Voices from the Mountain

Brother Jesse Lockhart preached from Hebrews 2 on the urgent call to “give the more earnest heed” to the Word we’ve heard, reminding us that God has spoken in these last days through His Son, whose first message was the simple but eternal command: repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand. He warned how easily our distracted minds let truth slip away, how prayer and conviction fade when we don’t meditate on Scripture, and how the voice of Jesus—unlike any other—first spoke to each of us in salvation, saying plainly, “you’re lost.” Through examples of the centurion, the nobleman, and the astonished officers who declared “never man spake like this man,” he urged us not to let God’s words fall to the ground but to treasure them, think long on them, and respond while He is speaking, because the privilege of hearing the Word of God is too great to take lightly.     Fairview Union — Whitwell, Tennessee

Pastor Jesse preaches from Revelation 2 on the church of Pergamos, showing how Christ—pictured as the sharp two‑edged sword—both commends and confronts His people, calling them out of compromise, worldliness, and the doctrines that dilute holiness. He warns that the enemy conquers by blending truth with error, and that unrepentant sin becomes a serpent’s bite that poisons worship, fellowship, and spiritual freedom unless it is shaken off into the fire of repentance. With pastoral weight, he presses the Lord’s ultimatum—“repent or else”—and reminds believers that overcoming brings hidden manna, a white stone of innocence, and a new name known only to God. It is a call to holiness, separation, and daily dying to self so the church can walk clean, free, and victorious before the Lord. Whitwell Tennessee.  

Brother Bill preaches with urgency about the universal truth that every person has walked a path toward destruction, yet no one has gone too far for the saving power of Jesus Christ. Using the story of Nicodemus coming to Jesus by night, he challenges listeners to stop hiding in the dark and step boldly into the light where salvation, fellowship, and freedom are found. He reminds the church that heaven gave its very best—Christ’s full and perfect sacrifice—and that salvation is for the “whosoever,” no matter their past, their failures, or their excuses. With testimony, conviction, and compassion, he calls people to stop waiting, stop sitting in the shadows, and come to the One who still saves, still answers prayer, and still breaks chains today.   Tracy City, Tennessee.

In this message, Brother John walks the congregation through Psalm 23 as a living picture of the redeemed, showing how the Good Shepherd leads, protects, corrects, restores, and carries His people through green pastures, still waters, deep valleys, and fiery trials. He paints salvation as a complete transformation—where the believer stops chasing the world and begins following the Shepherd who knows every danger, every wolf in disguise, every valley where the soil is rich and the water runs deep. He reminds the church that grace and goodness follow the redeemed like two angels, teaching, strengthening, and providing through every temptation, every mountain, and every moment of need until the Shepherd finally says, “Well done,” and leads His child safely across the river into the house of the Lord forever.   Whitwell, Tennessee. Fairview Union Church-  

May 1 – Stay With Jesus (Psalm 73) Brother John closes the revival by urging the church—young and old—to stay with Jesus no matter what, using Psalm 73 to show how easily believers can stumble when they focus on the world’s prosperity or life’s injustices. Asaph’s journey from confusion to clarity mirrors the believer’s path: looking at them leads to envy, looking at self leads to discouragement, but looking at God restores understanding and strength. Brother John reminds the congregation that suffering, confusion, and unanswered questions are part of the Christian walk, but God is always present, guiding His people by the hand, and that revival comes when believers draw near, trust His eternal perspective, and walk with Him hand in hand.   Location: Fairview Union Church – Whitwell, Tennessee

April 30 – Conditions for Entering the City (Revelation 22) Preaching from the final chapter of Scripture, Brother John declares that heaven is real, glorious, and available—but only to those who meet the conditions God has set through Jesus Christ. He warns that a day is coming when the unjust will remain unjust and the righteous remain righteous, with no more chances to repent, and stresses that human nature cannot make itself holy—only Christ can. He explains that God gives every person the opportunity to choose, but that rejecting Christ is choosing eternal separation, while accepting Him grants access to the tree of life and entrance through the gates of the city. The message ends with an urgent call: today is the day of salvation, and Jesus is coming quickly.   Location: Fairview Union Church – Whitwell, Tennessee

