Eastwood Baptist Sunday Sermons

Repentance, Mercy, and the Fig Tree: A Luke 13 Reflection

This sermon on Luke chapter 13 explores Jesus' response to tragedy, emphasizing that disasters do not indicate greater sin in their victims and warning listeners to repent before judgment comes.
Using the parable of the fig tree, the message contrasts God's patience and mercy with the call for genuine repentance, urging readiness for Christ's return and highlighting the hope offered through Jesus' life, death, and forgiveness.
Sermon Guide: The Call to Repentance.

The Fire Jesus Came to Bring: Understanding Divine Division

This sermon studies Luke 12:49–59, where Jesus warns that his coming brings division, speaks of fire and a baptism of suffering, and challenges listeners to interpret the season and be reconciled to God.
Through explanation and application, Pastor Jud urges immediate response to Christ’s message, highlights the cost of discipleship in relationships, and warns against delaying repentance before judgment falls.
Sermon Guide: Understanding Jesus' Division and Urgency.

Prepare Him Room: Finding Peace in the Advent Rush

In this Advent sermon, Pastor Jud urges listeners to "prepare him room" by clearing their schedules and hearts for Jesus. Using Mary's example, practical steps like creating stillness, simple family traditions, confession, and generosity are offered to make space for Christ's presence, peace, and hope in homes and families.

Judgment Defined: The Fall of Babylon (Revelation 18)

Revelation 18:6–8 defines Babylon’s judgment: God will repay her double for her deeds because of pride, sensuality, and self-sufficiency. The angel’s call echoes Old Testament justice and stresses that retaliation belongs to God alone.The passage foretells sudden, complete destruction—pestilence, mourning, famine, and fire—while worldly leaders, merchants, and sailors lament the loss of wealth. The message urges believers to trust God for justice and to repent, not to take vengeance into their own hands.

Ready or Not: Living as Faithful Servants Before the Master Returns

In this sermon, Pastor Jud explores Luke 12's parables about servants and the unexpected return of the Son of Man. He explains how faithfulness, leadership, stewardship, and preparedness shape believers' lives, contrasts rewards for the faithful with judgments for the unfaithful, and urges listeners to live ready, obedient, and generous lives as they await Christ’s return.
Sermon Guide: Be Ready for the Master's Return.

Fallen, Fallen: The Angel's Proclamation Over Babylon - Part 2

In this sermon we study Revelation 18:1–5, where an authoritative angel declares "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great," exposing the city's pervasive demonic influence and corrupt sensual commerce that bring God's judgment.
Pastor Jud explains the angel's role, the call "Come out of her, my people" as a warning to believers to flee the corrupt world system, and draws Old Testament parallels and modern application for avoiding spiritual compromise.

As the Father Sent Me: Carrying Christ's Peace, Pattern, and Power

In this sermon on John 20:19–22, Pastor Jud unpacks Jesus' post-resurrection commissioning: we are sent with Christ's peace, called to follow his humble pattern of service, and empowered by the Holy Spirit for mission.
The message challenges ordinary people to live as sent ones now—serving sacrificially, speaking truth courageously, repenting where needed, and trusting the Spirit to equip every step.
Sermon Guide: As The Father Sent Me.

Fallen: The Final Judgment on Babylon (Revelation 18)

Tonight’s sermon examines Revelation 18:1–24, reading the passage and unpacking its big-picture message: the fall of Babylon, representing Antichrist’s commercial empire, and the worldwide consequences of its sudden destruction.
The host connects this judgment to God’s sovereignty and justice, warns listeners of the coming final judgment for the unrepentant, and urges faith in Jesus as the only door to salvation.

Sent To Serve: Pick Up Your Towel

This sermon explores John 13 and Jesus washing the disciples’ feet to show that true greatness in God’s kingdom is humble service, not status.
It challenges listeners to move from knowing to doing—serving others sacrificially, picking up the symbolic towel, and living out influence through love and action.
Sermon Guide: Sent To Serve.

When the Beast Returns: Antichrist’s Fake Resurrection and Final Fall

This sermon explains Revelation’s vision of the beast who "was, is not, and is about to come," exploring the Antichrist’s staged resurrection, the false prophet’s deception, and the destruction of the false religious system at mid-tribulation.
It unpacks symbols like the seven heads (world empires), the ten kings, and the battle of Armageddon, while emphasizing believers’ security in God and His sovereign plan that culminates in Christ’s victory.

Go with God’s Power: Sent, Not Alone

This sermon explores Luke 10 and Jesus’ commissioning of the 72, emphasizing that believers are sent into the world with God’s authority and the Holy Spirit’s power.
It explains three key truths: the mission is urgent, the mission is dangerous, and the mission is empowered — calling listeners to step out in faith, obedience, and courage to share hope in their communities.
Sermon Guide: Go with God's Power.

SENT: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Mission

In this sermon, Pastor Jud explores Matthew 10 and the truth that Jesus calls ordinary, often unqualified people and equips them with authority and the Holy Spirit to carry out his mission.
Listeners are challenged to move from comfort to calling — to proclaim the kingdom, heal, forgive, and bring hope in their homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods — trusting that God empowers those he sends.
Sermon Guide: Called and Commissioned.