Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/13/2020 - The God of Light

In our third "hopeful meditation" on Isaiah 9:1-7, we'll spend some time reflecting on what this prophecy reveals about God. Who is the God of light? We'll see four of our God's glorious excellencies in this passage.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 12/06/2020 - Sustained by Hope

In our second "hopeful meditation" on Isaiah 9:1-7, we'll explore how the promises of this passage function to sustain our faith while we wait for God to fulfill them completely. We'll look at the specific promises of the passage and consider how and why they should encourage us today.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/29/2020 - A Light in a Dark Place

This sermon kicks off our Advent sermon series in the prophecy of Isaiah 9:1-7, and will begin to explore how the light of Christ's coming breaks through the darkness of life in this fallen world.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/22/2020 - Unfaithful Teachers & Teachings

As we cross into 1 Timothy 4, we'll look at Paul's warning in 4:1-5 about false teachers in the Ephesian church, identifying the marks and the problems with their teachings and applying Paul's teaching to our local church in the 21st century.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/15/2020 - Faithfully Focused on the Gospel

In 1 Timothy 3:14-16, we reach the heart of Paul's first letter to Timothy. In this sermon we will reflect upon the three realities that we must stay focused on as a church, in order to grow more faithful to God.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/08/2020 - Faithful Deacons

Continuing our verse by verse study of 1 Timothy in this sermon, we'll look at the job, the qualifications, the reward, and the example of a NT Deacon.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 11/01/2020 - Faithful Pastors

What are the biblical qualifications of a pastor? In this sermon, we will dig into 1 Timothy 3:1-7 to see what God requires of local church pastors in every age.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/25/2020 - Men & Women in a Faithful Church (Part 3)

In this sermon we will wade into the muddy waters of 1 Timothy 2:13-15 to dig out the reasons Paul gives in the text to support the prohibition of women from teaching doctrinal instruction or exercising spiritual authority over men in the church. Is 1 Timothy 2:11-15 intended to be oppressive to women? We'll explore that question in this sermon.

Shepherd's Community Church Sunday Service - 10/18/2020 - Men & Women in a Faithful Church (Part 2)

This sermon continues our study of Paul's teaching about the roles of men and women in the local church in 1 Timothy 2:8-15. Here we'll explore what it means for the men to "pray, lifting holy hands" and for the women to "learn quietly with all submissiveness."