Trial to Triumph (part 1) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, March 16, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on John 18:1-11.  This message was part 1 of the “Trial to Triumph” Easter sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read John 18:1-11
  3. What is an example of a big decision you have made in life that involved a lot of intentional steps to complete?  What is an example of something that has happened to you in life that was completely beyond your level of influence or control?
  4. In John 18 we see Jesus very intentionally moving toward the cross- facilitating His arrest by what He did NOT do.  In the message we talked about a number of things Jesus could have done that He did not do in the Garden of Gethsemane.  What stood out to you most about Jesus’ actions there?
  5. How does knowing that your salvation was God’s desire and will impact the way you view your place in God’s family?
  6. Jesus’ actions in the Garden of Gethsemane show His willingness to die in our place.  Of course, this is MOST OBVIOUS in the fact that Jesus died for our sins, but it is also evident in some of the smaller actions Jesus took on behalf of His followers in the Garden.  What are some of the ways you see Jesus putting others before Himself there?
  7. Have you trusted in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins?  If not, would you consider doing so today?  If you are a Christian, how does this passage today impact you to want to continue to follow Jesus and give Him your life?
  8. What stands out to you most from this message?  Any particular takeaway?

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Trial tomb Triumph #1. 3.16.25

 

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March 2025 Baptism Sunday

On March 9, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church we celebrated the baptisms of 30 individuals. Below you will find the video from each of our 3 morning services.

Our next Baptism Sunday will be August 3, 2025. If you are interested in being baptized or have questions about baptism, please click here.

 

Video from 8:30 Service (baptisms only):

 

Video from 9:45 Service (entire service):

 

Video from 11:00 Service (baptisms only):

 

In the 8:30 service on March 9, 2025, I preached a sermon (due to time constraints with numbers of baptisms, the 8:30 service was the only service of the three on Sunday to include this sermon.) The message the  tenth  and  final  message  in the  Deep  + Wide  sermon  series.  The  audio  from  that message  is  included  below.

Audio from this message is found below:

Deep & Wide #10 3.9.25

 

Deep + Wide (part 9) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Acts 16:1-3 & 2 Timothy 1:13-14, 2:2.  This message was part 9 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Acts 16:1-3, 2 Timothy 1:13-14, 2:2
  3. Have you ever participated in a relay before?  If so, share that experience with the group.  NOTE:  All of us are in the relay race of the faith!
  4. In Acts 16:1-3a, we see Paul invite Timothy to join him on his missionary journey.  This began a 15 year friendship and partnership in ministry (despite their 30 year age difference).  In what ways (both practical and strategic) do you think Paul made a good decision to include Timothy in his travels?
  5. Seeing how Timothy was impacted by the faith and discipleship of his mom and grandma, how are you inspired as a parent or grandparent today to point your kids/grandkids to Christ?
  6. Later in Paul’s life, he writes to him in 2 Timothy 1:13-14 and encourages him to “follow the pattern of sound words” that Paul had poured into him.  Timothy was to know the truth, but also to follow it.  Do you find yourself mostly mouthing the truth to the next generation or modeling it?
  7. What are some ways you can help pass the baton of faith to the next generation in the weeks age?
  8. Being For the Next Generation is a major part of our Deep+Wide campaign.  Have you considered being a part financially of the Deep+Wide campaign at Wildwood?  Find out more info and make your commitment at wildwoodchurch.org/build
  9. What stands out to you most from this message?  Any particular takeaway?

