Tri-City Baptist Church Ministries

You must actively flee from sin so that you can devote yourself to glorifying God.

When Trouble Is Above Your Strength: Trust the God Who Raises the Dead When suffering is above your strength, do not trust yourself; trust the God who raises the dead, and let His comfort become strength for you and for others.

Every Christian is called to advance God's glory in the workplace.

What you and your children believe about the Bible will determine life direction and eternal destiny.

Pastor Endean urges believers to pursue continual spiritual vigilance by guarding their lives and doctrine, allowing God's Word to shape their character and conduct so they grow in Christlikeness and faithfully influence others for the gospel.

Jesus confronts the pervasive burden of anxiety by redirecting attention from earthly concerns to God's faithful provision, grounding His instruction in the reality of divine care as seen in creation. He challenges the illusion of self-sufficiency by pointing to the birds that neither sow nor reap yet are fed, and to the lilies that neither toil nor spin yet are arrayed in beauty, illustrating that God's providence extends to all His creation. The sermon emphasizes that worry is not only unnecessary and futile but also a symptom of misplaced faith and divided loyalty, contradicting the call to prioritize God's kingdom above all else. True peace comes not from eliminating life's challenges but from cultivating a life of prayer, thanksgiving, and trust, where every need is brought before God and every moment becomes an opportunity to worship and rest in His sovereignty. Ultimately, the message calls believers to exchange anxious anticipation for holy trust, to live as salt and light by embracing God's present grace rather than fearing future uncertainties.

As a Christian, you grow in Christlikeness when you surrender your will to the Lord and seek His grace, so that every thought, action, and reaction is controlled by the Holy Spirit.

The sermon centers on the transformative power of choosing wisdom, defined as obedience to God because eternity is real and consequential. Drawing from Proverbs and Jesus' teaching in Mark 8:36, it argues that true wisdom involves surrendering self-reliance and trusting God's guidance over worldly choices.

The bodily resurrection of Christ is the foundational truth of the Christian faith, serving as the capstone upon which salvation, hope, and confidence are built. The sermon emphasizes that the resurrection is not merely a symbolic or spiritual concept but a historical, bodily event confirmed by eyewitness testimony and Scripture, essential for the validity of the gospel message. Without it, faith is futile, sin remains unatoned, and believers have no hope beyond this life. The passage underscores that Christ's death and resurrection are inseparable—His sacrificial atonement for sin was validated by His triumph over death, and this truth must be personally received through faith and confession. The resurrection transforms lives, empowering believers to live with purpose, hope, and confidence in a world marked by uncertainty, anchoring identity not in circumstances but in the living Savior who conquered death.

In his message on Luke 19, Pastor Endean unpacks the triumphal entry of Jesus, revealing how Christ's humility, compassion, and sacrificial love—culminating at the cross—call believers to worship faithfully, love deeply, and give their lives for the sake of others​.​​​

Pastor Endean teaches that biblical accountability is a vital part of the Christian life, beginning with each believer's responsibility to God and extending to mutual care within the church. He explains that through encouragement, correction, and faithful fellowship, believers are protected from spiritual complacency and grow in holiness. He urges the church to embrace accountability as a grace-filled process, where, through humility, prayer, and Christ-centered love, they help one another grow and strengthen the church's witness.

Pastor Endean teaches that a biblical worldview is essential, since all thoughts and actions flow from one's view of reality. He contrasts a God-centered, scriptural worldview with humanistic and pantheistic ideas that reject divine truth and lead to moral confusion, illustrating this with the harmful outcomes of Paul Ehrlich's population theories. He emphasizes that truth is absolute and grounded in God's revelation, urging believers to reject relativism, renew their minds through Scripture, and guard against worldly thinking while living with Christ-centered wisdom and readiness to defend their faith.

Pastor Jeff focuses on the call not to lose heart, reminding us that our confidence rests in God's eternal purposes even in the midst of trials. He teaches from 2 Corinthians 4 that we are sustained by the gospel, which depends not on our strength but on God's power shown through our weakness. He explains that our choices matter, our witness is powerful because it proclaims Christ, our frailty serves a purpose in displaying God's power, and our suffering is only temporary in light of the sure resurrection. Ultimately, he urges us to live with bold faithfulness, remembering that present struggles produce eternal glory and that every act of obedience carries lasting significance.

Pastor Endean teaches that true faith is a confident trust in God's unseen promises, enabling believers to overcome sin, suffering, and worldly temptation by focusing on eternal realities. He explains that genuine faith is not mere intellectual agreement but a personal conviction rooted in God's Word and character, demonstrated through obedience, endurance, and a willingness to suffer for Christ, as seen in figures like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, and Moses. He emphasizes that faith rests on God's revelation rather than blind hope and is cultivated through hearing and embracing Scripture, producing a life of holiness, perseverance, and joy in God's promised victory.

