Twenty-Somethings

Join us as Caleb teaches about the realities of Hell and the Hope found in Jesus Christ.

How does the mighty Babylon fall? How does God call us to be pure in an impure world? Join us as we discuss the differences between the Prostitute of Babylon and the Bride of Christ.

How should you manage loans? What math do you use to figure out how much you actually pay? Once you pay off a loan what should you do with the extra money? Join us as Stana teaches us about understanding car loans.

Listen in as Ryan Stepp introduces us to biblical finances.

Who is the Lord of your life? What are you going to do about who Jesus is? Listen in as Andy Lee teaches about God's Wrath and the hope found in Jesus Christ!

In what ways does the world ask you to compromise aspects of your faith? Why is it important to stay faithful in the little things? Join us as Caleb preaches from Revelation 13 & 14 about the arrival of the beasts and the mark of the beast.

How can Christians best fight Satan and his demons? Can you recognize when he attacks? Join us as Caleb teaches from Revelation 12 about Satan's waged war against God's people.

How do we as Christians offer a message of reconciliation that may turn into a message of judgment? Join us as Caleb answers this question and many more!

What should you do during God's punishment? What does it mean to repent? Join us as Caleb teaches about the 7 trumpets and God's judgement for the world.

What if, contrary to our modern sensibilities, the judgment of God is a good thing? What if God can only be a God of love if He is also a God of justice? Who are the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse? What can the Old Testament teach us about Revelation? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers all of these questions and more!

How can Jesus make hopelessness impossible for Christians? How can we have a relationship with the transcendent God? How does Jesus fulfill all of Scripture and God's promises? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers all of these questions and more from Revelation 5.

God is greater than we could ever possibly imagine and He deserves all of our reverence and praise. Yet so often, we treat God casually and therefore don't take His commands seriously as we often put ourselves at the center on the throne that belongs to God alone. How can we put God at the center of our lives? How can we have a holy sense of fear and trembling towards God? How can a bigger view of God enhance our view of the Gospel? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more in this installment of our Revelation sermon series.

Listen in as Andy Lee Recaps the 7 churches in this next installment of our Revelation message series!

How can you tell if a church or person is spiritually alive or spiritually dead? What are signs of spiritual maturity? How can we take next steps in our faith journey? What are signs that we care more about our spiritual reputation than our spiritual reality? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more!

What does it mean to stand for truth? How are the values of our culture different than the values of Scripture? How does our culture misconstrue tolerance? Is truth important enough to die for? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more as he guides us through Jesus' letter to the church at Thyatira.

Tonight's message was different than normal in the best kind of way. We began by talking about the letter to Pergamum and how the church had compromised. But for the second half of the message, we did an activity where those in attendance wrote a letter as if Jesus was writing a letter to Twenty-Somethings. We talked about what Jesus would praise the ministry for, how we might have compromised and need to get back on the right track, and how we can support each other to keep the ministry faithful.

How can we have courage in all things? How can we remain faithful to Jesus in the midst of persecution? What hope do we have in Jesus in hard things? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more in this next installment in our Revelation series!

What can we learn from the letter to the church in Ephesus? How can we tell if we love Jesus more than anything else in this world? What can we do to ensure we love Jesus more than anything else? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more!

How can we endure persecution? How can we withstand cultural pressures from the world around us? What does it mean to fear the Lord? How can the fear of the Lord lead to greater love for Jesus? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more from Revelation 1:9-20!

Listen in as Caleb Eissler kicks off our sermon series in Revelation by helping us learn the context and genres of Revelation so we can understand this incredible book. Revelation is a book of Gospel-hope meant to help Christians trust in Jesus no matter what comes. Caleb shows this theme throughout the message. To close, he share 5 observations from Revelation 1:1-8 that help us understand the purpose and theme of the book.

To close out our relationships series, the Twenty-Somethings Advisory Team (Caleb Eissler, Jay Minnick, Jane Minnick, Kelly Broadway, and Nick Monroe) led an ask anything panel to answer live audience questions related to the message series. Topics ranged from things like finances in marriage, to emotional boundaries, to dating advice, to divorce, to sex, and more. Listen in as we close out our summer-long relationships series!

