Lakeside Bible Church Sermons

Taste and See Series: Psalms Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 5th July 2026 Passage: Psalm 34:1-22 ------------------- "The power of the psalm derives from the authority of the singer, the King, whose exhortation and teaching to his people is rooted in his personal experience of salvation. The final test must not simply be that God has rescued this King from danger and death but that God has save...

Blessed To Be His Series: Psalms Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 28th June 2026 Passage: Psalm 33:1-22 ------------------- The context of Psalm 33 is not all rainbows and roses. At various places we find the people in particular need, even deliverance from death. The blessed people are in a season of waiting on the Lord, hoping and trusting in Him for help. This song of joyful worship then trans...

The Joy Of Being Forgiven Series: Psalms Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 21st June 2026 Passage: Psalm 32:1-11 ------------------- Psalm 32 doesn't speak of the joy of forgiveness in abstract or theory. This forgiveness is very real and personal. Even more, it is offered to each and every one of you. No matter how great your debt, you can have full forgiveness from God and live in the state of b...

My Life Is In Your Hands Series: Psalms Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 7th June 2026 Passage: Psalm 31:1-24 ------------------- Psalm 31 represents the prayer of the weary soul who is yet strong in faith. It aims to show us how to trust and obey God in the midst of terrible distress, and it calls all of God’s people to be strong in faith as they await God’s salvation. Are you weary? Are you in...

Faithful To The End Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 31st May 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 5:6-11 ------------------- Life in this fallen world is hard for everyone, but the Christian experience is one of exile. This life of exile comes with suffering for the name of Christ, and though the obstacles and their intensity vary, each day comes with its own dangers, toils, and snares. Through...

Elders In Exile Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 17th May 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 5:1-5 ------------------- God's good gifts to His people in this life include the community of the local church and spiritual leaders called to care for our souls. It is essential that those leaders rightly care for God's people and that churches appropriately submit to those who faithfully fulfill the...

Two Ways To Live For God's Glory Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 3rd May 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 4:9-11 ------------------- Peter issues a series of exhortations for Christians to obey, all of which flow from the fact that the end of all things is at hand. We are in the final stage of human history before Jesus returns and the Final Judgment takes place. Therefore, believers are to...

Live In Light Of The End Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 19th April 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 4:7-11 ------------------- All of the instructions that Peter gives in these verses flow out of the opening truth that the end of all things is at hand. We are in the last days, leading to the return of Christ and the Final Judgment, and that reality is to shape the way we live in this life....

Three Mindsets To Endure Suffering Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 12th April 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 4:1-6 ------------------- Here, Peter repeats that perseverance requires a disciplined mind (see 1:13). It comes in the single imperative of the text, which says we are to arm ourselves with the same way of thinking. In other words, we are to have the mind of Christ as we face suff...

This Jesus Is Lord And Christ Series: Easter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 5th April 2026 Passage: Acts 2:22-36 ------------------- Peter's objective is to declare that Jesus is the Lord and Messiah who brings salvation to those who believe and judgment to those who will not. I want to show you Peter's argument so that you might call upon the name of the Lord and be saved in the judgment.

Christ Our Victor Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 29th March 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 3:18-22 ------------------- Having just told the suffering Christians in Asia Minor that an eternal inheritance awaits them beyond this time of exile and that they must persevere in following Jesus despite persecution, he now anchors that exhortation firmly in the good news of Jesus' death, resurre...

Thriving In Suffering Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 22nd March 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 3:13-17 ------------------- We have reached a point in Peter's letter where suffering for the faith is the main idea. Of course, the Christians to whom Peter wrote didn't need to be convinced of the reality of this kind of suffering; they were living it in real time. What they did need was to b...

Called To Bless Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 15th March 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 3:8-12 ------------------- After addressing the specific circumstances of Christian citizens, Christian slaves, and Christian wives, in this conclusion to the section, Peter addresses all of you. That is, all of God’s people, no matter what their specific circumstances may entail. It’s a fitting summ...

Thriving In Marriage Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 8th March 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 3:1-7 ------------------- In this text, Peter focuses on a third category of people who are especially vulnerable to abuse on account of their faith. But he does something different in this third address. He not only addresses Christian wives, who were vulnerable to abuse. He also addresses Chris...

The Gospel According To Peter Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 22nd February 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 2:21-25 ------------------- The larger point of the text is that believers are to follow Christ in his suffering, and last week we considered Jesus' example of suffering well as a model to follow. But Peter also acknowledges that our suffering is not fully comparable to Christ's. His...

Thriving Despite Injustice Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 15th February 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 2:18-23 ------------------- Peter's description of the Christian experience as one of exile suggests that hardship on account of our faith and obedience to God is not unusual. The source of our sufferings may routinely come from those to whom God commands us to humbly submit. How are we...

Thriving Under The Emperor Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 8th February 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 2:13-17 ------------------- Thriving in exile means thriving under the emperor, and Peter helpfully instructs us on how to do just that. His main point is this: Christians must submit to civil authorities under Christ, obeying the rule of law except when doing so would result in disobedi...

Live As God's People Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 18th January 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 2:11-12 ------------------- "Beloved" signals a major shift in the content of Peter's letter. Having well-established the gospel identity of believers, he now turns away from where we are going and to whom we belong and urges us to live in a way that is worthy of our calling––the calling to be...

You Are God's People Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 11th January 2026 Passage: 1 Peter 2:4-10 ------------------- This is one of the most important passages in this book. The focus is on who we are, not as mere individuals, but collectively as the Church of Christ. The key phrase is in verse 10: now you are God’s people. This statement of identity anchors this entire book. In th...

The Incarnate King Series: Christmas Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 21st December 2025 Passage: Matthew 1:18-25 ------------------- Christmas, as a cultural holiday, is completely non-essential, but there is something related to Christmas that is absolutely essential for everyone. If it didn't happen or was proven to be a lie, the consequences would be eternally destructive for every person. It...

All According To Plan Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 14th December 2025 Passage: 1 Peter 1:20-21 ------------------- Robert Burns' famous poems called "To A Mouse" explores the struggle of planning and building toward something that can all be destroyed in a moment by things beyond our control. The most famous stanza comes toward the end: The best-laid plans of mice and men; oft...

Live In Fear Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 7th December 2025 Passage: 1 Peter 1:17-19 ------------------- According to this text, and many others, there is a sense in which it is right for Christians to live in fear. We aren't to be anxious about life or question God's sovereignty and faithfulness. But we are to live in holy reverence of Him as the one to whom we will all give...

The King And His Kingdom Series: Stand Alone Sermons Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 30th November 2025 Passage: Luke 17:11-19

Focus On Grace Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 16th November 2025 Passage: 1 Peter 1:13 ------------------- The call to worship in verses 3-12 transitions here to a call to holiness that spans verses 13-21. The main idea is that our calling in Christ that secures our future inheritance should have a dramatic effect on our present life. Thriving in exile requires that Christians l...

Praise God For Our Gospel Privilege Series: 1 Peter Preacher: Jared Blankenship Date: 9th November 2025 Passage: 1 Peter 1:10-12 ------------------- The point of this entire opening section of the letter is to call Christians to worship, and in these verses, the focus is particularly on praising God for our gospel privilege. Peter contrasts our privilege with two different groups of messengers tha...