Sunday Message from Southport Fellowship Church

In this week's message, Pastor Kit continued our study through Acts 18, where Paul faced opposition, false accusations, and the threat of persecution in Corinth. Behind the visible conflict, Scripture reminds us that a spiritual battle is taking place—one that every believer is called to recognize and engage. As Paul stood accused, God proved faithful to His promise of protection, providing for hi...

In this week's message, Pastor Kit walks through Acts 18:9–11 and reminds us that even faithful believers sometimes battle fear, discouragement, and exhaustion. Looking at Paul's ministry in Corinth, we see that after years of preaching, hardship, and opposition, Paul reached a moment where he needed encouragement from God Himself. Through a night vision, God reminds Paul not to be afraid, not to...

In this week's message, Pastor Kit reminds us that life is a journey—but God is the one directing it. Looking at Acts 18 and the ministry of Paul, we're challenged to remember that every season of life, whether exciting, difficult, or uncertain, is an opportunity to make Jesus known. As graduates prepare for a new chapter, this message points beyond graduation itself to the greater story God is wr...

In this week's Sunday Message, Pastor Kit walks through the familiar words of Psalm 23 and reminds us that Jesus is not just a Shepherd in theory—He is a personal Shepherd who provides, protects, leads, and cares for His people. Using the image of a shepherd and sheep, this message explores how easily fear, anxiety, exhaustion, and shame can shape our thinking, especially in seasons where life fee...

In this week's message, Pastor Kit walks through Acts 18 and highlights Paul's time in Corinth, where ministry and everyday work intersect. Rather than separating calling from career, Paul models a life where both exist together—working as a tentmaker while faithfully proclaiming the gospel. The message challenges a common mindset: that purpose is found somewhere else or in something different. Bu...

In this week's message, Pastor Kit walks through Acts 18, introducing the early days of the church in Corinth and the kind of lives that fuel God's mission. Through the story of Paul—and the powerful example of William Borden—we're confronted with a deeper question: what actually possesses a person to live fully for Christ? As Paul enters Corinth, he forms meaningful partnerships with Aquila and P...

In this week's message, Guest Speaker Conrad Meadows unpacks Jesus' warning in Luke 12 about what he calls the "treasure trap"—the danger of placing our trust in possessions instead of God. Through the parable of the rich fool, we see how easy it is to misunderstand life's priorities. The man in the story builds bigger barns, convinced his security is found in what he's accumulated, yet fails to r...

In this week's message, we started the origin story of the church in Corinth by first understanding the culture they were living in. Corinth was a place that loved power, wealth, physical gratification, and success—a culture where identity was something you earned, not something you were given. And that culture didn't stay outside the church—it started shaping it. Paul writes to a church marked by...

In today's message, Pastor Kit unpacks one central truth: the resurrection of Jesus isn't just important—it's everything. Using the image of a "keystone," he explains that the resurrection is what holds the entire Christian faith together. Remove it, and everything collapses—our faith, our hope, and even the message of the gospel itself. Walking through 1 Corinthians 15, we're challenged to consid...

In today's message, Pastor Kit walks through Acts 17:22–31, where Paul confronts a deeply religious culture in Athens and calls them to rethink everything they believe about God. Rather than affirming their many idols, Paul exposes their misunderstanding and introduces the one true God—the Creator, Sustainer, and Lord over all. He shows that God is not distant or dependent on human effort, but nea...

Guest speaker Bill Tucker walks through Luke 11 to refocus our attention on one of the most overlooked elements of the Christian life—persistent prayer. While much of our energy around big moments like Easter goes toward planning, preparation, and presentation, this message challenges us not to miss what matters most: seeking God with consistency, urgency, and faith. Using Jesus' parable of the fr...

In this week's message from Acts 17, Pastor Kit explores Paul's encounter with the philosophers of Athens and reminds us that all of us—believers included—need correction when it comes to our understanding of God. It's easy for people, even religious people, to shape God according to their own ideas rather than according to who He truly is. Paul confronts a culture that loved knowledge and discuss...

