Emmanuel Baptist Church Podcast
410 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis is the podcast for Emmanuel Baptist Church in Jefferson City Tennessee. These sermons are given by Dr. Sonny Strange and various guest speakers.
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Let's Talk About Love
April 24, 2020 03:04 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBEmmanuel Baptist Church Sermon 4 18 20 Brother Benny Keck
The Searchers
November 26, 2018 01:20 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBNovember 25, 2018 The Searchers Psalm 132:1-5 Synopsis: Let me begin by saying I am not trying to rush into Christmas although I truly do love this time of the year. My sermons over the next few weeks will be drawn from Matthew’s telling of the Wise Men. I know we usually wait until after telling about the shepherds coming to the stable to see the baby Jesus, but this year I want to invite you to image with me the story of their search and ponder what wisdom we might discover for our own jou...
Wayward and Ignorant People
November 19, 2018 04:04 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBOctober 21, 2018 Ignorant and Wayward People Hebrews 5:2 Synopsis: “Ignorant and Wayward People,” (Hebrews 5:2) surely that’s not us, right? OK, so at times we do fit the bill, maybe even a lot of the time. How do we fit the bill? We live uninformed lives demonstrated in our daily activities or in the lack of activities. Our “ignorant and wayward” lives demonstrate our need of a priest to intercede for us. At times, the priest we need is as close as our brother or sister in Christ Jesus. Bel...
God's Mission and You
October 30, 2018 00:10 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBGuest speaker Rev. Rick Bennett from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Help! I've Fallen! Can I Get Up?
October 22, 2018 01:59 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBGuest Speaker Rev. David Bluford
Raising the Dead
September 23, 2018 20:24 - 38 minutes - 35 MBSeptember 9, 2018 Raising the Dead James 2:17 Synopsis: I love the resurrection hope of the Gospel and I love affirming the faith of those who believe, but I also know that too many people are way too dependent on affirmation. Disciples of Jesus Christ are believers who have moved beyond their need for “affirmation” of their faith to seek the “confirmation” of their faith in what they do. That is what James is saying. If believers want to live in the hope of the resurrection then they need r...
Do What It Says!
September 09, 2018 21:56 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBSeptember 2, 2018 Labor Day Weekend Do What It Says! James 1:22 Synopsis: “Do what it says” sounds so much like Jesus that I sometimes think James was quoting Jesus. It is a problem that we all have especially as we hear the word of the Lord on a very personal level. We put on a good show, but only wind up fooling ourselves. The salvation of God begins in the heart of men and women, boys and girls and works its way out in every aspect of life or it is not the salvation of God at all. We may ...
What's Ya Need?
August 20, 2018 03:34 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBAugust 19, 2018 What’s Ya Need? 1 Kings 3:5 Synopsis: Have you ever been in one of those situations where you were caught not knowing what to ask for? Maybe it happened when you were getting ready to order something at a new restaurant or searching for something online. There are times when you really do have to be careful about what you ask for because you might get it. That is not always a good thing. Solomon had what might be classified as a very enchanting “dream” one night (1 Kings 3:3-...
For This Reason
August 07, 2018 00:52 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBJuly 29, 2018 For This Reason Ephesians 3:14-21 Synopsis: The first half of the letter to the church in Ephesus tells the story of God’s work in Christ Jesus and the Apostle’s prayer for the growth and development of the church. “For this reason” is the phrase that Paul used to emphasize that work. It is found in the beginning of the letter and later on in chapter 3, my text for today. It is because of what God has done in Christ and will do in the church that he prays for their “strength”, ...
The Remembrance: Freedom Isn't Free, It's Transformative.
July 23, 2018 14:48 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBJuly 1, 2018 The Remembrance Freedom Isn’t Free It’s Transformative 2 Corinthians 8:9 Synopsis: I’m sure you have heard many times that “Freedom Isn’t Free” and that is true in many different ways. The price for freedom from the wages of sin and death is far beyond our human ability to pay. The good news, as Paul points out, is that freedom is possible in Christ Jesus simply because Jesus paid the price. But that is not all of the story. True “Freedom” in Christ Jesus “Isn’t Free It’s Transf...
