Peachtree Christian Church Sermons

What did the world see when it first looked at the church? A ragtag group of peasants following a failed messiah. On the fifth Sunday of Easter, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons continues the Listen to Peter series with 1 Peter 2:2–10 — the passage where the apostle hands marginalized believers four words that have outlived every empire that mocked them: chosen, royal, holy, God's own. Drawing on the...

Not all suffering is created equal. On the fourth Sunday of Easter, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons opens a new four-week series — Listen to Peter: Notes on Doing Christianity — with 1 Peter 2:19–25. Peter draws a hard line between the suffering that's just consequence and the suffering that's a credit. If you ache because you've done wrong, that's growing up. But if you ache because you&...

You don't arrive. You keep walking. On the third Sunday of Easter, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons follows two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35), where Jesus appears as a stranger, opens the scriptures, and is recognized only in the breaking of bread — then vanishes, sending them back the way they came with hearts still burning. Drawing on his own near-death experience and the fade-out...

What if the locked room where the disciples hid was the garden where God was breathing life back into the world? On the second Sunday of Easter, Rev. Brooks Gignilliat reads John 20:19–31 against the opening pages of Genesis — and finds Jesus, on the first day of the week, breathing on his disciples the way God once breathed on Adam. Thomas wants to grasp; he wants the facts in his own hands. But...

The Roman soldiers had everything the world calls life — power, position, pay — and at the sight of resurrection, they fell over like dead men. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary had nothing the world counts — and they ran from the empty tomb fully alive, fear and joy pulsing through them. On Easter Sunday, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons preaches Matthew 28:1–10 alongside St. Irenaeus's old line: the...

Jesus comes to Jerusalem to cause good trouble — the holy kind. On Palm Sunday, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons reads Matthew 21:1–11 against a Passover-swelled city the size of an Olympic host town, where every pilgrim hoped for a king to throw off Rome — and got, instead, a king on a donkey who refuses to give what we want so he can give what we need. The waving palms become a question: are we ready to...

Some pilgrimages take you exactly where you don't want to go. On the fifth Sunday of Lent, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons walks with Mary, Martha, and a grieving community to the tomb of Lazarus (John 11:1–45), reflecting on his own season of serious illness — when "fight" and "journey" couldn't carry the weight, but pilgrimage could. Jesus delays. Jesus weeps. Jesus calls th...

What do you do when your eyes are opened and the world looks nothing like you expected? On the fourth Sunday of Lent, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons walks through John 9's story of the man born blind — a healing that costs him his community, his certainty, and everything familiar. Yet it places him, sight restored, on the ancient pilgrim pathway that leads to the Pool of Siloam and beyond. The sermo...

God shows up where you least expect it. On the third Sunday of Lent, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons follows Jesus into Samaria for his encounter with the woman at the well (John 4), exploring how the most transformative moments on any pilgrimage happen off the planned itinerary — in a pub in Glasgow, on a storm-tossed ship off Donegal, or at a well at noon with a stranger who knows everything you've...

You don't need to become a better person. You need to become a new one. On the second Sunday of Lent, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons continues the Pilgrims of Hope series with the story of Nicodemus — the religious insider who comes to Jesus under cover of night, and slowly, across three chapters of John's Gospel, is transformed in the open light of day. Drawing on John 3:1–17 and his own story...

Lent is not a detour — it's a pilgrimage. On the first Sunday of Lent 2026, Rev. Dr. Jarrod Longbons continues a four-week series by walking through Jesus' temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1–11), exploring three tests: appetite, spectacle, and efficiency. Each one mirrors the shortcuts we're tempted to take in our own spiritual lives. The invitation is clear — don't be a tou...

What happens when we truly receive communion? In this fourth and final sermon in Peachtree Christian Church's strategic plan series, Rev. Katie Bond draws from John 6 to explore how the Lord's Supper isn't a destination — it's a commissioning. When Christ abides in us, he moves us outward: toward the hungry, the lonely, and the overlooked. The table isn't where we stay. It'...

How should Christians engage a divided and distracted world? Drawing from Paul’s sermon at the Areopagus, Jesus’ call to be light in the world, and the promise of good work in Ephesians, this sermon invites the church to engage the world not with fear or judgment, but with curiosity, humility, and hope. As Peachtree Christian Church looks toward its next century, we are reminded that flourishing f...

