The Shepherd's Church

The Eighth Commandment reaches far deeper than stolen property and exposes a far more pervasive sin: the theft of time from God Himself. This Easter homily confronts the quiet ways we squander the very days He has entrusted to us, revealing a debt we can never repay. Yet in the risen Christ, who perfectly fulfilled every moment and bore the weight of our wasted years, time itself is redeemed. The...

In this Good Friday message, Pastor Kendall Lankford traces the crucifixion of Jesus as the precise and stunning fulfillment of the Passover lamb — examined for four days, slaughtered at the right hour, bones unbroken, blood applied with hyssop. Drawing from Genesis through John, he shows how Jesus, the new Adam, wears the curse of thorns, is stripped bare in the place where Adam was first clothed...

What if Holy Week isn't just a passion narrative — but a seven-day dismantling of the entire created order? Day by day, Jesus walks through creation in reverse, undoing what the first Adam broke, so that on the eighth day He can rise and remake everything from scratch. This Palm Sunday, discover why the true Adam didn't come to prop up the old world — He came to crush it, and from that cru...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to commit adultery.

The law not only forbids us in the negative "do not murder" it also commands us in the positive "Be life bringers." And since we all fall short of this, we ought always to repent.

Elder Paul Edgar brings the word to us this morning from the book of Nehemiah teaching us that we're not just one; we are many.  We're made in the image of a Trinitarian God, Who is both One and Many.  One and Three.  We are the Body of Christ, and members in particular.  "In Adam's Fall we sinned all."

This final sermon in the True Worship series answers the question every honest heart has been asking: does fearing God actually lead anywhere? Far from offering a shallow formula, it reveals that true worship is alignment with reality itself, producing deep, unshakable life, freedom, contentment, and lasting praise. Ultimately, it points to Jesus Christ, the only One who feared the Lord perfectly,...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to honor father and mother.

This sermon exposes the fear of man as a soul-snaring rival to the fear of the Lord, showing how human approval quietly dethrones God, corrupts worship, and distorts the entire Christian life. From Proverbs, it argues that true worship can only grow where God is feared above man, while the fear of man turns obedience, identity, and even church life into a performance. But the good news is that Jes...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to honor the Sabbath.

Who is actually in charge of the world? This sermon explores that question through the wisdom of Proverbs and shows that God’s sovereignty over kings, nations, justice, and truth means worship cannot be reduced to songs or religious moments. True worship is the complete reorientation of our lives under God’s authority, calling us to trust Him instead of ourselves, align every area of life with His...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to speak God's name in vain.

Joshua 7 introduces the first hard jolt in Israel’s conquesting Canaan—after a miraculous victory over the great Jericho, what should have been a simple victory over the diminutive Ai becomes costly and confidence is shattered. The passage presses one central truth: if YAHWEH does not go before His people, no strength, strategy, or momentum can secure triumph. 

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to make any images of God.

We talk about worship like it lives in songs and sanctuaries, but what if it’s really exposed in your calendar, your budget, and your reaction when God overturns your plans? This sermon walks through the Bible’s big picture of worship and then lets Proverbs confront our control, our anxiety, and our quiet anger when life does not go our way. In Christ, who entrusted every step to His Father, we le...

On a dark Atlantic night in 1873, Horatio Spafford lost all four of his daughters, and from that unimaginable grief he wrote, “It is well with my soul.” This law homily on the first commandment presses past surface obedience and asks what we truly cannot imagine losing, exposing the small gods we quietly trust. When everything else sinks, only the Lord Himself is a portion that cannot be taken awa...

Before the first song is sung, God has already been listening. Scripture teaches that worship begins not with melody, but with speech. Every word we utter is weighed before God as an act of allegiance, obedience, or rebellion. Proverbs exposes the unsettling truth that prayer itself can be rejected, that religious language can become profane, and that careless words can function as false worship....

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to covet.

Not all worship is pleasing to God. Proverbs confronts us with a truth our age desperately avoids: God does not accept worship simply because it is offered. He weighs hearts, judges motives, and rejects worship that flows from unrepentant, self-ruled lives. In this sermon, we see that worship is never self-defined or creatively constructed by man. It is covenantal, prescribed by God, and rooted in...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to bear false witness

Fear shapes every human life. From the moment we are born, fear comes pre-installed in our souls—and because of it, we spend our lives running. We run from pain, loss, exposure, conflict, stillness, and ultimately from God Himself, seeking refuge in comforts that promise relief but only leave scars. In this sermon, we confront a crucial question:  Have we misunderstood fear entirely? Drawing from...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to steal

What is worship, really—and why does everything in life flow from it? In this foundational message from Proverbs 10–31, we see that wisdom does not begin with effort or technique, but with the fear of the Lord. Drawing from key Proverbs texts, this sermon shows that worship is living every moment before the face of an all-seeing God, with awe, reverence, and trust. Far from producing fear or paral...

Each week at The Shepherd’s Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to commit adultery

Today, elder Paul Edgar will lead us in Ephesians 4:7-13 showing us how God gives His Bride gifts, by giving the church officers and gifts to the body, so that the Bride will inherit all things.