The Shepherd's Church

In this final sermon on men at the gates, we talk about the most important battlefield that the church must win if we are going to reestablish Christendom, and that is the battle for unity.

Each week at The Shepherd's Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to murder.

In this episode, we talk about how the modern church has forgotten where the real battle is. Instead of standing together to confront evil and reclaim the gates of culture, justice, and mercy, we've been wasting our strength fighting each other. Our call is to unite under Christ, take back the gates we've surrendered, and bring His wisdom and rule into every sphere of life—our homes, churches, courts, hospitals, and government—until His righteousness defines our nation again.

Each week at The Shepherd's Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to honor parents

Christ calls His church to advance, not huddle—“watching daily at the gates” (Prov. 8:34) where cultures are forged and kingdoms collide. This sermon begins naming the gates we need to tear down in order to establish a new Christendom, beginning with Education and Economy.

Each week at The Shepherd's Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to keep the Sabbath and set it apart as holy.

In this third installment of "Men at the Gates" we look at the primary gates in the world that we are called to tear down.

When we think about coveting we think about stuff. But what does it look like to covet time? To miss where you have been placed by God dreaming about a time in the past that you wish you could be in again. Today, we look at what it means to not make any images of God.

A sober, battle-ready call for Christian men to take their posts “at the gates” of culture, this message argues that Christianity is inherently transformational and summons the church to proactive dominion under Christ's Lordship. It lays out nine “rules of engagement”—fight by the Word, with repentance, under Christ, from the church, together, with hope, with charity and order, through patient generational formation, and with a frank acknowledgment that the gospel is publicly political—forming a field guide for winning the world to Jesus.

This Sunday we welcome Elder Herb Suereth, Director of Music at All Saints Church in Lancaster, PA, who brings greetings from the saints there. He recently joined us for the Bucer Presbytery meetings and now has the privilege of preaching for us this Lord's Day. Herb will be opening John 17:20–26, part of Christ's High Priestly Prayer, to show us our union with Christ and the powerful effects of that union: the glory of the Spirit, the love of the Father, and the testimony of unity before the world.

In light of the tragic death of Charlie Kirk, how are we to respond? How are we to fight? What are we to do? Join us as we consider how to wage holy war, how to win back our world to Christ, and how we are to live in the days ahead.

When we think about coveting we think about stuff. But what does it look like to covet time? To miss where you have been placed by God dreaming about a time in the past that you wish you could be in again. Today, we look at what it means to covet time and why it is a sin.

In Proverbs 9, Lady Wisdom builds her house, spreads her table, and calls the simple to come and live. Like the hobbits ensnared by Old Man Willow, we are helpless in folly's grip—until Christ, the true Wisdom of God, strides into our darkness, frees us from the roots of sin, and welcomes us into His house, the church, to feast at His table. This sermon invites us to leave the gutters of sin for the palace of wisdom, to trade vinegar for wine, scraps for the Bread of Life, and to live in the abundance of Christ.

"The Language of Hell” exposes the Ninth Commandment's demand to guard our neighbor's name. Every slander, insinuation, and cowardly silence echoes Satan's propensity for accusations. Yet Christ, who bore the false testimony against Him, redeems our tongues and teaches us to speak not the language of hell, but the truth of heaven.

In this week's sermon we explored Proverbs 8:22–31, showing how Wisdom existed before creation itself, rejoiced at the Father's side, and is revealed most fully in Jesus Christ. We saw how true Wisdom is eternal, active in creation, affectionate toward humanity, and incarnate in Christ, calling us to build our lives on Him rather than the counterfeit wisdoms of the world.

When we think about the eighth commandment, we often think about not stealing money, property, or investments from our neighbor. But what about when we steal their joy, or rob them of happiness? What about when we become so vexing to another human that we steal their countenance and delight. This is how we will consider the eighth commandment in this week's law homily.

A sermon on Esther 1:1-12

A law homily on the 7th commandment.

Throughout Church history Christians have struggled to have a healthy and Biblical view of money and wealth, usually falling on one of two poles (The aversion of money and the adoration of money). Today, we look at what a Biblical view money is and how it can be used as a tool to build God's Kingdom.

God's love is not the syrupy, boundaryless “unconditional” love our culture imagines. According to Scripture, His love is covenantal—bound to very specific conditions that no sinner can meet. Left to ourselves, that should leave us without hope. Yet in Christ, the One who fulfilled every condition in our place, we discover the only love that saves. Join us as we confront the myth of unconditional love and see why the conditions of God's love are the very reason we have hope.

When the Bible calls us to honor our father and mother, it means much more than just our earthly parents. It means for us to have honor for all who are in authority, not just the good, but also those who are dishonorable by nature. Join us as we explore these implications in this weeks law homily.

Many Christians spiritualize the fourth commandment, but this homily calls us to recover both the inward and outward obedience of remembering the Lord's Day, delighting in it as holy, restful, and distinct unto God.

is introductory sermon to the Book of Esther reveals the hidden hand of God's providence, working behind the scenes to preserve His people and fulfill His promises. Though His name is never mentioned, the sermon shows that Esther's world—and ours—is governed by the same sovereign King, who turns apparent coincidences into kingdom victories.

