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A growing collection of sermons and lessons preached around the world. Youth conferences, gospel meetings, mission training, and lectureships. Listen, share, and pass them along to anyone who would profit.
A growing collection of sermons and lessons preached around the world. Youth conferences, gospel meetings, mission training, and lectureships. Listen, share, and pass them along to anyone who would profit.
Each link goes to the hosting church or venue where the sermon was recorded. Use them for personal study, share them with family, or pass them along to a friend who would benefit.
Lessons preached at the annual Blaze Youth Conference. Material aimed at high-school-age believers wrestling with their walk, but useful for anyone serious about the Word.
Listen on Hot Springs CoC →A direct look at the work of raising children who will love and serve the Lord in a culture that pulls hard the other way. Part of PTP's "My Favorite Sermon" series, where preachers share the lesson they find themselves returning to again and again.
Watch on PTP →A sermon on the parable our Lord aimed at those who trusted in their own righteousness. A close look at what self-righteousness sounds like in our own mouths, and the kind of humility before God Scripture actually calls for.
Watch on YouTube →A textual exposition of Job 36 and 37, presented at the 17th Annual Schertz Lectures, themed "Studies in Job." A look at Elihu's final defense of God's justice and his meditation on the works of the Almighty in storm, lightning, and the wonder of creation.
Listen at Tullstar Archive →A textual exposition of Genesis 20 and 21, presented at the 16th Annual Schertz Lectures, themed "Studies in Genesis." A close look at Abraham's failure with Abimelech, the birth of Isaac, and the painful divisions in Abraham's house.
Listen at Tullstar Archive →A textual exposition of the latter portions of Psalm 119 at the 15th Annual Schertz Lectures, themed "Studies in the Psalms, Volume 2." A close look at the second half of the longest Psalm and its sustained meditation on the worth and the work of the word of God.
Listen at Tullstar Archive →A textual exposition of Psalms 83 through 85 at the 15th Annual Schertz Lectures, themed "Studies in the Psalms, Volume 2." A look at the cry against the enemies of God, the longing for His dwelling place, and the prayer for true restoration.
Listen at Tullstar Archive →A sermon on making biblical decisions, presented at the 2019 Show-Me State Bible Lectures. A close look at how Scripture frames the choices the believer must make, well beyond "is it allowed" into the harder questions of wisdom and the glory of God.
Listen on Amazon Music →A Bible class introducing the "I Can" series. A close look at what Paul actually means in Philippians 4:13, and what the believer is and is not promised when he says "I can do all things through Christ."
Listen at Bona CoC →A morning service sermon from the "I Can" gospel meeting series. A look at the believer's ability to actually please the Lord. Not perfection, not earning favor, but the kind of pleasing God Scripture describes for those walking in Christ.
Listen at Bona CoC →An evening service sermon from the "I Can" gospel meeting series, aimed at young people. The call and the equipment to live faithfully when the world around you is pulling the other way. A direct word for high school and college-age believers.
Listen at Bona CoC →A sermon on the Lord's pattern of meeting hunger, both in the body and in the soul. Preached at Forest Hill Church of Christ, the home congregation.
Watch on YouTube →A sermon built on an old carpenter's square that looked true but had drifted out of square. A picture of what happens when we measure our lives by anything other than the Word, and why we must always return to the biblical standard rather than the imitations that look close.
Watch on YouTube →A sermon on the well-worn road that leads a man away from the Father's house, and the harder road that brings him home. Drawn from one of Scripture's most familiar narratives.
Watch on YouTube →A sermon on one of the most common questions Christians ask about heaven. A look at what Scripture actually says, not what we hope or fear, about whether we will recognize the believers we love.
Watch on YouTube →A sermon on what Scripture teaches about authority ordained of God, and what that means for the Christian's walk in the world. Preached the Sunday before Independence Day.
Watch on YouTube →An exhortation to run to Christ in every trouble. A look at the refuge Scripture offers to anyone who will turn to Him, and the cost of running anywhere else.
Watch on YouTube →A six-part gospel meeting preached over four nights. The series works through what it means to settle the question of following the Lord before circumstances test the commitment.
A sermon examining the doctrine often called "once saved, always saved." What Scripture actually teaches about the possibility of falling away, and the call to faithful perseverance to the end.
Watch on YouTube →A sermon on what the New Testament identifies as the central work of the Lord's church: making disciples and spreading the gospel. A call given to every believer, not only to those who stand behind a pulpit.
Watch on YouTube →An illustrated sermon built on a question about heights and the kind of trust we place in what we cannot see. A picture of what biblical faith looks like when the ground feels unsteady.
Watch on YouTube →A Wednesday Bible study on the biblical practice of assembling together for worship. What Scripture teaches about the gathered church and why it cannot be substituted with anything else.
Watch on YouTube →A sermon on what Scripture means by the fear of the Lord. Not terror, not nervousness, but the reverent awe that Scripture calls the beginning of wisdom.
Watch on YouTube →A Bible study on what Scripture teaches about the New Covenant. The promise made through the prophets, fulfilled in Christ, and what it means for the believer today.
Watch on YouTube →A sermon on the meaning and the cost of becoming a true disciple of Christ. What Scripture actually requires, and what it does not.
Listen on Podbean →A sermon on what biblical respect looks like in the home: between husband and wife, between parents and children, between siblings. The pattern Scripture sets for the family, and what changes when a household begins to live by it.
Listen at Vidor CoC →A sermon on what it means to come to worship prepared. Not the physical preparation alone, but the work the heart must do before standing before the Lord with the assembled congregation.
Listen at Vidor CoC →A foundational sermon on what doctrine actually is and how the believer is to establish it from Scripture. The kind of teaching every Christian needs to settle before the harder questions come.
Listen at Vidor CoC →More sermons are being added to this archive. Check back, or sign up for the email list to be notified when new lessons are posted.
Conversations with hosts about the work, the books, biblical manhood, parenting, and the mission field.
A conversation with Matt and Chase on the Father Time podcast. We talk through teaching respect to children, setting biblical dating boundaries, and the day-to-day work of raising kids who walk with the Lord. Part of the Scattered Abroad Network.
Listen on Spotify →A Bible study conversation with host Josh Walker, working through Proverbs 10:1-5 and what Scripture teaches about righteousness delivering from death. Part of the season on righteousness from GBN's "If You Mark In Your Bible" series.
Watch on YouTube →Many of the congregations where I preach archive their services online. The Manna Project's training events, mission updates, and seminars are also recorded when possible.
Where Kelly and I worship. Sermons from the regular preaching schedule when archived.
Mission updates, training material, and field reports from the work overseas.
Lessons preached at the annual PTP gathering in Sevierville, Tennessee, and at PTP Branson.
If hearing these lessons makes you think of brethren who would benefit from a meeting, a seminar, or a series, I would be glad to talk with you about coming.