Lenexa Baptist Church

What a great Easter weekend! It was so good to meet and greet so many new faces in all our worship services. Thank you for inviting your friends and family members to worship with us. I pray that every guest was pointed to the wonder and glory of Christ who lived, died and rose for our redemption, salvation and reconciliation. This weekend, we will turn our attention back to 2 Samuel 14. Our passa...

What a great Easter weekend! It was so good to meet and greet so many new faces in all our worship services. Thank you for inviting your friends and family members to worship with us. I pray that every guest was pointed to the wonder and glory of Christ who lived, died and rose for our redemption, salvation and reconciliation. This weekend, we will turn our attention back to 2 Samuel 14. Our passa...

How essential is the resurrection to our faith? Is it possible to be a Christian and not believe in the resurrection? What do we lose if we lose the resurrection, and what do we gain in the resurrection? This weekend, we will invite the apostle Paul, on the basis of his words to the Corinthians, to instruct us on the most important questions and the essential nature of the resurrection. I pray you...

How essential is the resurrection to our faith? Is it possible to be a Christian and not believe in the resurrection? What do we lose if we lose the resurrection, and what do we gain in the resurrection? This weekend, we will invite the apostle Paul, on the basis of his words to the Corinthians, to instruct us on the most important questions and the essential nature of the resurrection. I pray you...

On the very first palm Sunday, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem, there was a lot of excitement. People were waving palm branches. They were quoting scripture. There was so much nationalistic excitement. But I believe if you had asked someone on that day what was happening there, I think they would have said, “I’m not really sure.” I think they probably would have said, “I’m not really sure.” They we...

On the very first palm Sunday, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem, there was a lot of excitement. People were waving palm branches. They were quoting scripture. There was so much nationalistic excitement. But I believe if you had asked someone on that day what was happening there, I think they would have said, “I’m not really sure.” I think they probably would have said, “I’m not really sure.” They we...

Join us this weekend as we continue to look at David's life and the lasting consequences of sin. It's going to be a great weekend at LBC.

Join us this weekend as we continue to look at David's life and the lasting consequences of sin. It's going to be a great weekend at LBC.

Sin always has consequences. While David has been forgiven and his sins put away, the effects will continue to be felt for generations, starting with his eldest son, Amnon. Few stories in the Old Testament demonstrate more fully the depravity of man and the deceitfulness of our hearts. I pray you will read 2 Samuel 13 in preparation for this weekend’s message. NOTE TO PARENTS: I would also like to...

Sin always has consequences. While David has been forgiven and his sins put away, the effects will continue to be felt for generations, starting with his eldest son, Amnon. Few stories in the Old Testament demonstrate more fully the depravity of man and the deceitfulness of our hearts. I pray you will read 2 Samuel 13 in preparation for this weekend’s message. NOTE TO PARENTS: I would also like to...

The nation of Israel had never been so spiritually alive. God kept every promise to David, and the nation flourished. The nation was politically stable, unbelievably wealthy and militarily powerful, and at the peak of this unprecedented prosperity, David was on the precipice of spiritual disaster. How could this be? How could he have resisted so many temptations in dangerous, difficult days, and t...

The nation of Israel had never been so spiritually alive. God kept every promise to David, and the nation flourished. The nation was politically stable, unbelievably wealthy and militarily powerful, and at the peak of this unprecedented prosperity, David was on the precipice of spiritual disaster. How could this be? How could he have resisted so many temptations in dangerous, difficult days, and t...

There are many ways to effectively #liveoutward, but sometimes we miss seeing some of the most obvious opportunities that are so close we could reach out and touch them. In Acts 28, Paul was dealing with more distractions than are even imaginable. He survived a shipwreck, survived his captors, survived a deadly snake bite. Paul somehow kept his focus on the opportunities around him, and God opened...

There are many ways to effectively #liveoutward, but sometimes we miss seeing some of the most obvious opportunities that are so close we could reach out and touch them. In Acts 28, Paul was dealing with more distractions than are even imaginable. He survived a shipwreck, survived his captors, survived a deadly snake bite. Paul somehow kept his focus on the opportunities around him, and God opened...

When Jesus gives us instructions regarding making disciples, he intentionally gives baptism a place of primary importance. Beyond this, Jesus, Himself, was baptized. At the birth of the Church in Acts, 3,000 people repented of their sins and were baptized. One cannot read the New Testament without being impressed by the significance of baptism to Christ and the Church. Even with such a high priori...

When Jesus gives us instructions regarding making disciples, he intentionally gives baptism a place of primary importance. Beyond this, Jesus, Himself, was baptized. At the birth of the Church in Acts, 3,000 people repented of their sins and were baptized. One cannot read the New Testament without being impressed by the significance of baptism to Christ and the Church. Even with such a high priori...

In 1982 God led Brother Andrew, the founder of an organization called “Open Doors,” to launch a seven-year campaign for the opening of the Communist Bloc. Seven years later in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. A door was opened for religious liberty and the spread of the gospel into Eastern Europe and even the Soviet Union. In Revelation 3:7-8, Jesus says to the church at Philadelphia, “I know your...

In 1982 God led Brother Andrew, the founder of an organization called “Open Doors,” to launch a seven-year campaign for the opening of the Communist Bloc. Seven years later in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. A door was opened for religious liberty and the spread of the gospel into Eastern Europe and even the Soviet Union. In Revelation 3:7-8, Jesus says to the church at Philadelphia, “I know your...

The teaching and discipleship ministry is to the church what an engine is to a car. You can have a beautiful car with a perfect paint job, immaculate interior, and the best technology, but without a working engine, the car is useless. It is nothing more than a showpiece. When a church fails in the area of discipleship, we are nothing more than a showpiece. This is so critical to the success of our...

The teaching and discipleship ministry is to the church what an engine is to a car. You can have a beautiful car with a perfect paint job, immaculate interior, and the best technology, but without a working engine, the car is useless. It is nothing more than a showpiece. When a church fails in the area of discipleship, we are nothing more than a showpiece. This is so critical to the success of our...

Why has God left us here? Why didn’t He just take us home at the moment of salvation? Why not just hold a person under the water and send them to glory at the moment of baptism? The answer is simple. It is found throughout the pages of God’s Word. It is the conclusion to every gospel written, and for good measure, it was added at the front end of the book of Acts. We call it the Great Commission....

Why has God left us here? Why didn’t He just take us home at the moment of salvation? Why not just hold a person under the water and send them to glory at the moment of baptism? The answer is simple. It is found throughout the pages of God’s Word. It is the conclusion to every gospel written, and for good measure, it was added at the front end of the book of Acts. We call it the Great Commission....

Over the past few weeks, we have considered the Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ. The Old Testament law and prophets create a door frame through which only one man can enter. He is the anticipation of Adam and Eve after the fall. He is the hope of David. He is the focus of Isaiah. Then…He comes. In a world held in darkness and sin, the Savior arrives. The event...

Over the past few weeks, we have considered the Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ. The Old Testament law and prophets create a door frame through which only one man can enter. He is the anticipation of Adam and Eve after the fall. He is the hope of David. He is the focus of Isaiah. Then…He comes. In a world held in darkness and sin, the Savior arrives. The event...

We live in a day that might rightly be described as dark. Culturally, morally and politically we see an ever-encroaching darkness. The prophet Isaiah lived in a similar day. Not only was it a time of economic, moral, and political darkness, but the people themselves had become darkened by sin and idolatry. In the midst of this darkness, Isaiah writes to offer hope: not the hope of the world, but a...