Machias Valley Baptist Church

February 22, 2026. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Title: "Treasuring the Safeguarding Nature of Wisdom" Text: Proverbs 2:1-22 Sermon Points: 1) Treasure the wisdom of God. 2) Trust the Giver of wisdom. 3) Take the path of the righteous to guard against evil. 4) Trek on the path with the end in mind. 

February 15, 2026.  Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Title: "Dwelling Securely with the God of All Wisdom" Text: Proverbs 1:20-33 Sermon Points: 1) Wisdom calls out for all who would listen. 2) There is destruction for the complacent fool, but security for the wise listener. 3) True spiritual wisdom awaits those who repent. 

February 8, 2026. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Title: "The Enticement of Unjust Gain" Text: Proverbs 1:8-19 Sermon Points: Prologue) Godly parenting is a gift from God. 1) Greed for unjust gain leads to all kinds of evil. 2) Greed for unjust gain leads to death. 3) Flee from temptation! 

February 1, 2026. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Title: "Godly Wisdom and How to Get It" Text: Proverbs 1:1-7 Sermon Points: 1) Godly wisdom includes insight, instruction, seeking what is right and just, prudence, discretion, and guidance. 2) The fear of the Lord is the way to gain this wisdom. 3) We have two choices: the path of the wise or the path of the fool. 

January 25, 2026. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Psalm 77:10-15 Sermon Points:  - Remember the eternal nature of God - Remember the power of God - Remember the saving work of God - Celebrate the work of God

January 18, 2026. Keith McMahon. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: John 15

January 11, 2026. Mark Gedicks. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Colossians 3:1-17 Sermon Points: - Seek and set your minds on things above - Put to death the old self - Put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, and love - Let the peace of Christ rule - Let the Word of Christ dwell  

January 4, 2026. Brandon Jones. www.machiasvalley.org Text: Ephesians 4:1-16

December 28, 2025. Rob Wood. www.machiasvalley.org. Title: The Truth of Christ Sermon Points: - The Truth of Christ as the Center of the Bible - The Truth of Christ as Creator - The Truth of Christ as Man - The Truth of Christ as Savior

December 21, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Text: Luke 2:29-32   Sermon Points: 1) Cling to God's promises by faith in the waiting. 2) Salvation is found solely in the person of Jesus. 3) Christmas is a global invitation to a dark world. 

December 14, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Luke 1:68-79   Sermon Points: 1) Christmas is God's initiative to be with His people. 2) Jesus came with specific purposes:     a) That His people would be saved from their enemies.     b) To show His mercy.     c) To keep His covenant.     d) That His people would fearlessly serve in holiness and righteousness.  3) Christmas is an invitation to be on mission. 

December 7, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Luke 1:46-55   Sermon Points: 1) Christmas is a time to rejoice in Christ as Savior. 2) Christmas is a time to humbly recognize God's goodness to us personally. 3) Christmas is a time to praise God for His covenantal faithfulness to His people eternally.

November 30, 2025. Ethan Davis. www.machiasvalley.org Text: Galatians 5

November 23, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-2, 8   Sermon Points: 1) We make disciples through grace-filled strength. 2) We make disciples who will make other disciples. 3) Disciples set their minds and hearts on the resurrected King.  

November 16, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Titus 2:1-14   Sermon Points: 1) Discipleship entails right teaching. 2) Discipleship models right living. 3) Discipleship is fueled by the right gospel. 

November 9, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Text: John 15:1-17   Sermon Points: 1) Discipleship is living life with Jesus.     a) Know Jesus's words.     b) Pray Jesus's will.     c) Obey Jesus's commands.     d) Love Jesus's people. 2) Disciples will produce spiritual fruit. 3) Disciples will help others come to know and abide in Jesus. 

November 2, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Text: Philippians 4:14-23   Sermon Points: 1) Generous giving means sharing in the troubles of others.  2) Generous giving is an act of worship to God. 3) God has generously given us grace and riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

October 26, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Philippians 4:10-13   Sermon Points: 1) True contentment is learned.     a) We learn from God's Word.     b) We learn from experience. 2) True contentment is found in both plenty and want. 3) True contentment is not self-sufficient, but Christ-sufficient. 