Calming the Troubled Waters
June 25, 2018 14:11 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBJune 24, 2018 Commissioning High School Youth Mission Team Calming the Troubled Waters Mark 4:35-41 Synopsis: Many people have no problem affirming that Jesus Calmed the Troubled Waters. They know the Gospel stories (Mark 4:35-41), but that doesn’t mean they know how to get Jesus to calm the troubled waters of their lives. Listen to the story carefully and you will see that the Disciples didn’t have faith to calm the troubled waters for themselves. They needed Jesus. You and I are no differe...
Misunderstood vs Misrepresented
June 11, 2018 02:18 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBJune 10, 2018 Misunderstood vs. Misrepresented Mark 3:20-22 Synopsis: With all that was going on in those days (Mark 3:20-35) it is easy to see how Jesus’ family and friends could have “misunderstood” what was happening. Maybe they were acting out of love when they tried to step in and “rescue Him” from himself. That is not what was happening with the Pharisees. Text (NLT): Mark 3:20-22, 23-27, 28-30, 31-35; 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 Scripture Reading: Psalm 138:6-8
Stretch Out Your Hand
June 04, 2018 02:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBJune 6, 2018 Appalachian Outreach Week Stretch Out Your Hand! Mark 3:5 Synopsis: Jesus was frustrated. Jesus was angry with the opposition, but He never let that stop him from doing what someone needed. Neither should we. Jesus told a man whose hand was shriveled to “Stretch Out Your Hand!” It was on the Sabbath and they were standing in a synagogue surrounded by witnesses. And when the man responded he found he was healed. Those who opposed Jesus rushed out to meet with other in another eff...
Living in the Assurance
May 20, 2018 19:48 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBMay 13, 2018 Mother’s Day Living In The Assurance 1 John 5:13 Synopsis: We have reached our destination. It has taken us five weeks to get here. Today we take a long look at the assurance of “eternal life.” Each week of our journey I have focused in on points found in the five chapters of the Epistle of 1 John. All along the way I wanted to get to 1 John 5:13 “so that you may know that you have eternal life.” But first we had to examine the things John has written to believers as the basis f...
Whad’Ya Know – Good?
April 23, 2018 21:41 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBApril 22, 2018 Whad’Ya Know – Good? Sin and Fellowship 1 John 2:3 Synopsis: Remember that my goal in preaching this series of sermons from 1 John is “so that you may know that you have eternal life (1 John 5:13, NIV).” I want very one to have the assurance of eternal life. I want to start today’s message by reading 1 John 2:12-14 from the NIV and then from The Message. The point is, we need to look at the meaning instead of just the wording. What was John telling us instead of what we want t...
Fellowship Matters
April 16, 2018 01:39 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBApril 15, 2018 Fellowship Matters 1 John 1:3 Synopsis: Today I am launching into a sermon series in the Epistle of 1 John. I want to tell you up front where I am going, but you and I will have to work through the rest of the letter before we get there. 1 John 5:13, NIV “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” I want each and every one of you to know that you have eternal live. The rest of the letter forms the cri...
The Release
April 02, 2018 01:51 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBApril 1, 2018 Easter The Release 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synopsis: This is Easter morning and since women believers were the first to discover the empty tomb and first to proclaim the resurrection story it is only fitting that we have women leading us in reading the story this morning. This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalms 118:24) Why are we so happy? We are happy because Jesus was and is victorious over death and the grave. As Paul wrote (1 Corinthi...
Come Follow Me (Palm Sunday Sevice)
March 26, 2018 01:34 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBLet me invite you to join us as we go back in time and place to hear again the good news as we tell portions of the story of Jesus’ ministry. The first scene on the main stage will feature a setting like the Sermon on the Mount. In this scene you will hear Jesus’ invitation that will be carried throughout the program, “Come follow me.” First the Emmanuel Kid’s Choir will respond to his invitation with song then find acceptance as they join him at the top of the stage. Next you will hear Jesu...