April 29 – Rejoicing, Renewal, and the Life of Freedom (Philippians 4) In this message, Brother John encourages believers facing heaviness, weariness, or spiritual vexation to rediscover the joy, freedom, and renewed life found only in Christ. Using Philippians 4, he teaches that God gives His people faith, hope, and love so they can live for Him, and that believers must pray about everything, refuse to be consumed by the cares of life, and think on what is true and pure. He shares his own testimony of surrender—how God lifted the burden when he yielded fully—and calls the church to rejoice in the gospel, in fellowship, in service, and in the love of God’s people, reminding them that revival begins when the heart returns to Christ in humility and obedience.   Location: Fairview Union Church – Whitwell, Tennessee

April 28 – The Parable of the Pounds (Luke 19) Brother John preaches that Jesus’ parable of the nobleman and the servants reveals the urgency of serving Christ faithfully while He is away, because He will return and will judge every believer’s stewardship. He contrasts the faithful servants—who multiplied what the Master entrusted to them—with the fearful servant who hid his pound and was called “wicked,” warning that much is required of those to whom much is given. He emphasizes that Jesus is coming quickly, that there is no time for fear, excuses, or delay, and that the church must get on with the work of repentance, obedience, and kingdom service while it is still day.   Location: Fairview Union Church – Whitwell, Tennessee

April 27 – Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37) In this opening revival message, Brother John Childers urges the church to recognize that God is not done with His people and that revival is withheld only when we choose to live without it. Drawing from Ezekiel 37, he reminds the congregation that God brings life to what is dead, but His people must first acknowledge their dryness, obey His Word, and allow the Spirit—not noise, emotion, or flesh—to breathe true life into them. He warns that many churches today resemble bodies with sinew and skin but no breath, mistaking activity for revival, and calls the church to repentance, unity, and readiness, because God still has purpose for every believer and desires to raise an exceeding great army.   Location: Fairview Union Church – Whitwell, Tennessee

This evening message lifts the listener from the heaviness of the midnight hour into the hope of the coming morning, reminding us that though darkness, dread, and sorrow may settle in for a season, the sunrise of God’s deliverance always breaks through. Drawing from Psalms 30:5—“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning”—the preacher walks through the long night of Passover, the bitter herbs, the blood on the door, and the command to stay behind the covering until dawn. He parallels that with the disciples’ grief after the crucifixion, the silence of Saturday, and the women approaching the tomb while it was yet dark—only to find the stone rolled away and the Son risen. The message declares that the same God who brought Israel out at daybreak and raised Jesus at sunrise is the God who brings His people out of their own nights of fear, uncertainty, and spiritual coldness. When the S.O.N. rises in a life, darkness breaks, dread lifts, and joy returns with power.   Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

This sermon centers on the true nature of the church—not a building, denomination, or organization, but the living body of Christ made up of those born into it by the Spirit. Preaching from 1 Corinthians 12, the message emphasizes unity, purity, and spiritual health, reminding believers that God uses the church to bring forth sons and daughters into the kingdom, and that a divided, worldly, or weakened body cannot birth spiritual life. The preacher warns against strife, gossip, jealousy, and the subtle poisons that creep into congregations when discernment is lacking and personal pride replaces love for God and one another. He calls the church to holiness, separation from the world, and a renewed commitment to the gospel, urging believers to fall out of love with themselves and back in love with Christ. With vivid illustrations—from the pot of wild gourds to the murmuring spirit that kills worship—he challenges the body to quit whining and start shining, to guard what enters the church, and to walk in unity so the light of Christ can reach the lost.   Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Podcast Summary — Sunday School (Romans 10–11) – 4/19/26 This Sunday School lesson walks slowly and honestly through Romans 10 and into 11, confronting the confusion of modern easy‑believism and the false doctrines rising in these last‑days. The teacher stresses that being born again is the most important decision a person will ever make—far above good works, community service, or having your name on plaques and programs—and that believing the Bible is true is not the same as being saved. Paul’s burden for Israel becomes the backdrop for explaining that the Jews, though God’s chosen people, must now come the same way as the Gentiles: through conviction, confession, and the drawing of the Holy Ghost. The lesson exposes the lie that only a pre‑selected few can be saved, declaring instead that Christ alone was predestined and that “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Through personal testimony, the teacher describes how conviction breaks the heart, how the Lord knocks first, and how salvation brings a felt change—relief, cleansing, and a new life. Romans 10 is shown as the doorway to salvation, while Romans 11 reveals Israel’s partial blindness, the Gentiles’ grafting in, and God’s ongoing mercy toward His people. Above all, the message calls listeners to cling to truth in a time of apostasy, to reject watered‑down doctrine, and to remember that salvation is by grace, through faith, and must be personally received.   Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

