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East Cooper Baptist Church - Sermons Podcast — 490 episodes
Serving Our Generation With Mercy
The Lord our God, the Lord is One
The Good Life According to Jesus
Building with Strength
ETERNITY
Resolutely Contending for the Faith
Preparing for The Coming Week, Month, Years in Kingdom Living
How to Live as A God-Honoring Citizen Under the Banner of the Lordship of Christ
The Joy and Gladness of Forgiveness of Sin (and the Response to Forgiveness)
Uphold Me With A Willing Spirit (How To Be Battle Ready)
Placing Yourself in the Path of Blessings/Happiness (?)
Restore My Joy!
How a Broken Person Prays, Part II
How a Broken Person Prays
Let The Bones You Have Broken Rejoice
The Blessedness of Discipline from the Loving Hand of Abba Father
Helping BROKEN PEOPLE Treasure Jesus
Broken People
Helping Others...to Treasure Jesus
A Fitting Savior
The Resurrection of Jesus: The Source of Hope
Never Forsaken
Entrusted
How to Be a Happy, Useful, Celebrating Christian
The God I Didn't Know
Developing Convictional Courage That Comes from the Empowering Holy Spirit
Developing Sea Legs (Living with Convictional Courage)
Developing Sea Legs by Underscoring the Enduring Power of Grace to Shape Disciples in a Fallen World
Developing Sea Legs in a Chaotic World: Traveling Hopefully
Living with Expectant Courage (Developing Sea Legs in a Chaotic World)
The Word of the Lord Brings Salvation & Restoration
Citizens Worthy of the Gospel
Living As Called People: Foundational Reminders
Living By Faith in 2021
The Upside Down Kingdom
Operation Rescue
To Walk Before God with a Deliberate and Cautious Humility (A Purposeful Direction That Leads to Joy and Human Flourishing)
Pursuing the Good (Actively Embracing Lovingkindness/Mercy)
From Stress and Sleeplessness to Gladhearted Trust: Remembering
The Good: Joyfully Pursued (Justice)
How to Stay the Course with Joyful Strength and Confidence
The Gathered Ones
The Gathering Shepherd
People of Truth
Joyful Seriousness
When You See God
"Zacchaeus Come Down"
“Your Faith Has Made You Well”
Battles and (Multiple) Blessings
Nice People or The New Creation
Receiving the Kingdom Like a Child
"Only Children"...and Entering the Kingdom
Redemption: Accomplished and Applied (Living as a Happily, Justified Believer)
One Man Went Home Justified, Thankful, and Happy
Prepare for Life; Persevere in Prayer
The Kingdom of God: In Your Midst
Healing of the Doubly-Abandoned Samaritan
The Path of Happiness
The Focus of the Fight for Happiness
Maintaining Happiness
Loving One Another in an Age of Loneliness
The Joy in the Difficult Seasons
The Awakening and Maintaining of Joy, II
The Awakening and Maintaining of Joy/Happiness
The Coming of the Holy Spirit
The Fight for Happiness
Resurrection Response: Exceeding Joy
Resurrection Realities: Loving God
Resurrection Realities: Right Now Counts Forever
Resurrection Realities: Trials/Suffering/Pain Which Do Not Overwhelm
Resurrection Realities
The Resurrection and Awakened Emotions
Battling Anxiety
March 29, 2020
March 22 Live Worship
Our Father...Hallowed (Honored) Be Your Name
On Our Knees for the World
The Abiding Life
Delighting in God’s Rhythms of Grace
How to Live as Productive, Glad, Confident Stewards in the Grace of Christ
Gospel Saturated Stewards
Waiting with Expectation to Receive Empowerment: Fellowship
Strength Renewed: The Centrality of Scripture
Happy is the Man...
Strength for the Journey
Renewing Strength for the Journey
Rejoicing: The Good News of Great Joy
The Ascension and Reign of Christ
The Glory, Goodness, and Reach of the Gospel
The Hope That Is In You
Christ-honoring Living and the Blessing of God
Likewise - Husbands
Precious in the Sight of God
Called To Endure Suffering
Grace-filled, God-saturated Living
Elect Exiles and Supernatural Living: The Christian and Authority
Holy Warfare
Identity. Indebtedness. Declaration.
