Series: "SPARE ME" Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Blood brothers" on Sunday, July 21, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: Although Abel was murdered, he still has something to say to us (Heb. 11:4). How so? Someday there would be a brother who would offer his own innocent life to the Lord and be personally rejected (like Cain) even as his sacrifice was accepted (like Abel) — and the rest of us are saved by our faith in that sacrifice. Jesus is the innocent brother who bled to save us and turn all of our faithless, self-serving religion into acceptable worship.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Living in a material world" on Sunday, July 14, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: The man on the cross is the one who is not thinking of his own physical life, but is willing to die for us to get what we need.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Bad publicity" on Sunday, July 7, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: When you are tempted to hide your faith because it would cost you to be seen as a disciple of Jesus, that’s when it’s time to let it shine. When you are tempted to put your faith on display because it would benefit you to be seen and admired, that’s when it’s time to keep it between yourself and God. Jesus was hanged on a tree in public so that we can find both fame and privacy in the Father.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Bold as a lion" on Sunday, June 30, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: “Fear not” means “believe the gospel,” which tells us that our Lion has taken away the source of all our fears and troubles.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Too good for Jesus" on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: The only sinners who are beyond Christ’s call are the self-righteous, those who are trying so hard to be good people that they’re offended by grace.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Dirt poor and filthy rich" on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: The Christian identity combines humiliation and dignity, which makes the gospel more difficult to accept for the "rich" in this world.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "New life in old skin" on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: Jesus is the new wine who burst the old wineskin of death so that his life now flows freely to everyone who comes to the wedding feast.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "The Righteousness Question" on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: Righteousness has nothing to do with the sin we avoid or the good works we practice, but with the perfect record we receive from Jesus.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "A hearty love for the world" on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: The right way to “love the world” is with the same self-giving, redemptive love that was poured out in Jesus.

Pastor Tom Pfingsten preached "Can you hear me now?" on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Fallbrook, California. The Big Idea: In Jesus, God hears and answers the deepest longings of our hearts.