As a member of Tri-City Baptist Church, you will exalt Christ by keeping a complete ministry awareness, contributing to the health and advancement of the whole church body.

Pastor Endean focuses on the biblical concept of integrity as a foundational value for both individual believers and the church community, drawing from Proverbs 10:9 and the life of Joseph in Genesis 39 to illustrate how wholehearted obedience to God produces consistent honesty, sincerity, and moral uprightness even in the face of adversity. It emphasizes that integrity is not merely external behavior but an internal disposition rooted in a relationship with God, demonstrated through faithfulness in private and public life, dependability, and a prioritization of divine approval over human opinion. Pastor Endean uses Joseph's story—his character developed amid familial betrayal, slavery, and false accusation—to show that integrity does not prevent suffering but invites God's presence, favor, and ultimate purpose, even in prison. He challenged our church body to self-examination, urging us to evaluate our lives for honesty, consistency, and dependence on God, not for condemnation but for transformation, as integrity secures the believer and advances Christ's mission.

Pastor Endean reinforces the reality that unbelief is not primarily an intellectual deficiency but a heart issue rooted in spiritual resistance, not lack of evidence. Drawing from Mark 9's account of Jesus healing a demon-possessed boy and the father's cry, 'Lord, I believe; help my unbelief,' it emphasizes that faith is not the absence of doubt but a humble acknowledgment of dependence on Christ. Pastor Endean underscores that familiarity with Christian traditions, stories, and even theological knowledge can breed complacency and counterfeit belief, as seen in Jesus' rejection in Nazareth, where people knew Him personally yet failed to recognize His divine identity. To combat unbelief, He calls for a return to the Word of God, not as a set of proofs but as a living, transformative force that exposes the heart; it also stresses the necessity of prayer and a personal encounter with Christ, which alone can awaken genuine faith. Ultimately, faith conquers unbelief not through intellectual arguments alone, but through a sustained, humble, and intimate relationship with Jesus, the final revelation of God.

Pastor Ken confronts the pervasive danger of lust in a sexually saturated culture, grounding its urgency in Jesus' radical teaching in Matthew 5 that even lustful desire constitutes spiritual adultery, demanding radical commitment to purity. emphasizes that lust is not a minor moral failing but a spiritual battle that warps the soul and threatens eternal destiny, citing Scripture to show that unrepentant sin excludes one from God's kingdom. The central truth is that saving faith is inseparable from sanctification—justifying faith is a lust-fighting faith that transforms the heart, empowering believers to pursue purity through the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and a deep satisfaction in Christ. The sermon calls for radical, proactive measures: rejecting excuses, resisting temptation by yielding to the Spirit, cultivating spiritual taste through Scripture, and relying on God's promises rather than worldly pleasures. Ultimately, it affirms that victory is possible through faith in Christ, who alone satisfies, and that the goal is not merely abstinence but the pursuit of holiness, so that, as Matthew 5:8 promises, the pure in heart will see God.

Pastor Nathan centers on the timeless mission of faithfully transmitting God's truth across generations, as exemplified in 2 Timothy 2:2, where Paul instructs Timothy to pass on the gospel to faithful men who will teach others. It emphasizes that this mission is not merely about evangelism but also about intentionally training and equipping future church leaders, grounded in the reality of spiritual warfare and the necessity of divine grace. He underscores that while the path is marked by hardship, persecution, and sacrifice—mirrored in Paul's own imprisonment—the unchained Word of God and the resurrected, reigning Lord ensure the mission's ultimate victory. Encouragement is drawn from the promise of eternal reward for endurance, yet the deeper call is for believers, especially young people, to embrace sacrificial service, recognizing that God's work will advance regardless of human effort, yet He desires to use willing hearts.

As a follower of Jesus Christ, you must grasp the importance of fellowship with other believers and the careful remembrance of His sacrifice for your sins.

Jesus Christ entrusted His followers with the task of faithfully proclaiming the Gospel message.

This sermon presents a biblical framework for overcoming despondency by anchoring the believer's hope in God amidst life's trials, drawing primarily from Psalm 42 and the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19. It identifies unbelief and a loss of hope as the root causes of spiritual depression, emphasizing that sorrow over loss is natural, but despair arises when it is divorced from faith in God's goodness and sovereignty. The preacher underscores the importance of renewing the mind through Scripture, resisting the cycle of negative emotions by replacing sinful reactions with godly responses, and cultivating a proper perspective on suffering, self, and God's unseen work. Through examples like Cain's unrepentant response and Elijah's breakdown and restoration, the message calls believers to reject despair, confess ungodly thoughts, and daily choose to hope in God's faithfulness, trusting that His joy and peace are not dependent on circumstances but are empowered by the Holy Spirit. Ultimately, the sermon affirms that true strength comes not from self-effort but from abiding in Christ, where hope is not merely a feeling but a divine reality sustained by faith.

