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Going Through a Trial
Mark Palmer preaches from the account of Noah and the flood in Genesis 6 through 9, using it as a picture of going through a trial that a believer knows is coming. He explains how God warned Noah, gave clear instruction, made a covenant, and stayed with him through the whole ordeal, showing that Christians never face trials alone. Along the way he urges the church to keep sowing the gospel to a wicked and multiplying world, to read the Bible and pray in preparation, and to expect God's blessing on the other side of the trial.
Genesis and More
In this Wednesday overview from a series covering all 66 books, Pastor Pierucki preaches through the second part of Genesis, beginning in chapter 3 with the fall and Satan's attack on the Word of God. He stresses that a believer's greatest need is faith, that salvation is eternally secure and comes by calling on the Lord, and he answers Calvinism and those who deny that salvation involves calling upon God. Drawing lessons from Noah, Abel, Abraham, David, Job, Paul, and Christ, he calls believers to labor in the grace of God, walk in fellowship, and avoid the pride and judgmental spirit of the Pharisees.
For Pastors - Evangelism
Pastor Pierucki delivers a direct challenge to pastors and churches about the need for real evangelism. Drawing from Paul's charge to Timothy to do the work of an evangelist, he shares his own decades of sowing the gospel through tracts and New Testaments both overseas and across Michigan, and grieves that so many churches are lukewarm and playing church instead of getting the good news out. He calls believers to stop quenching the Spirit and to sow the seed of God's Word freely.
Esther
Pastor Pierucki teaches through the book of Esther, showing how God works behind the scenes to protect His people even when He is never named in the text. He emphasizes that the sovereignty of God and the free will of man work hand in hand, using the choices of Vashti, Mordecai, Esther, and Haman to accomplish His purposes. The message calls believers to trust God to direct their paths, to walk in fellowship and self-sacrifice, and to remain within the local church family. Pastor Pierucki closes with a personal testimony of how God orchestrated the timing of events surrounding a church in LaGrange and mission work in Budapest.
Isaiah Chapter 1 & 2
Jonathan Pennington walks through Isaiah chapters 1 and 2, explaining the historical setting of the prophet's ministry to Judah and Jerusalem and God's rebuke of a people who honored Him with their lips while their hearts were far from Him. He warns against going through the motions in our service to God and against the idolatry of worshipping the works of our own hands. The message looks ahead to the millennial reign of Christ as a time of learning, growing, working, and serving, and to the day of the Lord when the pride of man will be brought low and the Lord alone exalted.
Matthew
Pastor Pierucki leads a rapid survey through the entire book of Matthew, stopping on key passages to draw out practical and doctrinal lessons. He teaches that Christ must be our greatest treasure, that salvation is a free gift received through the narrow way rather than earned by works, and that the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl picture what God gave to purchase us. He warns against the attributes of the Pharisees, calling believers to serve with a humble and right spirit rather than pride, and to let the Word of God correct the traditions of men.
God calls the Prophet
Preaching from Habakkuk chapter 1, Dale Moore examines God's answer to the prophet as He raises up the Chaldeans to judge a backslidden Israel that had drifted so far the Lord called them heathen. He warns against abusing Christian liberty, against pride that must be humbled, and against growing stagnant instead of maturing in the faith. Drawing connections to Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar is shown as a type of the Antichrist, and the message closes by urging believers to treasure the Word of God even when it brings rebuke.
Genesis -Part 2
Continuing his study through Genesis, Pastor Pierucki begins in chapter 3 with the serpent tempting Eve, showing how Satan first questions and then denies the Word of God and how that same attack continues today. He makes a strong case for standing on the King James Bible without apology and traces man's response to sin from the Garden forward. The message then challenges believers to follow godly examples from Abel to Paul, to work hard in the grace of God, and to be like Christ rather than the Pharisees, closing on the free gift of salvation seen in Romans 5.
We Are Not Our Own
Micah Reaves preaches from 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, reminding believers that we are not our own but were bought with a price. Using an illustration of buying a car on the marketplace, he shows that we have no value in ourselves because of our sin, yet God places incalculable worth on us because He created us for His glory and purchased us with the blood of His Son. The message closes with a call to reject the world's lies about self and to glorify God in both body and spirit.
Genesis
Pastor Pierucki opens a book by book series through the Bible by surveying the entire book of Genesis. He traces the major events from creation and the fall through Noah, the Tower of Babel, Abraham, and Joseph, showing how the first mention of key truths carries through the whole of Scripture and how salvation by grace through faith is pictured from the very beginning. Along the way he defends literal six day creation, the deity and Trinity, the eternal security of the believer, and points to Christ foreshadowed in Isaac and Joseph.
Transfiguration Part 2
In this second part on the transfiguration, Joseph Guevara continues in Matthew 17, focusing on the Father's command to hear His beloved Son. He explains the difference between the general, perfect, and free will of God, teaches that God has forgiven every believer's sins through the blood of Christ, and warns of eternal loss of reward at the judgment seat of Christ for sin left unconfessed. The message closes with a strong call to obey Christ, take the gospel to every creature, and be careful how we hear the Word of God.
Jesus is God
Mark Palmer answers the claim of cults and false teachers that Jesus is not God by walking through a series of passages from Isaiah, the Gospels, and the Epistles that testify to the deity of Christ. He shows that Jesus is Emmanuel, the mighty God, equal with the Father, and the true God who cleanses sin through His blood. The message encourages believers to witness with love, to trust the Scriptures as their final authority, and to let God purify them from the filth of the world.
