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In Week 1 of Gender Wars, we explore the familiar phrase "you're doing too much" through the lens of Luke 10:38–42.For many women, doing too much isn't a personality trait; it's a survival skill. But life as God intended isn't just surviving; it's thriving.  In this message, we unpack Jesus' invitation to Martha not to be Mary, but to discern the moment, or as we've affectionately called it, "read the room." Because spiritual formation isn't about doing more; it's about aligning your life with what God is doing.If you've ever felt overwhelmed, overextended, or unsure of what actually matters most, this message will help you refocus and respond with clarity.

The early church didn’t just preach about Jesus; they demonstrated the power of Jesus. In Acts 5:12–16, we’re invited to wrestle with the role of miracles in our faith and the tension between skepticism and sensationalism. This message calls us to trust God’s work, even when we don’t fully understand it, and to remain open to the ways He is still moving today.

What if the greatest threat to authentic community isn’t external persecution, but internal performance? In Acts 5:1–11, the story of Ananias and Sapphira confronts us with the danger of performative spirituality, an outward representation that doesn’t match inward reality. This message explores why we feel the need to pretend, how it undermines real community, and what it looks like to live truthfully before God and one another.

What does life together actually look like after the resurrection? As we return to Church in the Wild, we explore Acts 4:32–35 and the kind of community the early church embodied, one marked by unity, generosity, and shared life. In a culture shaped by individualism, this message challenges us to build something different by redefining what it means to act, interact, and react as the people of God.

In the final installment of The Crucified King, we celebrate Easter by exploring what the resurrection truly means. More than proof of life after death, the resurrection is God’s decisive declaration that Jesus is King. From Matthew 28:18, we see how the risen Jesus claims all authority and what that means for our lives, our obedience, and our mission to work His words in the world.

This week, we recap our first Vision Sunday and a timely Palm Sunday message centered on Simon of Cyrene. Together, they invite us to reconsider what it really means to follow Jesus in a culture that prefers comfort over the cross.

In Part 4 of The Crucified King, we step into John 18:36 and listen in on Jesus’ conversation with Pilate. As the shadow of empire reaches its climax, Jesus does not deny His kingship. He redefines it. This episode explores the contrast between the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world, the methods that distinguish them, and the uncomfortable question this raises for the church today: are we building with the way of Jesus, or borrowing the ways of empire?

In Part 3 of The Crucified King, we turn to Luke's Gospel to hear Jesus describe His mission in His own words. Anointed by the Spirit, Jesus announces good news for the poor, freedom for the captive, and restoration for the oppressed, revealing both the audience of His kingdom and the heart of His reign.

Jesus began His ministry with a bold declaration: “The time has come. The kingdom of God has come near.” In Part 2 of The Crucified King, Pastor Sean explores how the phrase “good news” would have been heard in the Roman world, why it demanded a response of repentance and belief, and how the true Gospel continues to confront our attempts to redefine it.

Pastor Sean begins The Crucified King by going back to the beginning. In Matthew 2, the Magi arrive in Jerusalem asking a dangerous question: “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?” Before Jesus ever preached a sermon or performed a miracle, He was proclaimed King. This is no ordinary baby.