Look Up and Live
March 19, 2018 03:02 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBMarch 11, 2018 Look Up and Live John 3:14-15 Synopsis: The title of my sermon today is “Look Up and Live.” I admit it sounds more like a warning to all those who text while driving. We know better, but…we’ve been bitten by the technology bug and feel the need to be constantly in touch. In case you’re wondering, no this is not part of a sermon series on smart phones. Though maybe it should be. “Look Up and Live” comes right out of the text of the Lord’s message to Moses...
Why Him?
February 18, 2018 16:09 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBFebruary 11, 2018 Why Him? 2 Kings 5:13-14 Synopsis: Have you ever asked the question “Why Him?” Sure you have. That question had to be floating around among the people of Judah in reference to this story of the healing of Naaman (23 Kings 5:1-14). On the one hand we all want to know “Why do bad things happen to good people.” And on the other hand, “Why do good things happen to bad people?” Those questions only get intensified when the questions center around our enemies. Jesus seems to deal...
Bullfrog Religion
January 30, 2018 22:02 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBJanuary 28, 2018 Bullfrog Religion 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 Synopsis: Paul was continuing down a list of questions from the believers in Corinth when the subject of food sacrificed to idols came up. It was a thorny question for the believers there who, like all of us, were made up of believers at different levels of maturity. Paul’s answer went way beyond the question to strike at the need of the church in Corinth and everywhere else. Throughout the letter to the Corinthians Paul emphasized the n...
In God Alone
January 21, 2018 19:40 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBJanuary 21, 2018 In God Alone Psalm 62:5 Synopsis: Our world is continually “passing away.” New things are becoming old. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 7:31 “For this world as we know it will soon pass away.” Consistency, norm, standards, etc. always seem to be conditional and therefore unstable at best. Faith, on the other hand, invites us to place our hope on the God Who is faithful. With that in mind, let us listen afresh to the call of the psalmist (Psalm 62:5-12): 5 Let all that I am wait ...
We Have Got Work To Do
January 15, 2018 15:47 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBJanuary 14, 2018 We Have Work To Do Psalm 139:16 Synopsis: The title of my sermon today is not framed as a question, but rather as a statement. We (that is all of us) have (present tense) work (toil) to do (because of whose we are) and we have only a few days (limited time) to get it done. First of all, let’s consider the fact that God knows all there is to know about us even to the point of the number of our days. As believers, we should consider that a good thing. The numbering of days has...
An Epiphany Realized
January 08, 2018 02:01 - 36 minutes - 33 MBJanuary 7, 2018 An Epiphany Realized Matthew 3:13-17 Synopsis: People don’t always experience an epiphany on January 6th even though it is identified as such on the calendar. The date represents when the gentiles of the world, represented in the Magi, experienced the manifestation of God in the baby Jesus. There have been and continue to be many manifestations but we often fail to experience and “epiphany” because we have not been reconciled to God and man. John the Baptist is a prime exampl...
Let Everyone Sing
October 24, 2017 23:40 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBOctober 1, 2017 Let Everybody Sing Philippians 2:5 Synopsis: My opening prayer today is found in Psalm 25:1-9, NLT. I invite you to join me in prayer. The title for this sermon is inspired by the fact that verses 6-11 contain the words to a hymn of the early church, and I mean really early. “Let Everybody Sing” is an invitation for our assembly to demonstrate harmony of the early church. There three things I want to emphasize from this passage. 1. Paul’s emphasis on Congregational Harmony Ev...
Even Better
October 16, 2017 01:24 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBSeptember 24, 2017 Even Better! Philippians 1:21-24 Synopsis: This Sunday I am start a four-sermon series from Philippians. The title for this sermon comes directly from the text (Philippians 1:21, NLT), “Even Better!” This was Paul’s attitude and the attitude he encouraged believers to demonstrate in their struggles of faith (27-29). How do you defeat somebody with this kind of an attitude? This attitude and demeanor sends a clear message to those who persecute you, “Your end is coming (my ...
Living in These Last Days
September 18, 2017 02:23 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBGuest Speaker Norman Eskridge
Homecoming 2017
September 10, 2017 21:57 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBHomecoming at Emmanuel! Guest Speaker: Reverend Tim Collins
Help!
