Years ago, when I was going through a season of reaction and resistance to my leadership in a church, my brother Nathan was helping with music. He was living at home and attending college. Nathan came to church one particularly difficult evening and he had a note for me from Dad. It was a simple passage of Scripture to read: Ezekiel 2:4-5. Dad quickly jotted it on the back of his business card and sent it my way.
Before I went out to preach that night I looked up the …

If you don’t love you don’t really know your Bible and you don’t really know God. Love is the heart of God’s law.
Message: Blinded by Stubborn Legalism
Series: Matthew’s Gospel
Text: Matthew 12:1-14
Date: January 22, 2012 AM
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Speaker: Pastor Kenneth L. Pierpont

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There is good religion and bad religion. In this talk I go after bad religion. Jesus had very little patience with bad religion. He saved his straitest talk for “Bad-religion pushers.”
Message: The Demonic Vortex of Legalism
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Date: January 15, 2012
Speaker: Pastor Kenneth L. Pierpont

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Amos was one colorful character. I taught the whole book of Amos in this message. Amos was a man with a burden, though he did not aspire to be a prophet or preacher. God took him from the sheep and figs and had a message He wanted him to deliver. This message was given at the close of a wonderful day of blessing at Evangel. I think you will sense the spirit of it.
Series: A Flyover of the Bible
Title: A Flyover of Amos
Passage: The Book of Amos
Place: Evangel Baptist …

I try to pray daily that God will bring people across my path, or that I will find people who are open to the truth of God. If they are not I try to sow seeds of truth wherever I go but I am always praying that God will bring people into my life who are ready to listen and I am always ready to tell them the good news.
When that is your great love the people around you know it. They tend to send people your way.
On Wednesday …

If we aren’t careful, our Christianity can be a cover for pride. God hates pride. He resists pride. God used this message in a beautiful way at Evangel. Listen to it prayerfully. I trust that God will especially use it to draw you closer to Him.
Title: Worse Than Sodom
Text: Matthew 11:20-24
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Date: January 8, 2012 AM
Speaker: Pastor Kenneth L. Pierpont

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Series: Matthew’s Gospel
Message: What Kind of Doubter Are You?
Text: Matthew 11:1-19
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Date: Sunday January 1, 2012
We baptized six people on New Year’s Day at Evangel. This message is about two kinds of doubters. Which are you?

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Before the message Hope sang “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” and Holly and I sang back-up. Here is a little amateur video of it.

This is the final message in my Christmas Series for 2011. This message was preached at Evangel Baptist Church in Taylor, Michigan on Christmas Morning 2011. During the message I tell a little story about James Taylor’s Christmas album. Hope you are helped by the message.

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On Thanksgiving Sunday at Evangel I used Jeremiah 29 to help the people see God’s way of beating the cancer of discontent. The message was very well-received and seemed to help many. I hope it is a blessing to you, too. It would be a great way to prepare your heart for Thanksgiving.
In the message I also outline the vision God has put in my heart for the future of Evangel.
Title: Beating the Cancer of Discontent
Text: Jeremiah 29:1-11; Psalm 137
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Date: November 20, 2011 AM
Speaker: Ken …

In this message I try to express the burning burden of my heart for Evangel.
Message: I Love to Watch the Harvest
Series: Matthew’s Gospel
Text: Matthew 9:35-38
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Speaker: Pastor Kenneth L. Pierpont

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