The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on SundayMarch 13, 2022. The passion of Christ was crime and a tragedy but at no point in the entire sordid process was it outside of Gods plan or his direct control. God who is sovereign over the totality of human experience was never absent or silent.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday February 20, 2022. God demands that his people honor him through authentic worship. Halfhearted insincere play acting does not glorify God it demonstrates our contempt for him. Bitterness and discontent are the enemies of authentic worship. Authentic worship comes from a grateful heart and brings glory to God.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday February 20, 2022.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday February 6, 2022. The church is the Gospel made visible. Our lives within the church are a testimony to the people outside of the church. 

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday January 30, 2022. Christ has made  each of us holy through his sacrifice and now he wants us to be unified in Joy and sanctified in the truth.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday January 23, 2022. Christs primary motivation is not personnel gain, comfort, health or even victory over his enemies, it is the glory of God.  

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday January 16, 2022. We have hoped in wealth, or politicians, we have sought to ignore God or to approach him on our own terms. Every one of these things will fail, and when they do we will be left alone and hopeless adrift in a sea of darkness and regret. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday January 9, 2022. Jesus wants the disciples to rest in the peace of his full and final victory over all that they will face as they struggle . In this life we will have tribulation but be at peace because Christ has overcome the world.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday January 2, 2022. Year after year we promise ourselves that this year is going to be different. Every year we end up doing the same things we always did. Because we are trying to change the outside without tackling the inside. If we really want to change we must do it from the inside out. We must die to who we used to be so we can live the lives that God has for us. It is not enough just to become better versions of who we used to be if we want to become better we must become new creations.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday November 7, 2021. Matthew wants his readers to see that the birth of Jesus was marked by the same patterns of a rejection and acceptance that would play out in his life and ministry.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday November 7, 2021. The yolk of Jesus is easy but the mission he has called us to is hard and at times it can feel like we are all alone. The Gospel of John reminds us that we are not. Each of us has the spirt of the living God empowering us, comforting us, and guiding us as we fulfill God's mission to the world.

The Sermon for Oak Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday November 7, 2021. The yolk of Jesus is easy but the mission he has called us to is hard and at times it can feel like we are all alone. The Gospel of John reminds us that we are not. Each of us has the spirt of the living God empowering us, comforting us, and guiding us as we fulfill God's mission to the world.