Millington Baptist Church Sermons

As part of Millington Baptist Church’s 2026 Missions Conference, Dr. David Love, Vice President for Global Initiatives at WorldVenture, turns to Jesus’ promise in Matthew 16:13–18: “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” In a world filled with conflict, uncertainty, and spiritual darkness, it can be easy to lose sight of the larger story God is writing. Yet ar...

As part of Millington Baptist Church’s 2026 Missions Conference, Dr. Jeff Denlinger, President of WorldVenture, turns to Jeremiah 32 and one of the strangest acts of faith in the Old Testament. With Jerusalem under siege and its destruction seemingly inevitable, God tells Jeremiah to buy a field—a tangible investment in a future restoration that Jeremiah himself may never live to see. Through Jere...

In Ezekiel 3–5, Pastor Dave Hentschel explores the unusual calling of Ezekiel to receive, proclaim, and ultimately embody the Word of God. Through the image of the watchman and a series of dramatic prophetic signs, God confronts Israel with the seriousness of their rebellion. They had been called to bear His name before the nations, but their lives were communicating something very different about...

In Ezekiel 8–11, Pastor Bob Erbig takes us inside one of the most disturbing visions in the book of Ezekiel—a tour through the temple that exposes just how far the hearts of God’s people have wandered from Him. Behind closed doors, rival gods have taken the place that belongs to the Lord alone, leading to the heartbreaking departure of His glory. Yet even in this terrifying picture of idolatry and...

In the opening vision of Ezekiel, Pastor Dave Hentschel begins our new series, Ezekiel: Glory Departs… Glory Returns, by confronting us with a foundational question: what truly carries the most weight in our lives? Through Ezekiel’s situation in exile, his overwhelming vision of God’s throne and glory, and his unexpected calling as a prophet, we are reminded that God is not a supporting character...

On Rescue Sunday at Millington Baptist Church, we welcome a special message from Destiny Rescue exploring a simple but powerful truth: our stories are rescue stories. Through Exodus 3–4 and the story of Moses, we see a God who sees suffering, hears the cries of the oppressed, and then calls His people to participate in His work of rescue. Just as Moses was rescued before God used him to bring free...

In this message from our Summer in the Scriptures series, Youth and Young Adult Director Johnny Graves walks through Hebrews 12:1-2 and the call to run the Christian life with endurance. Looking back at the great cloud of witnesses in Hebrews 11, Johnny challenges us to take inventory of our lives, cast aside both the unnecessary weights that slow us down and the sin that clings so closely, and fa...

In this message from our Summer in the Scriptures series, Noah Graves turns to Jesus’ warning in Matthew 23:25–26 about a cup that looks clean on the outside while remaining dirty within. From the Pharisees’ spiritual blindness to David’s devastating sin and repentance, we’re challenged to look beyond appearances and invite God to search what is actually happening in our hearts. But the answer isn...

Guest speaker Dr. Todd J. Williams, President of Cairn University, opens Mark 5:21–43 and the intertwined stories of Jairus and the woman who had suffered for twelve years. Though they came from radically different circumstances, both were driven to Jesus by desperation and faith—believing that He alone could meet their deepest need. Through the chaos of the crowd, a devastating interruption, and...

God's mercy is easy to celebrate when it's extended to us—but what happens when He shows that same mercy to the people we believe least deserve it? In Jonah 4:1–4, Pastor Bob Erbig explores the surprising conclusion to Jonah's mission in Nineveh, where revival sparks resentment instead of rejoicing. As Jonah wrestles with God's grace toward his enemies, we're confronted wi...

In Jonah 3:1–10, Pastor Dave Hentschel shows how the God of second chances sends His Word again, brings an entire city to repentance, and responds with extraordinary mercy. After Jonah’s failure, God calls him back to the mission, and through one reluctant prophet’s simple message, the people of Nineveh—from the king to the least—believe God, humble themselves, and turn from their violence. This p...