This message has one simple and important goal: to show the world the Bible's positive, joyful, passionate, sensual, and sacred view of sex between one man and one woman in the context of marriage. Listen in as Caleb Eissler shows how the world's broken and tiny view of sex is nothing compared to the Bible's glorious view. During the message, Caleb tries to remove some of the confusion or mystery surrounding the Song of Songs as he seeks to show that it is a profound book about God's good gift of sex. Caleb primarily walks through Genesis, 1 Corinthians, Proverbs, Song of Songs, and Ephesians to show us the goodness of sex and how it relates to the glory of God and the Gospel. Ultimately, Caleb shows us that the good gift of sex, like all good gifts, is meant to point us back to our greatest joy of all: God Himself.

Few topics are more difficult and personal than divorce and remarriage. Yet, few topics are less preached on. At Twenty-Somethings, we don't believe in avoiding tough topics. We believe God's Word is our ultimate guide for life and doctrine. In tonight's message, Caleb Eissler addresses these topics by answering questions such as the following: What is the purpose of marriage according to the Bible? Is divorce ever permissible? Is remarriage ever permissible? How does divorce differ from the Bible's vision of marriage? How does abuse relate to this conversation? What Gospel-hope do we in the midst of divorce? Caleb closed the message with some live Q&A to help bring the content home.

After talking about the Bible's theology of marriage last week, we thought it would be important to talk about the practical side of marriage. What is marriage really like? What are some myths about marriage? What are the joys of marriage? What should a Christian marriage look like? Listen in as Jay and Jane Minnick walk us through a practical teaching on marriage. After this teaching, the Minnicks host a panel of two newly married couples from Twenty-Somethings: Eli and Paige Gaitley plus Lake and Ellie McGinty.

What does the Bible teach about marriage? How does the Bible's teaching differ from our modern, Western, secular view of marriage? How does the Gospel relate to marriage? How can our marriages be a picture of the Gospel? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers all of these questions and more in this next installment in our Relationships message series.

What wisdom does the Bible have about dating? Is dating even a biblical concept? How should the Gospel inform our views of dating? What is the end goal of dating? What are some practical bits of biblical advice about dating? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more in this next message in our Relationships series.

While the modern, Western Church can often times exalt marriage and children above all else while minimizing the value of singleness, the Bible's radical vision for singleness stands in stark contrast to what we typically see in our churches today. Listen in as Caleb Eissler shows us the Bible's incredible vision for singleness from the Old Testament to the New in this next installment in our Relationships series.

Listen in as Caleb Eissler kicks off our summer message series on relationships! In this message, Caleb explains that we cannot understand or flourish in our relationships until we see God as the foundation and example in them all. Our relationships flourish best when God is at the center.

What is your purpose in life? What does it mean that God pursues His own glory? How does this relate to God's love for us? What does it mean that we are made in the image of God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more from Isaiah 48:9-11.

In response to the horrific mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville on March 27th, we took time to pray together as a ministry and then Caleb Eissler led us through a pastoral prayer related to many facets of the tragedy.

How does God comfort His people? Can I really trust Him with my pains and sorrows? What does it look like to trust the comfort of God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more from Isaiah 40-43.

Are you really trusting in God or are you trusting in something else in your big decisions? How can you know you're trusting in God? Is God really trustworthy? What next step is God calling you to trust Him in right now? Listen in as Caleb Eissler helps us think through these questions and more from Isaiah 36-37.

Why are the ways of the world so seductive to us? How can we remain faithful to God in the midst of the temptations of the world? What end awaits those who reject God? Is it really worth it to follow God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more as he preaches from Isaiah 24-27 for our Isaiah message series.

Where does our true trust lie? How can understanding the shape of Scripture's narrative help us understand the teachings of Scripture? How can understanding the story of Scripture help us learn to trust God more? Listen in as Nick Monroe answers these questions and more through Isaiah 21-23 in this next installment in our Gospel According to Isaiah message series.

With so much craziness going on in our world today, is God actually in control? Can He use tough circumstances for good? What does this all mean for your life? Listen in as Brad Bartlett answers these questions and more as he teaches through Isaiah 10-12.

What is God like? How does He relate to us? How can we feel His presence and hear His voice? Listen in as Austin Hey answers these questions and more from Isaiah 7-9.