As Obedient Children, Be Holy (See Clearly and Live with Purpose) Pt. 2
Living As Exiles
As Obedient Children, Be Holy (See Clearly and Live with Purpose) Pt. 1
Anxiety (and Hurricanes)
Resolute Hope in Grace
The Living Hope Which Sustains in Dark Places
A Living Hope
Transformative Learning in the Life of Peter
Strength for the Journey (Matthew)
The Good Soil
Entering the Kingdom
Take Another Look
On Loving God When Life is Hard
Human Flourishing??/Thriving
The Final State is Worse Than The Beginning
The Very Strange Case of Fruit-bearing
The Kingdom of God and Moving Vans
One Greater Than Temple Worship Walked Among Us
Yoked to Learn and Find Rest
Rest, Wonderful Rest
The Pivotal Point of All History
Responses to the Christ
Rewards and the Life of Faith
Responses to the Message of the Resurrection of Christ
Thanksgiving Dinner is Going to Be Interesting…
The Fear That Eclipses All Other Fears
Seek the Lord and Live
The Kingdom Breaks Into Time and Space
Mr. Inside & Ms. Outside and Desperate Faith
Self-deceived, Defeated or Devoted
The One Who Has All Authority
The Great Commission
The Walk of Faith and the Boat Manifest
Further into the Light
Plundered: A Desperate Man
Beauty and Brokenness
How to Have True Confidence
Living Intentionally: The Vital Importance of Community
Living with Intentionality: Know Your Environment/Season of Time
Living with Intentionality: Mind Renewal & Character Formation
Born to Set Your People Free
Invigorating Living
Unsustainable
The Brevity of Life (Opportunity Knocks)
What Are the Results of Being Filled with the Holy Spirit?
How to Embrace Life
The Thrill of Kingdom Living
A Call to Faith at a Time of Ordained Concealment
The Puzzling Nature of Life Lived Under the Sun
Despair on Overdrive
Just a Little Bit More
Stumbling into Despair or Living with Hope
The Pleasure Matrix II
The Pleasure Matrix I
The Tragedy of Forfeiting the Wonder
Paul’s Cohorts (Pt. 3)
Paul's Cohorts (Pt. 2)
Paul's Cohorts (Pt. 1)
Grace Filled Speech (Salty Language)
Walk in Wisdom Before the Watching World
To Make the Gospel Clear
An Open Door to Preach Christ
The Banquet is Better
Joy in the Mess, Rest from the Weariness
Continue Steadfastly in Prayer
Do It For The Reward
Living Genuinely and Sincerely, with Zest and Gusto
How to Live Well - Even in the Midst of Difficult Circumstances
Safety, Protection and Leadership/Accountability Among God’s People
The Family: The Foundational Institution of Human Society, Part 2
The Family: The Foundational Institution of Human Society, Part 1
The Family
Living in Community (when Christ is all in all)
The Power of Scripture in Shaping Community
Zechariah’s Mistake
Living Together When Christ is All in All
Building Community for the Advancement of the Kingdom
Autonomous Man or Worshipping Man
Community Building and Mutual Forgiveness
Energized to Live for Christ
Gospel Root System
Building Community as the People of God
Divine Opportunities Await You and Your Church
A Living Response to the Glorious Foundation
The Joy of Fruit-Bearing
Strengthened To Entrust
The Necessity of Action
The Inevitable Link
Fruit Bearing and Stewardship
Worship and Fruit Bearing
Worshipping well and flourishing
Responses to the Coming of Christ: Worship, Indifference, or Hostility
What of You
Groaning and the Hope of Heaven
A New Song: the Focus of a Redeemed Heart
The Applause of Heaven
Between Two Worlds: The Hope of Heaven
The Necessity of Emotion
The Gospel Hinge
Living Between Two Worlds
A Sweeter Song
Hold Fast to Christ
Overcoming Fine-Sounding Arguments by the Cross
Safety in Christ and Among His People
Safe and Secure in Christ or Shipwrecked
Confidence in the Lord, Our Rock
Equipped to Fight the Good Fight of Faith
Equipping: Disciples as Lifelong Learners
Equipping Lifelong Learners (Disciples)
Spiritual Warfare: Godliness on Display and the Erosion Thereof
Draw Near to God and He Will Draw Near to You
Resisting the Devil and Drawing Near to God
A Resisting the Devil Lifestyle
Disarmed, Shamed, and Mortally Wounded
The Sufficiency of Christ
Behold the God Who Helps You
Live with Intelligent Discernment in Light of the Reality of Christ - Part Two
Live with Intelligent Discernment in Light of the Reality of Christ
Rooted, Built-up, and Established
Continuous Preparation for Spiritual Engagement
The Glory of Christ
Losing Leisure for Loving Labor
We Proclaim the Enormity of the Living Christ
Advancing the Gospel from Generation to Generation Through Sufferings
Defiance toward Christ: The Endgame
The Christ Who Brings Division...and Heaven’s Peace
Risen from the Dead
Living Expectantly
How to Handle Worry
Dedication Sunday
Greed in Four Steps to Half-Witted/Imbecilic Living
Protection from Hypocrisy
Guard Against the Calamity of Hypocrisy
What Type of People Should We Be – Part IV
Blessed are the Merciful for They Shall Be Shown Mercy
What Type of People Should We Be?
What Attitudes Should Mark My Days?