In this message, Brother Bill calls the church back to the potter’s house, reminding us that trust, faith, and restoration all begin where God first laid His hands on us. Using Jeremiah 18, he paints the picture of a God who never throws the clay away—who gathers every broken piece, every crack, every failure, and reshapes us into what seems good to Him. He warns that modern believers often hide their needs, fear judgment, or treat God like a tool in their back pocket, but the altar is still the place where strength begins and where the vessel is made whole again. He urges the church to return to the molding wheel, to reject complacency, to embrace conviction, and to remember that salvation is not the finish line but the beginning of a life of growth, chastening, and pursuit of righteousness. The message rises into testimony—how God took nothing and made something, how He changed a life headed the wrong way, and how the Spirit must remain consistent both inside and outside the church. Brother Bill closes by calling the church to be ready, molded, and prepared for the moment when the Lord returns and the redeemed rise to meet Him in the air.   Location: Bethel Church - Pelham TN 

“Who Broke Your Chains?” – Bill Frisbee, Bethel Revival (4‑27‑26) This revival message centers on Acts 16 and the midnight deliverance of Paul and Silas, using their story to confront the modern church’s spiritual paralysis. Brother Bill preaches that many believers today are bound by chains of dryness, routine, fear, and silence—locked in an “inner prison” of their own making—while the same Spirit that shook the jail in Philippi is still available to shake lives now. He warns that churches often shut the door on the very move of God they claim to desire, settling for predictable services instead of Holy Ghost liberty. Through vivid illustrations, testimonies of healing, and a call to bold worship, he urges the congregation to stop living as chained Christians and let God break every link, not just enough to feel better but enough to walk in freedom, power, and testimony.   Location: Pelham, TN Bethel Church 

Haggai 2:1–5 – Jesse Lockhart (4‑22‑26) Preaching from Haggai 2, Brother Jesse reminds the church that the same Spirit who filled the temple in its first glory is still with God’s people today, even if the outward structure looks smaller or weaker than before. He traces Israel’s return from Babylon, the rebuilding of the altar, and the mixture of weeping and shouting as the new foundation was laid, showing that real strength begins with prayer, not appearance. He challenges believers to reject “microwave religion,” put in the work of seeking God, and remember that every strong home, church, and life must be built on an altar that stays active. With warmth and urgency, he calls the congregation to pray through, worship deeply, and trust that God’s Spirit remains among them—unchanged, unweakened, and ready to move when His people return to Him.   Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

“How to Get an Answer From the Lord” – Evening Service (4‑19‑26 PM) Preaching from 1 Peter 5, the pastor teaches that answered prayer begins with humility, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. He explains that praying “boldly” never means arrogantly demanding from God, but approaching Him with confidence in His mercy. Using Jacob wrestling with the angel, Hannah praying silently for a son, and personal experiences of brokenness, he shows that God often answers only after a believer stops striving and fully leans on Him. He emphasizes casting all cares upon the Lord, honoring vows made in prayer, and recognizing that peace itself is often God’s answer before circumstances change. The message calls the church to return to “praying through”—seeking God until the burden lifts and the heart knows heaven has heard.   Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Chur  