September 04, 2017 00:16 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBAugust 27, 2017 Commissioning: Romans 12:1-8 HELP! Isaiah 51:1 Synopsis: Do you ever need a little “HELP!” as you go through your day? Sure you do, unless of course you have a misguided ego. Where does your help come from? Believers know their help come from the Lord and other believers. “If it had not been for the Lord who was on our side …” Psalm 124:1-5, ESV, “they would have swallowed us up alive…” In verse 8, Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Isaiah (51:1-...
Mercy Bound
August 27, 2017 23:50 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBMercy Bound Isaiah 56:6-8 Synopsis: I open my message today with a short reading from Psalm 133. “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” That is a beautiful though in any age, but I think, in today’s unless and uncertainty, it presents a contrasting vision for us as we gather for worship. Let us take a deep breath of the Spirit and be refreshed in God’s love and in the embrace of our Savior and fellow pilgrims. Unity is not easily establishe...
Tricking the Trickster
August 01, 2017 01:41 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBJuly 30, 2017 Tricking the Trickster Genesis 29:15-28 Synopsis: Jacob was a “trickster” from the beginning. He rode out of his mother’s womb holding on to the heal of his larger, stronger twin brother Esau (Genesis 25:23-26). That is how he got his name (heel grabber). Then Jacob got Esau to sell him His birthright for a bowl of lentil or red stew (Genesis 25:27-34). Next (Genesis 27) Jacob, with the aid of his mother, tricked Isaac into giving him the blessing that Isaac intended to give to...
Rebekah's Charm
July 31, 2017 02:35 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBJuly 9, 2017 Rebekah’s Charm Genesis 24:67 Synopsis: Stories, we all love them and whether we realize it or not we find our identity in them. There are all kinds of stories and some like one type more than other types. The kind of stories a person enjoys says more about the person than the they realize. There are some folks who like long stories like novels and biographies. While ...
Let Freedom Ring!
July 16, 2017 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBJuly 2, 2017 Lord’s Supper Let Freedom Ring! Romans 6:14 Synopsis: Labeling the National Holiday of July 4th as Independence Day is somewhat misleading. Yes, it marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain but that didn’t make it so. The fledgling “would be nation” had to struggle through years of battles against better trained, better supplied and better equipped forces. The colonies di...
A Universal Language
July 10, 2017 00:21 - 43 minutes - 40 MBJune 4, 2017 Pentecost Sunday Appalachian Outreach Week, June 5-9 A Universal Language John 7:37-39 Synopsis: There are many things in this world that divide us. Language is one of them. People and nationalities are identified by the language they speak. Even within the same language there exists a wide variety of dialogues and accents. People even change the meaning or use of words according to various regional unde...
In Defense of Grace
July 03, 2017 03:26 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBMay 21, 2017 In Defense of Grace 1 Peter 3:13-17 Synopsis: A couple of weeks ago my sermon was titled “It’s a Gracious Thing.” Today I want to continue talking about grace drawing from what Peter might have called “In Defense of Grace.” My opening question is “How can you defend what you cannot define?” Certainly, our definition of grace has a direct impact on what we are willing to do in offering our “apologia” for our faith. The way believers live the...
A Faithful Response
June 25, 2017 18:40 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBJune 18, 2017 VBS Commissioning: Submerged Father’s Day A Faithful Response Matthew 9:35-38 Synopsis: Today is Father’s Day and that is reason enough to preach about the need for “A Faithful Response.” Today we gave all the men in the church a multiple purpose pen. The functions of the pen serve as a reminder they need to be on the “level” with those around them and “measure” up to the standard of faith. They need to tighten up where they are to...
It's a Gracious Thing
May 21, 2017 21:01 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBMay 7, 2017 Senior Day It’s a Gracious Thing 1 Peter 2:19-25 Synopsis: “Grace” is a simple word, but it’s meaning is not easily explained. It is a word that is better illustrated than analyzed. It takes a lot of stories to bring grace to life. In secular Greek, grace is simply “what delights,” but Peter uses it in the context of suffering, even suffering wrongfully, without cause. “Beca...
