Advancing Word Podcast

At the Ninety-First Anniversary of the historic New Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, MO, Dr. Stubblefield leverages Psalm 34, stanza eight to encourage the congregation to not only celebrate their success, achievement, progress and legacy but to remember “to taste and see that the LORD is good!”.  Indeed, to experience the “flavor of His favor”; the sense of it, the source of it...

Based on Hebrews Chapter 10, verses, 23-25, this sermon provides a profile of an effective encourager.  In a time when Christianity is becoming more subject to criticism and ridicule, when churches and denominations are fracturing and fragmenting, when church members are taking flight and joining cults and false religions, when biblical doctrine is being compromised and divine institutions such a...

Psalm 145, stanzas 1 – 4 teaches that worship is contagious and when spiritually infected people worship, the consequences are not just transformational but generational.  In these stanzas, the author's experience of worship moves from the individual to the community, from the personal to the public, from the one to the many and from isolation to integration. This sermon focuses on the motiva...

Chapter Eleven of the Gospel of Matthew begins with an exceptional interrogation by the John the Baptist but ends with an exclusive invitation by Jesus, the One whose mission, ministry and message John seemed to momentarily question.  This sermon surveys the characteristics of the exclusive invitation the Lord gives in verse 28 of this momentous passage.   

All three Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke record Jesus stilling the storm at sea.  Furthermore, in each of these accounts, in the wake of the Lord’s magnificent demonstration of power, the disciples ask the searching question, “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”  This sermon based on the account in Mark 4:35-41, posits that Jesus, our Lord and Savior is...

At the City-Wide Revival in Dayton, Ohio sponsored by the Dayton Baptist Pastors and Ministers Union, Dr. Stubblefield encourages believers to endure the challenges we face in life.  On the way to “still standing,” there are times in life we must “stand still.”  The focus of this sermon is the faithful and heroic leadership of Moses as the Israelites prepared for the miraculous crossing of the Red...

Dr. T. D. Stubblefield is not only a pastor-teacher but preaches throughout the continental United States and abroad as a revivalist.  In the first of two segments this season devoted to this dimension of his ministry, listeners will experience Dr. Stubblefield sharing his unique gift during revival at the Colossians Baptist Church, Newport News, Virginia.  This sermon based on 2 Kings, Chapter 4,...

In First Timothy, Chapter Three, verses 14-16, the aged Apostle Paul moves to the central concern of this letter.  Christian belief and Christian behavior are Siamese twins and are inextricably intertwined in “‘the house of God.”  This message posits that the church is the spiritual environment where then and now believers in living and loving community demonstrate “household matters.”  

On Father’s Day at the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Lexington, KY, Dr. Stubblefield preaches from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1, verses 62-66.  The focus of the sermon is Zacharias, a Levitical priest who lost his voice during an encounter with an angel in the Temple.  During his newborn son’s circumcision and the official declaration of his name, he found his voice!  He gave inspiration and hope to...

At the Warrenton Community Church in Warrenton, Missouri, Dr. Stubblefield shares a sermon rooted in the account of the shipwreck in the Book of Acts, Chapter Twenty-Seven.  The Apostle Paul and two hundred seventy-five other prisoners were on board a ship to Rome that was pummeled by hurricane force winds. The ship ran aground forcing many of the passengers to swim to safety.  Some got to land on...

The Book of Joshua, Chapter Twenty-Four, verse fifteen records Joshua’s epic challenge to the nation of Israel as they consolidated their conquest of the Promised Land and as he entered the sunset of his life.  “Choose you this day whom ye will serve” were not only the words of a great leader and courageous soldier but those of a father who experienced favor from God.  This sermon examines the sou...

For fifty-seven verses, in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, the Apostle Paul shares the truth about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the impregnable fortress and irreplaceable foundation of Christian faith.  And then, with but one word, “therefore,” in verse 58, he moves from principle to practice, from rhetoric to relevance, from argument to application, from exposition to experience and challenges th...

In the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 4, verses 14 – 16, the author writes with the expressed purpose of encouraging persecuted Christians to hold on to their faith.  He reminds his readers that they have a friend in high places.  This sermon reminds us that Jesus is that Friend and He is unique because of His position, promotion, person and provision.  

