Wednesdays in the Word
By Preston Highlands Baptist Church
Wednesdays in the WordFeb 24, 2021
The Church's Conscience
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert of Preston Highlands Baptist Church addresses a specific example of how to think through a disputable issue, or a matter of conscience.
The Church's Gifts
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert of Preston Highlands Baptist Church discusses how we can discover our spiritual gifts, whether they can change over time, and a couple of questions about what Paul calls the “higher gifts.”
The Church's Government
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert of Preston Highlands Baptist Church discusses several questions related to the different forms of church government, how congregationalism is better equipped to protect the gospel than other forms of church government, and what church members can do to best carry out their job of protecting and promoting the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Church's Generosity
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert of Preston Highlands Baptist Church discusses how we can increase our joy in our giving, how our giving should be primarily directed to our local church, and why pastors and missionaries should give away some of the money that was given to them.
The Church's Mission, Part 2
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert addresses several practical questions related to international missions, specifically how we can discern whether we should go and how we should choose who to support financially.
The Church's Mission, Part 1
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert discusses Jesus' command to "make disciples" (Matt. 28:19) and helps us think through how that can work in the context of a local church.
The Church's Servants
In this episode, Pastor John address several questions about deacon ministry in the local church.
Here are links to the resources he mentions:
Baptist Foundations, eds. Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman
Paul's Vision for the Deacons, Alexander Strauch
The Church's Shepherds
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert discusses how elders are sheep like all the other sheep, why they need the ministry of the body just like everyone else, and to what degree church members are called to submit to their leadership.
The Church's Boundaries: Discipline
In this episode, Pastor John discusses Church Discipline.
The Church's Boundaries: Membership
In this episode, Pastor John discusses how God uses the church to help us keep following Jesus until the end, why online "church" is not church, and how we can help people see the importance of gathering with and joining a local church.
The Church's Sexual Ethic
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert of Preston Highlands Baptist Church is joined by his lovely wife, Suzy, in order to address two very important questions about helping those dealing with sexual abuse and how to express our sexuality in singleness.
The Church's Holiness, Part 2
In this episode, Pastor John looks at 1 Peter 2:21-23 and discusses how we should respond to people who mistreat or abuse us.
The Church's Holiness, Part 1
In this episode, Pastor John Sypert addresses several questions about the church's holiness.
The Church's Maturity
In this episode, Pastor John addresses questions from his sermon "The Church's Maturity."
The Church's Unity
In this episode, Pastor John addresses questions from his sermon "The Church's Unity."
The Church's Good Works
In this episode, Pastor John addresses the following questions from his sermon "The Church's Good Works":
1) How should we think through living among the poor and marginalized of our society while at the same time potentially putting our family at risk by living in areas of high crime? (2:35)
2) What can single people who have a passion for adoption do to serve this cause? (7:58)
3) Should we only vote for pro-life candidates? (9:24)
4) When we face difficulties in our own lives, how do we get past them and focus on doing good works for others? (12:37)
5) What does God think about our failure to respond to "opportunities that arise"? (17:04)