Michael Easley Sermons

Michael Easley begins this series on 1 Peter by introducing the letter as a guide for believers who face suffering because of their faith. While most Christians in America do not experience direct persecution, Peter's message offers timeless encouragement for anyone walking through hardship. The central call of the letter is simple: stand firm. This sermon explores the historical setting of 1 Pete...

Summary In this message from Ephesians 4:25–32, Michael Easley explains what it means to live out the new life believers have received in Christ. Paul’s commands are not a call to behavior modification but to transformation that begins with a renewed mind. Because Christians have heard, learned, and been taught by Christ, they are called to put off the old self and put on the new. Easley highlight...

Summary Dr. Michael Easley continues his study through Ephesians by examining Paul's command to "walk away" from the old life. While believers are called to walk worthy of their calling in Christ, they are also called to leave behind the mindset and lifestyle that once defined them. Paul reminds the Ephesian believers—and every Christian—that life apart from Christ is marked by darkened understand...

In this message from Ephesians 4, Michael Easley unpacks what it means to "walk in a manner worthy" of the calling believers have received in Christ. Paul’s instruction is not about earning God’s favor but living in a way that reflects the identity and privilege of belonging to God’s family. A worthy walk is marked by five essential attitudes: humility, gentleness, patience, bearing with one anoth...

Summary In this sermon from Ephesians 4:1-2, Dr. Michael Easley explains that the Christian life begins with understanding who we are in Christ before focusing on what we do for Christ. Just as Paul structures his letters with doctrine first and application second, believers must build their lives on the foundation of the gospel rather than relying on self-effort. True transformation comes through...

Summary In this sermon on Psalm 90, Dr. Michael Easley reflects on a season of discouragement and existential struggle that forced him to confront life’s brevity and God’s eternity. Drawing from Moses’ prayer in Psalm 90, he explores the tension every believer feels between the fleeting nature of life and the unchanging character of God. Moses understood disappointment, wandering, and unmet expect...

Summary In this sobering message from Psalm 74, Dr. Michael Easley walks through one of the darkest laments in the Psalms—a prayer written from the ruins of devastation, loss, and apparent silence from God. Using the imagery of 9/11, Easley connects the grief of national tragedy with the personal ruins many believers experience through broken relationships, unanswered prayers, suffering, and disap...

Summary Michael Easley teaches from Psalm 71, framing aging not as decline alone but as a deeper invitation into enduring trust in God. He begins with a prayer that confesses human sinfulness, dependence on God’s Word and Spirit, and the global contrast between comfortable worship and believers who gather in fear around the world. Turning to Psalm 71, Easley outlines the reality of aging: diminish...

Summary In Psalm 50, Dr. Michael Easley walks through a powerful courtroom scene where God Himself appears as Judge over His covenant people. Asaph paints a vivid picture of a divine courtroom where the “Mighty One, God, the Lord” summons heaven and earth not to judge the nations, but to confront His own people. The issue is not a lack of religious activity, but a heart corrupted by formalism and...

Summary In this sermon on Psalm 46, Michael Easley addresses the pervasive fear and anxiety that often shape human life in times of uncertainty. From global threats and war to personal worries and imagined disasters, he illustrates how fear drives people toward self-protection, control, and even hoarding. Yet Psalm 46 redirects the believer to a far greater truth: God alone is our refuge, strength...

Summary Waiting is one of the hardest spiritual disciplines, especially when life feels urgent or painful. In this sermon on Psalm 40, Michael Easley walks through David’s journey of remembering God’s past faithfulness while wrestling with present desperation. David begins by looking back—God heard his cry, lifted him out of the pit, and set him on solid ground. That rescue becomes a testimony, no...

Summary In this sermon on Psalm 32, Dr. Michael Easley unpacks the hard truth that much of our pain is self-inflicted. While not all suffering comes from personal sin, this psalm forces us to ask how often our misery is tied to rebellion, stubbornness, poor decisions, and refusing to deal honestly with God. David contrasts two paths: the hard way of hidden sin and the easy way of confession and fo...

Summary In this sermon, Dr. Michael Easley walks through Psalm 31, exploring the believer’s response to stress, fear, and overwhelming circumstances. Using the Holmes-Ray stress scale as a starting point, he highlights how life’s pressures—from the death of a spouse to everyday challenges—can leave us drained and anxious. David’s Psalm provides a powerful blueprint for handling stress: an urgent c...

