Wilkesboro Baptist Church Podcasts

What are you Seeking? Colossians 3:1-4 Chris Hefner

Title: The Voice and Plans of God Text: 1 Kings 19:9-18 Chris Hefner Three Ways to See How God Sovereignly Governs His World We need to see that God is sovereign when he sends his servants. God sends us for our own good God sends us for his glory We need to see that God is sovereign when he shows his power. God shows his power over creation God shows his power over dead deities associated with nat...

Title: The Prophet’s Despair Text: 1 Kings 19:1-8 Chris Hefner Three Questions about the Prophet’s Despair What is despair? Despair is the loss or absence of hope. How does despair arrive in our lives? Despair can occur when what we hope for fails to happen. Despair can occur when we focus on our circumstances (fears) and not on God (faith). Despair can occur when we are exhausted or stretched too...

Title: Power, Privilege, and Persistent Prayer Text: 1 Kings 18:41-46 Chris Hefner The central key to effectual prayer is humble desperation Five Principles for Effectual Prayer Our prayers should be based on God’s promises Our prayers should embrace a posture of humility Our prayers should be defined by persistence Our prayers should lead to power for mission Our prayers should provide a proper p...

Title: The One True God Text: 1 Kings 18:20-40 Chris Hefner Three Observations about the Confrontation between the God who Lives and the gods who Don’t Observe the futility of idolatry and man-made religious practices. See the futility of idolatrous religious rituals. See the futility of idolatrous religious efforts. See the futility of idolatrous religious results. Observe the faith of God’s prop...

Title: The Servant, the Prophet, and the King Text: 1 Kings 18:1-19 Chris Hefner Three Illustrations of God’s Agenda through People The Prophet. Elijah illustrates us the astounding significance of God’s message of grace. We will indicate by our obedience whether we believe God’s message of grace We will indicate by our words whether we believe God’s message of grace The Servant. Obadiah illustrat...

Title: Confidence to Faith Text: Philippians 3:1-21 Vince Adams Our trust in our legal righteousness does not bring joy Our worth is in knowing Christ Our journey’s destination is completeness in Christ Our reward is citizenship and glorious transformation Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: Suffering, Sovereignty, and the Gospel through Sensory Encounters Text: 1 Kings 17:17-24 Chris Hefner Three Sensory Encounters Between Sinners and God We need to see the conflict of the gospel between the gods who are not and the God who lives We need to hear the message of the gospel to understand the reality of our sin We need to experience the power of the gospel to give us life from dea...

Title: The Providence of Unexpected Provision Text: 1 Kings 17:7-16 Chris Hefner Elijah models for us the faith to go To go into danger To go into dependence The widow models for us the faith to give To give what we can afford To give what we can’t afford Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: Where’s Our Hope? Text: 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 Steve Robinson To better understand this passage, let’s focus on two questions. 1. What Is a Temptation? 2. Where Is Hope? Our Hope Is in The Common Place of Trials. Our Hope Is in The Character of God Our Hope Is in The Promises of God Our Hope Is in The Provision of God Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: Divine Guidance and Absolute Trust Text: 1 Kings 17:2-7 Chris Hefner Two Encouraging Observations: The Lord knows where you are The Lord has good plans for you Three Essential Principle: To receive many of God’s specific provisions, we must obey his commands To be assured of God’s protection, we must trust his directions To experience God’s preparation, we must submit to the humility his sc...

Title: The Prophet’s Sudden Arrival Text: 1 Kings 17:1 Chris Hefner Three Possibilities for Experiencing God’s Faithfulness and Power We can be released from the control of dead deities when we receive the God who lives We can stand before the LORD in service after we have knelt before the LORD in surrender We can speak God’s Word boldly after we have prayed God’s Word believingly Reach out to us...

Title: Weight Of Glory Text: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Gary Buffaloe Preach the gospel through suffering Display God's power through suffering Remain hopeful through suffering Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: A Message of Remembrance to Fathers Text: Psalm 78 Chris Hefner Four Pictures of a Godly Father Be a storyteller Be a teacher Be a warrior Be a shepherd Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: The King’s Commission Text: Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:1-10 Chris Hefner Three Demands of the Gospel of the Kingdom on our Lives The gospel of the kingdom must reorient our allegiances The gospel of the kingdom must recalibrate our concerns The gospel of the kingdom must reset our priorities, purposes, and practices Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: The King’s Judgement Text: Matthew 25:31-46 Chris Hefner Two Responses to Jesus as King Look to the King on his throne Listen to the King as he judges To the righteous: inherit the kingdom To the unrighteous: depart into judgment Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Practical Sanctification in Christ Chris Hefner Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: The Gospel of the Kingdom and the End of the Age Text: Matthew 24 Chris Hefner Three Ways We can be Ready for the End of the Age We are to cultivate our love for God and for others We are to persevere in the faith We are to preach the gospel of the kingdom Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Devoted Solution: Col 2:16-23 Chris Hefner Reach out to us via email at: info@wilkesborobaptist.org

Title: A Warning to the Kingdom’s Gatekeepers Text: Matthew 23 Chris Hefner Warnings that We Not Miss Jesus: When we care more about people seeing our religious piety than about serving them, we are in danger of missing Jesus When we care more about making people like us than leading them to be like Jesus, we are in danger of missing Jesus When we care more about religious minutia than the Holy On...

Title: The Greatest in the Kingdom Text: Matthew 18:1-4; 19:13-15 Chris Hefner Three Principles for Thinking about the Kingdom and our Families The Kingdom belongs to those who enter by faith The Kingdom grows when parents bring their children to Jesus The Kingdom is missed when the gospel is misunderstood Four Applications Participate in the local church community Practice family worship Pray to...

Title: The Glorified King Text: Matthew 17:1-9 Chris Hefner Responses to the Glorified King Follow Jesus. When we follow Jesus in the intimacy of prayer and worship, we will experience the privileges of Jesus’ presence See Jesus. When we see Jesus in his passion and his glory, we will never be the same again Hear Jesus. When we hear Jesus in his comforts and commands, we will experience grace and...

Proclamation of Jesus for Spiritual Maturity Chris Hefner

Title: The Keys of the Kingdom and the Powers of the World Text: Matthew 16:13-24 Chris Hefner Four Intersections between the Kingdom and Discipleship Confession—Jesus is Messiah. We must confess Jesus as Messiah and King Conflict—Pan vs. Jesus. We must be aware of the truly significant (spiritual) conflicts between the kingdoms in our world Community—church. We must be a part of the community tha...

The Person and Preeminence of Jesus Christ Chris Hefner