“And the Word of Their Testimony” – Morning Service (4‑19‑26 AM) This message centers on Revelation 12:11 and the power of a believer’s testimony, declaring that Christians overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb and by openly declaring what Christ has done for them. The preacher contrasts true salvation with the shallow “do‑better” religion of the age, insisting that real conversion makes a new creature with new desires, including a longing for God’s house. He walks through biblical examples—the healed leper, the Samaritan woman, and others—showing how every person touched by Christ had to tell it. He urges believers not to leave their families guessing at their spiritual condition, reminding them that the testimony they leave behind will either stand for them or against them. The message ends with a heartfelt plea for God’s people to speak boldly, live faithfully, and leave behind a clear witness of genuine salvation.   Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Sunday School – Romans 10–11 (4‑19‑26) In this lesson, the teacher walks the class through Romans 10 and into 11, pressing hard on the difference between merely believing the Bible is true and actually being born again. He explains Paul’s burden for Israel, showing that even God’s chosen people must come the same way as the Gentiles—through conviction, confession, and the new birth. He warns against modern easy‑believism and the false idea that acknowledging God is enough, reminding listeners that salvation requires the Lord dealing with the heart and a sinner responding in repentance. Using his own testimony, he describes conviction as both fear and love pulling a person to Christ, and he celebrates that the gospel now gives equal access to Jew and Gentile alike. The lesson closes by highlighting Israel’s stumbling, the grafting in of the Gentiles, and God’s ongoing plan of grace.   Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Brother Joe Sanders preached a revival message centered on the reality that every believer is pulled between the natural eye and the spiritual one, and that the devil knows exactly how to lure God’s people away from focus, worship, and obedience. Using James 1, he reminded the church that trials, irritations, and temptations are not signs of failure but signs of spiritual activity—because the enemy only bothers those he hasn’t already trapped. With vivid illustrations, including a fisherman’s tackle box full of custom lures, he showed how Satan tailors distractions, frustrations, drifting thoughts, and everyday annoyances to draw Christians off course. Yet the Spirit keeps the believer steady when the flesh wants to rise and fall with every circumstance. The call of the revival was clear: stay alert to the lures, ask God for wisdom, resist being drawn away by your own desires, and keep your heart tuned to the Lord so He can do His perfect work in you.   Gum Springs Church – Revival – Brother Joe Sanders   Tracy City TN 

Bro. Joe Sanders preached on the deep hunger every believer carries for spiritual food, reminding us that the church, the preacher, and the people are rarely the problem—our appetite is. Using Ruth in Boaz’s field, he showed how God leaves “handfuls of purpose” for those willing to work, press through resistance, and stay close to the source of blessing rather than living off someone else’s overflow. He warned that hobbies, possessions, and even God‑given blessings can become idols when they outrank the Lord, and he urged the church to return to prayer, worship, and the Word with the same desperation Ruth had when she gleaned in the heat of the day. Through childhood stories of scarcity, seasons of financial struggle, and miracles like unexpected medical bills being wiped away, he testified that God faithfully provides for His people—but only when we stay in the right field, seeking Him above everything else.   Gum Springs Church – Revival – April 17, 2026

Brother Joe Sanders preached from Matthew 6 on the call to stop worrying and start seeking—reminding us that life changes when we truly “seek first the kingdom of God.” He walked through the stories of the woman with the issue of blood, the woman caught in adultery, the Samaritan woman at the well, and Zacchaeus, showing how every one of them was transformed the moment they pushed through fear, shame, or obstacles and simply went to where Jesus was. He warned that many believers avoid the Lord the same way we avoid people we don’t want to meet in a hallway, but real change only comes when we draw near, confess honestly, and let Him work. With personal testimony of his own salvation and the reminder that the devil only wants destruction while Jesus offers life, he urged listeners to stay close, stay humble, stay growing, and never let routine replace relationship—because Jesus still passes by, still sees us as we are, and still makes the difference when we choose Him.   Gum Springs Church – April 16, 2026- Tracy City TN 

Brother Danny Coffelt preached from Matthew 5:6, reminding us that just as the body cannot survive without food and water, the soul cannot live without the righteousness of God, and Jesus alone is the Bread of Life who fills the inner man. He walked through Scripture—from manna in the wilderness, to Elijah at the brook, to the feeding of the five thousand—to show how God has always provided physical nourishment, but Christ calls us to a deeper hunger: a craving for holiness, for His Word, for the living water that springs up into everlasting life. He warned that many believers today don’t recognize spiritual starvation because we live in physical abundance, and he contrasted true spiritual feeding with the entertainment‑driven “shows” that left many churches empty after COVID, proving they had fed the flesh but not the spirit. Hunger for God, he said, is proven by faithfulness, by longing for His house, by refusing to let the inner man dry up, because those who truly hunger and thirst after righteousness will be filled—overflowing, sustained, and transformed by the presence of God.   Bakers Chapel, Tracy City Tn– April 15, 2026

Brother Jesse Lockhart preaches from James 1:22 with a clear, urgent call for believers to move beyond merely hearing God’s Word and become true doers of it, reminding us that Christianity is not a spectator’s life but a life of obedience, action, and reasonable service. Using Naaman’s story, he shows how God rarely asks us for great feats—only simple obedience—and how pride, distraction, and self often keep us from doing what we already know is right. He warns that sin is not only the wrong we commit but also the good we refuse to do, urging self‑examination like the man looking into the glass who must not forget what he sees. God speaks to the heart, never contrary to His Word, and His blessings rest on those who continue in obedience, not forgetful hearers but faithful doers who trust Him through every muddy Jordan He leads them into.     Fairview Union- Whitwell TN 

