Sermons by Jonathan Pennington
16 sermons preached at Bible Baptist Church since November 2025.
Sermons by Jonathan Pennington
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Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Jonathan Pennington preaches through most of John 14, where Jesus comforts His disciples just hours before His arrest, opening and closing with the same charge not to let their hearts be troubled. He walks through the questions of Thomas, Philip, and Judas (not Iscariot), showing that Jesus never explained how the spiritual realities work but instead pointed the men to Himself and answered them with believe, believe, and love. He also addresses the promise of the Comforter and defends the doctrine of the Trinity against the claim that Jesus is the Father, closing with the reminder that we do not have to understand everything in order to trust God's promises.
The Prosperity of the Wicked
Jonathan Pennington takes up a question people have asked in every generation, why those who lie, cheat, and hurt others seem to do well. Working through Jeremiah's complaint in Jeremiah 12, God's answer to Job out of the whirlwind, and Asaph's turnaround in Psalms 73, he shows that it is not a sin to ask God why, but it is a sin to accuse God of unrighteousness, and that envy often lies behind the question. He closes at 2 Peter 3, explaining that the same long-suffering that gives the wicked time to repent is the very mercy that gave each believer time to be saved.
Lying Vanities
Jonathan Pennington preaches from Jonah 2:8, working through three questions: what a lying vanity is, what it means to observe one, and what it means to forsake your own mercy. Using 1 Samuel 12, Psalms 115, and the account of Jonah fleeing to Tarshish, he shows that a lying vanity is an empty thing that promises what only God can give, whether money, reputation, or trust in self, and that holding onto it costs more than it ever offered. He closes by asking what each of us runs to when we are running from God's will, and reminds us that God's mercies are new every morning and that no prayer for another person is wasted.
Why We Use the King James Bible
This message makes the case for using the King James Bible exclusively, instead of modern versions like the New King James, NIV, ESV, NASB, RSV, CSB, and NLT. He walks through specific verses where these modern versions reverse the meaning of the original text, introduce contradictions not present in the KJV, reject salvation by grace through faith, attack the eternal sonship of Christ, and grossly pervert God's law in terrible ways. He closes in Revelation 22, warning that anyone who adds to or takes away from God's words invites serious judgment, and presents corrupted modern Bible versions as part of Satan's ongoing effort to make people doubt God's word.
Who is the Holy Spirit and What Does He Do?
Jonathan Pennington answers a question he asked as a young man and never got a clear answer to: who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do? Beginning with Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5, he shows that the Holy Spirit is God, that He is a person with a body, a will, a voice, and emotions, and that He indwells and seals every believer. He then walks through 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 2 to explain the believer as the temple of God, the earnest of the Spirit as God's down payment guaranteeing our redemption, and how the Spirit teaches, convicts, leads, comforts, and empowers.
Solomon's Heart Turned From God
Jonathan Pennington preaches from 1 Kings 11 on the sad end of Solomon's life, showing that God loved Solomon and Solomon loved God, yet his heart was turned away when he began to love his many wives more than the Lord. He gives three things that commonly pull a believer's heart away from God: people, including spouse, family, and friends; work and career; and money and material possessions, drawing from Isaiah 2, Matthew 6, and 1 Timothy 6. He closes with the remedy, fleeing these things, drawing near to God, and remembering the joy of that first love at salvation as Christ told the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2.
Our God is a Consuming Fire
Jonathan Pennington preaches from the closing verses of Hebrews 12 on what it means that our God is a consuming fire. He connects the shaking of the earth at Sinai in Deuteronomy 4 and 5 with the future shaking of heaven and earth foretold in Isaiah 13 and Haggai 2, then turns to 1 Corinthians 3 and the judgment seat of Christ, where every believer's work is tried by fire to see whether it was gold, silver, and precious stones or wood, hay, and stubble. He urges hearers to stop holding part of themselves back, to be willing to be inconvenienced by God, and to spend their lives on what will last, closing with the poem "Only One Life" by C. T. Studd.
The Parable of the Vineyard
Jonathan Pennington continues his study in Isaiah, taking up the parable of the vineyard in Isaiah 5, where God shows all He did for Israel and how it still brought forth wild grapes. He ties the passage to Ezekiel 15, where a vine is good for nothing but fruit or fire, and to John 15, explaining that the branches cast into the fire picture believers who bear no fruit rather than the loss of salvation, since Jesus was speaking of discipleship. He urges Christians to abide in Christ through Bible reading and prayer, to bear fruit by winning others to the Lord, and to trust God when He prunes away things we thought we needed.
Jesus Lives
Preached on Resurrection Sunday, Jonathan Pennington walks through several passages that testify to the risen Christ, beginning in Revelation 1 where John sees Jesus alive forevermore holding the keys of hell and death. He explains that Christ is the first begotten of the dead, that death has been abolished for the saved, and that the resurrection is documented by hundreds of eyewitnesses. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 15 and the raising of Lazarus in John 11, he shows that the resurrection is not for Christ alone but for all who believe, and closes on the promise that those who trust in Jesus shall never die.
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.
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.
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.
Eternal security is the only logical truth
Jonathan Pennington lays out a logical proof for the eternal security of the believer, showing that this doctrine is both biblical and reasonable. Drawing from Galatians, Titus, John, Romans, and Jude, he explains that if any single sin could cost you your salvation then every sin would, that a good Father never abandons His children, and that everlasting life which could end was never everlasting at all. He warns that to believe salvation can be lost is to believe in a works based salvation and to call God a liar.
Matt 28 Ambassadors
Preaching from the Great Commission in Matthew 28, Jonathan Pennington reminds us that the purpose of a New Testament church is to reach the lost and not become a Jesus-themed social club. He shows from Romans 10, Acts 8, and 2 Corinthians 5 how people cannot be saved without someone sharing the gospel, and he calls believers to take seriously their role as ambassadors for Christ. Pastor Pierucki closes with an exhortation on the urgency of soul winning and the value of printing ministries in getting the Word of God to a lost world.
Birth of Jesus
Jonathan Pennington reflects on the miracle of the incarnation, showing from John 1, Matthew 1, and the prophecies of Isaiah and Micah that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of a virgin. He defends the eternal Sonship of Christ, teaching that Jesus was never created but has always existed with the Father from everlasting. The message also stands on the King James Bible and warns that denying the deity of Christ is the spirit of antichrist.
Eternal judgment
Jonathan Pennington preaches on the fear of the Lord, showing from Matthew 10 that believers should not fear those who can only kill the body but should have a healthy reverence for God who holds power over soul and body. He walks through the judgment of the day of the Lord in Isaiah and Revelation, describing the seals, trumpets, the great white throne judgment, and the lake of fire, then contrasts this with the new heaven and new earth. The message urges the lost to trust Christ for salvation before it is too late and reminds believers to warn others of what awaits those who reject God.