Lakeland Baptist Church Audio Podcast

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A sermon audio podcast of Lakeland Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas. Our Senior Pastor is Dr. Donald Schmidt. To learn more about Lakeland visit us online at https://lakelandbaptist.org.

  1. Sep 20

    The Consequences of Willful Sin

    The Consequences of Willful Sin | September 20, 2026 Hebrews 10:26-31 delivers one of the most sobering warnings in all of Scripture, directed not at unbelievers but at born-again Christians. Willful, persistent sin is not about stumbling or moments of weakness. It describes a deliberate, ongoing pattern of defying what God has clearly said. Believers who settle into this kind of lifestyle expose themselves to God's fatherly discipline, dishonor the person and work of Jesus Christ, and insult the Holy Spirit who dwells within them. Nothing is hidden from God, and He will not ignore persistent rebellion indefinitely. Yet this passage is ultimately a call to repentance, not a sentence of condemnation. God is faithful to forgive those who humble themselves and return to Him.

  2. Sep 13

    From Access to Action

    From Access to Action | Hebrews 10:19-25 Because of Jesus Christ's sacrifice and His ongoing role as our High Priest, every believer has bold, confident access to the presence of God. But having that access and actually using it are two very different things. Hebrews 10:19-25 calls us to let that access shape the way we live every day through three practical responses. First, draw near to God through sincere, habitual prayer, worship, and time in Scripture. Second, hold fast to the confession of our faith without wavering, no matter what pressure or hardship comes. Third, consider one another by gathering together consistently and actively encouraging fellow believers in their walk with Christ. The access Jesus purchased for us is one of the greatest gifts in all of Scripture, and the question is not whether we have it but whether we are living like we do.

  3. Aug 30

    Reach Your Two

    Reach Your Two! | Luke 19: 1-10 The story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19 reveals two very different ways people respond to lost sinners. While the crowd grumbled and wrote Zacchaeus off as hopeless, Jesus stopped, looked up into the tree, and called him by name. That encounter transformed Zacchaeus completely, turning a greedy and dishonest man into someone marked by generosity and repentance. Jesus made His mission clear: He came to seek and to save the lost. That same mission now belongs to His followers. Rather than avoiding or complaining about lost people, believers are called to pursue them with intentionality and love. A simple framework called REACH (Regularly pray, Eat a meal, Ask to church, Clearly share the gospel, Honor by serving) offers practical steps for engaging the lost people already in your life. The question worth sitting with is whether you are responding to lost people more like the crowd or more like Jesus.

  4. Aug 23

    The Limits of the Law

    The Limits of the Law | Hebrews 10:1-4 August 23, 2026 The Old Testament sacrificial system was real, meaningful, and God-ordained, but it was never designed to be the final solution to the sin problem. Hebrews 10:1-4 gives three clear reasons why those sacrifices could never fully remove sin. First, they were shadows pointing forward to a greater reality, not the substance itself. Just as a photograph of someone you love is meaningful but is no substitute for the person, those sacrifices served a genuine purpose without being the ultimate answer. Second, the fact that they had to be repeated year after year was itself evidence that the problem had never been fully resolved. Every annual Day of Atonement was a reminder that sin still had not been dealt with completely. Third, it is simply impossible for animal blood to atone for human sin. Animals and humans belong to different categories of creation, and human sin required a human substitute. Jesus Christ fulfilled everything those sacrifices pointed toward. He became fully human, lived without sin, and died in our place, satisfying the justice of God on our behalf. Unlike the repeated offerings of the Old Testament, His sacrifice was made once and accomplished everything. Every sin, past, present, and future, has been fully and finally dealt with through what He did on the cross. The law could show people what was right, but it had no power to change them from the inside. Christ does what the law never could. For those who trust in Him, He forgives every sin, comes to live within them, and makes them a new creation. The shadows have given way to the substance, and that substance is Jesus Christ.

