All Sermons in "Rethinking Discipleship" with Pastor Mark Leslie

(Text and Audio) January 5th, 2025 Discipleship – part 1 – Called to Follow Called out of darkness into his marvelous light. Roughly 20 churches close every week in the United States. This hasn’t changed much. It was about 70 per month in 2017. Covid sped that up. Since 2020, the percentage for rural church…

(Text and Audio) Feb. 2nd, 2025 I’m Born Again. What’s next? Acts 2:40–41 (ESV) 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”  41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.  Let’s…

(Text and Audio) March 9th, 2025 Ephesians 4:1-16 Today we will see why it is so important to be fellowshipping (or partnering) with fellow disciples in a healthy church. 

(Text and Audio) April 6th, 2025 Disciples are Dependent Luke 9:1-6; 10:1-12; Matthew 10 Luke 10:1–12 (ESV) 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.  2 And he said to them, “The harvest…

(Text and Audio) May 4th, 2025 Luke 9:20–22 (ESV) 20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”  21 And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one,  22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and…

(Text and Audio) June 1st, 2025 1. Review  2. Define shame 1. Relational aspect of self-identity 2. Feeling of embarrassment or humiliation 3. The act of disloyalty 3. Illustrate unashamed  1. Paul 2. Timothy 3. Onesiphorus  4. Bad – Phygelus and Hermogenes 5. Christ himself the ultimate example 4. Practical ways we are ashamed of…

(Text and Audio) June 29th, 2025 Introduction – the purpose of the Transfiguration  1. A Conversation with Moses and Elijah 2. A nap and a surprise 3. A misunderstanding of Christ 4. A way to apply this to your life