“If You Continue… (the War Within)” – Part II
If You Continue... (the War Within)
But Now!
2017 In Light of Eternity
Christmas Day
The Supremacy of Christ
God Revealed
The Unshakable Foundation
Fully Pleasing to the Lord
Unceasing Prayer in the Midst of Arduous/Daily Living Part I
Faith and Love Built By the Hope of Heaven and Continuous “Gospeling”
Living as the People of God in the Midst of a Biblically Hostile Culture
Christ is Exodus
Lifestyle Patterns Which Feed a Life of Awe
Hurricane Week Musings
Devoted to Prayer
The Glad Sobriety of Worship
Walking in the Awe of God
Devoted to Fellowship
Devoted to the Apostolic Teaching – Part II
That Which Awakens Awe: Devotion to the Apostolic Teaching
An Environment of Awe
The Awe That Compels Adoration, Love, and Robust Energy
How Repentance is Fostered/Cherished or Abandoned
Josiah: The Trajectory of a Life of Repentance
To Christ be the Glory!
Certainty, Productivity, and Refreshment in a Secure Footing
Developing the Heart of the Disciple
Invincible Joy in a Gospel Perspective
The Protection Which Leads to the Joy of Stability
The Reckless Twisting of Scripture and Destruction
The New Heavens and the New Earth and Excellent Living
How Do We Stand on Tiptoe as We Long for the Coming Day of the Lord?
How Should We Live?
The Invigorating Truth and Glorious Fact
Do Not Overlook
Continually Stirred Up to Correct Thinking
Backsliding: Results and Avoidance
Creating a Culture of Candor: Intimacy or Image?
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Worse Off Than at the Beginning
False Teachers: Overcome and Enslaved
The Resurrection: Futility Vanquished
Safety and Abundant, Extraordinary, Remarkable Pasture in the Messiah
False Teachers and Their Message
Rescue or Punishment
Ruin, Annihilation, and Destruction
Eyewitnesses to Majestic Splendor
Remember (!!!)
Brotherly Kindness
Godliness and Community
Make Every Effort: The Call to Change
Motivation that Leads to Change
Living Out The Promises
The Inextricable Link
Good News of Great Joy (with No Fear for all People)
The Scandal of Grace
Four Men and A Friend
Thanksgiving & the Continual Feast
Immediately: Kingdom Living
How Jesus Met Temptation (The Kingdom of God)
These Three Things
The Heavens are Torn Open: The Kingdom is Coming
Reformation Sunday & Sola Scriptura
Prepare for the Coming King (The Role of John the Baptist) Part II
Prepare for the Coming King (The Role of John the Baptist)
Conquering Anxiety
Caring for the Church of God
Shepherding With a Clear Conscience
The Call to Significance
A Shepherding Model
The Glorious Gospel
Feed My Sheep
God of All Comfort
Stand in the Rain
Creating a Culture of Candor
The Final Analysis
Fueled & Aflame
The Living Out of Genuine Love
Let Your Love Be Genuine
Reflections on Emanuel AME
One Body... Many Members
The Church in Corporate Worship
Promises, Presence, Prepared
Clarity of Worship, Mind Renewal, and the Basic Building Block of Unity: Thinking with a Sober Judgement
Clarity: Discerning the Will of the Lord
Clarity: Transformed By the Renewing of Our Mind
Clarity: In the Light of the Mercies of the Cross
Justification and the Righteousness of God
How to Guard the Glorious Deposit II
How to Guard the Glorious Deposit (The Stewardship of Life)
The Rest of the Story...
On the Basis Of...
Foundational Living
Living With a Delighting Hope
Living Responsibly As We Enjoy the Good Gives of God
Global Impact Conference
Staying Power in the Stewardship of Life
Fight the Good Fight of Faith: Building a Stewardship Mindset
A New Way of Seeing
Run the Race of Faith With Endurance – Part III
Run the Race of Faith With Endurance – Part II
How to Run the Race of Faith with Endurance
Reminders for 2015
Bearing Witness to the Light
And the Word Was God
How to Celebrate Christmas (and Life)
(Glorious) Order in the Church
A Sermon on Missions
From Blessing to Hope
The Glorious Gospel
Waging the Good Warfare
Overflowing Grace
Use of the Law
The King is Coming
The Apostolic Goal and Its Components
The Recipient, The Erroneous Teaching & The Glorious Design
Lead Us Not Into Temptation But Deliver Us From Evil
Forgive Us Our Debts as We Forgive Our Debtors (II)
Forgive Us Our Debts as We Forgive Our Debtors
Roots of Godliness (Why You Need to be in a Community Group)
Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread
Prayer: Thy Will Be Done on Earth as it is in Heaven (II)
Prayer: Thy Will Be Done on Earth as it is in Heaven (I)
Thy Kingdom Come
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Our Prayer: Our Father
Quiet Trust Amid Uncertainties
Battle Cry
'Don't You Forget About Me': How God's Past Changes My Present & Future
What Keeps You Up at Night?
