Whitehall Baptist Church

JOHN 1:6-9 | SENT AS A WITNESS PART 2 EXPLANATION : Last week we began our look at John the Baptist who John the disciple and writer of this Gospel introduced us to. And there was one thing he wanted us to know about John the Baptist, and that is that he was a WITNESS We saw last week that John was commissioned…

JOHN 1:6-9 | SENT AS A WITNESS EXPLANATION : Last time, we saw as John, Jesus's disciple began his book pointing our attention to Jesus Christ. He directed our hearts toward the reality that Jesus is truly God Jesus is eternal, creator, and the life. While the bulk of John's book is spent directing our…

Text: 2 Timothy 1:3-5 | THE POWER OF A MOTHER'S FAITH INTRO EXPLANATION : Paul has reached the end of his life as he records 2 Timothy from a jail cell. The letter he is writing is intended for the one who the book is named after, a young man named Timothy. Timothy had begun to travel with Paul in Acts…

JOHN 1:1-5 | AN INTRODUCTION TO JESUS ILLUSTRATION : Introductions to people. I'm so nervous about talking to the person that I forget the most important part of the conversation… their name! EXPLANATION : The Gospel of John is one of the most fascinating books in all of the Bible. There is a unique…

TEXT: JOHN 20:24-29 | BLESSED ARE THEY THAT BELIEVE ME INTRODUCTION: HOW DO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS? How many of you in this room would say you are naturally a more skeptical person? Who would admit that you are more gullible and fall for things easily? Some of you are so skeptical you are refusing to raise…

TEXT: ROMAND 5:6-9 | CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Nico and his brothers were climbing a mountain in New Zealand. He had met his family there during a school break, so he didn't have all of his normal gear with him, but with the trekking poles and a warm jacket, he believed he would…

TEXT: REVELATION 19:20 | FROM ARMAGEDDON TO ETERNITY INTRO EXPLANATION : Last night we finished out service with the return of Christ at the Battle of Armageddon. We saw as this one-sided will be won with the spoken word of Jesus Christ. This battle will take place during that final 45 day period that…

TEXT: REVELATION 11:3-6 | THE TRIBULATION PART 2 INTRO EXPLANATION : Last time, we began our dive into the time following the rapture of the church. We walked through the tribulation period and saw the rise of the antichrist and the judgment of God poured out on the earth in the form of 7 Seal Judgments,…

TEXT: DANIEL 9:27 | THE TRIBULATION PART 1 INTRO Today's message will be a different message In our last service we took a look at the rapture of the bride of Christ, the church. It will be the single most world impacting event since the death of Christ on the cross. In these next two services, I want…

TEXT: ACTS 1:9-11 | ARE YOU READY FOR THE RAPTURE And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men…

TEXT: GALATIANS 6:17-18 | MARKS OF A CHRISTIAN INTRO ILLUSTRATION : If you were to go to my families home in Indiana, to the house I grew up in and you pulled down the gravel drive to the front porch, you would have not question who house it was. Hanging above the steps just below the porch overhang…

TEXT: GALATIANS 6:11-16 | SUMMARIZED AND SIMPLIFIED INTRO ILLUSTRATION : I'll never forget sitting down with an older gentlemen from the church I grew up in named Don. He had taken me and another young preacher boy from our church out for dinner at McDonalds and he wanted to impart some counsel to us.…

TEXT: GALATIANS 6:9-10 | DON'T QUIT INTRO ILLUSTRATION : The pancake breakfast at the first Saturday basketball practice of the year. As a first timer on the junior varsity squad, I was ready to quit! EXPLANATION : Paul is coming to the end of his letter to the Galatian churches. Following these two…

TEXT: GALATIANS 6:7-8 | SOWING AND REAPING INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Have you ever been truly surprised? Every time I walk into our house Tressa is surprised. I can tell her that I'm coming home and she still will be completely shocked when I turn the corner in our house. I pride myself on not being easily…

TEXT : GALATIANS 6:6 | DUTIES IN THE CHURCH INTRO Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. ILLUSTRATION : Have you ever had to have an uncomfortable conversation about something? Or maybe just felt awkward talking about something? APPLICATION : The first…

TEXT: GALATIANS 6:2-5 | BEARING BURDENS Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For…

TEXT: GALATIANS 6:1 | BIBLICAL RESTORATION INTRO ILLUSTRATION : EXPLANATION : It's been a few weeks since we were last in the book of Galatians When we last found ourselves there, we were wrapping up chapter 5 and Paul's teaching and challenge on the fruit of the Spirit vs the works of the flesh. As…

TEXT: GENESIS 37:5 | DON'T LOSE YOUR VISION ME INTRODUCTION: HOW DO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS? Every year as a teenager, before the start of football and basketball season, a trip to the doctor was required. I would walk in and they would grab the height and weight measurements for which you would stretch…

TEXT: 2 TIMOTHY 2:2 | DISCIPLE : MAKE MATURE MULTIPLY ME INTRODUCTION: HOW DO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS? I hate it when I forget things. I'm finding that the older I'm getting the easier it is to forget about stuff. I've reached that point where I find myself staring into the fridge because I forgot what…

