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Blake Hardcastle, Equipping PastorGrand Parkway Baptist ChurchHow to Be a More Enjoyable PersonMatthew 7:1-6 1. Put Away Your Judgmental Heart. v. 1-2 • Keep Thinking • Stop Obsessing Over Small Things • You Condemn Yourself ⁃ With Others v.2 ⁃ Condemn Yourself With God, 2 Corinthians 5:102. See The Cartoon You v. 3-43 .Don't be Unthinking. v .64 Right Judgement Has an Order. v. 5 A. First Get Clear Eyes B. Then Do Holy WorkFour types of speech. • Teach: Instruct what God says to believe and behave. • Correct: Warning, “Change what you are doing.” • Encourage: Don't stop! Keep doing good work! • Console: Let me join you in your burden.Mental worship 1. In what situations are you quick to be a fault-finder? 2. Does anyone come to mind whom you need to build more trust with? 3. Is there harshness you need to take responsibility for? 4. What small thing do you need to stop obsessing over? 5. Are you losing or gaining relationships in the last 2 years?
Aug 31, 2025Blake Hardcastle, Equipping PastorGrand Parkway Baptist ChurchWhat's it like in the New Kingdom?Matthew 5:1-12Intro - What is Jesus Doing v.1-21. Kingdom People are Aware They are Needy. v.3-6 • The Poor in Spirit • The Mourners • The Meek • The Hungry and Thirsty for Righteousness2. Kingdom People Choose to Live for God. v.7- • The Merciful • The Pure in Heart • The Peacemakers3. Kingdom People Expect Persecution. v.10-12Mental Worship 1. Where have the beatitudes brought you affirmation you are in the Kingdom? 2. Is there a conversation you have been putting off? 3. When is the last time you experienced persecution? Can you rejoice over it? 4. Do you know the Idols that most often tempt you? 5. Are you seeing God lately or does he seem hidden? 6. Is someone trying to make peace and you're putting them off?
Jul 27, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCHBlake Hardcastle, Equipping PastorGrand Parkway Baptist ChurchEssentials of a Biblical FitPsalm 771. Put your heart in your mouth. v.2-5Selah = pause, reflect, meditate. 2. Throw your fit to the right audience. v.1-23. Burn the house down. v.5-94. Borrow Hope. v.10-18 • v.10-12 • Psalm 46:1 • Hosea 11:8-9 • v.13 • v.19-20“God is cunning; He knows how to get our attention. Rather than let us wallow in the mediocrity of complacency, He lets us experience what it would be like to live without him. He abandons us in order to shatter our illusions and then to lead us into a deeper relationship with him.” The Cry of the Soul, Allender and LongmanMental Worship:1. Is there someone you need to ask forgiveness for throwing an unbiblical fit? 2. Do you cry out to God like this psalmist, or are you on your best manners when talking to him?3. Is there something that if you knew God would resolve it, you would throw a biblical fit?4. What situations tempt you to complain, get resentful, or lose hope?5. Does the truth that God comes close in your trouble help you look at hard things differently?
Special Guest: Blake Hardcastle.
Blake Hardcastle introduces you to the Stories You Missed Podcast.
In this episode of "In the Word, On the Go," pastor of spiritual formation, Dr. Blake Hardcastle, discusses how God is generous with his children. Blake says, "Sometimes we can feel like we are on our own. But that's not true at all. God gets pleasure from providing for us. God allows difficulty so that we would feel our need of him. God is not stingy." "In the Word, On the Go" is sponsored by the New Growth Press (https://newgrowthpress.com/?aff=26). Special Guest: Blake Hardcastle.
In this episode of "In the Word, On the Go," Dr. Blake Hardcastle, director of the Baptist Student Ministry at the University of Delaware, discusses Jeremiah 17:8 as a model for how to live the Christian life. Blake says, "When your trust is in the Lord and not in yourself, though it feels weak, it really is strong. Though it feels like it won't accomplish anything, actually that's when those around you are the most drawn to you, because they're experiencing God through you." "In the Word, On the Go" is sponsored by the Christian Standard Bible (https://csbible.com/). Special Guest: Blake Hardcastle.
Various Sermons from Curtis Hill or other guest speakers of Ogletown
Blake Hardcastle, BSM Missionary at University of Delaware
the RescueHBC Live Podcast;Blake Hardcastle, Guest Preacher and MissionaryMay 22, 2011;Hockessin Baptist Church, Hockessin, Delaware. www.HBCLive.org
The second sermon in the "Blended Images" series- an in-depth study of sexuality. This sermon was delivered by Blake Hardcastle, the director of Baptist Student Ministries at the University of Delaware