The Absolute Security of the Children of God
The Christian Armor and Prayer Pt.2
The Christian Armor and Prayer
How to Receive the Word
How to Hold the Sword of the Spirit
The Assurance of Salvation II
The Helmet of Salvation (Assurance of Salvation)
Spiritual Warfare and the Helmet of the Hope of Salvation
The Shield of Faith
The Resurrection and Affirmation of Joy and an Invitation to Hope
Feet Made Ready by the Gospel of Peace
The Breastplate of Righteousness
The Belt of Truth
The Stronger One Has Overcome
Be Strong in the Lord (Resist the Devil and He Will Flee from You)
Be Strong in the Lord
Be Strong in the Lord and in the Strength of His Might
Global Impact Conference 2014
Treasures In Heaven Pt. 2
When World Views (Should) Collide
Enter Into the Joy of Your Master
Living All of Life in Response to God’s Unconditional and Glorious Initiative
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Search Me, Try Me, and Lead Me
God All-Knowing
Optimism and the Christ-Centered Worldview
Fear Not…Great Joy for all People
Therefore...
Rewards
Shine as Lights to the World
Always of Good Courage
Glorious Sighing
We Do Not Lose Heart
A Victory Cry from the Canvas
Since We Have Been Justified by Faith
Proclamation and Servanthood
We Do Not Lose Heart
Transformation by a Continuously Beholding
Freedom
The True Glory Has Come
Passion, Sufficiency, Focus
Sunday Sermon Sept. 1, 2013
The Vital Importance of Community
The God Who Restores
Silas: A Faithful Brother
The God of All Grace
Sunday Sermon, July 28, 2013
Christianity is not a Spectator Sport
Genesis 12:1-4a
Standing With Strength and Diligence, Part IV: Spiritual Warfare
Standing With Strength and Diligence, Part III
Standing With Strength and Diligence, Part II
Standing With Strength and Diligence
The Goodness of God’s Creation
How to Recover/Restore the Beauty and Joy of Eden
Paradise Lost…And Regained (Partially)
It Is Not Good to Be Alone
The Consequences of Truth and Denial
Free Fall or God’s Design
The Gift of the Created Order (God’s Good Design Part I)
Now
The Triumphal Entry
Suffering as a Christ-Follower
How to Live as "Called Out" People II
Living as "Called Out" People
Global Impact Conference 2013
Living to the Glory of God Part II
The Stewardship of Life pt. III
The Stewardship of Life pt. II
Good Stewards of the Manifold Grace of God
Love Covers
Living As a Called Person (Stewardship of Life pt. I)
What of 2013?
Shameless Praying
From Generation to Generation
The Vital Importance of Christ-Centered Community
A Missional People: Lessons from the Life of Adoniram Judson
Peace With God
The Ultimate Basis for Thanksgiving
Walking in Joyful Freedom
Give Thanks His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
Break Up Your Unplowed Ground
The Supremacy of Christ
Break Up Your Unplowed Ground as You Seek the Lord
Break Up the Unplowed Ground For it is Time to Seek the Lord That He May Come and Reign Righteousness Upon Us
A Seeking God Lifestyle
A Pattern/Paradigm for Ongoing Spiritual Empowerment
A People Prepared
The Compelling Motivation of the (Glorious) Gospel
Do Not Put Out the Spirit’s Fire
Attitudes Which Fuel Christ-Honoring Living (or A Life of Worship)
“I Am Who I Am” Has Sent You
The Unique and Final Revelation of God in His Son (Divine Revelation for Personal Transformation)
"An Engraved Invitation" - The Lord's Supper
Impressive or Impressed?
Relationships in the Church: Leaders
We Belong to the Day
Sons of the Day
From Bewildered Hopelessness to Vast Encouragement
The “More and More” Mandate
“It Seems to Me…” vs. “It is God’s Will…”
The Glory of the Cross: The Power of the Word
Equipping People to Pursue Christ Passionatly to Impact the Culture
Pleasing God
A Prayer for the Church at Thessalonica
Abundant Love
How to Fight Against the Enemy of Our Souls
Encouragement
The Word of God at Work in Those Who Believe
“What I Am Saying is True and Reasonable…”
“But Now…”
Spiritual Leadership
How to Live With Boldness (or How to Not Live in Vain)
Jesus, Who Rescues Us from the Coming Wrath
Waiting For the Son from Heaven
Global Impact Conference 2012
Turning to the True and Living God from Idols
A Model Church
The Endurance That Comes From Hope
A Growing Faith that Leads to “Thankful-Laden” Work
Union With Christ
“Make Every Effort” Part II
“Be On Your Guard”
A Glorious Reminder of the New Year