Westport Road Baptist Church (WRBC) - Louisville, KY

3-17-2024 Life is a Highway: Men Don't Ask For Directions (Chip Pendleton)

3-10-2024 Life is a Highway: Traffic Jam (Chip Pendleton)

2-25-2024 Life is a Highway: A Fork in the Road (Chip Pendleton)

3-03-2024 Life is a Highway: Car Trouble (Keith McKinley)

2-18-2024 Life is a Highway: Life is a Journey (Chip Pendleton)

2-11-2024 Forgive. Loving Your Enemies (Chip Pendleton)

2-4-2024 Forgive. Stop Playing God (Chip Pendleton)

1-28-2024 Forgive. How to Be Forgiven (Andrew Pendleton)

1-21-2024 Forgive. The Signs of True Forgiveness (Chip Pendleton)

1-14-2024 Forgive. What is forgiveness? (Andrew Pendleton)

12-24-2023 My Christmas Wishlist: Christ (Chip Pendleton)

1-7-2024 State of the Church Address (Chip Pendleton)

12-31-2023 Listening to the Spirit (Josh Miles)

12-17-23 My Christmas Wishlist: Joy (Chip Pendleton)

12-03-23 Christmas Wish List: Hope (Chip Pendleton)

Our Advent Sermon Series kicks off with a first sermon on hope. In this world, there is a lot of hopelessness, but in Advent we wait with hope knowing who God is. 

11-19-23 The Thinker: Remembering to be Grateful (Chip Pendleton)

Pastor Chip shares a Thanksgiving message about being grateful. 

11-26-23 The Thinker: Getting Back in Gear (Chip Pendleton)

Pastor Chip shares a message that refocuses us on our call to follow Jesus.

11-12-23 The Thinker: I am what I think (Chip Pendleton)

Our new sermon series will share practical tips from God's word on how to control your mind. 

11-05-23 Rethink: Death (Josh Miles)

In the series finale, today's sermon from Matthew 16:21-27 examines how Jesus viewed his death and how we are called to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Jesus. 

10-29-23 Rethink: Marriage (Chip Pendleton)

Our Rethink Sermon Series continues with Chip's challenging message on marriage. Marriage isn't about being fulfilled from another person, but instead about being the helpmate to help fight and provide for our spouse. We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

10-22-2023 Dr Duane Garrett

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10-22-2023 Rethink: Esther (Dr. Duane Garrett)

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10-15-2023- Rethink- Evil (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. God sees and cares about the _______ evil going on in the world. Obadiah 1-13 II. God will _______ evil. Obadiah 14-16 III. God will _______ and restore His people. Obadiah 17-21 To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

10-08-2023- Rethink- Life (Andrew Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! Colossians 1:15-18 “15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the begin...

10-01-2023- Rethink- Giving (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. Giving is a _______ God allows you to do. II Corinthians 8:1-7 II. Giving takes a continual check of the heart. II Corinthians 8:10-12 III. The church is _______ when each person simply does their part. II Corinthians 8:13-15 IV. You get out of it what you put into it. II Corinthians 9:6-7 V. The _______ we receive from giving is more than we could ever imagine. II Corinthians 9:12-15 To view our video archive of ...

09-24-2023- Rethink- Church (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! Five things we need to rethink about Church… I believe in God, but I don’t need to go to church. Ephesians 2:19-22 The church is there to meet my _______ and make me happy. Matthew 28:18-20 The church is full of _______ people/hypocrites. Ephesians 4:12-13 I’m really not needed at church anyway. I Corinthians 12:21, 26-27 The church is not that big a _______. I Peter 2:9-10, Ephesians 5:25 Ephesians 2:19-22 19 Conse...

09-17-2023 - Rethink- Salvation (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! Ephesians 2:1-10 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrat...

09-10-2023- Rethinking...God- Exodus (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. We see God as a loving _______ who will take care of us. Exodus 33:17-18 II. God is that, but he is so much more than we could ever imagine. Exodus 33:19-23 III. Eight ways God identifies himself – He is… Exodus 34:5-7 The Lord. - _______ Full of grace - Slow to anger Abounding in love - Faithful _______ - Judge IV. Our response should be worship, _______ and reflecting God’s glory. Exodus 34:8, 10-11a, 29 To v...

09-03-2023- God Thinks It's Important- Even If You Don't (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! We often _______ this commandment and do not take it seriously. The Sabbath is to mainly be a day of _______. Work is a good thing not a bad thing, but everyone and everything needs a day of rest. The Sabbath was given by God to help people and that is why God takes it seriously even if we don’t. Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the ...

