Southport Baptist Church Podcast

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 Pastor Michael De Leon continues the study in 1 Thessalonians by examining Paul's prayer for sanctification. Discover how God faithfully transforms believers into Christ's likeness, why spiritual growth is essential, and how Christians can cooperate with God's work as they pursue holiness, maturity, and a life that brings glory to...

Speaker: Brother Mateo Wantland James 4 Can a Christian embrace both Christ and the world? In this message from James 4, Brother Mateo Wantland challenges believers to reject compromise, pursue holiness, and fully identify with Christ. Discover the danger of worldly living and the joy of wholehearted surrender to the Savior. This message was preached at Southport Baptist Church in Kenosha, WI. For...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon 1 Thessalonians 5:18-22 Pastor Michael De Leon continues the study of 1 Thessalonians 5, emphasizing the importance of not despising God’s revealed Word. This message highlights the Spirit’s work through Scripture, the necessity of biblical discernment, and the call to embrace truth, reject evil, and allow God’s Word to shape authentic Christian living. This message...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 Pastor Michael De Leon continues the study in 1 Thessalonians 5 with a message on authentic Christianity and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Discover how believers can avoid quenching the Spirit by responding to God’s Word, embracing conviction, growing in holiness, and walking in obedient dependence on His power. This message was preached a...

Speaker: Dr. Robert Shaw Philippians 3:10 Dr. Robert Shaw preaches That I May Know Him from Philippians 3:10, urging believers to pursue intimate knowledge of God through salvation, Scripture, prayer, obedience, and walking in the Spirit. He explains general revelation, conscience, and transformation in Christ, emphasizing assurance of salvation and daily fellowship with God in love. This message...

Speaker: Pastor Michael DeLeon Ephesians 4:31-32 Pastor Michael DeLeon examines Ephesians 4:31-32, contrasting bitterness and forgiveness through Naomi’s story in Ruth. He explains how resentment, whether obvious or subtle, damages relationships and spiritual growth. Believers are challenged to remove bitterness, embrace kindness and tenderheartedness, and forgive others as God has forgiven them t...

Speaker: Pastor Michael DeLeon Joshua 9-11 Pastor Michael DeLeon examines Joshua chapters 9–11 to highlight essential principles for spiritual victory. Through Israel’s successes and failures, this message emphasizes seeking God’s direction through prayer and Scripture, then faithfully obeying His leading. Believers are challenged to pursue daily righteousness, respond biblically to life’s situati...

Speaker: Pastor Joshua DeLeon 1 John 1-2:6 This message on spiritual alignment from Brother Joshua DeLeon challenges believers to examine whether their lives are truly aligned with God’s light and truth. Through 1 John, this sermon emphasizes obedience, confession, fellowship, and daily dependence on Christ, warning against spiritual drift while encouraging restoration, hope, and Christ-centered d...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Pastor Michael De Leon focuses on God’s command to give thanks in everything. This message explores how gratitude marks spiritual maturity, shifts our focus from circumstances to God’s character, and grows into trusting Him even for life’s trials and hardships. This message was preached at Southport Baptist Church in Kenosha, WI. For questions a...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pastor Michael De Leon continues the study of 1 Thessalonians 5:17, teaching believers to “pray without ceasing.” This message explores when and how to pray (throughout the day, in dedicated daily time, and in every season of life) using the practical pattern: Praise, Repent, Ask, and Yield. This message was preached at Southport Baptist Church...

Speaker: Evangelist Caleb Reed In this final session of the Discipleship Conference, Evangelist Caleb Reed unpacks the “playbook” of discipleship from Acts chapter 2, showing how the early church followed Christ’s model through doctrine, fellowship, prayer, hospitality, and generosity. True disciple-making grows through intentional relationships, surrender, and active participation in the life of...

Speaker: Evangelist Caleb Reed In this fourth session of the Discipleship Conference, Evangelist Caleb Reed unpacks how spiritual growth mirrors physical growth: from spiritual infancy to spiritual parenthood. He challenges believers to identify their stage of maturity, surrender areas of stagnation, and embrace Christ’s mission of making disciples who grow, serve, and reproduce spiritually. This...

