Everyday Mission: Pursue (June 21, 2026)

What if one of the most important evangelistic tools God has given you is your presence?

In this sermon, we explore how God's mission has always moved through presence. The Father sent the Son. The Son entered our world and dwelt among us. Now Jesus sends his Church into the world in the same way.

As followers of Jesus, we are called to live among people as Jesus did, building relationships, showing hospitality, and faithfully carrying Christ's presence into our everyday lives. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we join God in the work he is already doing around us.

Prayer aligns our hearts with God's mission. Pursuing people aligns our lives with God's mission.

Scripture: John 1:1–14; John 20:21–22
Preached June 21, 2026

On June 14, 2026, at The Table Church, Gabriel Roman preached from Matthew 9:35–38.

As Jesus looked upon the crowds, he was moved with compassion because they were "harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." Before Jesus sends his disciples into the harvest field, he first calls them to prayer.

This sermon explores how evangelism begins not with strategies or conversations, but with seeing people as Jesus sees them, caring for them with his compassion, and faithfully praying for them. As followers of Christ, we are invited to participate in God's mission by becoming workers in his harvest.

On Good Shepherd Sunday (April 26, 2026), we explore John 10:1–10 in light of Ezekiel 34:2–10 and Psalm 23.

In this passage, Jesus confronts false shepherds and reveals Himself as both the Good Shepherd and the Gate, the one who leads, protects, and gives life to the full.

But the question at the center of it all is simple and personal:

Do you know the voice of the Shepherd?

As followers of Jesus, we are constantly faced with competing voices, temptations, distractions, and false promises. This sermon calls us to recognize His voice, flee from the stranger, and walk in obedience to the One who leads us into true life.

Good Friday service at Trailmark Amentity Center. 4/3/2026

Based on John 19

On Good Friday, we remember the cross not just as a symbol, but as the place where Jesus accomplished what we never could.

When Jesus said, “It is finished,” he wasn’t declaring defeat; he was declaring that the work of redemption was complete.

In this message, we reflect on the physical reality of the cross, the meaning of tetelestai, and what it means to live as people whose debt has been fully paid.

Preached March 15, 2026
The Table Church — St. Augustine, FL

When Samuel went to anoint the next king of Israel, he assumed the obvious candidate would be the strongest, tallest, and most impressive man in the room. But God had something else in mind.

In 1 Samuel 16, God reminds Samuel—and us—that human beings tend to judge by outward appearance, while God looks at the heart. The next king of Israel wouldn’t come from the obvious place. He wouldn’t be the strongest warrior or the most impressive leader. Instead, God chose David—a young shepherd boy who wasn’t even invited into the room.

This passage challenges our assumptions about leadership, power, and what truly matters to God. In a world obsessed with appearance, achievement, and strength, God is looking for something different: surrendered hearts.

In this sermon, we explore:
• Why our perception of people can be so misleading
• What God actually looks for in those He uses
• The difference between Saul’s pride and David’s surrender
• How Lent invites us to examine our own hearts before God

God doesn’t choose and empower people because of outward strength—but because of hearts surrendered to Him.

Guest sermon preached at Christ the King Anglican Church in St. Augustine, 3/1/26

In Romans 4, the Apostle Paul addresses a question that has shaped the church from the beginning: How are we made right with God? Using the example of Abraham, Paul dismantles the idea that righteousness can be earned through effort, obedience, or religious practice. Instead, he shows that justification—being declared right with God—is a gift received through faith.

This passage also reshapes how we see one another in the church. If righteousness is a gift of grace rather than a reward for performance, then no one stands higher or lower than another. The ground at the foot of the cross is level.

This sermon explores how justification by faith produces humility before God and unity within the body of Christ.

Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
Matthew 5:1–12

In this sermon from the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, we take a wide-angle look at the Beatitudes before slowing down to focus on Jesus’ first and foundational blessing: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Jesus begins discipleship not with strength, effort, or achievement, but with honest dependence. This message explores what it means to acknowledge our spiritual poverty, why grace—not merit—is the doorway into God’s kingdom, and how this posture shapes both individual faith and life together as the church.

Preached at The Table Church.

Advent reminds us of a simple but world-shaping truth: when we could not reach God, God came to us.

In this short Advent homily, we look at Psalm 24, Romans 1, and Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth through Joseph's eyes. Scripture confronts our inability to stand before a holy God—and then answers that longing with Emmanuel, God with us.

This message reflects on grace freely given, love not earned, and the hope that carries us through weary seasons. As Christmas approaches, we are invited to respond not with perfection, but with worship and witness.