Listen to this message on Revelation 19:6-10 by Jayson Wittrup preached at Risen Hope Baptist Church.

Listen to this message on 1 Peter 5:6-11 by Jimmy Hoang preached at Risen Hope Baptist Church.

Listen to this message on 1 Peter 5:1-5 by Ben Whitley preached at Risen Hope Baptist Church.

Listen to this message on 1 Timothy 3:1-16 by Pastor Jayson preached at Risen Hope Baptist Church.

The gospel will only advance when the needs of the church are properly addressed. The members of the church have spiritual and physical needs that must be met with both word and deeds. Therefore, the love of Christian neighbor in the church requires a division of labor between those called to the ministry of word and prayer and those called to serve people's physical needs. Enjoy this message from Acts 6:1-7 from Pastor Jimmy Hoang.

In all three of the synoptic gospels Jesus says something to this effect: “I am among you as one who serves.” The word “serves” in the original Greek is diakoneō which is where we get our English word deacon. A deacon is a servant — something we’re all called to be as followers of Jesus. And this scene in John’s gospel demonstrates for us, in a dramatic and very memorable way, what Jesus means by those words, “I am among you as one who serves.” The word deacon never actually appears in this text. Instead, we’re going to seeJesus deaconing! And how Jesus deacons will lay the foundation for how we deacon each other in the body of Christ.

Paul encourages us in Philippians 4:8 that “whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things!” When it comes to praise, we quickly default to whatever is true, honorable, pure, lovely, and commendable. How about whatever is just? Is God’s justice — specifically God’s just judgement of evil — worthy of our praise? Judgement is not something that we usually offer God praise for! Judgement makes us a bit uncomfortable. Which is why this is an important message for us to hear. We not only need to acknowledge that God’s judgement is necessary. We should also see it as praise-worthy! Enjoy this message from Revelation 18:1-19:5 as we seek to add God’s judgement to our list of praise-worthy things to think about. The last thing we want to do is withhold from God any praise that he is due.

Cue the DJ, raise your glasses, and make some noise in honor of the Beast and his Bride! She looks quite alluring in a certain light — a true marvel of beauty. But upon closer inspection, she’s not the honorable, virtuous woman she initially appears to be. The woman introduced to us in Revelation 17 completes the picture of Satan’s doomed kingdom. Enjoy this message from Revelation 17 preached at Risen Hope Baptist Church in Sioux Falls, SD.