Lakeview Heights Baptist Church Sermons

Pastor Jeff Gates The Quest for Meaning (July 5, 2026) Scripture Focus  Ecclesiastes 7.1 - 14 (NIV) Wisdom 7  A good name is better than fine perfume,     and the day of death better than the day of birth. 2  It is better to go to a house of mourning     than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone;     the living should take this to heart. 3  Frustration is better than...

Lyndon Dojohn - Global Aid Network (GAiN) Scripture Focus Matthew 5.13 - 16 (NIV)   Salt and Light 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and...

Pastor Jeff Gates The Quest for Meaning (June 21, 2026) Scripture Focus Ecclesiastes 5.8 - 6.12 (NIV) Riches Are Meaningless 8 If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. 9 The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from...

Pastor Jeff Gates The Quest for Meaning (June 14, 2026) Ecclesiastes 5.1-7 (NIV) 5 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. 3 A drea...

Pastor Jeff Gates The Quest for Meaning (June 7, 2026) Scripture Focus Ecclesiastes 4.1-16 (NIV) 4.1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter. 2 And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who...

Pastor Jeff Gates The Quest for Meaning (May 31, 2026) Scripture Focus Ecclesiastes 3.1-22 (NIV)   There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2      a time to be born and a time to die,     a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3      a time to kill and a time to heal,     a time to tear down and a time to build, 4      a time to weep and a time to laugh,   ...

Pastor Jeff Gates The Quest for Meaning (May 24, 2026) Scripture Focus Ecclesiastes 1.12-2.26 (NIV) ⁠Click here to view this week's Scripture Focus.

Pastor Jeff Gates The Quest for Meaning (May 17, 2026) Scripture Focus Ecclesiastes 1.1-11 (NIV) Click here to view this week's Scripture Focus.

Pastor Jeff Gates Precious, Honored and Loved (May 10, 2026) Scripture Focus  Isaiah 43.1-7 (NIV) Click here to view this week's Scripture Focus.

Pastor Jeff Gates Because He Lives.... Life Is Worth The Living (May 3, 2026) 2 Corinthians 5.17 (NIV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Pastor Jeff Gates Because He Lives.... All Fear Is Gone (April 26, 2026) Revelation 1.17-18 (NIV) 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Pastor Jeff Gates Because He Lives.... I Can Face Tomorrow (April 19, 2026) John 14. 15 - 21 (NIV) Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit 15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives...

Pastor Chris Because He Lives.... Jesus Is With Us (April 12, 2026) Matthew 28. 16 - 20 (NIV) The Great Commission 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciple...

Pastor Jeff Gates Come Empty: Empty Tomb (April 5, 2026) Luke 24. 1-8 1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like li...

Pastor Jeff Gates Come Empty: Empty Noise (March 29, 2026) Philippians 3.3-9 (NIV) 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the...

Pastor Jeff Gates Come Empty: Empty Hands (March 22, 2026) Philippians 3.3-9 (NIV) 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the...

Pastor Jeff Gates Empty Notions (March 15, 2026) Scripture Focus  Matthew 16.13-23 (NIV) Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah 13  When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14  They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15  “But what about you?” he asked...

Pastor Jeff Gates GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Sharing Life Together (March 8, 2026) Scripture Focus Romans 12 9-16 (NIV) Love in Action 9  Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10  Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11  Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12  Be joyful in hope, patient in afflic...

Pastor Jeff Gates GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Sincere Curiosity (March 1, 2026) Scripture Focus John 9 24-34 (NIV) To view, please click here

Pastor Jeff Gates GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Joyful Generosity (February 22, 2026) Scripture Focus Matthew 25 14-30 (NIV)   The Parable of the Bags of Gold To view, please click here

Pastor Chris Miller GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Everyday Discipleship (February 15, 2026)

Pastor Jeff Gates GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Spirit Empowered (February 8, 2026)

Pastor Jeff Gates GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Love Anchored (February 1, 2026)

Pastor Jeff Gates GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Mission (January 25, 2026)

Pastor Jeff Gates GOD'S CHURCH, OUR FAMILY: Vision (January 18, 2026)