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Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to make no images.

What has God placed into our hands, and what must wise hands do with it? In this sermon from Proverbs 29:15 and 23:15–16, Pastor Kendall Lankford explains how Christian parents are called to do more than provide for their children or produce outward obedience. Wise hands patiently form the next generation, transferring responsibility, cultivating wisdom, and preparing sons and daughters for joyful...

Wisdom and the Hands was preached at The Shepherd’s Church on September 13, 2026. SUMMARY: What are your hands for? In this sermon from The Anatomy of Wisdom, Pastor Kendall Lankford shows that wisdom is not complete until it takes hold of what we actually do. From the field that must be tended to the household that must be established, wise hands prepare, cultivate, repair, and build, while folde...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to have any other gods.

Wisdom and the Appetites Preached at The Shepherd’s Church on September 13, 2026 Your appetites are always preaching. They tell you what will taste good, what you cannot live without, and who you really are. But fallen appetites are liars, and when the belly becomes your god, desire becomes your master. In this sermon from the  Anatomy of Wisdom  series, Pastor Kendall Lankford exposes five lies o...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to have no other gods.

Words can heal a marriage, restore a friendship, calm a conflict, and bring life into a home. They can also do the exact opposite. In  Wisdom for How We Speak , Pastor Kendall Lankford walks through four biblical rules for godly communication from the book of Proverbs:  speak the truth, listen before you answer, deliver the truth in a way it can be heard, and never wound unless your purpose is to...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to bear false witness.

Wisdom does not stop at what we see, hear, love, or think. Eventually, wisdom comes out of our mouths. In this sermon, we turn from the  being of wisdom  to the  doing of wisdom  and ask a brutally practical question:  How do you train your mouth to be wise?  Proverbs teaches us that a wise tongue begins with a trained heart, learns when to hit the brakes, and stations a guard at the gate of the m...

Every week we look at the law, and attempt to understand how we, as Christians, may more fully obey our God. We recognize that Jesus fully obeyed on our behalf. Yet, we also understand that this does not excuse us from obedience, but frees us unto real obedience. He took our slavery and chains to give us freedom and joy. This week, we learn what that means when it comes to the eight commandment.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to commit adultery.

Wisdom is not complete until it reaches the feet. In this sermon on Proverbs, we learn four marks of a life that walks faithfully with God: rejecting haste, walking in prudence, discerning when to flee and when to advance, and following the only One who ever walked the path perfectly, Jesus Christ.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to murder.

The modern Church has turned singing into something soft, sentimental, and safe. Scripture presents something far more dangerous. From Moses at the Red Sea to Jehoshaphat marching against an army, from David’s war Psalms to Christ singing on His way to the cross, God repeatedly places songs into the mouths of His people when enemies are falling and His kingdom is advancing. In this sermon, we exam...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to honor father and mother.

If you cannot trust your own heart, whose voice can you trust? Proverbs warns that foolish men do not merely lack wise counsel. They actively evade it. We isolate ourselves from anyone who might confront us, insulate ourselves with yes men who affirm us, and keep asking for advice until someone finally gives us permission to do what we already wanted. Through the ruin of Ahab and Rehoboam, this se...

Elder Paul Edgar, preaching on the book of Nehemiah, charged us to be known by our unity this week. In fact, the way we are seen by the world, tells the world who our God is, that He has sent His Son, and that we are His disciples.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command on how to keep the Sabbath

The most dangerous road is not the one that looks wicked. It is the one that appears righteous while quietly leading to death. Scripture warns us that our hearts, instincts, perceptions, and strongest convictions are never trustworthy whenever they depart from the Word of God. In this sermon from our series  Christian Wisdom: Fearing the Things of God , we examine why spiritually blind men are so...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to not take God's name in vain. .

How does a spiritually blind man ever begin to see? How does a fool who naturally resists God, rejects correction, and trusts his own judgment become wise? In this opening sermon from our new series,  Christian Wisdom: Fearing the Things of God , we discover that truth has an Owner, wisdom has a school, and spiritual sight is a gift of sovereign grace. Proverbs teaches us that knowledge belongs to...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to make any graven images.

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to covet.

In this concluding sermon on Christian education, we see that the goal of education is not merely informed children, successful careers, or respectable households, but a fully discipled world under the reign of Christ. From Proverbs, we consider how God begins this world-shaping work in the covenant home, through fathers and mothers building together, forming children in wisdom, leaving a faithful...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command is against a coveting heart.