Second Baptist Sermons

Life often feels like it's pressing in from every direction. There are problems behind us, uncertainty ahead of us, and the temptation to believe that if we can just hold on a little tighter, we'll make it through. In this episode of Questions God Asks , we walk with Jacob to the banks of the Jabbok River in Genesis 32 , where a night of wrestling becomes a lifetime of transformation. Jaco...

Jacob left home carrying more than a staff—he carried a lifetime of experience, family patterns, clever strategies, and confidence in his own ability to make life work. But when everything familiar was stripped away and he found himself alone at Bethel, God asked a question that still confronts us today: What are you really counting on? In this episode of Questions God Asks , we explore Genesis 28...

What happens when God’s mercy and God’s judgment stand side by side? In this message from Genesis 18–19, Pastor Daniel Harding explores God’s question to Abraham and Sarah: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Through Sarah’s wounded laughter, Abraham’s intercession, and the coming judgment on Sodom, we are challenged to consider how we respond to God’s mercy, justice, and covenant love. This serm...

In this message from Genesis 16, Pastor Daniel Harding explores God’s question to Hagar: “Where have you come from, and where are you going?” Speaking to graduates and anyone navigating uncertainty, this sermon reflects on how people are often shaped by suffering, shame, fear, and the identities they are trying to escape. Yet God meets Hagar in the wilderness before she has clarity, success, or ce...

In Genesis 11–12, God calls Abram to move forward into a future he cannot yet see. But before Abram leaves Haran, he must release the comfort of certainty, familiarity, and the security of what has always been. In this message, Pastor Daniel Harding explores how faith often requires us to move beyond inherited expectations, cultural assumptions, and even the stories we tell ourselves about the pas...

Join us for a look into the life of Noah -- the man who found favor in God's eyes. We look at the story in Genesis 6 with our attention to how God works in individuals lives.

God's question to Cain.

God's question to Adam and Eve; Where Are You?