Speaker: Evangelist Caleb Reed In this third session of the Discipleship Conference, Evangelist Caleb Reed defines the heart of biblical discipleship by answering a foundational question: What is a disciple? Brother Reed walks through Scripture to show that a disciple is a follower of Christ, being changed by Christ, and living on the mission of Christ. This message challenges believers to move be...

Speaker: Evangelist Caleb Reed Matthew 28:18-20 In this discipleship conference message from Matthew 28, Evangelist Caleb Reed challenges believers to redefine what “winning” looks like in the Christian life and church ministry. True success is not measured by attendance or activity, but by obedience to Christ’s mission: making disciples who follow Jesus and disciple others. This message was preac...

Speaker: Evangelist Caleb Reed Genesis 2:18 In this 2026 Discipleship Conference message, Evangelist Caleb Reed explores God’s design for deep, Christ-centered relationships within the church. From the beginning of Genesis to the many teachings of Jesus, he shows how spiritual growth and disciple-making require biblical community, transparency, burden-bearing, and unity, challenging believers to p...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon 1 Thessalonians 5:17 This message centers on the command in First Thessalonians 5:17 to “pray without ceasing,” presenting prayer as a foundational discipline of the Christian life. It defines prayer as continual communion with God, encompassing requests, worship, and trust, while emphasizing dependence on Him rather than self. Believers are urged to cultivate consi...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon 1 Thessalonians 5:16 This sermon explains the command to “rejoice always” from 1 Thessalonians 5:16, distinguishing biblical joy from temporary happiness. It teaches that true joy is rooted in salvation through Christ, sustained by a daily walk with Him, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, enabling believers to rejoice regardless of circumstances all. This message was...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Romans 4 This message centers on the true hope found in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. From Romans 4, it explains that salvation and righteousness come not by works, but by faith alone. Through Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection, believers are justified and given eternal life. Pastor De Leon shares his personal testimony, illustrating how trusting in J...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Mark 19:30; Luke 23:46 Pastor Michael De Leon explores Jesus’ words, “It is finished,” emphasizing the work of Christ on the cross. He explains how Jesus fulfilled the Father’s will, paid sin debt in full, defeated death and Satan, and willingly gave His life, offering believers assurance, freedom from guilt, and hope through salvation. This message was preached at...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Matthew 27:45-46; John 19:28-29 Pastor Michael De Leon explores Jesus’ cry from the cross, “My God, why have You forsaken Me?” highlighting Christ’s suffering, sacrificial purpose, and moment of separation from the Father. The gospel storyline shows how Jesus fulfilled prophecy, bore humanity’s sin, and invites listeners to respond personally to His finished work. T...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Scripture: Luke 23:34, 43; John 19:26-27 Jesus’ words from the cross reveal His heart of mercy, grace, and selfless love. In this message, we explore three powerful sayings—offering pardon, promising paradise, and providing care. Even in suffering, Christ focused on others, demonstrating the depth of His sacrifice and the hope of salvation available to all who belie...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 Pastor Michael De Leon continues teaching from 1 Thessalonians 5:14–15, explaining how believers minister to the spiritually needy. The church is called to support the weak, practice patience with everyone, reject revenge, and pursue good. This message challenges Christians to walk alongside struggling believers and build a culture...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 How should believers respond when fellow Christians struggle spiritually? From 1 Thessalonians 5:14–15, Pastor Michael De Leon explains how the church must lovingly correct the unruly and encourage the discouraged. This message challenges believers to build a caring church culture where truth, prayer, patience, and genuine love hel...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 This sermon from 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13 explains the church’s responsibility toward its pastors. Believers are called to know their pastors personally, respect and esteem them for their work, and pursue peace in the church. Healthy relationships between shepherds and the congregation strengthen unity and advance the mission of mak...

Speaker: Pastor Michael De Leon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12 In this message from First Thessalonians 5:12, Pastor Michael De Leon explains the biblical Duties of a Pastor within Christ’s church. Focusing on laboring faithfully, leading humbly, and admonishing through God’s Word, this sermon highlights how healthy pastoral leadership strengthens and advances a growing, disciple-making congregat...