What does it mean for the church to grow in a changing world? Drawing from Acts, Hebrews, and Ephesians, this sermon reflects on the early church’s devotion to worship, fellowship, and shared life—and what that vision means for Peachtree Christian Church as it begins its next century. Growth begins not with fear or scarcity, but with faithfulness: showing up for God and for one another, bringing o...

In a world marked by despair, desperation, and confusion about purpose, John the Baptist offers a different way forward. This sermon reflects on what it means to live for something worth giving our lives to—and how sharing the good news is less about winning arguments and more about pointing to hope. Through story, scripture, and the witness of faithful lives, we are invited to “behold and abide,”...

On the Sunday of the Baptism of Jesus, we reflect on a surprising truth at the very beginning of Christ’s ministry: Jesus chooses obedience. This sermon explores why Jesus submitted to baptism, what it means to “fulfill all righteousness,” and how obedience can interrupt—even redeem—our carefully planned agendas. As a new year begins, this message invites us to slow down, listen for God’s voice, a...

As we begin a new year, this sermon turns to Jeremiah’s “Book of Comfort” and a promise spoken to people on the edge of exile. In a world shaped by powerful forces and uncertain futures, Jeremiah proclaims a God whose faithfulness outlasts judgment and whose joy is never exhausted. This message invites us to rejoice—not because circumstances are easy, but because God remains faithful, restoring, g...

On Christmas Eve, we hear again the familiar words of John 3:16–17—but we listen for them with fresh ears. This sermon reflects on who counts in a world obsessed with numbers, power, and influence, and how the Christmas story centers the overlooked, the unnamed, and the forgotten. From censuses and shepherds to our modern digital isolation, this message invites us to reclaim our humanity, recogniz...

What is the key to Christmas? In this Christmas Eve message, we hear the angels’ announcement from Luke 2 and discover that the good news of Jesus’ birth isn’t about being perfect or impressive—it’s about being invited. Through the story of the shepherds, a simple symbol, and a child-friendly reflection, we are reminded that Jesus is the light of the world, born for everyone. This is good news of...

Description / Blurb What if the greatest obstacle to faith isn’t doubt—but expectation? In this Advent sermon, we return to John the Baptist’s question from prison and discover how God often arrives in ways we never anticipated. Through stories of longing, disappointment, and surprising grace, this message invites us to release the boxes we place around God and remain open to being astonished by t...

What happens when God doesn’t show up the way we expect? In this Advent sermon, we explore John the Baptist’s moment of doubt from Matthew 11 and discover why doubt is not the enemy of faith—but unmet expectations might be. Drawing on stories of suffering, spiritual dryness, and surprising grace, this message invites us to loosen our grip on certainty and open ourselves to being astonished by God...

Advent begins not with decorations or nostalgia, but with a call: “Keep awake.” Jesus’ words in Matthew 24 remind us that the coming of the Son of Man won’t be something we can calculate, decode, or predict—yet it is something we can prepare for through the shaping of our attention. We live in a world thick with distraction: devices in our hands, arguments in the air, curated lives on our screens,...

On Christ the King Sunday, we meet a King unlike any other. His throne is a cross. His crown is shame. His power is self-giving love. And from this place of agony, Jesus offers a pardon that does more than excuse — it transforms. Two thieves hang beside Him, sharing the same pain and the same vantage point, yet seeing Him in utterly different ways. One mocks. One believes. And the believer asks fo...

What do you do when the world feels like it’s shaking? When the symbols you trusted fall? When fear, chaos, and uncertainty seem to rule the day? In this sermon from Luke 21:5–19, Pastor Jarrod confronts one of Jesus’ most disturbing teachings — His prophecy that even the Temple, the sacred center of Israel’s worship and identity, will fall stone from stone. Drawing on history, Scripture, Winston...

What if most Christian misunderstandings come down to one problem: a failure of imagination? In this sermon, Pastor Jarrod explores Jesus’ unsettling exchange with the Sadducees in Luke 20, a moment where Jesus expands — even explodes — their understanding of resurrection, marriage, and what it means to belong to the Kingdom of God. This message presses deeply into questions many Christians quietl...