Since the Church is God's primary means to accomplish His mission in the world, you must have a Biblical understanding of His plan.

To fulfill its assigned mission, the Church of Christ must demonstrate Biblical characteristics.

The source of Biblical wisdom is Jesus Christ, and He will direct the life of those who faithfully follow Him.

Jesus Christ was the promised solution to life's problems.

Pastor Endean centers on the biblical truth that pride is the root of all sin and a fundamental form of unbelief, opposing the humility that flows from genuine faith in God's sovereignty and sufficiency. Drawing from Jeremiah 9:23–24, he emphasizes that true glory lies not in wisdom, strength, or wealth, but in knowing and understanding God, whose lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness are the foundation of all worth. Through illustrations like Nebuchadnezzar's downfall and the warnings to Israel, Pastor Endean reveals how pride manifests in self-reliance, self-approval, anxiety, self-pity, and judgmentalism, all of which stem from a heart that trusts in self rather than God. The antidote is not self-effort but a continual orientation toward Christ, who exemplified humility by emptying Himself, and a life marked by mourning over sin, serving others, and meditating on God's character. Ultimately, humility is not self-deprecation but a posture of faith that finds satisfaction in God alone, where true victory over pride is found.

Jesus Christ provides both comfort and joy to those who trust in Him by faith alone.

When you trust in Jesus Christ alone, as the Bread of Life, He satisfies the inner longing of the heart.

Pastor Endean centers on the vital connection between faith and truth, asserting that genuine faith in God—whose very nature is truth—naturally produces integrity and honesty, countering the pervasive deceit in both ancient cultures like Crete and modern society. Drawing from Titus 1 and the dramatic account of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5, it emphasizes that lying, even when financially motivated or seemingly harmless, is a profound spiritual offense because it defies God's character and damages the integrity of the church. Truthfulness is not merely a moral rule but a reflection of one's relationship with God, rooted in the biblical teaching that God cannot lie and that believers are called to be truthful in speech, motive, and action, rejecting hypocrisy, flattery, gossip, and deceitful intent. Pastor Endean warns that a culture that embraces relativism and self-deception ultimately leads to spiritual ruin, while faith in Christ empowers believers to live with authenticity, confess sin, and stand firm in truth as a mark of sanctification and worship. Ultimately, the call is to live as people of integrity, reflecting the God of truth in a world marked by falsehood, where honesty is not optional but essential to a life of faith and witness.

This sermon centers on the transformative encounter between a desperate father and Jesus in John 4, illustrating how a crisis of physical need becomes a catalyst for spiritual awakening. The nobleman, driven by the imminent death of his son, seeks Jesus not out of theological curiosity but out of raw desperation, reflecting a faith initially rooted in Jesus' power to heal. Jesus responds with a challenge—'Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe'—revealing the deeper spiritual need beneath physical suffering: the necessity of trusting Christ not merely for miracles, but for who He is. The man's faith grows from seeking a miracle to believing Jesus' word alone, demonstrating that true faith is not dependent on visible proof but on the reliability of God's promise. As the father returns home, trusting Jesus' declaration that his son lives, and later confirms the exact time of healing, his faith matures into a secure, life-changing conviction that extends to his entire household. The sermon calls listeners to examine their own relationship with Christ—not as a means to a quick fix, but as the ultimate source of life, truth, and hope, urging them to seek Him wholeheartedly, trust His Word, and share His work with others.

The sermon centers on the transformative power of divine grace through Jesus' encounter with a repentant woman in Luke 7, illustrating how genuine faith conquers shame, guilt, and the weight of past sin. Drawing from the story of the woman anointing Jesus' feet, the preacher unpacks the distinction between misplaced shame—rooted in self-image or societal judgment—and proper shame, which arises from a holy awareness of sin and its dishonor to God. Through Jesus' parable of the two debtors, the message emphasizes that forgiveness, though freely given, is costly and produces deep love in return, revealing that true repentance is marked by humility and gratitude. The sermon calls believers to reject shame in bearing witness to Christ, affirming that the gospel is not to be hidden but boldly proclaimed, as faith in Christ's saving work brings lasting peace and freedom from condemnation. Ultimately, the passage affirms that forgiveness, grounded in Christ's authority and grace, liberates the soul from guilt and restores identity in Him.