TEXT: JOSHUA 14:6-14 | INTENTIONAL PURSUIT OF GOD EXPLANATION : 45 years before, Caleb and Joshua had returned from searching out the promised land and they delivered the news that while the giants were big, their God was bigger! It was Caleb who boldly proclaimed in Numbers 13:30 And Caleb stilled the…

TEXT: MATTHEW 2:1-11 | THE COST OF THE JOURNEY ME INTRODUCTION: HOW DO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS? God puts opposites together so many times. And that is true for Tressa and I. I am the spender in our family. How many of you are like me and you enjoy life, and having fun, and buying things? And I married a…

TEXT: MATTHEW 2:1-10 | WHEN YOU DON'T SEE THE STAR ME ILLUSTRATION : I had already gotten my first elk, and we had prepared it to come back and pack it out this next day with a horse. Tressa's dad and I were looping our way around to camp, when suddenly Joe dropped to his knee and pulled the trigger.…

MATTHEW 2:1-2 | A JOURNEY WORTH TAKING ME : How do I struggle with this? INTRODUCTION : I remember as a little kid, being loaded up in our car, with my baby sister in her carseat next to me. We were traveling down from Indiana to Florida, and somewhere along the way in Tennessee or Georgia, we had hit…

TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 4:2-7 | INTENTIONAL UNITY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : I never dreamed that one day I would become a judge. It wasn't on my list of things to do and it certainly wasn't a part of my plans. But God in His sovereignty determined that would become a big part of my life. You see, every day, I have…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:24-26 | EXPECTATIONS OF WALKING IN THE SPIRIT INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Have you ever had unclearly communicated expectations that led to disappointment? Tressa and I traveled with a missionary couple for about a month and a half when we first started into evangelism. We traveled up the…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:22-23 | FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT : PART 4 INTRO EXPLANATION : Over the past 4 service in Galatians we have worked our way through the slices of the fruit of the Spirit. We saw the slices that foremost must come from the Lord Himself and be directed to the Lord Love, Joy, Peace All of these…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:22 | FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT : PART 3 INTRO EXPLANATION : As we continue our walk through the fruit of the Spirit, we have looked at the first three slices of this fruit. Like an orange that is peeled to reveal the slices within, these slices of the Spirit are to be equally present in the…

TEXT: JOHN 6:3-13 | JESUS USES LEFTOVERS INTRO ILLUSTRATION : There are different ways that you can judge the wealth of someone. Some may judge it by the car that they drive. Some may judge it by the home they live in. Others may judge it by the clothes someone wears. During bow season, it is determined…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:22 | FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT : JOY & PEACE INTRO ILLUSTRATION : It was a couple years ago now, I was hunting by myself and I was sitting about halfway up the mountainside. It was mid afternoon and the sun had been shining all day as I sat there just waiting for the sound of an elk or the…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:22 | THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT : LOVE INTRO ILLUSTRATION : For years I had gone to my friend Jeremiah's house. His family had an old farmhouse style home with ruff cut wood floors and exposed beams. When you walked through the door of there house you were greeted with a small table and…

TEXT: NUMBERS 16:41-50 | INTENTIONALLY GIVEN TO GOD ILLUSTRATION : For about 6 years, Tressa and I had the privilege of traveling around our nation and primarily in the Mountain North West in evangelism. I truly loved those day. I loved getting to meet people all across the nation who had a heart and…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:21 | ASSURED AND SURRENDERED INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Kynoa losing her tooth in her cake pop She lost it without even realizing it. EXPLANATION : Upon first glance and without careful reading and study of this passage, it would seem that Paul is now telling us that we can lose our salvation…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:20-21a | SINS OF ANIMOSITY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : We all had our favorite TV show or movies when we were kids, unless you were one of the ones that grew up without tv. Back when I was a kid, we were one of the cool families that had an entertainment center. It wasn't enough to have a…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:20a | SINS OF IDOLATRY INTRO EXPLANATION : Last time we found ourselves in Galatians 5 , we found ourselves dealing with the sins of immorality. Adultery, Fornication, Uncleanness, and Lasciviousness. To summarize those sins, they are all sensual sins that are participated in outside…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:19 | SINS OF IMMORALITY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Getting trapped in the mall after the movie. There were no signs to stop from going through the door. EXPLANATION : Before we can dive into the verses in Galatians 5 , we must begin in Romans 1:18-32 For the wrath of God is revealed from…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:16-18 , 24-25 INTRO ILLUSTRATION : There have been many great battles throughout time. Right now the olympics are taking place in France, and I honestly haven't watched them given some of the political ideologies that have been on display. But I know that there are many athletes that…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:13-15 | TO THRIVE OR TO DESTROY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : I've shared before that I have grown up in church. I began going to church 9 months before I was born. It's all I've ever known. I've only ever been in 4 different churches in my entire life. I was saved at 9 years old when we were…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:13 | MOTIVATED BY LIBERTY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : It was 248 years ago that 56 men including John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock, signed the declaration of independence. They were agreeing with the terms, conditions, and guarantees of that documents. In what…