Here is your podcast‑ready, single‑paragraph summary, written in the same clean, narrative rhythm you use for Fairview Union‑style recordings:   Brother Joe Sanders at Gum Springs Church in Tracy City, Tennessee, preaches from Genesis 37:12–14, showing how Joseph’s simple errand to check on his brothers became the beginning of a long, painful, God‑directed journey that neither he nor Jacob could have imagined. He reminds listeners that God’s plans rarely match our expectations, that His ways are higher than ours, and that following Him often requires leaving comfort, enduring hardship, and trusting when nothing makes sense. Through personal testimony—family loss, financial struggle, layoffs, and unexpected provision—Pastor Joe emphasizes that God grows His children not by pampering them but by walking with them through trials, teaching them to trust, forgive, and stay faithful. Like Joseph, Daniel, David, and the three Hebrew boys, believers are called to honor God daily, even when the path is unclear, knowing He never abandons His own and uses every season to shape them for His purpose.   Tracy City , Tennessee

In this revival message from Gum Springs, Brother Joe Sanders calls the church to return to the simple, surrendered prayer Jesus prayed in Gethsemane—“Not my will, but Thine be done.” He warns how easy it is to pray for God’s will in everyone else’s life while never asking for it in our own, and how believers slowly grow calloused when they get used to church attendance without true seeking. Through stories of work, frustration, talent, and everyday life, he reminds listeners that God can use anyone who makes themselves available, but the devil works to keep hearts distracted, comfortable, and spiritually dull. Sanders urges the church to move beyond routine, beyond excuses, and beyond comparing themselves to others, and instead come to the altar asking God to cleanse, guide, stir, and use them—because one willing Christian can make a difference in a family, a church, and a community when they truly seek the Lord’s will.   Gum Springs Church - Tracy City TN 

The Good Samaritan – Luke 10   The final message used the Good Samaritan to show the downward path of a soul that leaves God’s presence. Like the man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho, anyone who departs from God always goes down—into danger, into wounds, into scars that sin never fails to leave behind. The thieves represent the enemy waiting for distance, waiting for someone to wander just far enough from God to be cut off and attacked. Yet the heart of the message was the compassion of the Samaritan, a picture of Christ Himself, who finds us stripped, wounded, and half‑dead, lifts us up, binds our wounds, and carries us to safety. It is a reminder that while sin takes everything from us, Jesus restores what we cannot fix on our own.   Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

The Apostate Church – 2 Thessalonians 2   In the evening message, Brother Jesse warned from 2 Thessalonians 2 about the apostate generation we are living in—a time when truth is being abandoned, conviction is rare, and the Spirit of God is slowly withdrawing. Paul’s words about the “mystery of iniquity” remind us that sin grows bold when judgment doesn’t fall immediately, and people begin believing they can live any way they choose without consequence. As the true Spirit is resisted, an imitation spirit rises—emotional, entertaining, and deceptive—filling the void where holiness once stood. Scripture teaches that when the Spirit steps aside, the man of sin will be revealed, and the world will run to him because they no longer recognize truth. This message calls the church to stay anchored, stay clean, and stay sensitive to the Spirit while He still draws.   Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

This morning’s lesson reminded us how close the coming of the Lord truly is and how important it is to stay spiritually ready, not just in church but in everyday moments when we least expect to be questioned about our faith. A simple conversation at a ballfield turned into an interrogation about salvation, showing how easily confusion can arise when believers argue instead of guiding souls toward Christ. Matthew 4 revealed that even Jesus was tempted at His weakest, proving that temptation is not evidence of being lost but evidence that the enemy sees you as a threat. The devil presses hardest where we are weakest, but Jesus showed us how to answer with Scripture and stand firm. Temptation, trials, and intrusive thoughts don’t mean God has left us—they mean we’re in the fight, and the enemy wants us back.   Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