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Deep & Wide #9 3.2.25

 

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Deep + Wide (part 8) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Acts 19:17-27.  This message was part 8 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Acts 19:17-27
  3. What are some things you have seen in life that greatly impacted communities where you lived?  Especially focus on things that had POSITIVE impacts on the places where you lived. 
  4. The impact of Paul’s ministry in Ephesus leads to a revival in that city.  What are some evidences of revival (or “vival” … as this was the moment of BEGINNING their relationship with Jesus) that you see from Ephesians who are turning to Jesus?
  5. Are there things you need to confess to the Lord today?  Actions/things you need to walk away from permanently as you follow the Lord?
  6. The revival in Ephesus is felt by the local merchants who see their idol making business disrupted by people’s new found faith in Jesus.  What are some ways in which our community might be impacted as the Gospel grows in the hearts and lives of people?
  7. If the key to transforming a city is Jesus growing the hearts of His people, who might you share Jesus with in our city this week?  How might you follow Jesus more closely in your behavior this week?
  8. Being For the Community flows through the local church.  Have you considered being a part of the Deep+Wide campaign at Wildwood?  Find out more info at wildwoodchurch.org/build
  9. What stands out to you most from this message?  Any particular takeaway?

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Deep & Wide #8 2.23.25

 

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Deep + Wide (part 7) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Acts 13:1-3.  This message was part 7 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Acts 13:1-3
  3. Have you ever been on a missions trip before?  What was the purpose of the trip and what are the strongest memories you have of the experience?
  4. In 13:1 we see a list of leaders from the church in Antioch.  This is a diverse group!  Have you ever been a part of a group of people with very diverse backgrounds that came together as one?  What created the unity?  How does Jesus make this kind of unity among diverse people possible inside the church today?
  5. When was the last time you prayed and fasted for the mission of Jesus in the world?  Take some time to pray specifically for the church Jesus is growing ever wider around the world.
  6. Share the names of some missionaries that you know and/or pray for/support.  What is the nature of their work?  What encourages you about the ministry Jesus is working through them today?
  7. In what way are you personally participating in taking the Gospel to the world?  Giving, prayer, personally going, helping send others?
  8. Being For the Nations flows through the local church.  Have you considered being a part of the Deep+Wide campaign at Wildwood?  Find out more info at wildwoodchurch.org/build
  9. What stands out to you most from this message?  Any particular takeaway?

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Deep & Wide #7 2.16.25

 

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Deep + Wide (part 6) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, February 9, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Acts 9:1-18.  This message was part 6 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Acts 9:1-18
  3. In past weeks we have talked about the big growth that occurred on the macro level to the church in Jerusalem.  This week we are looking at the micro story … the conversion of one man – Saul of Tarsus.  How does looking at the story of Jesus building the church from these two different perspectives give you a greater appreciation for God’s grace and love?
  4. Saul was NOT on the road to awesome; he was on the road to awful!  Yet Jesus demonstrated His love for Saul in that while he was still sinning, Jesus died for him!  This is a vivid picture of salvation by God’s grace.  Do you understand your own salvation to be a product of God’s grace, or do you think of your salvation more as a story of your achievement or spiritual progress?
  5. Is there anyone you have “written off” as unreachable by God that this story today might encourage you to pray for or evangelize anew? 
  6. Conversion happens in a moment, but maturity happens over a lifetime.  How does reflecting on the timeline for Paul’s life encourage you about God’s commitment to maturing us, not just collecting us?
  7. Want more information about the Deep + Wide Campaign or to make a financial pledge to the facility expansion?  Visit wildwoodchurch.org/build
  8. What is one particular application you took away from this message?

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Deep & Wide #6 2.9.25

 

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Deep + Wide (part 5) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, February 2, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Acts 6:1-7.  This message was part 5 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Acts 6:1-7
  3. What are some examples you have experienced in life of challenges as things that you are a part of have grown (family, work, church, etc.)?
  4. In Acts 6:1-2, we see the first church in Jerusalem experience challenges as it has grown: the ball was dropped in the care for the Hellenist widows. Have you ever seen or experienced this first hand inside a growing church?  What happened?
  5. The apostles were committed to their apostolic duty, but also understood that the needs were real and needed to be provided for.  Their solution was to mobilize a new set of leaders to attend to THAT task, so that the apostles could continue in their task.  Together, the 12 and the 7 could do the ministry the Lord had for them.  Have you ever seen leadership teams grow to address needs inside a growing church? 
  6. How has the Lord gifted YOU for ministry?  What are ways the Lord might be preparing YOU to be the answer to some of the needs of a growing church?
  7. Want more information about the Deep + Wide Campaign or to make a financial pledge to the facility expansion?  Visit wildwoodchurch.org/build
  8. What is one particular application you took away from this message?