In this message from Acts 17, Pastor Kit challenges believers to look honestly at both their own hearts and the culture around them. When Paul arrives in Athens, he is troubled by a city filled with idols—evidence of how easily people give their devotion to things other than God. Idolatry, he explains, is not limited to statues; it occurs whenever anything takes the place of God as the object of o...

In this message from Acts 17, Pastor Kit walks us through Paul's visit to Athens and the deep burden he felt in a city "full of idols." Surrounded by impressive culture, philosophy, and achievement, Paul wasn't captivated—he was troubled. Why? Because beneath the beauty and intellect, he saw hearts devoted to everything except the one true God. Pastor Kit challenges us to ask the same diagnostic q...

This week's message from Acts 17 challenged how we define results in ministry and in life. As Paul moved from Thessalonica to Berea, we saw both encouragement and opposition—but in Berea, the people received the Word with eagerness, examined the Scriptures daily, and many believed. Their example reminds us that true belief is more than agreement—it is surrender, obedience, and transformation. Even...

This week's message from Acts 17:4–9 reminded us that faithfulness often produces mixed responses. As Paul preached in Thessalonica, some believed and followed Christ—while others reacted with jealousy, stirring up opposition and false accusations. The gospel brought fruit, but it also brought resistance. We were challenged to remember that our responsibility is obedience, not outcomes. Paul was f...

This message is centered on a simple but weighty question: What's your plan?  We all plan for something—today's schedule, the coming week, vacations, school, careers, family, retirement. Planning is part of how we navigate life. Yet the most important question is often the one we neglect: What is your plan for eternity? And for followers of Jesus, a second question follows closely behind it: How a...

This week's message from Acts 17 emphasizes living with intentional rhythms as followers of Jesus. As Paul entered Thessalonica, he followed a consistent pattern: he went where people gathered, opened the Scriptures, and clearly proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah. Some responded in faith, others in opposition, but the gospel moved forward because Paul was faithful to his calling. The sermon challenge...

This week's Sunday Message challenges how we define success—both personally and as a church. Drawing from 2 Thessalonians 1:3–4, we're reminded that God's measurements often look very different from ours. While the world tends to define success by growth, visibility, or results we can count, Scripture points instead to faith that is flourishing, love that is increasing, and endurance that remains...

In this week's message, Pastor Kit walked us through Mark chapter 4, reminding us that hearing God's Word is never the goal—responding to it is. Jesus teaches that God's Word is powerful, but its impact depends on the condition of our hearts. Like seed scattered on different soils, the same truth can be ignored, choked out, shallowly received, or allowed to take deep root. Growth happens when we w...

In this week's message, Pastor Kit reminds us that the Kingdom of God often grows quietly and steadily before it becomes visible. Teaching from Mark 4:26–29, Jesus compares the Kingdom to a seed planted in the ground—growing day and night, often unnoticed, yet always moving toward a harvest. Kingdom growth doesn't happen all at once. It unfolds in stages—first the blade, then the head, then the fu...

In this message from Luke 2, we're reminded that God chose to reveal the birth of Jesus to ordinary shepherds, people faithfully doing their everyday work. The announcement of Christ's birth shows us that God often meets us in the middle of the ordinary, not once everything is figured out or ideal. The sermon highlights how fear naturally follows encounters with God's holiness, but the gospel alwa...

In this message from Philippians 2, Pastor Kit invites us to examine what we're really pursuing during the Christmas season. While culture pushes us to chase comfort, recognition, and the "perfect" holiday, Scripture points us to a different pursuit: the humility of Christ. The sermon walks through Jesus' willingness to lay aside His rights, take on the role of a servant, and obey the Father even...

In this message from John 1, Pastor Kit continues the Christmas series by reminding us that the greatest gift ever given was not a thing, but a Person. Before John tells the story of a baby in a manger, he starts in heaven, lifting our eyes to see the majesty of Christ — the eternal Word, fully God, present before creation, and sovereign over all things. Christmas begins with glory, not sentiment....

In this message from John 1, Pastor Kit opens the Christmas season by reminding us that before we celebrate the manger, we must first see the majesty of the One who came. John lifts Jesus high — the eternal Word, fully God, creator of all things, the source of life and the light that darkness cannot overcome. Christmas is not just about tradition or gifts; it's about heaven coming to earth in the...