This sermon centers on the biblical story of Ruth, using the imagery of the “threshing floor” as a powerful spiritual metaphor. The speaker explains how, in ancient times, grain had to be crushed and broken to separate what was useful from what was worthless—and connects that to the human condition, arguing that personal brokenness is necessary for spiritual growth and for God to truly work in someone’s life . Drawing parallels between Boaz as a “kinsman redeemer” and Jesus Christ, the message highlights how Christ himself was “broken” through suffering and crucifixion to bring redemption to others . Ultimately, the sermon emphasizes surrender, humility, and transformation, teaching that just as Ruth had to go to the threshing floor to meet her redeemer, people must also go through refining and difficult experiences to find purpose, salvation, and deeper faith.   Fairview Union- Whitwell TN 

In the evening message, Brother Jessie turns to Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones to show God’s power to revive what looks hopeless, drawing a parallel between Israel’s captivity and the modern church’s weariness. Israel cried, “Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost,” yet God sent a message because He still saw potential for life. Jessie emphasizes that as long as there is even a remnant willing to hear the Word, God continues to speak, shake, assemble, and breathe life into His people. The gospel still separates, satisfies, and saves; the Spirit still blows like a rushing wind; and God still raises up an exceeding great army when His people humble themselves to hear. The message becomes a call to revival—break up the fallow ground, receive the Word, and let God breathe again—because the church is not finished, and God is not done.   Location: Fairview Union Church — Whitwell, Tennessee

On Easter morning, Brother Jessie lifts Ephesians 2 to proclaim the heart of the gospel: that Christ’s resurrection is not only a historical miracle but the very power that brings dead souls to life. He reminds listeners that humanity died spiritually in Adam, leaving every person “dead in trespasses and sins,” chasing pleasures that only mimic life while the enemy pulls the strings. But the message turns on two words—But God—whose rich mercy and great love sent a perfect Lamb, without spot or blemish, to bear our sin and become our substitute. Jessie paints the cross vividly, the empty tomb triumphantly, and salvation personally, sharing how the Lord drew him from spiritual death to life with the simple cry, “God save me.” The resurrection becomes more than an event; it becomes the invitation for every listener to experience the same quickening power that raised Christ from the grave.   Location: Fairview Union Church — Whitwell, Tennessee

In this lesson, the focus turns again to the urgent call to stay ready, not merely get ready, as Matthew 24 unfolds the signs of the times with fresh weight. Brother Brandon walks through Jesus’ warnings—earthquakes, wars, shifting seasons, and the fig tree’s lesson—to show that these signs aren’t new, but they are accumulating, reminding us that the Lord’s return is “even at the door.” He warns that history’s repetition can lull people into spiritual sleep, just as in Noah’s day, when life went on until judgment suddenly arrived. The parable of the faithful and evil servants drives home the point: it’s not how long you’ve served, but whether you’re faithful when He returns. Even Judas and the disciples—counted among the twelve—show how quickly people can drift when fear or pressure comes. The message lands with clarity: stay watchful, stay faithful, and stay ready, because the moment we think we have plenty of time may be the moment the Son of Man comes.   Location: Fairview Union Church — Whitwell, Tennessee

There Is Nothing to Go Back To – Jesse Lockhart (4‑1‑26) In this message, Brother Jesse walks through Ruth 1 to show how Ruth’s decision to leave Moab mirrors the believer’s call to leave the world behind, reminding us that Moab — with its idolatry, pride, hardness, and spiritual deadness — represents everything God has delivered us from. Drawing from Naomi’s return to Bethlehem‑Judah and Ruth’s refusal to go back, he warns that the world still sacrifices its children to modern idols, still insists it is right in its own eyes, and still hardens hearts like Nebuchadnezzar’s until God must break them. Ruth saw clearly that there was nothing worth returning to, and Jesse urges the church to see the same — to cling to God’s truth, reject the shifting sands of man‑made religion, resist the pull of worldly glamour, and step toward the God of Bethlehem‑Judah who alone offers life, mercy, and a future.   Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

