2 Peter 3:17-18

¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, ¹⁸ but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

What is the Ten Commandments Speech Challenge? Children and youth ages 7 - 17 are invited to write and present a 3 - 5 minute speech on the topic of the first commandment: "You shall have no other gods before Me." Participants may receive assistance from a parent or sibling to write, record, and submit the speech. Speeches must be submitted by June 30, 2026.

If you need help in writing your speech, we are glad to assist you by phone. Call me, Pastor Joseph Parker, at (662) 844-5036, ext. 381.

Please conclude that we have received your child’s speech only after you receive a confirmation email from us that we have in fact received it.

All participants will receive a Ten Commandments t-shirt, bookmark, and a free shipping coupon code to use in the AFA Resource Center. 

^{1 Chronicles 12:32}

³² Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.  

Ephesians 5:11-13

 ¹¹ Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; ¹² for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. ¹³ But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. 

Pastor Jeff talks with his friend James Walker who is President of Watchman Fellowship.  James was a former 4th generation Mormon before he came to Christ and he shares about the history and fallacies of that religion.

2 Chronicles 7:13-14

¹³ If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, ¹⁴ and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 

1 Peter 5:8-11

⁸ Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. ⁹ But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. ¹⁰ After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. ¹¹ To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.

^{1 Peter 1:13-16}

¹³ Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹⁴ As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, ¹⁵ but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; ¹⁶ because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Isaiah 59:14-15

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.¹⁵  Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw, And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.

Pastor Jeff discusses the unpopular subject of hell, which is seldom talked about from the pulpit.

Pastor Jeff's friend Rod Martin, investment company CEO and former presidential advisor, provides insight on a variety of subjects, including the recent presidential assassination attempt.

Hebrews 5:11-14

Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. ¹² For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. ¹³ For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. ¹⁴ But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

^{1 Corinthians 16:13-14}

¹³ Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. ¹⁴ Let all that you do be done in love.

 2 Timothy 3:1-5

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. ² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, ⁴ treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. 

^{1 Samuel 4:19-22}

¹⁹ Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’s wife, was pregnant and about to give birth; and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. ²⁰ And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention. ²¹ And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband. ²² She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.”

Nehemiah 4:14

¹⁴ When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses.”

Joshua 1:9

⁹ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

^{Ecclesiastes 1:2}

² Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

Galatians 1:6-7

⁶ I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; ⁷ which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.