The Shepherd's Church

Perhaps you have heard words like Marxism, Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, and Wokeness, being thrown around like candy over the past year? Well, what do these terms mean? And how must a Christian think about concepts like this? Do we support them? Reject them? And if we reject them, what reasons should we have for doing so? Join The Shepherd's Church as we learn from author, historian, a...

After the blind man received his sight, he was taken before the religious leaders who were supposed to pronounce him clean. Instead, they questioned him, ridiculed him, and eventually cast him out of the synagogue, which would have meant total religious and social isolation. His crime? He had been healed by Jesus and refused to quit speaking. No matter what happened to him, He shared the Gospel an...

In John 9:6-12, Jesus heals a real man with a real struggle of lifelong blindness. But yet, under the surface of this passage is a metaphor for the Christian life. Join us as we examine these 7 verses and discover 7 ways this passage teaches us to be a Christian. 

We are accustomed to hearing sermons about how to be saved, but we do not normally consider why we are saved. In today's passage, we will consider why Jesus came, why He saved us, and what that means for our life. 

Today we take a brief introductory look at a Biblical theology of creation. How did creation begin? What was creation like when it fell? And how will Jesus bring about the redemption of creation (Both human redemption and the redemption of all things). Join us as we explore that theme together today. 

Different people respond to God in different ways. To use language from John 8, this is especially true of families. According to John 8, there are only two families on earth: the family of Satan and the family of God. Join us as we examine the final sermon from John 8, and look at how various people respond to Jesus Christ!

How do you know if you are a child of God or a child of hell? Jesus divides the world into these two spiritual families in John 8:37-47, and He gives a four fold test to see which family you are in. As we will discover, the only way to be in the family of God is through the death, burial, resurrection, election, and adoption of Jesus Christ. His Gospel has brought us into His family! 

The Jews of John 8 believed that they were free and that they would receive the promises of Abraham by sheer virtue of their lineage. Yet, Jesus shows them that true freedom does not come through having the right ethnicity, but through having the right proximity, which is covenantal nearness to Christ. Join us today in John 8:33-36, as we examine how Christ has set us free from the Law, given us t...

In this sermon, we examine the theological underpinnings of John 8:31-59, by looking at covenants. We will go back into the pages of the Old Testament to understand the five great covenants, and how the Gospel of John holds these covenants in tension. This week will be an overview of the entire Bible, and will serve as essential background for John 8:33-59. 

Paul combats the counterfeit wisdom that the Corinthians were entrusting with the true wisdom of God. We consider four characteristics of this wisdom and how Christ is its substance.

Last week we covered how to go to hell in four easy steps. This week, we will review four ways that Christians are called to continue. We are called to continue in the faith. We are called to continue in obedience. We are called to continue in truth. And we care called to continue in Christian freedom. Join us today as we explore John 8:31-32! 

In today's passage, Jesus condemns the Pharisees to a seeking that will not result in finding and a life that will end in Spiritual death. Jesus lays out 4 simple reasons why the Pharisees will die in their sins and ultimately end up in hell. And, it is these same 4 truths that will condemn us today as well. Join us as we explore 4 easy steps to end up in hell, along with 4 awful realities you wil...

As the Feast of Tabernacles was in it's final moments, and as the lamps overhead were burning out, Jesus cried out that He is the light of the world! He is the coming light that the Old Testament anticipated. He is the light that saves us, sanctifies us, and will glorify us to stand in His presence. And He is the light who makes us brightly shine for Him, until He returns. Join us as we explore, J...

As John 7 comes to a dramatic close, Jesus is not the only one who is being rejected. Those who have even the slightest positive opinion of Him are being mocked, silenced, and eventually persecuted. We learn that all who love Christ will be hated by the world. Join us today, we we examine what it means to be rejected for Christ. 

In John 7:37-39, a passage on the Feast of Tabernacles, Christ intentionally, dynamically, and poignantly showed that He is the point of this feast! Join us as we consider what the feast of Tabernacles is, why it is important to our worship, and how Christ totally and completely fulfills it! 

The crowds in Jerusalem not only rejected Jesus; He rejected them. And not only rejection, total condemnation. Jesus Christ, in John 7:25-36, barred the doors of heaven closed to the ones who had rejected Him. Where He was going... They COULD NOT COME. Join us as we examine what it means to be under the reprobation of God and how even that is good news for the elect. 

Underneath the text of John 7 (and frankly all scripture) is a persistent thread of covenant. God began the Bible with covenant. He pushes His story forward with covenants. And He writes the story of redemption through Christ, the King and fulfillment of all covenants. John us as we explore the covenant underpinning of John 7:19-23 and see how Jesus is the Christ of the Covenants!

When Jesus entered Jerusalem in John 7, He did so unwelcomed. He was not heralded. He was not celebrated. He was even accused of being a law-breaker! In today's passage (verses 17-24) we will see how Christ defended that charge, then turned the tables on the Jews, showcasing that they, were in fact, the law breakers they had accused Him of being. And in the end, we will see, how Jesus it the hope...

There are a myriad of ways to reject Jesus. In today's text we will examine 10 ways that Jesus was rejected by His own people in John 7:8-18 and then we will discuss how there is ONLY ONE way to rightly receive Him.  And that is to accept His teaching and His Word! Join us as we examine these texts together! 

In John 7:1-9, Jesus faces 4 moments of crisis in His ministry that demonstrates who He truly is. He is not a man who is regulated by His flesh or the things of the world, He is a man who is regulated by the things of God, which gives us great hope. Because Jesus lived and died in perfect submission to the regulations of God, we can be saved. And not only that, we can grow to live like Him. Join u...

We live in a world that is filled with identity crises and moral confusion. The reason is that the world eagerly seeks to define their identities on everything but Jesus. But, thankfully, this is not true for the Christian! We have a brand new identity because of Jesus Christ, which propels us out of confusion and into understanding that will continue for eternity. Join us this week as we examine...

Peter reminds us that the Christian life is a calling to leave the world and to run into the Kingdom of God. This brings the people of God into a permanent posture of exile, knowing that this world is not our home, as we await our King to return and bring us into that better Kingdom. Join us this week as Pastor Scott helps us examine what living in exile truly means. 

Join us as we consider 1 Corinthians 1:30-2:5 today!

As we close out John 6, it is clear that Jesus' words were not received by everyone. In fact, many left Jesus because they were offended. Join us today as we examine how the Word of God offends everyone. Some are offended and abandon Christ. Some are offended and repent. Who are you? 

Jesus has proven His Kingship unmistakably. Now on Sunday He has risen, His Kingdom has come, and He is prepping His followers to understand what it means to be His slaves and citizens in His Kingdom. Join us as we examine the same in Matthew 28 this Resurrection Morning!