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A Season of Pruning

Pruning shears that convey the season of pruning that can sometimes be required for spiritual growth from article by Pastor Lauderdale of Mt Zion Baptist church in Sioux City Iowa

Watch or listen to Pastor Lauderdale’s message titled A Season of Pruning. Scripture: John 15:1–2 (KJV) Beloved, there are seasons in life that feel like loss… but Heaven calls them preparation. As we continue our year-long series Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better, this is an important reminder for us. There are moments when […]

Get Over Last Night

Blog post image titled Get Over Last Night from Mt Zion Pastor Lauderdale Christian church Sioux City Iowa

Watch a video of Pastor Lauderdale’s message titled Get Over Last Night. Scripture Reference:  Luke 5:2 (KJV) Friends, as we continue our year-long journey of Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better, I need to put a word in your spirit for this new season: get over last night.   Not because last night didn’t […]

Rise Above It: Choosing Your Daily Altitude

Eagle soaring to convey Rise Above it message from Pastor Lauderdale of Mt Zion Christian Church in Sioux City Iowa

Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better — A Word From Our Pastor as We Close 2025 Every Morning You Choose Your Altitude Every single morning when you wake up, you have a choice. You have the power to rise above negativity. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today. Right now. This very moment. Think about […]

It’s About To Change

Christian church in Sioux City Iowa sermon message image of fig tree buds conveying spiritual change from Pastor Robert N Lauderdale's Dec 21 2025 sermon

Prefer to watch or listen to the original message? Visit our Watch page and select It’s About To Change. From our series: Fixing What’s Broken To Build Back Better Scripture: Luke 13:6–9 (KJV) When God gets involved, what looks stuck can shift suddenly. It’s about to change. As we continue our year-long journey of “Fixing […]

Now What’s Your Status?

Spiritual Growth blog post image for a Christian church in Sioux City Iowa, Mt Zion Baptist Church. Urges spiritual growth and taking your spiritual temperature.

Watch or listen to the live message by Pastor Lauderdale titled Now What’s Your Status from Sun, Dec 14. Part of our year-long series: Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better Scripture: Luke 9:62 (KJV) ICEBERG AHEAD! Looking Everywhere Except Where It Matters On the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic was steaming […]

It Ain’t About You!

Christian Church in Sioux City Mt Zion Baptist church blog titled It Ain't About You shows man in winter forest wearing a hat with a cross on it.

Prefer to watch or listen? Watch Pastor Lauderdale’s Dec 7, 2025 message titled It Ain’t About You. Scripture:John 13:1–17 (KJV) Today, I want to call you back, in crystal-clear terms, to servant leadership. As we continue our year-long journey of Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better, we return to the powerful moment in John […]

Do You Want To Get Better?

Do You Want To Get Better blog post image shows a man begging. This blog post is by Pastor Lauderdale of Mt Zion Baptist Church in Sioux City Iowa

Watch Pastor Lauderdale’s message titled Do You Want To Get Better? on YouTube. Part of our year-long series: Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better Scripture: John 5:1–9 (KJV) On April 14, 1935, a massive dust storm swallowed the Great Plains in what history remembers as Black Sunday. Families clung to one another as winds […]

The Refiner’s Fire

Photo of metalurgist's refiners fire for Mt Zion Baptist Church Sioux City Iowa blog post called The Refiners Fire

The Refiner’s Fire Part of our year-long series: Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better Scripture: Malachi 3:2–3 (KJV) Malachi chapter 3, verses 2 and 3 says, “But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for He is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap: And […]

The Ministry of Consolation

Ministry of Consolation blog post image of women consoling someone as described in the Mt Zion Baptist Church blog post titled Ministry of Consolation

The Ministry of Consolation Part of our year-long series: Fixing What’s Broken to Build Back Better Scripture:Acts 9:20–29 (KJV) In this blog post, we’re going to talk about something our church and our world desperately need—the ministry of consolation. I want to take you back to one of the most powerful examples in Scripture of […]