Echoes of Praise
May 01, 2017 02:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBApril 30, 2017 Echoes of Praise 1 Peter 1:17-23 Synopsis: I open my message today with Psalm116:1-4. The bottom line for the reading is “Please, Lord, save me!” and then begins the Echoes of Praise. Praise is what we offer back to God in response to all that the Lord has done for us. What kind of praise is acceptable to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? It must be genu...
This Is The Day Jesus Called My Name
April 24, 2017 01:10 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBApril 16, 2017 Easter This Is The Day Jesus Called My Name Psalm 118:24 Synopsis: I opened my time with you today with the prayer from Psalm 118:21-24, NRSV. “This is the day that theLord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Yes! Praise the Lord! And what a day it is. We have been anticipating its arrival for weeks. Our excitement has been building throughout Holy Week and no...
All Dried Out and Ready for Life
April 03, 2017 03:40 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBApril 2, 2017 All Dried Out and Ready for Life Ezekiel 37:3 Synopsis: It’s a contradiction. Things that are all dried out are not ready for life…right? Life on this planet is based on water and yet all good gardeners know the seed they buy to plant are all dried out and ready for life. All they need is to be planted, watered and get some good sun and a new plant will emerge from the old. Ezekiel’s prophecy starts with out with a valley full of dried out ...
Who Says?
March 06, 2017 02:41 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBMarch 5, 2017 First Sunday of Lent Who Says? Romans 5:12-19 Synopsis: Today is the First Sunday of Lent. Now the celebration of Lent is not big in our faith tradition so let me put this another way. Six weeks from today we will be celebrating Easter. It is the time for our annual celebration of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the eternal hope that is brought to life in Him. On the Hebrew cal...
A Soup-er Sunday
February 12, 2017 21:49 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBFebruary 5, 2017 A Soup-er Sunday Isaiah 58:6-7 Synopsis: We like for worship to be the way we like it. We want certain hymns and a particular style of music. We want the temperature to be comfortable as well as the seating and of course everything has to work smoothly. The sermon needs to be uplifting, inspiring, encouraging, comforting, Scriptural, up to date … did I leave out anything?...
What's He Talking About?
February 05, 2017 21:55 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBJanuary 29, 2017 What’s He Talking About? Matthew 5:1-12 Synopsis: Have you ever been in a meeting where you were not connecting with the presentation? Yes, I know you say that every Sunday morning, especially during the sermon time. Maybe you dozed off and missed a key point or you missed the transition that would have tied it all together. Instead, you turned to the person next to you a...
Foolish
January 29, 2017 20:35 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBJanuary 22, 2017 Foolish 1 Corinthians 1:18 Synopsis: The title of my sermon comes directly from 1 Corinthians 1:18. I believe Paul’s statement is a transitional statement, but more importantly, I believe it to be a theme for his call to unity among believers in Christ Jesus. One thing I have learned in life is that you don’t have to be a “fool” to do “foolish” things. Sometimes ver...
Taking Care of Business
January 09, 2017 19:06 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBJanuary 8, 2017 Taking Care of Business Matthew 3:13-17 Synopsis: What does the phrase “Taking Care of Business” mean to you as you embark on your 2017 journey? At the start of Jesus’ ministry he came to the Jordan to be baptized by John. John protested but Jesus insisted on “taking care of business.” When he came out of the water His Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit affirmed Him. ...
YES
January 03, 2017 03:32 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBJanuary 1, 2017 New Year’s Day YES Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 Synopsis: Happy New Year! YES! 2016 is in the books…well, almost. Today we start a new week and a new calendar year. We can look back and see what has happened, but we are not able to do that for what lies ahead. The Preacher of Ecclesiastes (3:1-13) gives us a pretty good summary or brief overview of the potential headlines that will appear. Does that ...
How Can You Tell?
November 06, 2016 22:30 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBOctober 30, 2016 How Can You Tell? 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 Synopsis: People in his day might have had a problem identifying Zacchaeus in a crowd (Luke 19:1-10). In fact, they might have problems even seeing him. He was an influential man though short in statue. His influence changed when he came face to face with Jesus. Everyone around him could tell the difference. “How can you tell?” ...