Kingdom South+ is a new weekly formation-focused podcast from Kingdom South designed to help you work the words of Jesus beyond Sunday. Each episode follows a simple rhythm: Message. Meaning. Monday. In 28 minutes or less, Pastor Sean revisits the heart of Sunday’s teaching to help you translate what you heard into how you live. Whether you were in the room or missed the moment, Kingdom South+ gives you the gist, the grounding, and the guidance you need for the week ahead.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on race and faith, A Different World. In Part 3, Pastor Sean unpacks Exodus 2:23-25 NIV, framing justice as more than a cultural side conversation but a core discipleship issue. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.As part of our commitment to formation, Pastor Sean is creating a Bible Reading Plan to accompany each sermon series. Our February Bible Reading Plan is A Different World, a carefully curated collection of Scriptures centered on identity, dignity, and justice. To download the plan, click here. To watch the daily videos, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on race and faith, A Different World. In Part 2, Pastor Sean unpacks Exodus 1:15-21 NIV, framing dignity as more than a cultural side conversation but a core discipleship issue. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.As part of our commitment to formation, Pastor Sean is creating a Bible Reading Plan to accompany each sermon series. Our February Bible Reading Plan is A Different World, a carefully curated collection of Scriptures centered on identity, dignity, and justice. To download the plan, click here. To watch the daily videos, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our vision series, Call of Duty. In Part 2, Pastor Sean unpacks Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NIV, framing Authentic Community as the counterstrike to Radical Individualism. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.As part of our commitment to formation, Pastor Sean is creating a Bible Reading Plan to accompany each sermon series. Our January Bible Reading Plan is Call of Duty, a carefully curated collection of Scriptures centered on vision and calling. To download the plan, click here. To watch the daily videos, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we kick off our new vision series, Call of Duty. In Part 1, Pastor Sean unpacks Romans 12:1-2 NIV, framing Spiritual Formation as the counterstrike to Cultural Formation. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.As part of our commitment to formation, Pastor Sean is creating a Bible Reading Plan to accompany each sermon series. Our January Bible Reading Plan is Call of Duty, a carefully curated collection of Scriptures centered on vision and calling. To download the plan, click here. To watch the daily videos, click here.

Happy New Year! In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we bring you our State of the Kingdom Address. Pastor Sean unpacks this year's foundational scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, defining what Radical Warfare is and isn't as we step into this new season. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.As part of our commitment to formation, Pastor Sean is creating a Bible Reading Plan to accompany each sermon series. Our January Bible Reading Plan is Call of Duty, a carefully curated collection of Scriptures centered on vision and calling. To download the plan, click here. To watch the daily videos, click here. 

Happy New Year! Welcome to the Year of Radical Warfare. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here. 

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 8, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 4:1-31 NIV, exploring Peter and John's interaction with the religious leaders after the miracle of the lame man and its implications for our modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this special live edition of The Cutting Floor, Pastor Sean steps behind the scenes to explore the opening lines of Luke’s Gospel (Luke 1:1–4) and the theological purpose behind Luke’s two-volume work, Luke–Acts. By examining Luke’s role as a careful historian, witness, and storyteller, this episode invites listeners to consider what it means to know the certainty of the Christian faith and to bear faithful witness to it. As we look ahead, Pastor Sean challenges the church to embrace the dual calling of being both grounded believers and thoughtful witnesses in a world that needs an orderly account of the story of Jesus.For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here. 

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 7, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 3:11-26 NIV, exploring Peter's message after the miracle of the lame man and its implications for our modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 6, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 3:1-10 NIV, exploring Peter and John's interaction with the lame man and its implications for our modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, Pastor Denisha shares a standalone message titled You've Been Warned. She unpacks Luke 17:20-33 and Genesis 19:15-17;23-26, exploring what Jesus' strange command to "Remember Lot's wife" means for our modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 5, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 2:42-47 NIV, exploring life in the early church in Jerusalem and what it means for the modern church. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 4, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 2:14-41 NIV, exploring Peter's Pentecost sermon as an important work of Christology. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 3, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 2:1-12 NIV, exploring the day of Pentecost and some of the misconceptions surrounding it. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 2, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 1:12-26 NIV, offering leadership lessons we can take from the process to determine Judas' apostolic replacement. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Cutting Floor, Pastor Sean explains why he titled Part 1 of Church in the Wild "Watch the Throne," reinforcing Jesus' call to let Him rule from the throne of our hearts.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we kick off our new series on the book of Acts, Church in the Wild. In Part 1, Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 1:6-8 NIV, confronting what one theologian calls “nationalist fantasy” and exploring how the modern church can resist it. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

