Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church - Dallas Sermons

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Pastor Mark E. Lewis preaches from Genesis 27 on the theme "Broken But Still Blessed," showing how Jacob—flawed and deceptive—is nonetheless the recipient of God's blessing, and calling listeners to embrace authenticity, rely on God's timing, and receive God's grace and salvation.

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Pastor preaches that trials refine genuine faith and produce inexpressible joy because Christians have a living hope, a secure inheritance, and a protected salvation. God provides multicolored grace to match our varied trials; suffering is temporary and purifies faith so it becomes more valuable than gold. The sermon includes an invitation to trust Christ and practical encouragement to endure and learn during testing.

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Rev. Lee Brodie teaches from Luke 23:34, using Jesus' plea 'Father, forgive them' as the model for intentional, grace-driven forgiveness. He urges believers to forgive like Christ — even when mocked or wounded — to avoid the spiritual captivity of unforgiveness and to practice practical steps like asking for and extending forgiveness, beginning with forgiving yourself.

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Final session of a three-week Bible study on controlling emotions, focusing on doubt through the story of Thomas. Main takeaways: doubt is a natural emotion, identify specific doubts, bring them to Jesus, correct your focus from what you see to God, and accept God's affirmation so faith can grow.

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A Bible study on controlling fear that contrasts natural emotion with the Spirit, reviews King Jehoshaphat's response to a national threat, and gives three practical, faith-centered steps: be authentic about fear, be intentional to seek the Lord, and engage the community in prayer and fasting while trusting God to deliver.

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Rev. Bradley Tucker opens a three-week Bible study on controlling emotions with a first message on anxiety. Using the example of Elijah, he outlines a three-step pastoral response—isolate (find quiet to be with God), explain (tell God your burdens), and restoration (trust God to provide and restore)—and gives practical and ministerial applications for believers facing anxiety during uncertain times.

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Rev. Edward Broadway preached from 1 Peter 1 on “A Living Hope,” explaining that believers are born again into a sure, energetic hope made possible by Christ’s resurrection, secured as an incorruptible inheritance in heaven and refined through trials.

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A Bible-study sermon on 1 Corinthians 12–14 explaining spiritual gifts, contrasting speaking in tongues with prophecy, and urging love, order, and edification in corporate worship.

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Rev. Edward Broadway teaches from Hebrews 11 about how to build real faith: faith is the confident foundation and evidence of unseen realities, it comes by hearing and internalizing God's Word, must produce obedient action, and is demonstrated by biblical witnesses like Abel, Enoch, and Noah.

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A Bible study exploring the biblical symbolism of trees—especially the tree of life in the midst of the garden—and how Jesus is pictured as the giving, life-giving 'tree' from Genesis through Revelation, with practical application for spiritual insight, evangelism, and discipleship.