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On this episode, Pastor Chuck and Dana begin to get to the bottom of why People run to different addictions.

Persuasives to Early Piety (often published with the subtitle Interspersed with Suitable Prayers) is a 19th-century Christian devotional work by English Baptist minister John Gregory Pike that urgently appeals to young readers to dedicate their lives to God. Written in an earnest, direct style reminiscent of earlier Puritan literature, the book argues for the immediate necessity of Christian faith...

Listen-in to today's This Day In The Word radio teaching broadcast, "The Church That Promoted Sin - Thyatira - Part 1," and let's see what God's Word has to say.

This sermon explores the biblical mandate for the congregation to support spiritual leaders, drawing primarily from Leviticus 6 and 7 to illustrate how God provided for the priests through the offerings of the people. The message emphasizes that this provision is not about supporting God, who lacks nothing, but about honoring the labor of those who serve in the ministry of the Word. By connecting...

This Bible Study examines the apostolic exhortation in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 to give thanks in everything, identifying it as a specific will of God for the Christian life alongside sanctification. The central message argues that gratitude is not merely a suggestion but a divine command rooted in the reality that God is the source of all good gifts and that believers are perpetual debtors to His gra...

Joy Is Not an Option Philippians 1:18b November 11, 2026

This sermon addresses the universal experience of discouragement, using the biblical account of Israel's journey from Mount Hor to illustrate how believers often lose their spiritual joy and song when facing hardship. The central message urges listeners to reject negative speech and self-pity, instead choosing to speak the Word of God and maintain strong courage regardless of circumstances. Drawin...

This sermon examines Luke 11, focusing on the disciples' request for Jesus to teach them how to pray and the subsequent instruction on the nature of persistent prayer. The teaching highlights the contrast between the disciples' initial self-centered joy in spiritual power and the need to recognize their dependence on God, emphasizing that prayer is a regular, everyday discipline rather than a resp...

This sermon explores the climactic oracles in Isaiah chapters 24 through 27, presenting them as the third and final series of God's judgment and salvation. The central message emphasizes the triumph of God, where the reign of sin and death ends, and the kingdom of God reaches its fullness. Key theological themes include the universal judgment of all nations, the preservation of the remnant, and th...

This sermon uses the metaphor of a soldier to explore the Christian life as a battle fought for Christ, emphasizing that believers are enlisted to serve a commanding officer rather than merely to secure salvation. The message distinguishes between the gift of salvation and the rewards for faithful service, urging believers to endure hardships and remain faithful in their specific assignments, even...

This is lesson 6 in the "Life of Elisha" series. A great woman had her great faith tested. Her greatest joy became her greatest sorrow. She didn't have her faith shaken by her trial, she had her faith shaped by her trial. Her son died and lived again because his mum had faith in God. May God help us to see life from the dead as we trust in the God of resurrection power. May God also help us to ove...

This sermon explores the theological significance of Jesus becoming the 'Captain of Salvation' by fully partaking in human nature to secure the redemption of God's elect. It highlights the profound sibling relationship established between Christ and believers, emphasizing that Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters despite their sinfulness. The message addresses the defeat of Satan...

Dr. Bill Jones records this episode during a Tuesday evening food pickup in New York City with a mission team from Tri-Lakes Baptist Church in Michigan, longtime supporters of Manor Community Church. The team has spent the week doing service projects, speaking in the chapels, preparing for a beneficial food distribution, and conducting public outreach in the subways next to Moynihan Station, where...

This sermon explores the spiritual condition of humanity as described in John 8, contrasting the pervasive darkness of sin with the illuminating presence of Jesus Christ. The preacher defines spiritual darkness as a state of blindness, coldness, and hopelessness that arises from the absence of Christ, leading to a rejection of God and an inability to perceive the soul's true need. In response to t...

Christ's Certain and Sudden Appearance to Judgment, written by Puritan minister Thomas Vincent and published in 1667, stands as a solemn and urgent awakening call to an indifferent world. Composed in the direct aftermath of the devastating Great Plague of 1665 and the catastrophic Great Fire of London in 1666—calamities that Vincent personally witnessed and ministered through—the treatise uses the...

In Chapter 1 of Heaven on Earth, Thomas Brooks argues that believers can attain a firm, well-grounded assurance of their salvation in this life, basing his claim on ten core biblical arguments. He demonstrates that assurance is built on universal gospel truths rather than private revelations, that scripture's primary purpose and promises are designed to foster certainty, and that God has placed in...

If a branch is "in me" (John 15:2), how can the Father take it away? Why does the Lord Jesus Christ tell the eleven "Now ye are clean through the word" (John 15:3), when an hour before He said "ye are clean, but not all" (John 13:10)? Then ask how a man abides in His love, and why the father says of his son, "this thy brother was dead, and is alive again" (Luke 15:32). "If ye keep my commandments,...

A verse-by-verse study through the book of Nehemiah. Water brings life. Without water there can be no life at all. Hear as Pastor Brian explains the importance of the Water Gate to those that are building the wall in Nehemiah's day and how it relates to us today.

This sermon examines the historical Passover Seder meal to illuminate the theological significance of the Lord's Supper. It traces the Jewish preparations, such as the removal of leaven and the selection of the lamb, to demonstrate how these rituals prefigure Christ's sinless life and sacrificial death. The teaching emphasizes that Jesus is both the scapegoat who removes sin and the sacrificial la...

In "Sending the Seventy-Two, Names Written in Heaven," a study of Luke 10:1-24, Jesus tells His people to pray for laborers, then sends them, ordinary followers, ahead of Him as lambs among wolves, with urgency, dependence, and an unchanging message: the kingdom of God has come near. Received or rejected, a town hears the same sentence; only whether it arrives as good news or warning differs, and...

Where is Heaven? What does it look like? Will we miss our old lives, and what will we actually do there for all eternity? When the world gets you down, there is nothing like the thought of Heaven to lift your outlook. In this message from the series What Will Heaven Be Like?, Pastor Jim Scudder at Quentin Road Baptist Church opens the Scriptures to answer the questions people ask most about Heaven...

What are you doing with the sin God has already brought to your attention? In this message from Psalm 32, we discover the agony of unconfessed sin, the immediate relief that comes through confession, and the abundant blessings that follow when we get things right with God. Don't let unconfessed sin rob you of the joy, peace, and praise that come from walking in fellowship with the Lord!

Today's sermon addresses the tension between earthly political hope and the eternal hope found in Christ, arguing that believers should direct their primary devotion to the advancement of God's kingdom rather than national systems. Drawing from Zechariah 8, the message identifies prayer as the divinely appointed means by which the kingdom of grace advances and the kingdom of glory is hastened. It...