08-27-2023 - Don't Be Fake- The Conclusion of James( Josh Miles)

Our first _______ when things happen in life should be _______ toward God. James 5:13-14 When you are sick, it is okay to ask others to pray for your healing. James 5:14 When we pray for others, we should pray in _______ knowing that _______ belongs to God. James 5:15-16a Prayer is _______ and _______. James 5:16b God is _______ by _______ prayers for his glory. James 5:17-18 James 5:13-20 13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise....

08-20-2023- Don't Be Fake- The Dangers of Living Without God (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. Being a friend of the world will make you ultimately make you an _______ of God. James 4:4-6 II. Four dangers of _______ the world and living without God… It will cause you to be self-centered which will lead to fights and quarrels. James 4:1-3 It will cause you to _______ others. James 4:11-12 It will cause you to trust in things besides God. James 4:13-17 It will lead to a destructive _______. James 5:1-6 III. ...

08-13-2023- Don't Be Fake- Two Kinds of Wisdom (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! James 3:13-18 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and ev...

08-06-2023- Don't Be Fake- You Are Who You Say You Are (Andrew Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! James 3:1-12 1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. 3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large ...

07-30-2023- Don't Be Fake- The Proof Of Our Faith (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! James 2:14-26 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 18 But s...

07-23-2023- Don't Be Fake- Playing Favorites (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. Sometimes we are _______ to play favorites. James 2:1-7 II. Instead of playing favorites we need to follow the _______ law – to love our neighbor. James 2:8-11 III. Following the royal law will set us _______. James 2:12-13 James 2:1-13 1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a p...

07-16-2023- Don't Be Fake- A Good Look in the Mirror (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. To live a good, Godly life, we need to be quick to _______, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. James 1:19-21 II. To live a good, Godly life, we need to be _______ of what God says not just hearers. James 1:22-25 III. A good, Godly life will be seen in our _______ not our words. James 1:26-27 James 1:19-27 19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and ...

07-09-2023- Don't Be Fake- Triumphing Over Our Troubles and Temptations (Chip Pendleton)

I. Unfortunately, we will face a lot of _______ and temptations in life. James 1:2-4 II. When troubles come, we need to ask God for _______ in how to handle them. James 1:5-11 III. God is our _______ when troubles come not the cause of our troubles. James 1:12-18 James 1:1-18 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because ...

07-02-2023- Defending Your Faith- Church vs the World (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! Daniel 1:3-27 To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

06-25-2023- Defending The Faith- Is Jesus The Only Way

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! Acts 4:12 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

06-18-2023- Defending The Faith- Father's Day (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. A parent’s job is to raise their children to live _______ lives without them. Deuteronomy 6:1-2 II. A good life, family, and country comes from following God’s ways. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 A. We need to _______ God’s ways. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 B. We need to know God’s ways. Deuteronomy 6:6 C. We need to teach God’s ways to our children. Deuteronomy 6:7-9 III. Don’t be deceived and led astray by the ways of the world. Deute...

06-11-2023- Defend Your Faith (Chip Pendleton)

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06-04-2023- Defend Your Faith (Andrew Pendleton)

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05-21-2023- Building A Better Family- Big Decisions (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. 2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD. 3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Three Steps In Making a Big Decision Seek God’s will and _______ for His direction. Proverbs 16:1 “To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper ...

05-14-2023 Building A Better Family- By Never Giving Up (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. Just because your children take a _______ direction, it doesn't mean you were a bad parent. Luke 15:11-12 II. At some point you have to be _______ to let them make mistakes. Luke 15:12-16 III. Continue to _______ that they will come to their senses. Luke 15:17-20 IV. Forgive and accept them _______ strings attached if they come back home. Luke 15:21-24 Luke 15:11-24 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two...

05-07-2023 Building A Better Family- By Laying A Firm Foundation (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. God has a design for the _______. Joshua 24:14 A. Respect God’s authority. B. Follow it! II. When we leave God’s design _______ will follow. Joshua 24:15a III. When we _______ to God’s design our families will prosper. Joshua 24:15b Joshua 24:14-15 14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 ...

04-30-2023 A Cry of Pain and a Lesson for Us All (Dr. Duane Garret)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! Psalm 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth...

04-23-2023 It's Your Choice (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow ...

04-16-2023 Mosaic- The Redemption of Broken Pieces- The Emotions of Brokenness (Josh Miles)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! The three underlying emotions seen at the fall and in our brokenness are Shame, Fear, and Guilt. In shame, I look to Cover . In fear, I look to Hide . In guilt, I look to Blame . The curse can only be Reversed through Christ. In Christ, I am already a child of God who is Loved and Accepted. Genesis 3:6-13 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable ...

04-09-2023 Mosaic- The Redemption of Broken Pieces- Broken Pieces (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! John 20:19-29 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with t...

04-02-2023 Mosaic- The Redemption of Broken Pieces- Thirst Quencher (Chip Pendleton)

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! John 4:7-26 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have ask...