What does it look like to encounter God? What is the holiness of God? What should our response be to encountering God? How can we tell if we had a genuine encounter with God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers all of these questions and more from Isaiah 6.

What do we need to live a life of godliness? How has God provided? How does God deal with our pride as we follow Him? What can we learn from God's people in Isaiah? Listen in as Jay Minnick answers these questions and more in this next installment in our message series in Isaiah.

How can you know if your worship of God is true or false? What does it look like to live your whole life as an act of worship? What if going to church and reading your bible wasn't true worship? Listen in to have these questions and more answered as Caleb Eissler kicks off our spring semester message series in Isaiah by focusing on Isaiah 1.

What if suffering was a way we could showcase our hope in God? How should we respond when we are persecuted and bullied for our faith? Listen in as Andy Lee provides a wealth of counter-cultural wisdom in this next installment in our 1 Peter message series.

Slavery and wives submitting to their husbands are two of the most difficult biblical topics in our modern context. But when Peter brings them up in his pastoral letter, he does so for incredibly redemptive and instructional purposes. Listen in as Caleb Eissler helps us navigate these tough topics in 1 Peter 2:18-3:7 to see how they apply in profound ways to our lives today.

How should Christians engage in politics? How should we navigate the intense political tensions of our day? How should we represent Jesus in the public square? How can we know if we are falling into political idolatry ourselves? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more as we continue on in our 1 Peter message series. 

What does it mean that we have new identities in Christ? Despite all that the world might label us as, how might our outlook on our lives change if we realized that God calls us Beloved? Listen in as Stana Martin helps us see how to have resilient and hope-filled faith despite painful experiences and sins as we continue on in our 1 Peter message series this fall.

Listen in as Caleb Eissler kicks off our sermon series in the book of 1 Peter. In this message, Caleb breaks down 1 Peter 1:1-12 by looking at it from 2 primary angles: 1.) this broken world is not our home, and 2.) our heavenly home is greater than we could imagine. Within those two angles, Caleb talks about how to endure in this fallen world, how to live with hope, how to prepare for heaven, and how to live meaningfully in this life when we're not in our heavenly home yet. 

*Originally preached on Thursday, September 1st, 2022 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church for Twenty-Somethings*

How should we respond when a pastor falls into grievous sin? Does their sin make our faith untrue? How should we handle the doubts we encounter in the aftermath? What is the role of a pastor in the first place? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more in the final message of our Resilient sermon series.

*Originally preached on Thursday, August 11th, 2022 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church*

Is authority good or bad in a fallen world? How do we make sense of pastors and leaders who abuse their authority? How do we navigate abusive authority? How do we find solace in the midst of abuse? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more as we look at the last words of David in 2 Samuel 23:1-4. 

How do you find out who you are? What is your identity? What does the world say versus what the Word says? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more during week 2 of our series on deconstruction called Resilient. This week we're spending time in Colossians 3:1-17. 

*Originally Preached on Thursday, July 28th, 2022 for Twenty-Somethings*

What is Deconstruction? How do we navigate faith in a world of church hurt and abuse? How do we make sense of Christ when Christians around us put politics, notoriety, and other things before Him? Listen in as Caleb Eissler kicks off our 4-week series called "Resilient" on navigating faith in our day. This week's message asks tough questions and takes us to 1 Corinthians 15 to look at the core of what we actually believe.

*Originally preached on Thursday, July 21st, 2022*

THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.

4 You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

KNOWING GOD THROUGH LOVE

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and his love is made complete in us. 13 This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent his Son as the world’s Savior. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God ​— ​God remains in him and he in God. 16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.

God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 17 In this, love is made complete with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because as he is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears is not complete in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister. -- 1 John 4:1-21 (CSB)

3 See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him. 2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears, we will be like him because we will see him as he is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself just as he is pure.

4 Everyone who commits sin practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins,, and there is no sin in him. 6 Everyone who remains in him does not sin;, everyone who sins has not seen him or known him.

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the devil’s works. 9 Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because his seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God. 10 This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.

LOVE IN ACTION

11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, 12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him—how does God’s love reside in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.

19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him 20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows all things.

21 Dear friends, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight. 23 Now this is his command: that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps his commands remains in him, and he in him. And the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit he has given us.