Writing from prison in Philippians, Chapter Three, verses 7 - 11, the Apostle Paul shares the essence of the Gospel.  He is committed to telling the truth.  His powerful witness extended to the “saints in Caesar’s household”.  This sermon focuses on the characteristics in the life of every believer and every church who stands up for Jesus.   

On a very practical level, Psalm 46, stanzas 10 – 11, is a command to slow down, to stop, relax or quit.  It is a spiritual speed bump.  The author of this psalm recognizes the possibility that in life we will find ourselves at times speeding up because of pressure, problems and pain.  It is like being on a treadmill but someone else is controlling the speed or incline.  When this happens, we can...

In the fifth and final sermon of the “Quit Jiving, Forget Surviving and Start Thriving” series, we learn that we can thrive through times of physical, emotional, mental and even spiritual weariness.  In 1 Kings, Chapter 19, verses 1 – 8, the prophet Elijah, after courageously confronting idolatry in the nation is experiencing burnout and severe depression.  God taught the prophet yet another lesso...

A few years ago, the word “rumble” became associated with a fight or conflict.  Today’s message, Part 4 in the “Quit Jiving, Forget Surviving and Start Thriving” Series focuses on the possibility that we can thrive through times of spiritual conflict.  In First Kings, Chapter 18, the prophet Elijah challenged King Ahab and his entourage of false prophets to a fight.  His valiant and victorious con...

Facing a crisis in life?  In Part 3 of the “Quit Jiving and Start Thriving Series, Dr. Stubblefield believes we have a choice!  We can stress or we can stretch!  This timeless spiritual lesson and biblical principle takes center stage in 1 Kings, Chapter 17 when the prophet Elijah resuscitates the dead child of a disadvantaged and distraught woman who hosted him in her home during a famine. 

In the second sermon of the series, “Quit Jiving, Forget Surviving and Start Striving,” the focus is on 1 Kings, Chapter 17, verses eight through sixteen.  God orders the prophet Elijah to leave the Brook Cherith and travel to a town called Zarephath.  Here, the prophet and the desperate widowed mother who became his benefactor survived and thrived through economic difficulty.  They exercised God’...

In the first sermon of a series titled, “Quit Jiving, Forget Surviving and Start Thriving”, Dr. Stubblefield focuses on an epic passage in First Kings, Chapter Seventeen, verses one through eight.  The prophet Elijah, facing opposition was booked during a famine at the Brook Cherith where he experienced God’s miraculous protection and provision.  We can too when we follow where God guides, know ho...

Chapter Eleven of the Book of Hebrews chronicles the lives of Old Testament believers whose faith not only allowed them to survive but to thrive!  The chapter is preparatory and preliminary, setting the stage for the introduction of the “Ultimate Survivor” in Chapter Twelve.  As we celebrate His resurrection, He is worthy of this distinction because of the faith He fostered, the focus He favored a...

At the historic First Baptist Church of Wright City, Missouri, Pastor Stubblefield shares a message from Psalm 122: 1-2 about “The Worth of Worship”.  We can learn from the ancient Jewish pilgrims who travelled to Jerusalem each year to worship at the Temple.  Character, community and confidence inspired the worth they ascribed to worship.  We must value worship too!  

Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6).  In Him all truth converges.  In the Gospel of John, Chapter Sixteen, verse 33, Jesus prepares His disciples for the crisis that will erupt with His arrest.  The Lord prays for the disciples who are present with Him but he also prays for believers of future generations (Chapter 17).  Before He begins His priestly intercession, He tells t...

Based on the First Epistle of Peter, Chapter One, verses three through five, every born-again child of God is heir to a fortune!  In and through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ we have an eternal inheritance that is privileged, priceless and protected.  This sermon examines that spiritual portfolio.  

While preaching at one of St. Louis’s fastest growing, mission focused and diverse congregations, The Journey Hanley Road, Dr. Stubblefield shares a message from Psalm 27, stanza five.  During a “time of trouble” in his life, King David found encouragement and strength in his covenant relationship with God.  For him and for every child of God, that relationship is a “safe house “that is select, sa...