Advancing Word Podcast Dr. T. D. Stubblefield

One of the Apostle Paul’s favorite metaphors for Christian life and ministry was the military. 2 Timothy, Chapter 2, verses 3 – 4, is one of many places in his writings where this image and analogy is used. One gets the sense when reading his letters in the New Testament that Paul was all too familiar with the clank of armor, the thump and thud of soldiers’ feet as they marched under command and in formation, brandishing swords, shields and spears. As we celebrate the contri...

The final installment of the sermon series “Improving Our Serve” focuses on the call of Isaiah to the prophetic ministry recorded in Chapter Six, verses 1 -8 of the book that bears his name. This passage reveals that before the prophet committed to be a servant before his Sovereign, he also acknowledged being a creature before his Creator and a sinner before his Savior. God requires the same from any of us who are serious about ministry.

A mother who could quality as the poster child for “bad luck magazine” is driven into Jesus's presence because of a personal crisis. Her faith will not allow her to settle for crumbs from the Lord's table because she believes she can have the crust. She learned, as can we, that "Jesus is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think!"

While the church grows stronger through worship, larger through evangelism and witnessing, deeper through discipleship and wider through ministry, we grow warmer through fellowship. This sermon, Part 4 of the series “Improving Our Serve” focuses on the account of the victory that David and his army won against marauding Amalekites. Although an Old Testament passage, this account recorded in the Book of First Samuel, Chapter 30, verses 18-25, is a timeless precedent and primer on ...

Someone defined discipleship as “thought accompanied by endeavor.” In the Book of Judges, Chapter 7, Gideon leads three hundred Israelite soldiers with unconventional weapons to victory against a vast Midianite army. Their actions demonstrate the characteristics that should be present in the life of every disciple. In this sermon, Part Three of the series, “Improving Our Serve”, Dr. Stubblefield shares “The Three B’s of Discipleship”.

In Part 2 of the series, “Improving Our Serve”, this sermon focuses on the account of Naaman the Syrian general recorded in Second Kings, Chapter 5, verse 1 -15. Despite his position of power and prominence in the Syrian nation, military renown, and wealth, Naaman was a leper. His visit to the prophet Elisha in Israel began with the faithful witness of a Jewish slave girl and culminated in healing and spiritual wholeness as he experienced firsthand the awesome power of God. ...