Pv Twenty-somethings

While the modern, Western Church can often times exalt marriage and children above all else while minimizing the value of singleness, the Bible's radical vision for singleness stands in stark contrast to what we typically see in our churches today. Listen in as Caleb Eissler shows us the Bible's incredible vision for singleness from the Old Testament to the New in this next installment in our Relationships series.

Listen in as Caleb Eissler kicks off our summer message series on relationships! In this message, Caleb explains that we cannot understand or flourish in our relationships until we see God as the foundation and example in them all. Our relationships flourish best when God is at the center.

What is your purpose in life? What does it mean that God pursues His own glory? How does this relate to God's love for us? What does it mean that we are made in the image of God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more from Isaiah 48:9-11.

In response to the horrific mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville on March 27th, we took time to pray together as a ministry and then Caleb Eissler led us through a pastoral prayer related to many facets of the tragedy.

How does God comfort His people? Can I really trust Him with my pains and sorrows? What does it look like to trust the comfort of God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more from Isaiah 40-43.

Are you really trusting in God or are you trusting in something else in your big decisions? How can you know you're trusting in God? Is God really trustworthy? What next step is God calling you to trust Him in right now? Listen in as Caleb Eissler helps us think through these questions and more from Isaiah 36-37.

Why are the ways of the world so seductive to us? How can we remain faithful to God in the midst of the temptations of the world? What end awaits those who reject God? Is it really worth it to follow God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more as he preaches from Isaiah 24-27 for our Isaiah message series.

Where does our true trust lie? How can understanding the shape of Scripture's narrative help us understand the teachings of Scripture? How can understanding the story of Scripture help us learn to trust God more? Listen in as Nick Monroe answers these questions and more through Isaiah 21-23 in this next installment in our Gospel According to Isaiah message series.

With so much craziness going on in our world today, is God actually in control? Can He use tough circumstances for good? What does this all mean for your life? Listen in as Brad Bartlett answers these questions and more as he teaches through Isaiah 10-12.

What is God like? How does He relate to us? How can we feel His presence and hear His voice? Listen in as Austin Hey answers these questions and more from Isaiah 7-9.

What does it look like to encounter God? What is the holiness of God? What should our response be to encountering God? How can we tell if we had a genuine encounter with God? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers all of these questions and more from Isaiah 6.

What do we need to live a life of godliness? How has God provided? How does God deal with our pride as we follow Him? What can we learn from God's people in Isaiah? Listen in as Jay Minnick answers these questions and more in this next installment in our message series in Isaiah.

How can you know if your worship of God is true or false? What does it look like to live your whole life as an act of worship? What if going to church and reading your bible wasn't true worship? Listen in to have these questions and more answered as Caleb Eissler kicks off our spring semester message series in Isaiah by focusing on Isaiah 1.

What if suffering was a way we could showcase our hope in God? How should we respond when we are persecuted and bullied for our faith? Listen in as Andy Lee provides a wealth of counter-cultural wisdom in this next installment in our 1 Peter message series.

Slavery and wives submitting to their husbands are two of the most difficult biblical topics in our modern context. But when Peter brings them up in his pastoral letter, he does so for incredibly redemptive and instructional purposes. Listen in as Caleb Eissler helps us navigate these tough topics in 1 Peter 2:18-3:7 to see how they apply in profound ways to our lives today.

How should Christians engage in politics? How should we navigate the intense political tensions of our day? How should we represent Jesus in the public square? How can we know if we are falling into political idolatry ourselves? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more as we continue on in our 1 Peter message series. 

What does it mean that we have new identities in Christ? Despite all that the world might label us as, how might our outlook on our lives change if we realized that God calls us Beloved? Listen in as Stana Martin helps us see how to have resilient and hope-filled faith despite painful experiences and sins as we continue on in our 1 Peter message series this fall.

Listen in as Caleb Eissler kicks off our sermon series in the book of 1 Peter. In this message, Caleb breaks down 1 Peter 1:1-12 by looking at it from 2 primary angles: 1.) this broken world is not our home, and 2.) our heavenly home is greater than we could imagine. Within those two angles, Caleb talks about how to endure in this fallen world, how to live with hope, how to prepare for heaven, and how to live meaningfully in this life when we're not in our heavenly home yet.  *Originally preached on Thursday, September 1st, 2022 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church for Twenty-Somethings*

How should we respond when a pastor falls into grievous sin? Does their sin make our faith untrue? How should we handle the doubts we encounter in the aftermath? What is the role of a pastor in the first place? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more in the final message of our Resilient sermon series. *Originally preached on Thursday, August 11th, 2022 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church*

Is authority good or bad in a fallen world? How do we make sense of pastors and leaders who abuse their authority? How do we navigate abusive authority? How do we find solace in the midst of abuse? Listen in as Caleb Eissler answers these questions and more as we look at the last words of David in 2 Samuel 23:1-4.