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Deep & Wide #5 2.2.25

 

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Deep + Wide (part 4) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, January 26, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Acts 2:42-47.  This message was part 4 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Acts 2:42-47
  3. What are some favorite memories you have inside a church building?  How about favorite church memories or moments with the people of God?
  4. Acts 2:42-47 gives us one of the few passages that describes a picture of the day to day life of the earliest church.  What stands out to you most about their experience?  What do you see that reminds you of churches you have experienced today?  In what ways is it different?
  5. Are you devoted to the “apostles’ teaching” (New Testament)?  How about to the fellowship of a local church (attending, relationships, prayer, financially)?  What would it look like for you to either START or CONTINUE to be devoted to these things?
  6. Who might the Lord have you share the good news of Jesus with this week?  Would you consider sharing the hope you have in Jesus with them and inviting them to church?
  7. Want more information about the Deep + Wide Campaign or to make a financial pledge to the facility expansion?  Visit wildwoodchurch.org/build
  8. What is one particular application you took away from this message?

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Deep & Wide #4 1.26.24

 

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Deep + Wide (part 3) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, January 19, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Acts 2:37-41.  This message was part 3 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Acts 2:37-41
  3. What have been the sizes of some of the churches you have been a part of in your life?  What do you consider to be a “big” church?  What do you consider to be a “small” church?  What are some of the advantages and challenges that big churches face?  That small churches face?
  4. The Holy Spirit is essential for the church to accomplish its God-given task.  The Spirit works both to communicate and to convict (in Acts 2:37-41).  In your life, how has the Holy Spirit worked to open your eyes to God’s truth?  How has the Holy Spirit convicted you of sin?
  5. The response Peter gives to those convicted was to “repent for the forgiveness of sins,” “being baptized and receiving the Holy Spirt.”  When did you first “repent” of your attitude concerning Christ and begin to follow Him?
  6. Have you been baptized since placing your faith in Christ?  If not, would you consider being baptized in our March 9 worship service?  To learn more, consider attending our baptism classes on January 26 at 11AM (visit wildwoodchurch.org/baptism for more details and to sign up)
  7. As God leads you regarding participation in the Deep + Wide initiative, you can always respond and let us know your financial pledge by filling out a virtual card at wildwoodchurch.org/build or by filling out a pledge card located on the Deep + Wide tables near all main Wildwood entrances.
  8. What is one particular application you took away from this message?

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Deep & Wide #3 1.19.25

 

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Deep + Wide (part 2) Sermon Audio, Video, & Questions

On Sunday, January 12, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on Philippians 4:14-20.  This message was part 2 of the “Deep + Wide” sermon series.  Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion.  You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.

Sermon Questions:

  1. Pray
  2. Read Philippians 4:14-20
  3. What are some of the best teams you have been a part of?  In what ways did you partner together?  On those teams, did you experience the sentiment, “If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together?” 
  4. One of the ways we partner together with other Christians for the gospel is with money.  We can give money together to help fund different causes.  Why do you think it can be hard for Christians to talk about money together?
  5. Paul talks about the gift that the Philippians gave brings fruit back to their account.  What are ways you have been blessed through giving financially to gospel causes?
  6. Giving also is an act of worship … a fragrant offering before the Lord.  Have you stopped to remember recently that all you have is from the Lord?  Take a moment to thank Him for His provision now.
  7. Would you take some time to pray together as an individual or with your group about how you might be involved in the Deep + Wide Campaign financially?  What would God have you do?  Want more info?  Visit wildwoodchurch.org/build
  8. What is one particular application you took away from this message?

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Deep & Wide #2 1.12.25

 

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