In a message from Luke 12:13–34, Greg uses Jesus’ parable of the rich fool to challenge where we place our security: in the “barn” of possessions or in God who provides. He explains that barns today look like bank accounts, retirement funds, insurance policies, property, and accumulated goods—things we can steward wisely but that cannot hold our lives or guarantee tomorrow. Jesus’ warning about greed is framed as believing “more” can give what only God can give, and the teaching continues into Jesus’ command not to worry, since both greed and anxiety seek safety apart from God. Pointing to birds and lilies, Greg emphasizes God’s care and asks whether what others need may be sitting in our barns, calling believers to share. The message concludes with “Fear not, little flock,” urging trust in the Shepherd, not the barn.

Greg explores what it means for humanity to be created in the image and likeness of God. While Scripture condemns idols made to represent God, God chose humanity to bear His image and represent Him within creation. Yet sin has distorted that calling. Instead of allowing God to shape us into His image, we often try to reshape God into our image by deciding what is best, determining how God should act, and putting God on trial when He does not meet our expectations. Greg points to Jesus as the perfect image of God and explains that through Christ, God is restoring His image in us, transforming who we are and how we treat others who also bear His likeness. He closes with a personal challenge: Will we allow God to remake us in His image through faith, repentance, confession, baptism, and godly living, or will we continue trying to remake Him in ours?

Where is Your Happy Place?
Greg asks viewers to consider their “happy place” (home, ballgames, golf, fishing, beach, mountains) and connects the idea to Eden, noting that a Hebrew word that sounds like “Eden” means “happy.” He argues Eden was the ultimate happy place because of God’s presence, yet Eve chose to take the fruit after the serpent questioned God’s word and promised something better. The message applies this to how people pursue temporary sources of happiness, referencing Ecclesiastes and Solomon’s search for meaning, which ends with “Fear God and keep His commandments.” The speaker emphasizes that a truly happy place is not a location but a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, whose blood provides forgiveness and restores harmony with God in every area of life.

In a message on Genesis 42, Greg highlights the theme of secrets through Joseph’s brothers, who still hide the truth from their father and don’t realize Joseph—disguised as an Egyptian official using an interpreter—can understand their conversation and hear their guilt. He connects this to a personal story of overhearing Greek bus drivers and to World War II’s Enigma machine, where Germans believed messages were secure but were deciphered. The lesson is that God understands the “language of the heart,” knowing motives behind thoughts and not being impressed by religious vocabulary. Using Ananias and Sapphira as an example of deceptive words, he urges honesty before God and warns against forgetting who is listening. Finally, he addresses lingering guilt, emphasizing that forgiveness through Jesus removes guilt.

Father’s Day Sermon: Imperfect Dads, God’s Bigger Story (Jacob & Joseph)

In a Father’s Day sermon at Clarksville Highway, Greg thanks the church for “Donuts with Dad,” appreciates hearing children during worship, and reflects on the difficulty of preaching on Mother’s and Father’s Day because of mixed emotions. Using a favorite hat’s memories and a ChatGPT-generated image of Jacob, Joseph, and his brothers, he turns to the Genesis story and the pattern of imperfect fatherhood in Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and even Joseph. He highlights Jacob’s favoritism, Joseph’s bad report, and Joseph’s dreams, noting Jacob “kept the matter in mind” despite not understanding God’s plan. The sermon urges fathers not to “wallow in mistakes,” emphasizes that God works through brokenness and uses imperfect families, and calls everyone to pursue God, find Jesus before trying to fix themselves, and return to the Father like a prodigal.

Called Back to Bethel: Leaving Compromise, Embracing a New Identity

Greg reflects on how believers can drift into compromise and how God, as He did with Jacob in Genesis 35, calls His people back to “Bethel,” a spiritually significant place of renewal. He describes personal “spiritual markers” (baptism, marriage, moments of God’s presence, hospital prayers) and parallels them to Jacob returning to Bethel to put away foreign gods, purify himself, and change garments—images connected to repentance, baptism, and being “clothed with Christ.” He emphasizes God’s protection over fear and force, and highlights Jacob’s renewed name “Israel” as a reminder that God fights for him and reaffirms His covenant promises. The message closes by urging listeners to consider their spiritual direction, identity, and God’s persistent call to come back home.

Jostling at Jabbok (Genesis 32): Alone, Struggle, and Transformation

In this episode, Greg teaches from Genesis 32, “Jostling at Jabbok,” where Jacob, fearful of meeting Esau and his 400 men, sends his family across the river and is left alone. The lesson emphasizes that God often does formative work in isolation, contrasting modern distraction and constant noise with the spiritual necessity of solitude. Jacob wrestles through the night with a man later described as God, who could have ended the struggle at any moment but allows it until daybreak, then dislocates Jacob’s hip, renames him Israel, and blesses him. The struggle is presented not as punishment but transformation, producing surrender, dependence, and a lifelong limp as a reminder. Jacob names the place Peniel, “face of God,” and the episode ends by urging listeners to consider how encountering God changes them and to respond.

I Married Who??

This message explores the biblical story of Jacob expecting to marry Rachel after seven years of service but waking up to find he has married Leah, using the irony of deception in dim light to show how life often defies our plans. It highlights Leah as the overlooked and “hated” one, yet God sees her, opens her womb, and through her children—especially Judah—advances the promise leading to David and ultimately Jesus. The speaker connects Jacob’s shocking “Leah moment” to modern experiences of disrupted expectations in careers, health, relationships, and dreams, and compares the disciples’ confusion at the cross to our inability to see God’s purposes in the moment. The episode invites listeners to ask how God is working, seek prayer, and trust God to put the puzzle together.