As we celebrate one year of The Kingdom South Podcast, we are excited to introduce a new mini-series, The Cutting Floor.In this mini-series, Pastor Sean takes us behind the scenes and into his content process. He'll share what got cut and why. If you've ever wondered what happens to the parts of a sermon that don't make it to Sunday, this is for you!The sermon may be over, but the conversation is just getting started.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we share a primer for our upcoming series on the book of Acts, titled 'Church in the Wild,' with a message titled 'The Marathon Continues.' Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 1:1-3 NIV, setting the stage for the transition from the ministry of Jesus to the ministry of the church. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we conclude our series on prayer, Get Your ACTS Together, with a message titled Ask For What You Want. Pastor Sean unpacks Matthew 7:7-11 NIV, exploring the fourth and final word in the ACTS model: Supplication.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on prayer, Get Your ACTS Together, with a message titled Strange Advice for Tough Times. Pastor Sean unpacks 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV, exploring the third word in the ACTS model: Thanksgiving.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series on prayer, Get Your ACTS Together, with a message titled These Are My Confessions. Pastor Sean unpacks 1 John 1:8-10 NLT, exploring the second word in the ACTS model: Confession.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we launch a new series on prayer, Get Your ACTS Together, with a message titled I See Him. Pastor Sean unpacks 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 NLT, exploring the first word of the ACTS model: Adoration.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we share a special tag team message. Pastor Sean & Pastor Denisha unpack John 15:1-8 NIV, exploring the apex of spiritual formation: abiding. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we share a special standalone message titled Marked For More. Pastor Sean unpacks 1 Samuel 16:13 NIV, exploring the two things we must make peace with if we are going to be all God has marked us for. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we conclude a mini vision series, As it is in Heaven, with a message titled The Gospel as a Social Equalizer. Pastor Sean unpacks Luke 4:16-21 NIV, exploring the relationship between The Sean Dreher Foundation and Kingdom South. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we launch a new mini vision series, As it is in Heaven, with a message titled In Columbia as it is in Heaven. Pastor Sean unpacks John 1:14(a) MSG, exploring the relationship between the incarnation and the role of the local church in a community. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we conclude our summer series, KS at the MOVIES, with a movie titled Straw. Pastor Sean unpacks Job 2:7-10 MSG, exploring the relationship between Janiyah (Straw's main character) and Job's wife. We've also shared a bonus conversation between Pastor Sean and Elder Errica on how to put the principles in this message into practice. For more information on Kingdom South, click here.For more information on Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our summer series, KS at the MOVIES, with a movie titled The Five Heartbeats. Elder ReGinia unpacks Isaiah 14:12-15 & Revelation 12:7-9, exploring the parallels between the movie and the fall of Lucifer. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our summer series, KS at the MOVIES, with a movie titled Matilda. Pastor Sean unpacks Genesis 50:20 NLT, exploring the parallels between Matilda and the biblical character Joseph. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we launch our summer series, KS at the MOVIES, with a movie titled The Lion King. Pastor Sean unpacks 1 Kings 2:10-12 NLT, exploring the similarities between Israel's most notable father-son kings, David & Solomon, and Mufasa and Simba. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we conclude our series for men, He/Him, with a message titled He Had One Job. Pastor Sean unpacks Genesis 2:15 NIV, exploring a man's most important work and its implications for the modern world.For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series for men, He/Him, with a message titled When the Closest One Doesn't Clap. Pastor Sean unpacks 2 Samuel 6:16;20-23 GW, exploring some of the challenges a man faces in his relationship with his woman and their implications for the modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we launch a new series for men, He/Him, with a message titled Like Father, Like Father. Pastor Sean unpacks Genesis 1:26a NLT, exploring the similarities between the role of the natural father and our heavenly Father and their implications for the modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we share a message from Witness (Pentecost) Sunday titled It's Time to Go Public. Pastor Sean unpacks Acts 1:6-8 NLT, exploring the vision Jesus casts for His followers and its implications for our modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we share a standalone message titled The Battle of the Sexes. Pastor Sean unpacks Genesis 3:16b NLT, exploring the gender divide and its implications for our modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we close out Women’s Month with a panel discussion moderated by Pastor Sean. Four women from our community come together for a conversation on womanhood, covering topics ranging from feminism to formation and how they both impact the modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we conclude our series for women, She/Her, with a message titled I Said What I Said. Pastor Sean unpacks Ruth 1:15-18 NIV, exploring what it means to be a woman of commitment and its implications for our modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here.For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.

In this episode of The Kingdom South Podcast, we continue our series for women, She/Her, with two tag-team messages for Mother's Day 2025: A Woman of Hope & A Woman of Excellence, exploring what it looks like to live as such women in the modern world. For more information about Kingdom South, click here. For more information about Sean Dreher Ministries, click here.