Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | Matthew 13 recounts Jesus' parable of the seed and the sower. Through the parable, we'll see the grounds for perceiving, receiving, and believing the Kingdom of God into our own lives.

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | Jesus' temptation makes Christianity unique and powerful for many reasons. It gives substance to his humanity. It provides validation to our salvation. And it also endows us with an identity in Christ, the key to power over sin.

Second Baptist Church, Houston - TX | Daniel 9 features an intercessory prayer by Daniel for the nation of Israel, outlining the three attributes of prayer. The passage displays prophetic message of the Messiah, an apocalyptic glimpse of the end times, and why all prayer falls right in the middle of your view of the Messiah's first and second coming.

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | The book of Jeremiah recounts perhaps one of the most grueling seasons of suffering they'd ever have to walk through. Yet, in their suffering and confusion, God gives his people one, unfailing hope—and he offers that same hope to us as well. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | Where is God in pain and suffering? But where also is God when pleasure, too, has run its course? God gives Ezekiel a powerful message of his faithfulness to his people, empowering them for any season of life.

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | The topic of 'revival' can evoke many different ideas and experiences. But what is revival, exactly? In 2 Chronicles 34, we see what revival truly is, what revival is not, and how we access true revival ourselves.

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | Isaiah 6 shows us a True King when all other kings and kingdoms fail, and how that reorients and redeems everything—to how we perceive God, view ourselves, interact with others, and therefore, navigate life as we know it.

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | Isaiah 36-37 recounts a battle in Israel's history where the Assyrian Empire threatened to destroy them completely. In this story, we see the nature of real faith, the ultimatum of compromise, and the only confidence that will deliver.

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | The book of Hosea stands distinct from the other prophetic books because its message was not primarily a compelling word as much as it was a powerful visual. God calls Hosea to love and marry a prostitute to show Israel and the world what his love is like to his people who keep turning away from their covenant to their Lord. In this image of marriage, we see the profound, shocking, and relentless love of God on display for us.

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | The book of Jonah recounts a story full of unexpected reversal, deep irony, and profound portrayals of God, sin, and grace. The book functions like a mirror, so that we can see the worst of Jonah and Nineveh in all of us--and yet, the best of God in Jesus Christ for all of us, too.