In this message, Brother Jesse walks the church back into the upper room of John 13, where Jesus—knowing His hour had come—shared the final Passover with His disciples and then rose from the table to wash their feet, offering a living picture of humility, love, and the shared journey of believers. He explains how the disciples expected an earthly kingdom, yet Jesus was preparing them for suffering, service, and the spiritual kingdom to come. The washing of feet, a common act of hospitality in that day, becomes in Jesus’ hands a symbol of strengthening one another for the road ahead, easing the weariness of the walk, and demonstrating that no servant is greater than his Lord. Jesse highlights Peter’s resistance, Judas’ inclusion, and Christ’s insistence that this example be continued among His people—not as ritual, but as love, forgiveness, and unity in the journey. Communion and foot washing together become outward symbols of inward grace, reminders of Christ’s broken body, shed blood, and humble service, calling the church to walk the same path with one another.   Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Preaching from 2 Kings 7, Brother Jesse contrasts the starving city of Samaria with the four lepers who finally asked, “Why sit we here until we die?” to show how many believers today are spiritually stuck — seeing God’s promises but never partaking of them. He warns that lost people often look into the church and see only dead religion, and he calls Christians to live in such a way that Christ shines through them with real life, not hypocrisy. Using the lepers’ decision to rise up and move toward God’s provision, and Peter’s midnight deliverance from chains, he urges the church to stop settling into comfortable nests of routine, stop making excuses about chains and obstacles, and rise up in obedience before spiritual death sets in. We can sit still and die, or we can rise up and live — but only one choice leads to the feast God has prepared.   Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

This lesson revisits Matthew 24 to remind believers that the signs of Christ’s return are not meant to frighten but to steady us, beginning with Jesus’ first warning: “Take heed that no man deceive you.” Brother Brandon explains how deception, distraction, fear, and the easy religion of the flesh are Satan’s primary tools, while wars, earthquakes, political turmoil, and cultural decay are not new but part of the long‑running pattern Jesus described. He emphasizes endurance — that only those who continue to the end will be saved — and warns that iniquity’s rise will cause love to grow cold unless believers stay spiritually awake, resist false teaching, guard their minds, and refuse to be shaken by the noise of the age. The gospel is still going forth, the world is still unraveling as Scripture said it would, and the church must stay ready rather than get ready.   Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Brother Bobby Winton –  In this deeply personal and Spirit‑filled message, Brother Bobby Winton shares how the Lord pursued him through years of deception, near‑death experiences, and seasons of backsliding until the night he was truly born again. Preaching from John 3 and the story of Nicodemus, he warns that church attendance, religious motions, and even ministry roles cannot replace the genuine new birth. He recounts his coal‑mine accident, the conviction that followed, the years he spent thinking he was saved, and the moment in 1998 when he finally surrendered fully to Christ and rose from the altar knowing—beyond doubt—that he had been born again. With urgency and gratitude, he calls listeners to examine themselves, to stop relying on feelings or formality, and to make sure they know they’ve been born again, because nothing else will do.   Bakers Chapel- Tracy City TN   

In this revival sermon, the preacher follows the Spirit’s prompting to 1 John and unfolds the theme of being made clean through the blood of Jesus Christ, reminding listeners that all humanity is born into sin, blinded by darkness, and unable to see the evidence of God’s goodness until the light of the gospel shines into the heart. Drawing from 1 John, John 12, 2 Corinthians 4, Romans 8, and the parable of the prodigal son, he shows how Christ alone is our Advocate and our propitiation—how His blood is not about quantity but divine quality, fully sufficient to cleanse every sin. With urgency and compassion, he calls believers to stop living under condemnation, to lay down the guilt of their past, and to embrace the truth that when God clothes His children in Christ’s righteousness, He sees them as clean, forgiven, and free.   Bakers Chapel - Tracy City TN 

In this revival message, the preacher challenges believers with the question, “Will you be a Barnabas?”—a quiet but powerful figure in Scripture whose name means “son of consolation,” a man who added strength, comfort, and courage to others. Drawing from Acts 4, Acts 9, Acts 13, and Acts 15, he shows how Barnabas sacrificed his own belongings for the early church, stood beside Paul when no one else trusted him, and later defended John Mark when Paul refused to take him—an act of selfless loyalty that eventually restored Mark to usefulness in the ministry. Through vivid storytelling, humor, and heartfelt exhortation, the sermon calls listeners to become that kind of encourager: someone willing to give, to stand with the brethren, to lift up the fallen, and to play a quiet but eternal role in someone else’s walk with God.  

