Whitehall Baptist Church

JOHN 6:5-11 | ARE YOU WILLING? ILLUSTRATION : Tressa and Jaxon were going out on a date, just the two of them. Our kids love to go on mommy and daddy dates. I love those opportunities to spend that focused time with our kids… we don’t do it enough. Jaxon is learning to be a little gentleman and was looking…

TEXT: JOHN 6:1-7 | HE ALREADY KNOWS EXPLANATION : We’ve reached one of the most familiar stories in the Gospels. In fact, the event we are about to walk through is the only miracle that is recorded in all four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and here in John Jesus finished the evidentiary claims and defenses…

TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 23:11-12 | A FATHER WHO STANDS ILLUSTRATION : If you could be any superhero, who would it be? I’ve grown up in a time where superhero movies were a major emphasis in our society. You could be Batman, who by day is a rich business owner, but then uses his money to acquire some of the coolest…

JOHN 5:31-47 | THE CASE IS CLOSED ILLUSTRATION : It was probably around 10 years ago now, I had received a summons for jury duty. I had never been on a jury before, so I was actually kind of looking forward to the event. I drove the hour plus drive all the way to Virginia City, and I got there a little…

TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 9:10-15 | THE MISSIONS MOTIVATION ILLUSTRATION : When you play sports, you get to sit through a lot of motivational speeches. Sometimes it was before a big game Other times it was at halftime after we hadn’t played so well. I can remember coaches getting angry and throwing things…

2 CORINTHIANS 9:5-8 | GETTERS, GOERS, AND GIVERS EXPLANATION : Last time we discussed how Paul had written to the churches at Corinth and challenged them because they said they love God, they said they were stirred to help the churches in Judea. But a year had passed and they had not kept their promise…

1 SAMUEL 1:1-2 | A DEDICATED MOTHER INTRODUCTION : Happy Mother’s Day I am thankful for the mother’s in my life. I’m grateful for my wife, who God has given me who is an incredible mother. My kids don’t even know how lucky they are to have the mother they have. To watch her as we raise our kids together…

JOHN 5:25-30 | THE FINAL JUDGMENTS PART 2 ILLUSTRATION : A few years back, for my birthday, Tressa got me a message. But it wasn’t just any message, it was a deep tissue upper back and neck massage. Now I had never had anything like this before, but I wanted to make sure when I walked away that it felt…

JOHN 5:25-30 | THE FINAL JUDGMENTS PART 1 ILLUSTRATION : Did your parents have difference voices they used when you were growing up? Depending on how they said my name I could determine what was coming next. They could say my name in the form of a question which would tell me they were looking for me.…

JOHN 5:24 | YOU CAN TRUST HIM ILLUSTRATION : Have you ever heard someone speak, and you didn’t really know the person, but based on how they talked you just felt like they were trustworthy? For me, it’s a preacher named Alistair Begg. He pastor Parkside Church in Cleveland, OH for over 40 years until…

TEXT: GALATIANS 2:20 | CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST EXPLANATION : The act of crucifixion is an excruciating torture. During the time of Christ, the roman guards perfected this form of torture. The figured out the pays to ensure the greatest amount of pain and suffering on those one being crucified. In Rome,…

JOHN 5:19-23 | JESUS PROVED HE IS GOD ILLUSTRATION : My senior year in high school I needed one more science credit to be able to graduate. There were various classes I could have taken: Advanced Chemistry, Advanced Biology, even Advanced Physics. But there was another class that caught my eye… Forensic…

JOHN 5:15-18 | DON’T SURRENDER ILLUSTRATION : I was a teenager when the men of our church decided to have a paintball event. I remember he called out, “Do you surrender” After shooting him, I said, “I surrender” EXPLANATION : Jesus has just performed the miracle of healing this man of his inability to…

JOHN 5:1- 9 | WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE ILLUSTRATION : Today is officially the start of the NCAA tournament as the selection of the 68 teams that will be part of the tournament are chosen. My Indiana Hoosiers are what they call on the bubble this year. There are a handful of teams that are just holding…

JOHN 4:27-30 , 39-42 | THE POWER OF A CHANGED LIFE ILLUSTRATION : Going to pizza with the teens That night changed my life! EXPLANATION : Over the past several weeks, we have walked through this story of the incredible interaction between Jesus and this Samaritan woman at a well. Last week we saw as…

JOHN 4:5-26 | JESUS AND THE BROKEN WOMAN ILLUSTRATION : I always look forward to the holidays. Tressa and I were talking the other night about different traditions we had growing up and ones we want to emphasize with our family now. For Tressa’s side of the family, there isn’t a bigger holiday than Thanksgiving.…

JOHN 4:5-26 | JESUS IS ALWAYS RIGHT ON TIME ILLUSTRATION : I hate running late. I spent years in church services that started 5 or 10 minutes later than they were supposed to start. Too often our Sunday school hour doesn’t start on time, and it’s usually my fault, and I hate it! Sometimes if something…

JOHN 4:1-4 | THE WORK OF CHRIST ILLUSTRATION : Last Monday night was an exciting night for me! My Indiana Hoosiers played in the National Championship! For the first time in our history, we won the Championship in Football. It is a celebration that will continue for months to come. We’ve probably all…