear the word “Preacher”? Do you think of a man in a Black robe or a motivational speaker or maybe a self-help guru? But what does scripture say a preacher really is? Paul has already described a preacher as a farmer. In our passage this week, he’ll describe a preacher as a builder. As a builder, Paul understands the need for a strong foundation and the need to operate according to code. God’s builder, in His Kingdom work, is not someone who points people to himself, but to Christ and the truth of God’s Word. Join us this weekend as we look to Christ and His Word that we might be built up into a building that glorifies Him.

October 11th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

Paul has established two very foundational truths in 1 Corinthians 1-2. First, you do not become a Christian because you have a high IQ, a great intellect, brilliant oratory skills or because of your moral excellence. You are a Christian because God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, opened your eyes to the beauty of the message of the cross of Christ. Earthly human wisdom did not lead you to salvation. Second, we do, however, have wisdom. We have a divine wisdom, not from men, but revealed by God through the Spirit in God’s Word so that we might know the unknowable things of God.

The question then becomes, “Who can understand these things?” As we preach the divine things of God through the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit, who understands? What makes the difference between the person who hears the Word of God and is bored out of their mind and another person who hears the same truth and can’t get enough? The same divine and eternal truth is precious to one and boring to another. What makes the difference?

I pray that you will make plans to join us this weekend as we walk through 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:9. These are important truths that we must grasp as we seek to know God in His Word and share His Word with a lost world.

October 11th, 2026

Pastor Chad McDonald

Paul has established two very foundational truths in 1 Corinthians 1-2. First, you do not become a Christian because you have a high IQ, a great intellect, brilliant oratory skills or because of your moral excellence. You are a Christian because God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, opened your eyes to the beauty of the message of the cross of Christ. Earthly human wisdom did not lead you to salvation. Second, we do, however, have wisdom. We have a divine wisdom, not from men, but revealed by God through the Spirit in God’s Word so that we might know the unknowable things of God.

The question then becomes, “Who can understand these things?” As we preach the divine things of God through the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit, who understands? What makes the difference between the person who hears the Word of God and is bored out of their mind and another person who hears the same truth and can’t get enough? The same divine and eternal truth is precious to one and boring to another. What makes the difference?

I pray that you will make plans to join us this weekend as we walk through 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:9. These are important truths that we must grasp as we seek to know God in His Word and share His Word with a lost world.