In Jonah 1:17–2:10, guest speaker and MBC pastoral summer intern Oliver Aridi shows how God meets Jonah in the depths with mercy, discipline, and salvation. From inside the fish, Jonah learns to pray in panic, repent on the road back to God, and declare with grateful praise that “salvation comes from the Lord.” This message reminds us that God’s provision may not always look like what we want, but...

In Jonah 1:3–16, Pastor Dave Hentschel shows what happens when God’s people run from his voice and resist his mission. Jonah’s rebellion takes him down into danger, but God lovingly disrupts, exposes, and calls him to surrender—not to destroy him, but to bring him back. This message reminds us that God’s discipline is mercy, that sin is costly, and that Jesus is the greater Jonah who entered the s...

Guest speaker and MBC World Partner Eric Yee opens Matthew’s Gospel by showing how the genealogy of Jesus is not a passage to skip, but a powerful “season one recap” of God’s redemptive story. From Abraham to David, from exile to Christ, Matthew shows that God always keeps his word, sovereignly came through sinners for sinners, and began a new creation in Jesus. This message connects the family li...

In the opening message of Jonah: Running From Mercy, Pastor Bob Erbig begins with Jonah 1:1-4 and challenges us to see Jonah not as a story about a big fish, but about a big God with a heart for the nations. As God sends Jonah to Nineveh, we see the word that sends, the prophet who runs, and the God who pursues with relentless mercy. This message calls us to examine our own Ninevehs, the people or...

Can someone be too far gone for God’s grace? In this message from Acts 8:26-40, guest speaker Jack Kraus examines the encounter between Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch—a man who appeared permanently excluded, spiritually disqualified, and unable to participate fully in the covenant community. As Philip opens the Scriptures and proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ, we see God’s heart for outside...

In the final message of Passing the Faith to the Next Generation, Pastor Dave Hentschel closes 2 Timothy by looking at Paul’s final words and the call to finish well. From a Roman prison cell, Paul reflects on his life as an offering, his race as completed, his faith as kept, and his hope as fixed on the crown of righteousness. This message challenges us to live for eternal reward, continue minist...

In this message from Passing the Faith to the Next Generation, Pastor Bob Erbig walks through 2 Timothy 4:1–5 and warns against the temptation to trade sound teaching for myths that simply scratch our itching ears. In a culture shaped by endless swiping, personalized algorithms, conspiracy theories, and feel-good gospels, Paul charges Timothy, and the church today, to preach the Word, endure the w...

In this message from Passing the Faith to the Next Generation , Noah Graves walks through 2 Timothy 3:16–17 and reminds us that Scripture is not merely religious advice, but the very Word of God breathed out for our teaching, correction, and formation in righteousness. Through personal testimony, the story of Genesis, and the fulfillment of Scripture in Jesus Christ, this sermon calls us to reject...

In this message from our Passing the Faith to the Next Generation series, Pastor Bob Erbig walks through 2 Timothy 3:1–15 and confronts a pressing question in a culture shaped by AI, shifting truth, and spiritual confusion: is your faith real or counterfeit? Exploring what real faith loves, what it seeks, and what it costs, this sermon challenges us to examine the difference between an appearance...

In this message from 2 Timothy 2:22, Pastor Dave Hentschel continues the Passing the Faith to the Next Generation series by confronting the urgent and often hidden issue of sexual integrity within the church, showing how private compromise can lead to public devastation and why purity is essential for a lasting gospel legacy. Walking through the reality of temptation, the cycle of lust, and the sp...

In this message from 2 Timothy 2:20–26, Pastor Bob Erbig continues the Passing the Faith series by challenging the church to move from passive spectators to engaged “spiritual athletes,” asking who God actually uses to build His kingdom and what it looks like to be ready for that work. Through the framework of “take a bath, run the race, and teach the truth,” the sermon calls believers to ongoing...

Pastor Dave Hentschel continues our series Passing the Faith to the Next Generation with a timely message from 2 Timothy 2:14-19 on how a church stays healthy, unified, and anchored in truth. In “How Do We Pass on a Healthy, Unified Church?” he explores what not to fight about, what we must fight for, and how to tell the difference. This sermon challenges believers to avoid pointless quarrels over...