In this message, the preacher reflects on Paul’s declaration in 2 Timothy 4—“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith”—and builds a stirring call to endurance, reminding listeners that the only true “time to quit” is when we cross the finish line into eternity. Drawing from Paul’s transformation from persecutor to apostle, the spiritual warfare believers face, the midnight praise of Paul and Silas, and the hope of the third heaven, he urges Christians not to lay down their weapons in discouragement but to stand, pray, and continue. Through vivid stories—like the field preacher who preached until his candle burned out and the childhood memory of longing for home until his family arrived—the sermon anchors the truth that Christ will come, and until then, there is no quitting place for God’s people.   Fairview Union Church - Whitwell TN 

Brother John Ross Jones preached from Acts 17 with a clear call for the church to return to the Scriptures, reminding us that Paul’s “manner” was to go straight into the synagogue and reason with people about Jesus—not with psychology, entertainment, or flesh‑pleasing substitutes, but with the pure Word of God. He warned that the modern church is drowning in counterfeits, especially the glowing screens that steal our attention, distort our relationships, and quietly replace the true light of Christ with a false one. He urged believers to be set apart, sanctified by truth, and awakened to the distractions that keep us from prayer, from relationship with Jesus, and from seeing God move. Through testimony, conviction, and the story of a young man saved that very day, he reminded the congregation that revival begins when God’s people desire Him more than the world, obey His Spirit, and let the Word do the work.     Bakers Chapel - Tracy City, TN 

Brother Bobby Winton preached with fire about the goodness of Jesus, reminding us that salvation is a free gift found only at the foot of the cross, a gift that changes a person from the inside out and pulls them out of the world’s grip. He warned that today’s church has grown too busy, too distracted, and too prayerless, and that the devil uses that busyness to keep believers looking down instead of looking up. Using Luke 11, he emphasized that real prayer is learned, practiced, and lived—prayer that pulls you out of the world’s atmosphere and into God’s presence, prayer that keeps you strong when the enemy whispers lies, prayer that sanctifies and separates God’s people from the world. With humor, honesty, and conviction, he called the church to slow down, seek God, get back to the altar, and rediscover the power that once moved in brush arbors and still moves today when God’s people truly pray.     Bakers Chapel - Tracy City, TN

Pastor Jesse Lockhart preached from Haggai 1, reminding the church how Israel returned from seventy years of captivity with joy, rebuilding the temple foundation until the enemy rose up and fear stopped the work. He explained that the devil always moves when God’s people start moving, trying to rob joy, stall momentum, and quietly erode spiritual strength “little by little,” just like a sinkhole forming beneath a road. Through Haggai’s rebuke—“Consider your ways”—Pastor Jesse warned that God’s house had been neglected while everyone focused on their own, and the result was emptiness, frustration, and drought. But when Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant obeyed God’s word, the Lord stirred their spirits and promised, “I am with you.” Pastor Jesse urged the church not to fold at the devil’s first “boo,” not to panic at the news, and not to abandon what they know is right, but to rise up, rebuild, and keep moving for God even when they don’t feel like it—because heaven moves when God’s people move.   Fairview Union Church — Whitwell, Tennessee

Pastor Jesse Lockhart preached with deep joy about the hope believers have through the blood of Jesus Christ, reminding the church that salvation is far more than a feeling—it is the eternal confidence that sins are forgiven, names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and a resurrection hope awaits. Reading from Hebrews 9, he contrasted the powerless rituals of the old tabernacle with the perfect, once‑for‑all sacrifice of Christ, explaining that our own righteousness is nothing but “filthy rags,” and only the blood can make us clean. Pastor Jesse then moved to Exodus 12, showing how the Passover lamb’s blood on the doorposts separated God’s people, shielded them from judgment, and caused death to “pass over,” just as Christ—the true Firstborn—died in our place. He emphasized that staying “behind the blood” is the only safety in a chaotic world, and that the covering not only hides sin but sets believers free. With the urgency of a pastor who knows the times, he reminded the church that joy comes in the morning for those who remain under the blood until the Lord returns.   Fairview Union Church — Whitwell, Tennessee

In this Sunday School lesson, the teacher walks the class back through 1 Peter 3, reminding everyone that in a fast‑paced world designed to keep believers distracted, we must stay spiritually awake and ready. He emphasizes that “the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous” and that although evil may look successful for a season, God’s face is against those who do wrong, and their reward will come. Believers, however, may suffer for righteousness’ sake, yet Scripture says “happy are ye,” urging the church not to fear what people may do or say. He stresses the need for separation, backbone, and consistency—living in such a way that no one can confuse a Christian with the world. The class is reminded that every believer must personally seek the Word, be ready to give an answer for the hope within them, and share that hope with meekness, not pride. The lesson closes by turning to Hebrews 11, teaching that faith is trusting what we cannot see, believing God’s Word, and living differently because of it.   Fairview Union Church — Whitwell, Tennessee