Twenty-Somethings

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5 When...

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other s...

THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE 6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7 He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil? ’ 8 “But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also,...

THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS 14 “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately 16 the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more. 17 In the...

LOVE: THE SUPERIOR WAY If I speak human or angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast but do not have love, I...

2 Timothy 1:8-14 (CSB) Not Ashamed of the Gospel 8  So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God. 9  He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. 10&nbs...

In Christ, you are gifted. In this weeks message we take a birds eye look at Spiritual Gifts and the purpose of our giftings. Join us in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11!  DIVERSITY OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS Now concerning spiritual gifts: brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be unaware. 2 You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to k...

Listen in to this final installment in our Promises of God sermon series as Kendra LeeAnne shows us the incredible truth that all of God's promises are "Yes" and "Amen" in Jesus!

We've talked a lot this summer about God's great promises for us, but how do we respond when the fulfilment of God's promises don't seem to come as we expected? Listen in as Cassidy Williams shows us the glories of Psalm 42 and helps us see how to cling to God when it's hard to see the fulfilment of His promises.

What if this famous verse means something even greater than its popular interpretation communicates? Listen in as Ryan Long shows us the glories of God's amazing promise in Philippians 4:13.

Listen in as Lake McGinty shows us God's promise to us in 1 Corinthians 10:13 and how we can use this promise to fight temptation.  Note: Due to technical difficulties, only half of the message was successfully recorded. Nevertheless, we believe the available audio is still immensely helpful.

This famous verse is often misused, but Austin Hey helps us see just how wonderful the promise it contains really is when we understand what it actually means!

What does it mean to delight in God? What does it mean that God will give us the desires of our heart? Listen in to this first installment in our summer series on the promises of God as Caleb Eissler shows us how to find true and ultimate satisfaction in God not just now, but forever.

We talk about the church all of the time, but do we actually know what the church is? What does the Bible have to say about the church? What does it mean to be a member of a local church? Listen in to this next installment of our Foundations sermon series as Caleb Eissler helps us see what the Bible actually says about the church and what that means for our lives.

What is the Lord's Supper? What does is symbolize? How does it work? Why are the different beliefs about the Lord's Supper Important? Listen in to this next message in our Foundations sermon series as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more! May this message help you see the depth and beauty of the Lord's Supper!

Continuing on in our Malachi sermon series, Adam Kuntz shows us the importance of generosity in our Christian lives!

Listen in to the next message in our Malachi series as Austin Hey shows us the importance of God's justice and how the Lord works in our hearts to bring about justice in the world.

What does it mean to be faithful to God? How can we knowingly or unknowingly fall into unfaithfulness? Listen in as Andy Lee helps us see what we can learn about our own faithfulness to Jesus from the unfaithfulness of God's people long ago in Malachi 2:10-16.

What happens when even the priests of God fall short? How does a 3,000 year old book point forward to the solution to our sin? Listen in as Kendra LeeAnne shows us the weight of sin and the glory of Jesus from Malachi 2:1-9.

How can I have assurance of my salvation? Can I lose my salvation? How can I press on in the faith? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more in the first installment of our Foundations Sermon Series about the basic beliefs of the faith.  *This sermon was originally preached on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church*

What does it mean to give God the honor He is due? How can we strive to do this ourselves and test if we're pressing towards that goal? What are signs that we aren't giving God the glory He deserves? Listen in as Adam Kuntz answers these questions and more in a powerful sermon about what it means to truly worship the Lord. 

When the world is crashing down around us and we're struggling to see affirmation of God's love, how can we be assured that God actually loves us? Listen in as Caleb Eissler kicks off our new sermon series "The End of the Beginning" by showing us the glory of God's covenant love for His people from the book of Malachi. *This sermon was originally preached on January 14th, 2021 at Pleasant Valley B...

In our world, our understanding of government and politics is often informed more by what hear on cable news and social media rather than what read in the Bible. This message is meant to change that. Preached just two days after the 2020 presidential election (we still did not which candidate had won yet), Caleb Eissler aimed to help us see what the Bible has to say about the government. Trying to...

*Originally preached by Mat Karger on August 27th, 2020 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church*

*Originally preached by Cory Scheer on August 20th, 2020 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church*