Lugoff Bible Fellowship

September 27, 2026 Nearly twenty years after Pentecost, the early church faced its most defining theological crisis. The Jerusalem Council's decision in Acts 15 settled a question that still shapes how we understand salvation today: does grace alone save us, or do we need to add something to it? What makes this sermon so compelling is how relatable the conflict feels. Even genuine believers strugg...

September 27, 2026 Remarkably, one of the most urgent warnings for Christians today is that modern churches are drifting away from Scripture in favor of filling seats. This conversation cuts straight to the heart of why God's Word is not optional for believers or for the people they hope to reach. Drawn from Romans 10:13-17, Larry walks through five essential steps connecting salvation to the proc...

September 20, 2026 Roughly twenty years after Pentecost, Paul and Barnabas returned to the very city that had just tried to kill them. That kind of courage is what this message is really about, and it raises a vital question for every believer: what does genuine, fruit-bearing discipleship actually look like? After being stoned and left for dead in Lystra, Paul recovered and went back. He went bac...

Rarely does a single conversation reveal so much about why modern Christianity struggles, but Larry's party discussion cuts right to the heart of it. The core problem isn't that the Bible is unclear, it's that people simply refuse to accept what it plainly says. Larry draws a firm line between infallibility and inerrancy, explaining that inerrancy affirms all Scripture is perfect and authoritative...

September 6, 2026 Rarely does a sermon cut straight to the heart of why so many Christians feel spiritually stuck, but this message from Acts 14 does exactly that. Larry opens with a challenge that lands hard: believers are called to a "go and tell" approach, not a comfortable "come and see" mentality. It's a direct, uncomfortable distinction that reframes what faithful Christian living actually l...

Rarely does a single story land with such quiet weight: a woman owned multiple Bibles, never once opened them, and died without faith. That moment alone is worth sitting with. Larry digs into why certain books like the Book of Enoch were excluded from the biblical canon, explaining how reverse plagiarism (where authors falsely credited ancient figures to gain authority) disqualified them. Carefull...

August 30, 2026 Rarely does a sermon tackle one of Christianity's most debated tensions with such refreshing honesty. This message dives into Acts 13:44-52, where Paul and Barnabas face fierce rejection from Jewish leaders, and what unfolds reveals something profound about God's sovereign design for salvation history. Larry unpacks how the Jewish rejection of Jesus was not a divine accident. Paul...

August 30, 2026 Confidently knowing which books belong in the Bible could be the difference between spiritual nourishment and dangerous misdirection. This lesson digs into one of the most foundational questions a believer can ask: how do we know Scripture is complete and authoritative? The discussion traces the Old Testament canon from the Ten Commandments through the writings of Moses, Joshua, Sa...

August 23, 2026 Fruitless branches get cut. That simple gardening reality carries enormous spiritual weight, and one speaker uses his own muscadine vines to unpack what Jesus meant in John 15:1-8. Carefully drawing from his personal vineyard experience, Jeff walks through why Christians cannot grow spiritually on their own, any more than a wild vine can thrive without structure and care. The paral...

August 23, 2026 Rarely does a theological discussion manage to feel both academically rigorous and deeply personal, but this exploration of how God communicates with humanity does exactly that. Jeff takes us on a journey through systematic theology, examining the many ways God's Word reaches us. From Genesis, where spoken decrees bring light and living creatures into existence, to Jesus healing an...

August 16, 2026 Fifteen to eighteen years of faithful waiting before the real mission even began. That detail alone should stop us in our tracks, because it reframes everything we think we know about the early church's patience and purpose. In this message, Larry walks through Acts chapter 13, a turning point where the church at Antioch, a genuinely mixed community of Jewish and Gentile believers,...

August 16, 2026 What Every Christian Needs to Know About Systematic Theology Surprisingly, most Christians are already practicing systematic theology without even knowing it. Whenever someone makes a statement about salvation or God's nature, they are drawing on organized biblical thinking. The question is: are they doing it carefully, or are they cutting corners? This lesson introduces a 52-week...

August 9, 2026 Remarkably, one of the most powerful moments in all of Scripture happens not in a grand cathedral but outside a locked door, where a servant girl named Rhoda is so overwhelmed with joy that she forgets to actually let Peter in. That small, human detail makes this ancient story feel startlingly real. This discussion walks through Acts 12, exploring how the early church prayed persist...

August 9, 2026

August 2, 2026 Rarely does a single chapter reveal so much about how God disrupts our comfortable traditions to do something entirely new. In this deep dive into Acts 11, Larry unpacks the early church's first major recorded conflict and what it teaches us about grace, obedience, and genuine faith. When Peter returned to Jerusalem after sharing the gospel with Gentiles, Jewish converts immediately...

July 26, 26 What happens when the God of the universe decides to pursue someone who doesn't even know Him yet? In Acts chapter 10, Cornelius, a Roman centurion commanding one hundred soldiers, becomes a man caught in the middle of one of the most surprising moments in all of early Christian history. Cornelius was devout, generous, and prayerful (which is remarkable given he wasn't yet a believer)....

July 26, 2026

July 19, 2026 Boldly praying for the impossible changed everything for the early church, and it might just change everything for us too. In Acts 9:32-43, Peter heals a paralyzed man named Aeneas and then raises Tabitha from the dead, and these aren't small moments. These miracles rippled outward, drawing entire communities toward faith. What's striking is that Peter didn't seek recognition, he sim...

July 12, 2026 Rarely does a single life transformation serve as such a compelling argument for the Christian faith as Saul's dramatic conversion on the Damascus road. After spending approximately three years in Arabia being equipped by God, Saul returned to boldly proclaim the very gospel he once violently opposed. When Jewish leaders plotted his death, unnamed disciples risked their own safety to...

July 5, 2026 Saul of Tarsus approved of Stephen's execution and hunted Christians with violent zeal. Then a blinding light stopped him cold on the road to Damascus, and everything changed. That moment, recorded in Acts chapter 9, might be the most dramatic evidence of what genuine salvation actually looks like. What does it really mean to be transformed by Christ, or are most of us just vaccinated...

July 12, 2026

June 28, 2026 Remarkably, one of the most powerful missionary movements in history began not with a strategy but with suffering. Acts 8:5-40 tells the story of Philip, the first named missionary in the Bible , whose bold outreach to despised Samaritans and a searching Ethiopian eunuch reveals something profound about how God works through unlikely circumstances. Persecution scattered early believe...

June 21, 2026 Rarely does a single act of faithfulness reveal its full impact in the moment. Stephen's martyrdom seemed like a defeat, yet it planted seeds in the heart of his greatest enemy, a persecutor named Saul who would eventually become the Apostle Paul, one of Christianity's most devoted servants willing to die for the very faith he once violently opposed. What does it mean to remain faith...

June 21, 2026

June, 14, 2026 Taking Ground: Why the Church Must Stop Playing Defense Boldly, the church was never meant to hide behind walls. This sermon opens with a striking image: the D-Day invasion as a picture of what the Christian mission should actually look like, and it reframes everything about how believers engage with culture. Jeff draws from Matthew 16 to make a case that Jesus called the church to...