Brookville Baptist Church

In this sermon Pastor David considers one of the most important questions that can ever be asked: Who is Jesus? John begins his Gospel by explaining that Jesus is the eternal creator God who reveals the Father to us. Jesus is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, the Savior.

In this sermon Pastor David reminds us that that in the end God wins. All things work out according to His plan. And the same unseen God who worked out all the details in Esther’s day, ultimately purposed to send His Son to save sinners.

In chapters 5 to7 we reach the suspenseful climax of the book of Esther as the queen risks her life in hopes of saving her people. Meanwhile tensions rise even higher between Haman and Mordecai, but ultimately God is shown to be the one who’s been working behind-the-scenes and justice is accomplished. In this sermon Pastor David reminds us that the kind of faith that God is calling us to have says...

In chapters 3 and 4 the great crisis of the book of Esther comes into full view and Queen Esther as persuaded to risk her life to act as mediator in hopes of saving her people. In this sermon Pastor David reminds us that God is in control and should be trusted even when bad things happen. As Mordecai confidently puts it “Deliverance will rise!”

In this sermon Pastor David demonstrates how appearances deceive. In a world where God appears to be absent, it’s clear that God is in control. In chapter 1 the queen loses her crown and in chapter 2 is given to another, Queen Esther.

Why is the book of Esther in the Bible? Answer: Because God wanted it in the Bible. It is part of how God reveals Himself to us. In this sermon Pastor David introduces the book of Esther and helps us understand how it fits in the Bible. The Book of Esther never mentions God yet He is clearly active in every scene of this exciting narrative. This is a true story of the sovereignty of the Unseen God...

Why should we behave properly? Why we should live godly lives. In this sermon, Pastor David explains that what makes Christian morality Christian is its motivation. What makes our behavior Christian is that it comes from a desire to glorify God. We are indwell by the Holy Spirit and we certainly don’t want to grieve Him We don’t want the Spirit to be disappointed in us.

Words can be used for good or for evil. Instead of using our speech to harm, we should use it to help. In this sermon, Pastor David explains how the Gospel has the power to take sinners, whose words tear down, and transform them into saints, whose words build up.

It’s not enough for the Christian to not steal and work instead, rather the Christian works so that he or she can share. We are called to replace taking with giving. Instead of stealing we share. In this sermon Pastor David explains the miracle of God’s grace that transforms greedy thieves into generous givers.

Is anger ever appropriate? Are Christian supposed to get mad or not? In this sermon, Pastor David describes the difference between righteous and unrighteous anger and warns against prolonged anger.

Just how important is it that we tell the truth? Are little white lies acceptable? In this sermon, Pastor David discusses the necessity of forsaking falsehood and always telling the truth. Lying to a friend that you like their new outfit, or telling a colleague that you value their contributions to a project, when you really don’t. In such situations, and myriad others, the liar considers the trut...

Christianity involves a continual putting off of the old and putting on of the new. In this sermon, Pastor David explains that our life together as members of the Family of God is a new life, distinct from the life of sin we lived before we were adopted in the God’s Family. We must intentionally avoid falling back into our old sinful practices and rather pursue righteousness and holiness in the st...

Christians are called to lovingly speak the truth of God’s Word into one another’s lives. In this sermon, Pastor David describes our responsibility to tell each other when we’re wrong, to rebuke, correct and encourage each other with Scripture. If we really love people, we will speak the truth, even if it’s awkward or uncomfortable.

Rather than tearing one another down, we need to build each other up. In this sermon, Pastor David the address is the need for mutual a building among the Family of God.

Christ has given His people gifts to enable us to serve one another. There are unique spiritual gifts that we each have been given, but also gifts that we share like the apostles and prophets and evangelists and pastor-teachers. In this sermon, Pastor David encourages us to use the gifts that God has given us to serve one another, and ultimately to build up the Body of Christ.

As Christians we must protect our unity by avoiding division and by pursuing peace. In this sermon, Pastor David explains the source of our unity, and the means by which we maintain it. He addresses the necessity of being on guard against fleshly attitudes and behaviors, while simultaneously cultivating Spirit enabled attitudes and behaviors. We have to walk with humility, gentleness, patience, fo...

If you’ve been adopted in the God’s Family you shouldn’t live like a rebel against His will. Our life and practice is to be consistent with our identity in the Family of God. In this sermon Pastor David explains that believers should not continue to live in the sin from which they were rescued. Instead Christians should live in a way that is consistent with what God has done for us. Our life and d...

Christians are brothers and sisters in God’s Family, but we have not always been members of this Family. How did we come into the Family? How did we join the Family of God? In this sermon Pastor David explains that all who trust in Christ have been Adopted by Grace into the Family of God .

Being a Christian, by definition, involves belonging to the Church. It means being members of the Household of God, and belonging to His Family. In this sermon, Pastor David begins a new series about the Life of the church, and about Christian community and fellowship. What does it look like to share our lives in God’s Family? For many Christians church life is a Sunday morning worship service and...

Whose reputation are you building? Whose glory are you seeking? At the Tower of Babel, the people wanted to make a name for themselves, but in the rest of the chapter we discover God chooses to give a great name. In this sermon pastor David explains what it means that God promised to bless Abram with a great name and why it matters for us today.

There was a time in history when all of humanity was united in one grand endeavor; the building of the Tower of Babel. This unity was not something noble, but rather it was rebellion against God. In this sermon Pastor David explains that it is far better that the world is divided against itself, than for it to be united against God. So, what kind of unity are you seeking?

Where did all the different languages and cultures come from? What does the Bible say about racism? Why is the world the way it is? In this sermon Pastor David notes that the answers to all these questions and more are found in Genesis 10. In it we are watching the development and movements of peoples and nations and languages, all according to the intentional plan of God.

Noah was a hero of the faith, but Noah wasn’t perfect. Noah fell morally. At the end of Genesis 9 we see his shameful sins. In this sermon Pastor David explains that this account is like a rerun of Genesis chapter 3. Just as Adam disobeyed God, so Noah disobeys as well, reminding us that all mankind deserves condemnation, and our only hope is to be saved by the grace of God. As we read in Psalm 32...

The Rainbow is a symbol of God’s great patience with a sinful world. It is His promise to preserve the world until redemption is accomplished. In this sermon Pastor David explains why the sacred symbol of the rainbow should always remind us of God’s faithfulness and His amazing grace.

What’s the connection between murder and meat? In this sermon Pastor David explains why taking human life is always forbidden, but God permits the taking of animal life for food, yet the animal’s blood remains off limits because life is in the blood.