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Church Gatekeeping | Who Are We Keeping Out?

Scary behavior in the church includes gatekeeping, where church terrorists keep people out instead of showing the love of Christ.

Sometimes the greatest barriers to belonging in church aren’t locked doors—they’re the people standing in the doorway. In Part 2 of Church Terrorists, Pastor Robert N. Lauderdale Sr. exposes the gossip, control, pride, and unforgiveness that can keep people from experiencing the love of Christ.

Controlling Behavior in the Church

Church terrorists controlling behavior in the church spooky nightime image

Not every threat to the church comes from outside its walls. In Part 1 of Church Terrorists, Pastor Robert N. Lauderdale Sr. explores how pride, gossip, and controlling behavior can divide a congregation—and how humility, accountability, and Christ-centered leadership can restore church unity.

Trust God In The Dark

Trust God in the dark Job 23 message about trusting God in hard places from Pastor RN Lauderdale Sr

What do you do when you can’t see God, feel God, or understand what He is doing? In Trust God in a Dark Place, Pastor Robert N. Lauderdale Sr. turns to Job 23 and an old-fashioned darkroom to reveal three truths for trusting God when you can’t see Him: God is present, God is processing, and God is producing.

Has Anyone Seen Gehazi?

Has Anyone Seen Gehazi about the danger of wanting more from 2 Kings 5 Christian encouragement

Gehazi had a front-row seat to the power of God. He witnessed miracles, served beside Elisha and had access others could only dream of. But being close to God’s work didn’t change what was happening inside him. Through three words—access, appetite and aftermath—Gehazi’s story challenges us to examine what we’re reaching for and reminds us that, because of Calvary, our worst decision does not have to become our final condition.

Has Anyone Seen Peter?

Boy with play binoculars to convey looking for Peter after his denial of Christ as a reminder of God's grace after failure from Luke 22

Peter swore he would never leave Jesus—but before morning, he had denied Him three times. In Has Anyone Seen Peter?, Pastor Lauderdale explores the four spiritual dominoes that led to Peter’s fall and the beautiful truth of God’s grace after failure: Jesus didn’t give up on Peter. He went looking for him.

Scarred But Still Building

Man building a wall conveying scarred but still building, a message of preseverance from Nehemiah 4

You may be wounded, tired, or carrying scars nobody else can see—but God isn’t finished with you. This message of perseverance from Nehemiah 4 is a call to put your hands back on the wall and keep building.

Broken But Not Done

Mended heart to convey you may be broken but not done. Hope sermon message from 2 Chronicles 7

In this powerful message, Pastor Robert N. Lauderdale Sr. reminds us that brokenness is not the same thing as being finished. God specializes in restoring people who feel defeated, exhausted, ashamed, and ready to quit.

Get Yourself Together

Broken mirror reflection to convey get yourself together, a message to encourage you to believe God's power from 1 Kings 19

After one of his greatest victories, Elijah found himself hiding in fear. In this encouraging message from 1 Kings 19, Pastor Robert N. Lauderdale Sr. reminds us that God meets us in our darkest moments, restores our strength, and calls us to step out of fear and back into faithful living.

Break Free of Strongholds

Man between two brick walls to convey break free of strongholds and a message of hope and encouragement

Strongholds are built one painful thought at a time—but they do not have to become the prison where you spend the rest of your life. Through the story of Jacob and Esau, Pastor Robert N. Lauderdale Sr. shows how bitterness becomes fortified, how forgiveness leads to freedom, and why Jesus is still tearing down strongholds today.