Everywhere we look, authority, power, and dominion are being used in sinful ways. Well, what about using it righteously? Does the Bible speak on these things? And if yes, what does it say? That is our aim this morning as we explore these truths!

Each week at The Shepherd's Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command to not take God's name in vain.

At the crossroads of life, two voices cry out—one flatters with ease and comfort, the other pierces with truth and calls for repentance. Lady Wisdom's voice may wound, but it heals, purifying the heart and pointing us to Christ, the true and precious Wisdom of God.

Hopelessness isn't harmless—it's heresy of the heart.To keep the First Commandment is to hope in God when every reason not to is pressing against you! Having no other gods before Him, also means not cowering to our doubts and fears.

In this week's law homily, we learn how coveting is the sin underneath every sin, how to identify it, and how to kill it.

When wisdom calls, she calls out to all men, to all people, and calls all of us to have our lives oriented to Scripture, which we cannot do, and will not do. For this reason, we need wisdom incarnate to come, trading places with us, if we are to have any hope.

After spending the last few weeks looking at the reviling woman of Proverbs 7, now we turn to lady wisdom in Proverbs 8, to examine her call to us, to leave our folly, sin, and misery, and to join her on her hill.

Each week at The Shepherd's Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to bear false witness.

This week we close out our treatment of Proverbs 7, focusing on how sexual sin leads to ruin. This week, we cover female sexual sin, and observe how the sins of the Proverbs 7 woman, can and have crept into the church (even in the most subtle ways)

Each week at The Shepherd's Church, we preach short homilies on the law of God and have decided to share those here as a resource to the people of God. This week, the command not to steal.

In the 7th commandment, much of the focus is rightly centered upon what we must not do sexually with our bodies. This is good and right. But, we often do not consider how this command has positive implications for our marriage as well. Today we consider this.

This Father's Day, e considered the glory of Fatherhood from Proverbs 7:1-5.

In part two of our deep dive into Proverbs 7, we move from diagnosis to autopsy—examining the terminal soul-diseases that lead men into sexual ruin. But even in the morgue of sin, there is mercy; and through the cross of Christ, the spiritually dead can rise, healed and holy.

Murder, in its infancy, begins as anger and bitterness. And because we have all harbored these emotions, we are all guilty of murder. Join us as we explore this together and repent to our Lord.

Today, we close out our series on the Five Sola's with the chief sola, which is Soli Deo Gloria.

Today, we examine sexual sin like a surgeon—diagnosing the soul-level symptoms that lead to dysfunction, devastation, and despair. This is part one of a two-part series walking through Proverbs 7, exposing how men fall into sexual ruin and how Christ alone brings healing.

Today we focus on the Fifth Commandment and how it exposes our deep-seated tendency to dishonor authority—not just with our words, but with our hearts—and calls us to repent of subtle rebellion masked as sarcasm, indifference, or delay. It points us to Christ, who heals our bitterness and clothes us in true honor by His grace.

Sexual sin whispers before it wounds, promising pleasure but delivering devastation—shame, weakness, and ruin that scorches everything sacred. Proverbs 6:24–35 exposes its cost in full: from the collapse of a man's integrity to the crumbling of his home, and yet even here, Christ stands ready to restore what lust has shattered.

Sabbath-breaking isn't just about working—it's about refusing to rejoice in what God calls holy. The Lord's Day is not a burden to bear, but a delight to behold—a gift of rest, worship, and joy in Christ.

The heartbeat of the Reformation was not rebellion—it was a return. A return to the blazing center of the gospel: that salvation is not mediated by man, mass, or merit, but by Christ alone—Solus Christus.

What must I do to be saved? In this message, we look to Scripture—and the unwavering testimony of Lady Jane Grey—to see that salvation comes not by ritual, merit, or human effort, but by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

What must I do to be saved? In this message, we look to Scripture—and the unwavering testimony of Lady Jane Grey—to see that salvation comes not by ritual, merit, or human effort, but by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

In this sermon from Proverbs 6:20–24, we look at the vital role of parents in preparing their children to walk in purity. Pastor Kendall shares a personal story and a biblical call for fathers and mothers to actively teach and protect their children from the growing dangers of sexual temptation.

This week in the Law Homily we narrow our focus of the second commandment to the phrase: "Thou shalt not make" and discuss its implications for our life, worship, and repentance!

In this week's Sunday School, we go back to 16th century Zurich and trace how Sola Scriptura defined the ministry of Ulrich Zwingli

This week, we look at Proverbs 6:20 and we look at what makes motherhood glorious and how a godly woman can have a lasting legacy.

All of us, from time to time, live out of alignment with our confession. We say with our lips that there is a God, but live with our behavior as if He does not exist. That is the focus of this weeks law homily on the first commandment

In our new series on the Five Solas, we begin with what jump started the entire Reformation, which was, the recovery of Sola Scriptura