Our Responsibilities as Stewards for God
Preaching from 1 Corinthians 4:1-2, Jonathan Pennington continues his study on stewardship, teaching that everything we have belongs to God and that He requires us to be faithful stewards. Working through the parable of the talents and the parable of the rich fool, he shows that we are accountable to God for our natural talents, our physical resources, and our time. He closes by emphasizing that our most important stewardship is the gospel, urging the church to carry on the unbroken work of sharing salvation with others.
Shining through the Rain
Preaching from David's last words in 2 Samuel 23, Dale Moore uses the picture of clear shining after rain to teach that trouble and trials are used by God to draw us closer to Him and make us more like His Son. He traces the pattern of rain and trial through Scripture, from Adam's cursed ground to the storms faced by Job, the three Hebrew children, Elijah, and Joseph, showing that God brings blessing and a clearer view of Himself through hardship. He calls believers to cleanse themselves with the Word, confess sin specifically and sincerely, and carry a burden in prayer for others who are going through their own storms.
The Judgments of God
Mark Palmer teaches on the two judgments of God found in Scripture, distinguishing the judgment seat of Christ for believers from the great white throne judgment for the lost. He explains that the believer's judgment concerns rewards and crowns for works done for Christ, not condemnation, since salvation is settled forever by the blood of Jesus. He then presents the white throne judgment where the lost are judged by their works, and closes with a clear gospel appeal that salvation is a free gift received by faith, not earned by good works.
Romans Chapter 7
Micah Reaves teaches through Romans chapter 7 verse by verse, explaining how the believer is dead to the law through the body of Christ and now belongs to Him to bring forth fruit unto God. He walks through the ongoing struggle between the flesh and the spirit, using personal testimony to warn how small compromises lead to bigger ones, and stresses that we must keep fighting sin because we lose when we stop fighting. The message closes by pointing to Jesus Christ as the only deliverance from the body of this death.
Gods Heart
Preaching from Jeremiah 17:9, Mark Palmer warns against following your own deceitful heart and urges believers to seek after God's heart instead. Drawing from many passages, he shows the consequences of trusting your own feelings, exposes false prophets who speak from their own imagination, and repeatedly calls hearers to read their Bible and pray a lot. The message closes with a plain gospel appeal to know the heart of God through salvation in Jesus Christ.
Faithful Stewards
Jonathan Pennington opens a study on stewardship from 1 Corinthians 4, explaining that a steward manages what belongs to someone else and that everything we have, including our bodies, talents, possessions, and children, belongs to God. He shows from Scripture that God is both the creator and sustainer of all things and cares deeply for each of us, and he calls believers to use all God has given them for God's glory rather than their own advantage. The message closes with David's prayer in 1 Chronicles 29 and a challenge to consider how we can be faithful stewards of our lives.
Habakkuk cont.
Continuing his study through Habakkuk, Dale Moore covers the prophet's complaint and the Lord's answer that He would raise up the Chaldeans to punish an unfaithful Judah. He shows how the same Scripture can be applied in different ways in preaching without correcting the Bible, using examples from Isaiah, Acts, Romans, and Nahum, and he stresses that judgment came because the people trusted their own works instead of God. The message closes with gratitude for salvation and the promise that believers will be taken up before the tribulation.
New Testament overview
In the second part of a two-part survey, Pastor Pierucki gives an overview of the entire New Testament, walking book by book from the Gospels through Revelation. He shows how each book presents a picture of Jesus Christ, points out numerous promises of eternal life in the Gospel of John, and defends the deity of Christ and the security of the believer against changes made in modern translations. The message encourages every Christian to have a working knowledge of the Word of God and to earnestly contend for the faith.
Sower and the seed
Evangelist John Brewer preaches from the parable of the sower in Matthew 13, showing how the same message can produce different results depending on the condition of the hearer's heart. He describes four spiritual mindsets: the closed mind that refuses to obey, the cloudy mind with no depth or roots, the cluttered mind choked by worldly cares, and the committed mind that receives the Word and bears fruit. The message challenges believers to be doers of the Word who grow in grace rather than remaining spiritually stagnant.
Habakkuk part 2
Continuing his study in the book of Habakkuk, Dale Moore works through the opening verses where the prophet cries out to God over the violence and injustice around him. He teaches that believers ought to carry a burden for their families, the lost, and the backslidden, and warns against calling on God only in times of crisis instead of maintaining a daily walk with Him. The message closes with a personal testimony about forgiveness and the truth that even the worst sinners, like Saul of Tarsus, can still be saved.
OT survey intro
Pastor Pierucki opens a new series with an introduction to an Old Testament survey, beginning in 2 Peter 1 to establish that all Scripture is inspired and given by holy men moved by the Holy Ghost. He walks quickly through the layout of the Old Testament, from the five books of Moses to the historical books, poetry, and the major and minor prophets, showing how the New Testament confirms the Old and how the whole Bible points to Christ. Along the way he stresses that God gave His people an instruction book to obey, warns against Calvinism and modern translations that remove eternal judgment, and calls believers to rebuild their walls and get right with God.
The New Covenant
Pastor Pierucki traces the covenants of God from Noah and Abraham through Moses and into the new covenant established by Jesus Christ, showing that a covenant is God's promise to us and not something we make with Him. Preaching mainly from Hebrews 8 through 10, he explains that the law was perfect but the people could not keep it, that Christ our high priest offered His own blood once for all, and that salvation cannot be earned or lost. The message encourages believers not to fear failure but to surrender their lives to God who is faithful to keep His promises.