October 19, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Text: Philippians 4:2-9 Sermon Points: 1) Seek unity. 2) Rejoice always. 3) Be gentle and fair toward everyone. 4) Fight anxiety with prayer. 5) Dwell on and practice the things of God. 

October 12, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org    Text: Philippians 3:17-4:1   Sermon Points: 1) Follow the examples of Jesus on earth. 2) Set your mind on Jesus in heaven. 3) Stand firm in Jesus.

October 5, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Jude 24-25   Sermon Points: 1) The Sustaining Power of Jesus. 2) The Supreme Exaltation of Jesus.

September 28, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Philippians 3:12-16   Sermon Points: 1) Persevere by recognizing you belong to Jesus.  2) Persevere by having a holy dissatisfaction in your own Christian journey. 3) Persevere with the end in mind. 

September 21, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Philippians 3:1-11   Sermon Points: 1) Guard against works-based religiosity.  2) Jesus plus nothing equals everything. 3) We should passionately pursue a relationship with Jesus. 

September 14, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Philippians 2:14-30   Sermon Points: 1) We are to live as lights in a dark world. 2) We are to hold firm and hold forth the word of life.  3) We are to live in sacrificial service of others. 

September 7, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Philippians 2:12-13   Sermon Points: 1) Obedience to God takes effort.  2) God supplies the desire and power for obedience. 3) Obedience requires a reverential awe of a holy God.

August 31, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Philippians 2:1-11   Sermon Points: 1) Enjoyment of the comforts of the gospel should lead us to pass them on to others. 2) We should humbly think of others first because Jesus humbled Himself for us. 3) Jesus's humble incarnation leads to His glorious exaltation! 

August 24, 2025. Greg Beale. www.machiasvalley.org Title: Walking on the Basis of Christ Text: Colossians 2:6-15

August 17, 2025. Kip Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Luke 9:23, 57-62; Luke 14:26,43; Exodus 3-4 Points: Cost of Discipleship to help us "Settle It" and keep Christ established as Head and Heart of our lives -- Luke 9:57-62 Some demands of Discipleship: A. Love God Supremely - Settle It! --Mark 12:50 & Luke 14:26 B. Follow Christ Passionately - Settle It! --Luke 9:23 C. Forsake All Intentionally - Settle It! --Luke 14:33 & Exodus 3-4

August 10, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Philippians 1:27-30   Sermon Points: 1) The gospel shapes the way we live. 2) Unity in the gospel is a visible fruit of faith. 3) It is a privilege to know and suffer for Christ.

August 3, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Philippians 1:12-26   Sermon Points: 1) Rejoice in the spread of the gospel, however it comes about. 2) Because Christ is worth dying for. 3) And Christ is worth living for. 

June 27, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Philippians 1:1-11   Sermon Points: 1) We need a right perspective of fellow believers: as saints in Christ Jesus. 2) The partnership of the gospel must be central. 3) We need confidence that God will sustain us and our fellow believers. 4) We must love each other with the love that Jesus has. 5) We should joyfully pray with the priorities of the gospel in mind.

July 20, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Matthew 16:24-28   Sermon Points: 1) True life is found in death to self.  2) Souls are of measureless value.  3) Christ's return brings eternal reward. 

July 13, 2025. Kurt Smith. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Proverbs 3:5-7   Point 1: Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Action Item: Find one area in your life where you have resisted trusting God.   Point 2: Do not lean on your own understanding. Action Item: Ask God to give you wisdom in a decision (big or small)   Point 3: In all your ways acknowledge Him. Action Item: Identify one way this week you can imitate or acknowledge Christ.   Point 4: He will make straight our path. Action Item: Trust the path He sets before you (even if it's hard and uncomfortable).

July 6, 2025. Ethan Davis. www.machiasvalley.org   Text: John 3:22-36; John 4:1-38 Sermon Points: 1) God isn't interested in methods and programs to achieve effective ministry. 2) Sin is a roadblock to the progression of our individual and collective relationship with God. 3) We plant the seeds and water them, but God gives the increase.

