Pastor Jason Lancaster 11/8/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 11/8/26

No Place Among Us | Ephesians 5:3-7

In Ephesians 5:3–7, Paul says sexual immorality, impurity and greed must not even be hinted at among God's people. Pastor Jason Lancaster explains that lust doesn't retire when you do, and that sexual sin is ultimately a worship problem, a question of who rules the heart. He calls believers to flee temptation, reject the "empty words" that excuse it, and turn the lights on through confession, with the hope that Christ washes, forgives and restores. ("Such were some of you.")

Pastor Jason Lancaster 11/1/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 11/1/26

Heaven | Revelation 21:1-5

Revelation 21:1–5 shows the holy city coming down, God dwelling with His people, and every tear wiped away. Fresh out of the hospital, Pastor Jason Lancaster uses four words, bad, good, better, best, to show that death takes believers to be with Christ, but the best is still ahead: resurrected bodies, real work and worship, and heaven come down to a renewed earth. Heaven isn’t a brochure of amenities, though. Jesus is the point, and like the thief on the cross, you can trust Him today.

Pastor Elsen Portugal 10/25/26 Pastor Elsen Portugal 10/25/26

The Song Of The Servant | Isaiah 52:13-53:12

Isaiah 52:13–53:12 is the passage the Ethiopian eunuch was reading when Philip "preached Jesus" to him. Pastor Elsen Portugal traces the Servant's path: exalted, then down into the valley of rejection, suffering and death as the sin-bearer, then exalted again. The world says blessing means always moving to "the next level," but in God's pattern the way up is very often down. Christ was offered once for all, and everyone who brings their sins to Him is justified.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 10/18/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 10/18/26

Comfort, O Comfort My People | Isaiah 40:1-11, 28-31

In Isaiah 40, God's letter to His exiled people begins with one word: "Comfort." Recording from his office after emergency surgery, Pastor Jason Lancaster shows that God doesn't say "I told you so." He declares the war over because sin is paid in full, and He comes with arms strong enough to rule and tender enough to carry lambs. When life is hard, God gives Himself, not a pep talk. He is not tired of you, and those who wait for Him gain new strength.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 10/11/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 10/11/26

Be Imitators Of God | Ephesians 4:25-5:2

In Ephesians 4:25–5:2, Paul calls believers to "be imitators of God, as beloved children." Pastor Jason Lancaster names five things to put off and put on: lies, sinful anger, hoarding, rotten words and the bitter ledger. Each is a lid we slam shut on the people we love. God had every reason to shut the lid on us but didn't. Because Christ forgave us, we can speak truth, give freely, speak grace and tear up the ledger.

James Lauderdale 10/4/26 James Lauderdale 10/4/26

Missions Conference 2026

At Village Bible Church's 2026 Missions Conference, ReachGlobal missionary James Lauderdale asks, "Does the church have a mission, or does God's mission have a church?" From God's call to Abram in Genesis 12:1–3 and Peter's words in 1 Peter 2:9, he shows that God blesses His people so they will be a blessing to the nations. Abram went before he knew where. In Christ, we too are called, not just to a profession, but to proclaim the excellencies of Him who called us into His marvelous light.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/27/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/27/26

Spread It Before The Lord | Isaiah 37:17-24

When King Hezekiah received a threatening letter from the Assyrian king, he took it to the house of the Lord and spread it out before Him (Isaiah 37). Pastor Jason Lancaster shows how Hezekiah prayed: he began with who God is, told the truth about how bad things were, and asked for deliverance so that the whole world would know the Lord alone is God. And the truest letter against us, our certificate of debt, Christ nailed to the cross. If He has dealt with that, He can handle whatever you face.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/20/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/20/26

The Way We Learned Christ | Ephesians 4:17-24

Do people really change? In Ephesians 4:17–24, Paul tells believers not to walk "in the futility of their mind" as the world does. Pastor Jason Lancaster explains that unbelief is a moral problem more than an intellectual one, and that Christians don't just learn about Christ; they learn Christ. Change means putting off the old self, putting on the new, and being renewed in the spirit of the mind, not by a five-minute devotion amid hours of the world, but by wanting Jesus and staying in His Word.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/13/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/13/26

The Highway of Holiness | Isaiah 35:1-10

After the judgment of Isaiah 34 comes the whiplash of Isaiah 35: the desert blossoms profusely. Pastor Jason Lancaster walks the "highway of holiness": where it blooms, who it's for, what it cost and where it ends. It's for the exhausted, feeble and anxious; it is paved with the ransom of Christ's blood; and it ends in Zion, where sorrow and sighing flee away. Jesus pointed John the Baptist to this very chapter. No desert lasts forever, and our Deliverer is coming.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/6/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 9/6/26

Eat, Love, Pray | Luke 5:27-32

On Labor Day weekend, Pastor Jason Lancaster shares a vision every person can do: Eat, Love, Pray. In Luke, Jesus is always going to a meal, at a meal or coming from one, and in Luke 5:27–32 the newly called Levi throws a party so his tax-collector friends can meet Him. We come to the table not as Jesus but as sinners who have met the Great Physician. So share a meal with someone far from God, listen and love them, and pray for them. One name, one meal, this week.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 8/30/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 8/30/26

Overcoming Complacency | Proverbs 1:20-33

In Proverbs 1:20–33, Wisdom shouts in the busy street, asking the naive, "How long?" Pastor Jason Lancaster warns that complacency never feels like a crisis, and that's exactly what makes it one. A safe, comfortable "pillow life" can slowly coast us downhill, because no one ever coasts toward holiness. Wisdom calls us to turn and promises her spirit, and while grace forgives the sin but doesn't refund the years, on the cross Jesus reaped what we sowed. Today is the day to wake up and live deliberately for Him.

Pastor Jason Lancaster 8/23/26 Pastor Jason Lancaster 8/23/26

Building The Body Of Christ - Part 2 | Ephesians 4:7-16

"If you baby Christians, you get baby Christians." In Ephesians 4:7–16, Pastor Jason Lancaster asks what Christ is building in His church, and answers: unity and maturity. Prophetic voices, shepherds and teachers equip every member to serve, so we grow up into Christ in every area of life. A church that stops growing will drift, tossed by every wind of doctrine. Like the Sagrada Família, we're still in the scaffolding years, but our Architect rose from the dead and is still building.