Summary Why is it often easier to trust God with eternity than with today? In this sermon on Psalm 25, Dr. Michael Easley walks through David’s honest prayer and exposes a tension many believers feel: we trust Christ to save us forever, but struggle to trust Him with our health, family, future, finances, pain, and uncertainty right now. David’s prayer is raw, vulnerable, and deeply relatable. He i...

Summary In this sermon on Psalm 22, Dr. Michael Easley walks through one of the most honest and prophetic passages in Scripture. The psalm opens with the shocking words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”—a cry that many believers feel but rarely say out loud. David expresses deep anguish as he wrestles with the tension between what he knows about God and what he currently experiences. Th...

Summary Every believer eventually walks through a long, dark tunnel of suffering. In this sermon on Psalm 13, Dr. Michael Easley explains how David models honest faith when God feels distant and pain refuses to end. David begins with a raw lament: “How long, O Lord?” He feels forgotten, abandoned, and surrounded by enemies. Like many believers facing illness, loss, betrayal, or grief, David wonder...

Summary In this sermon on Psalm 8, Dr. Michael Easley invites us to look up—at the heavens—and then look inward at the profound question: What is man? As David gazes at the moon and stars, he marvels at God’s majesty and then wonders why the Creator would care for such seemingly insignificant creatures. Psalm 8 is a creation hymn that begins and ends with praise: “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is...

Summary In this sermon on Psalm 1, Dr. Michael Easley opens the Psalter by showing its front door: two roads, two destinies. The psalmist contrasts the righteous and the wicked with striking clarity. The blessed person does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of scoffers. Instead, he delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on it day and nig...

Summary In this sobering and clarifying sermon, Dr. Michael Easley confronts the reality of Satan in a culture that increasingly dismisses truth and distorts morality. From the removal of the cross at Wren Chapel to troubling theological shifts within the Church of England, Dr. Easley shows how doctrinal compromise reflects a deeper spiritual battle. He walks through Scripture to define who Satan...

Summary In this sermon, Michael Easley walks through the doctrine of the Holy Spirit by focusing on what Scripture clearly teaches rather than personal experience or theological extremes. He explains that confusion about the Spirit often comes from two opposite tendencies: ignoring the Spirit’s role or overemphasizing subjective experiences attributed to Him. Instead, believers must anchor their u...

Summary In this sermon, Michael Easley explores the doctrine of salvation — the greatest theme in Scripture and the foundation of Christian hope. Salvation, he explains, is both being saved from sin and wrath and being saved to a future inheritance with Christ. From the Exodus story to the New Testament gospel, the Bible consistently shows that deliverance comes from God alone. Dr. Easley walks th...

Summary In this sermon, Dr. Michael Easley addresses one of the most foundational—and contested—questions of the Christian faith: Is the Bible truly the Word of God? Far from being a secondary issue, Easley argues that the doctrine of inspiration is crucial. If Scripture is not from God, then it carries no final authority for faith, truth, or salvation. Drawing from 2 Timothy 3:16–17 and 2 Peter 1...

In a culture increasingly resistant to Christian conviction, clarity about who Jesus Christ is has never mattered more. In this sermon, Dr. Michael Easley challenges believers to move beyond cultural Christianity and shallow faith by grounding their lives in a robust, biblical understanding of Christology—the doctrine of Christ. As pressure mounts from media, politics, and public opinion, believer...

Summary Why doctrine matters is not theoretical; it is deeply practical. What we believe shapes how we live, worship, serve, and remain faithful. We rarely form our theology in a vacuum. It is forged through conflict, culture, and confrontation with error. In this sermon, Dr. Michael Easley explains why belief demands clarity and conviction. He focuses on the doctrine of the Trinity as foundationa...

Summary In this sermon, Dr. Michael Easley calls believers back to the bedrock of Christian faith: doctrine rooted in the Word of God. While many come to faith through the local church, Easley argues that too few believers develop a biblical worldview strong enough to withstand cultural pressure. Salvation must be settled—anchored in Christ alone—but growth requires more than experience or emotion...