Sharon Heights

What happens when God asks for more than we can give?

The call of Abraham in Genesis 12 reveals that God relates to His people through His promises and they respond through faith.

In Genesis 1-3 the Bible reveals a God who rules all that He has made and who rescues all that sin has ruined.

In Genesis 20 we see Abraham falling into the exact same sin he did decades before, but we also see how our predictable failures are always matched by God’s predictable faithfulness.

In the second chapter of Philippians we learn that we lose our joy when we become large and other people become small.

Sermon preached by our pastor Jesse Carr at the Beeson Divinity School. He was honored with the Massey Preaching Award. The James Earl Massey Student Preaching Award is given to one graduating student each semester for his or her excellence in Christian preaching.

Rev. Dr. Mark Devine, affectionately known as "Beeson's Uncle" is a beloved member of the Beeson community and a former missionary in Thailand. He has also served numerous local churches in times of transition. He is currently serving as the lead teaching elder at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Warrior, Alabama. Dr. DeVine is also the author of numerous books and is regularly featured as a contribut...

Rev. Dr. Mark Devine, affectionately known as "Beeson's Uncle" is a beloved member of the Beeson community and a former missionary in Thailand. He has also served numerous local churches in times of transition. He is currently serving as the lead teaching elder at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Warrior, Alabama. Dr. DeVine is also the author of numerous books and is regularly featured as a contribut...

During nights 2-4, we heard from Rev. Dr. Mark Devine, affectionately known as "Beeson's Uncle". He is a beloved member of the Beeson community and a former missionary in Thailand. He has also served numerous local churches in times of transition. He is currently serving as the lead teaching elder at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Warrior, Alabama. Dr. DeVine is also the author of numerous books and...

On night one of Sharon Heights Baptist Church Revival, we heard from Rev. Dr. Reginald Calvert. He is the pastor at New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church and a two graduate of Beeson Divinity School. Dr. Calvert is widely regarded as a faithful, engaging, and passionate cross-cultural preacher of the Word of God.

On a day when our church celebrates new life in Christ through baptism, we consider what it means for baptism to be more than a moment in life but a way of li

Genesis 17 records the story of God renewing his covenant promises to Abraham with the sign of circumcision. The text shows us what it means to be a people who live by faith - defined by our future and not our failures.

As we head towards Easter we are going to study those who experienced the first Easter in real time. How did they struggle to believe and what if they refused to believe?

In this sermon we see the high value that God places on truth among the people of God.

One of the key themes of scripture is God’s covenants with his people. One of the key stories in the BIble is God’s covenant with Abraham in Genesis 15. In this sermon, we learn what it means for the Bible and for us for God to be a covenant making and covenant keeping God!

“Thou shalt not steal” may be the easiest verse in all of the Bible to understand but what does this command say about God’s concerns and our sin?

Perhaps no Bible verse is more well known than,”Thou Shalt Not Kill”. But what does it really mean to value life and how might this principle actually condemn us more than we think?

In the sermon, we analyze our family conflicts in the light of the conflict between Abram and Lot as we learn to trust God’s promises and take the high road of faith.

The fifth commandment tells us to “honor our mother and our father”. What does this mean for our families and why does it matter?

Continuing our study of the pastoral epistle of 1 TImothy we come to a passage where Paul confronts the false teachings in Ephesus where the law of God was being mishandled. This sermon explores the law of God and how it relates to Christians today.

As we continue our journey with Abraham’s family we see things take a turn for the south as Abraham makes a poor decision and descends into selfishness.

In this sermon on the fourth commandment we learn why the idea of Sabbath is so important in both creation and redemption and what it means for Christians to honor the Sabbath Day.