Faith that Speaks— Anytime, Anywhere

What does a biblical model of leadership in the church look like? Not necessarily in terms of leadership structure, but character and competence—qualities required to lead and serve faithfully in Christ’s church. Friend, if you want to serve faithfully in the local church, you have to be the right kind of leader. In this brief series, Pastor Tom examines the importance of faithfully leading and serving in the local church. Join Tom Pennington as he outlines from Scripture Principles of Effective Leadership in order strengthen the people of Christ's church.

Do you have assurance of your salvation? In other words, are you confident that Jesus Christ really died for your sins, has forgiven you of them, and has also given you His perfect righteousness? According to the apostle John, the surest and most accurate test of your spiritual ancestry is the way you live your daily life. In the series, Pastor Tom takes an in-depth look at 1 John 3 to explain that the child of Satan continually practices sin but the child of God practices righteousness. Friend, what do you practice? Join Tom Pennington as he describes the necessity of Researching Your Spiritual Ancestry.

At the end of His most famous sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus confronts those who profess to be His followers and provides them with an illustration to determine their true spiritual condition: Is their professing Christian life built on a faulty foundation that will be swept away, or is their spiritual life built on a solid foundation that will stand the test of time? From Matthew chapter 7, Tom Pennington helps us as Christians understand The Parable of the Two Builders.

The New Testament teaches that Jesus Christ came into the world on a divine rescue mission—to save sinners from their sins. That message is powerfully pictured in Mark chapters 2 as Jesus interacts with several “sinners and tax collectors.” At the heart of Jesus’ ministry was a desire to preach the good news of the gospel—that He came not to save the righteous, those who believed they were inherently good and didn’t need be saved, but those who recognized their poor and miserable spiritual condition. Join Tom Pennington from Mark 2 as he explains how Jesus is A Friend of Sinners.

The one passage out of the entire Bible that most divides faithful, Bible-believing Christians is Revelation 20, particularly the verses that refer to the Millennial Kingdom. All Christians agree that the future new heaven and earth await all true Christians. But how are we supposed to understand the 1,000-year period that is described beforehand? In this series, Pastor Tom Pennington provides a biblical explanation of The Millennium: Christ's Future Reign on Earth.

According to the apostle Paul in Romans 6, every Christian—without exception—has a new relationship to sin. And this new relationship is one that is characterized by a radical change summarized this way: We, as Christians, are no longer slaves to sin—but slaves of Christ. Because we have repented and believed in Christ, sin is no longer our master, but the Lord Jesus Christ. Join Tom Pennington as he explains from Romans 6 that Sin Is Not Your master.