Who is worth climbing a roof for? In Mark 2, four men decide a paralyzed friend is worth wrecking a stranger's house, because they believe Jesus can do what no one else can. This sermon traces their bold faith and asks a hard question: why do our own hands stay empty? The answer reaches beyond closed garage doors and awkward break rooms into something closer to home: the pride that tells us we are less broken than the people around us. If you have ever felt stuck, unsure how to share your faith, or convinced someone you love is too far gone, this message points you back to the One who walks into graveyards.Themes include grace, forgiveness, sharing the gospel, and treasuring Christ. Preached at Litchfield First Baptist Church.

When everything you stand for feels like it's being torn down, the temptation is to step back, soften your convictions, and quit. King David felt it too. Saul was hunting him, and his own friends were telling him to flee to the mountains.In Psalm 11, David tells us why the righteous don't run: because the Lord still reigns from his throne, because his eyes never leave the silver in the fire, and because one day the upright will behold his face.If you're weary, tempted to give up on a hard child, or wondering whether faithfulness changes anything, this Psalm is for you.

Luke 8:40–56 presents two desperate situations and one powerful Savior. A dying girl and a suffering woman reveal what it means to trust Jesus in urgency, delay, and even death. Discover how faith is tested, refined, and ultimately honored by Christ.

Jesus calms storms and casts out demons in this powerful study of Luke 8:22–39. Discover how Christ’s authority over nature and the spiritual realm calls us to deeper faith, bold witness, and unwavering trust, even in chaos.

When Jesus died, the sky went black, the ground shook, the temple veil was torn in half, and dead people walked out of their graves. Rather than describing a world celebrating its freedom from God, Matthew describes a world being shaken awake by God. This is Good Friday message on Matthew 27:45–54 examines what it looks like when the Son of God dies and why that death is the only path to life.

You cannot climb your way to God. Paul makes that clear in Romans 3:21–31. Every person has sinned, every moral resume is a trainwreck, and every attempt to earn God's favor only digs the hole deeper. The good news? God did not wait for you to get it together. He gave you the righteousness of his Son as a gift. This message unpacks what that means and why it should make you the most humble person in the room.

A prophet in a dungeon. A woman everyone whispered about. A religious leader who thought he was fine.Luke 7 puts three people in front of Jesus, and each one reveals something different about doubt, unbelief, and forgiveness. John the Baptist wrestles with whether Jesus is really the Messiah. The Pharisees find a reason to reject every messenger God sends. And a notorious sinner walks into a room full of people who despise her and falls at Jesus' feet.The question the passage leaves you with is uncomfortable: Are you not as clean as you think, or more forgiven than you feel?

An guided inductive study of Jesus' miracles for the centurion and the widow at Nain.

How does prayer work? Does God magically clean up every problem when we pray? What are we even supposed to pray about? Luke 6:1-16 answers these questions and invites us to trust ourselves to God's providence through prayer.

In this message, we explore Hosea’s shocking story to see what happens when God’s people forsake Him and how His relentless mercy still pursues the unfaithful. This expository message traces the weight of covenant betrayal, the purpose of divine discipline, and the hope of restoration fulfilled through Jesus Christ. If your soul longs for grace, renewal, and a deeper reverence for God’s faithfulness, this message calls you back to the living God who makes sinners His people.