June 29, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Text: Ezekiel 38-39   Sermon Points: 1) Christ restores the presence of God to His people.  2) Christ establishes the perfect priesthood and kingship. 3) Christ brings life and healing to the world. 

June 22, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Text: Ezekiel 38-39   Sermon Points: 1) Different interpretations exist. 2) Real enemies exist. 3) God is sovereign over people, time, and space. 4) God is the True Victor. 

June 15, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.com.   Text: Ezekiel 37   Sermon Points: 1) The proclamation of God's Word. 2) A move of God's Spirit. 3) The centrality of God's Gospel. 4) The unity of God's People. 

June 8, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org    Text: Ezekiel 35-36   Sermon Points: 1) The Lord hears the plight of His people. 2) The Lord restores His exiled people. 3) The Lord transforms the hearts of His cleansed people. 

June 1, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org Text: Ezekiel 34   Sermon Points: 1) Bad shepherds use the flock for their own gain. 2) The flock belongs to God.      a) He feeds them.      b) He corrects them.      c) He rescues them.  3) God will dwell with His sheep forever in paradise. 4) Jesus is the Chief Shepherd. 

May 25, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Text: Ezekiel 33   Sermon Points: 1) The call of the watchman is of eternal significance. 2) God desires to bring life where death reigns. 3) God's message is for action, not entertainment.  

May 18, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Ezekiel 25-32   Sermon Points: 1) God is sovereign over the nations. 2) Behind earthly conflict is a spiritual struggle between good and evil. 3) God's judgment of evil brings hope to His people.

May 5, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Text: Ezekiel 17-24   Sermon Points: 1) Any judgment before the final judgment is a call for repentance (Ezekiel 18:20-32). 2) God saves in spite of us, for the sake of His name (Ezekiel 20:33-44). 3) Sin has serious consequences (Ezekiel 21:1-10). 4) A better King is coming (Ezekiel 19:13-14 and 17:22-24).

May 4, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Text: Psalm 67   Sermon Points: 1) God's message: The blessing of salvation. 2) God's mission: To all nations. 3) God's goal: His glory to the ends of the earth.  

April 27, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org. Guest Speaker: Ethan Davis Title: Run the Race Text: Hebrews 12:1-13

April 20, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Text: Luke 24:36-53   Sermon Points: 1) The resurrection brings peace. 2) The resurrection comes with empirical proof. 3) The resurrection brings transformation. 

April 13, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Text: Ezekiel 12-16   Sermon Points: 1) Beware of the false hopes of false prophets. 2) Be humbled by the depth of human depravity.  3) Be amazed by the grace of Christ's atonement. 

April 6, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Title: "God's Glory Leaves the Temple"   Text: Ezekiel 8-11   Sermon Points: 1) God sees all worship, public and private, right and corrupt. 2) God disciplines and delivers. 3) God takes away His glory from where He is not welcome. 4) God gives His people the hope of regenerated hearts. 

March 30, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Title: "A Drama of Judgment"   Text: Ezekiel 4-7   Sermon Points: 1) Judgment comes for the wicked. 2) God will leave a broken remnant.  3) God is known in His judgments.   

March 23, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.   Title: "God's Commission in Declining Times"   Text: Ezekiel 1-3   Sermon Points: 1) We need a perspective of God's glory. 2) We need an awareness of God's presence. 3) We need the empowering of God's Spirit. 4) We need to feed on God's Word. 5) We need to consider the seriousness of God's call.

March 16, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Title: "The Self-Sacrifice of Marriage"   Text: Song of Solomon 2:15-17   Sermon Points: 1) Destroy what threatens to undo your marriage. 2) Give yourself fully to the other in marriage. 3) Work together to focus on Jesus in your marriage.  

March 9, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org   Title: "The Conflict in Marriage"   Text: James 4:1-10   Sermon Points: 1) We have an inward struggle of warring desires. 2) Warmth in relationship correlates with proximity to God. 3) We need humble submission to the Lord.