  5. Aug 16

    The Sacrifice that Changes Everything

    The Sacrifice that Changes Everything Hebrews 9:1-28 No sacrifice in history compares to what Jesus Christ accomplished on the cross. Unlike the repeated animal sacrifices of the Old Testament, which could only provide outward, ceremonial cleansing, His sacrifice reaches the root of the problem by cleansing the conscience from sin entirely. Jesus entered heaven itself, offering His own blood as the perfect, sinless, and divinely empowered sacrifice to obtain eternal redemption. Through His death, He became the mediator of a new covenant, giving believers direct access to God at any moment. His sacrifice fully forgives sin, removes the need for religious ritual or penance, and transforms the heart for genuine fellowship with God. He is also coming again, not to deal with sin a second time, but to bring salvation to all who have trusted in Him. For those who have not placed their faith in Christ, judgment awaits after death. Jesus alone is the key that opens the door to God's presence.

  6. Aug 9

    Praying for More Workers

    Praying for More Workers: Matthew 9:35-38 In Matthew 9:35-38, Jesus paints a vivid picture of a world full of people who are lost, worn down, and without a shepherd. As He traveled through cities and villages teaching, preaching, and healing, He looked at the crowds and felt deep compassion for them. He described the situation using an agricultural image: the harvest was plentiful, but the workers were few. His response was not to work harder alone but to call His disciples to pray with urgency and earnestness, asking God to thrust more workers out into the harvest field. The kind of workers God sends into the harvest are marked by three qualities rooted in how Jesus Himself lived. First, they see people the way Jesus did, paying close attention to those God places in their path rather than moving through life with their heads down. Second, they sympathize with people the way Jesus did, genuinely caring about the struggles, pain, and spiritual lostness of those around them. Third, they share the Gospel the way Jesus did, keeping the proclamation of reconciliation with God as the ultimate goal of every encounter. Seeing and sympathizing build the relational bridge, but workers who make an eternal difference are those who will cross that bridge and clearly share the good news of Jesus Christ. The urgency behind this passage is staggering. Millions in Texas, hundreds of millions across North America, and billions worldwide do not have a saving relationship with Jesus. People cannot call on Him if they have never heard about Him, which is why workers matter and why prayer for workers matters. Immediately after calling His disciples to pray for more workers in Matthew 9, Jesus sends them out in Matthew 10 to do exactly what He told them to pray about. The call to pray for the harvest is inseparable from the call to participate in it.

  7. Jul 20

    Positioning the Church for an Awakening

    Positioning the Church for an Awakening  Acts 4:31-35 The American church is losing its influence not because of the darkness around it, but because it has turned out its own light. Acts 4 describes a church that was genuinely positioned to transform its culture, and four characteristics made that early church unstoppable. Those characteristics are a spiritually close fellowship, a commitment to God's commission, a compassionate generosity toward others, and a commitment to moral purity. Unity among believers is not optional; it is essential to the church's testimony before a watching world. Every believer has been empowered by the Holy Spirit to share the gospel, and that responsibility is a mandate, not a suggestion. Generosity is a fruit of Spirit-filled living, and nothing reveals the condition of a heart more quickly than a person's giving. A church that tolerates unrepentant sin loses the fear of God that draws people to genuine transformation. The church does not need a new strategy. It needs a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit, beginning with prayer, repentance, and full surrender to the lordship of Christ.

  8. Jul 5

    Jesus' Superior Priesthood (Part 1)

    Hebrews 7:1-28 Hebrews 7 presents a compelling case for why Jesus holds a priesthood that surpasses anything the Old Testament system could offer. The argument is built around a mysterious figure named Melchizedek, a king-priest from Genesis 14 who foreshadowed a greater and eternal priest to come. Jesus fulfills that picture completely. His priesthood is superior in its nature, because He is a king-priest of a higher order entirely. It is superior in its power, because He accomplished what the Levitical system could never do, providing real forgiveness and restoring humanity to God. It is superior in its permanence, because He rose from the dead and lives forever, never tiring and never leaving His role. This is not simply a theological fact to store away. It is a living truth meant to anchor the soul in every season of life.

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A sermon audio podcast of Lakeland Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas. Our Senior Pastor is Dr. Donald Schmidt. To learn more about Lakeland visit us online at https://lakelandbaptist.org.

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