Can you be right about the Bible and still be wrong in how you treat people? Christians are called to speak God's truth, but sometimes our desire to correct others gets in the way of showing them the love of Jesus. We know what Scripture says, but do we really understand the people we're trying to reach?

In Read the Room, part two of the Burning Scrolls sermon series, Pastor Jason Barnett explores Jeremiah 36:8–19 and what it teaches us about sharing God's Word with wisdom, humility, and intentionality. As Baruch delivers Jeremiah's message, we discover that faithfully communicating biblical truth involves more than simply saying the right words. It requires recognizing the people receiving them.

This sermon challenges religious self-righteousness, confronts the temptation to use Scripture as a weapon, and encourages believers who genuinely want to share their faith more effectively. It also offers hope to those who have experienced judgment, rejection, or hurt from Christians.

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What do you do when you desperately want someone to know Jesus, but every way you’ve tried to reach them seems blocked?

In Jeremiah 36:1–7, God gives Jeremiah a message for a people He longs to restore. But there’s a problem: Jeremiah cannot go where the people are. The obstacle is real. Instead of allowing it to become the end of the mission, Jeremiah finds another way.

In “Find a Way,” the first message in the Burning Scrolls sermon series, Pastor Jason Barnett challenges Christians who believe, attend church, and genuinely care about people, but may have quietly settled into “we tried.” What happens when our heart for the lost begins to align with God’s heart for restoration?

This Christian sermon explores evangelism, sharing your faith, reaching people for Jesus, biblical restoration, Christian discipleship, and faithfully carrying God’s Word when familiar methods no longer work.

Who is the person you want to see restored to God? What obstacle has made reaching them difficult? And is there another way?

If their restoration matters to God, it should matter enough to us to find a way.

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Linkoln shares his story on why he started coming to Ravenna Church of the Nazarene and shares why you should consider doing the same.

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530 Main Street, Ravenna, KY 40472

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How are you saved? Is being a good person enough?

Most of us have some kind of spiritual scoresheet. We look at the good we've done, the mistakes we have made, how often we go to church, or how our lives compare with everyone else. Some look at the score and think, "I've done enough." Others look at it and wonder, "Could God ever want someone like me?"

But what if both are looking in the wrong direction?

In this sermon from Ephesians 2:4-10, Pastor Jason Barnett explores what the Bible says about salvation, God's grace, faith in Jesus, and good works. Paul's answer is surprisingly freeing: salvation isn't something we accomplish or earn. It is God's gift, and the good things we do come after God makes us alive in Christ, not as a way of convincing Him to save us.

Whether you're exploring Christianity, new to following Jesus, carrying regrets from your past, or have been in church your entire life, this message invites you to consider one important question: When you think about whether you are saved, are you looking at what Jesus has done or at what you have done?

Put down the scoresheet. You are not saved by what you have done, but by what Jesus has done for you.

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Linkoln shares his story on why he started coming to Ravenna Church of the Nazarene and shares why you should consider doing the same.

Ravenna Church of the Nazarene
530 Main Street, Ravenna, KY 40472

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