HeyJaredEast Pickens Podcast
A collection of sermons and talks about a variety of topics with a biblical perspective.
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More To The Story Sermon Series // Get Ready! // Pastor Jamie Duncan (opens the original)
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Jesus told the story of ten bridesmaids waiting for a groom. Five were prepared with extra oil, and five were not. When the groom arrived at midnight, only the five who were ready entered the wedding feast. The door was shut on the others. This parable from Matthew 25 is a direct challenge to every person alive today. Spiritual readiness for the return of Christ is not something that can be borrowed or inherited. It is deeply personal. The question worth sitting with is simple: if Jesus returned
More To The Story Sermon Series // It Isn't Fair! // Pastor Jamie Duncan (opens the original)
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Most of us grow up with a deep sense of fairness, but that instinct can become a problem when we bring it into our relationship with God. In Matthew 20, Jesus tells the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, where laborers hired at different hours all receive the same pay, and the ones who worked longest are furious about it. The parable exposes a hard truth: if God were truly fair with any of us, none of us would be in a good position. Grace is not distributed based on how long you have served
More to The Story Sermon Series // Go After the One // Pastor Nick Smith (opens the original)
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God does not wait with arms crossed for wandering people to find their way back. He pursues them, and He calls His people to do the same. Like the shepherd in Matthew 18 who leaves the ninety-nine to find the one, God's heart is always oriented toward restoration. Wandering is rarely intentional. It happens slowly, one small step at a time. But no matter how far someone has drifted, their value to God never changes. Grace does not merely match the size of our sin. It exceeds it. And because of t
More to The Story Sermon Series // Parable of the Soils // Pastor Jamie Duncan (opens the original)
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Jesus described four types of soil in a parable that was never really about farming. It was about the condition of the human heart and how we receive the Word of God. A hard heart lets truth bounce off the surface. A shallow heart responds with emotion but has no lasting root. A distracted heart gets crowded out by worry and the pull of the world. But a fertile heart hears the Word, understands it, tends it, and produces a harvest that overflows into the lives of others. The seed being scattered
More To The Story Sermon Series // Build Your Life On The Rock // Pastor Jamie Duncan (opens the original)
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In Matthew 7, Jesus closes the Sermon on the Mount with a parable about two builders. One builds on rock, the other on sand, and when the storm comes, only one house stands. The foundation of your life determines how well you hold up when pressure arrives. Doing religious things is not the same as actually knowing Jesus in a deep, personal way. What you do must flow from who you are, and who you are is shaped by your relationship with Christ. Storms are not hypothetical. They come to everyone, a
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