Here you can listen to the weekly sermons from Highland Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. For more info about Highland, you can go to hbcwaco.org.
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This podcast is the recording of all of our Inductive Study teachings from Wednesday and Thursday nights from Highland Baptist Church's Women's Ministry in Waco, TX.
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Whole Heart: What is Righteousness Really? // Haggai 2:10-19
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29:37In this week's message, Pastor John Durham continues our Whole Heart series, teaching from Haggai 2:10–19. He emphasizes that righteousness doesn’t come through proximity to holy things but through an internal transformation by God’s grace. This grace is powerful, rooted in His character, and can not be earned by our own merit.…
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Whole Heart: Greater Glory Ahead // Haggai 2:1-9 – Jeremy Daniel
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32:29In this message from Haggai 2:1–9, Pastor Jeremy Daniels reminds us that while the present may seem small compared to the past, God’s presence and promises call us to hope. We are encouraged to look up, look back, and look forward—trusting that the future glory God is preparing far surpasses what came before.…
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Whole Heart: Living Wholeheartedly for God's Presence // Haggai 1
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30:49In the opening message of Highland's new sermon series, Whole Heart, Pastor John challenges us to examine whether we’re building up our own kingdoms or God’s. Rooted in Haggai 1, he reminds us that wholehearted obedience, worship, and a renewed focus on God’s presence are the path to true fulfillment.…
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In his Easter message, Pastor John reminds us that Jesus’ crucifixion was public, purposeful, and necessary for our forgiveness—and that His resurrection was powerful, promised, and life-giving. Because He lives, we have hope that overcomes guilt, access to lasting peace, and the promise of eternal life. Jesus' story changes everything.…
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Pastor John presented a powerful Palm Sunday sermon, challenging us to examine our personal faith. Whether you consider Him your King or not, Jesus remains the King of the world and calls us to seek Him not with mild admiration, but with wholehearted surrender.By Highland Baptist Church
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Pastor John Durham kicked off our Easter sermon series "As He Promised" with a message exploring how Old Testament prophecies in Isaiah point to Jesus as the Lamb of God. Through His silent sacrifice on the cross, He took our place, absorbing the penalty of sin. In this act, God lovingly substituted Himself for us, offering salvation to all who bel…
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We conclude our Way, Truth, Life sermon series by looking at what it looks to have union with Christ and the our aim in life towards that end.By Highland Baptist Church
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Way, Truth, Life: Receive in Faithful Obedience - Jay Mathis
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32:14In this week's sermon, guest Pastor Jay Mathis led us to reflect on the true meaning of communion, emphasizing that it is a gift of grace, not something we create. Through faithful obedience, we remember the finished work of Christ, proclaim the power of the gospel, and examine the affections of our hearts. Communion calls us to repentance, renewal…
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Way, Truth, Life: The Cost of True Discipleship
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30:37This week, Pastor John continues in our Way, Truth, Life sermon series, as we explore the high cost of true discipleship. Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him fully, with a heart fully dependent on Him.By Highland Baptist Church
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This week, Pastor John led us through Hebrews 10:19-23 as part of our Way, Truth, Life sermon series. He reminded us that through Jesus, we have been given access to draw near to God and experience His powerful help, marvelous presence, and promised assurance.By Highland Baptist Church
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This week, Pastor John kicked off our new sermon series, Way, Truth, Life, by highlighting how, in John 14, Jesus clearly states that He is the one and only way to God and heaven.By Highland Baptist Church
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We conclude our sermon series in Jonah and look at the anger of Jonah at the Lord at the end of Jonah compared to our anger. JONAH 4:1 JONAH 4:2-4 IF YOU LET ANGER HANG AROUND LONG ENOUGH IT TURNS TO BITTERNESS, AND BITTERNESS TAKES ROOT IN YOUR HEART. JONAH 4:5 ANGER LEADS TO ISOLATION AND WICKED DESIRES. JONAH 4:6-9 JONAH 4:10-11 MANY THINGS WE G…
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Relentless Pursuit: Grace for Me and Them
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27:36In this week's sermon, we look at the grace of God and the forgiveness given to us. Those who have received that grace can't do anything but give it.By Highland Baptist Church
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In this week's sermon, Pastor John walks through Jonah 3 and how the Ninevites repented which leads to our repentance. More so, it leads to our unreserved yes to the God of all creation.By Highland Baptist Church
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Relentless Pursuit: Seeking Humble Hearts - Drew Humphrey
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29:20This week, College Pastor Drew Humphrey continued our sermon series Relentless Pursuit, walking us verse by verse through Jonah chapter 2. He highlighted Jonah's humility, noting how he viewed his time in the belly of the big fish as a life-sustaining act of grace from God.By Highland Baptist Church
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This week, Pastor John kicked off our new series, Relentless Pursuit—a verse-by-verse study of the book of Jonah. He reminded us how easy it is to run from God, saying, "There’s always a boat," but encouraged us that, while we may be runners, God is always pursuing us.By Highland Baptist Church
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In this week's sermon, we discuss our best guess as to what the Lord is doing in and through Highland in 2025.By Highland Baptist Church
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In Genesis 1, we see that it is not telling a scientific process but revealing a Divine Person. That person is fulfilled in Jesus who is the Creator, He is with us, He is the Word, and He brings us life.By Jordan Greer
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God of New Beginnings: Overcome by Christ
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32:46This week, Pastor John kicked off Highlands' new series, God of New Beginnings, by exploring the conversion of Saul in Acts 9:1-19. John highlighted how Saul was radically pursued by God and overcome by Christ, receiving a new life, a new beginning.By Highland Baptist Church
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This week, the Church gathered as one body at one gathering to worship and pray together. Pastor John spent some time highlighting the power of prayer and emphasizing God as the sole recipient of our prayers.By Highland Baptist Church
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Unto Us: Extraordinary Counsel – Drew Humphrey
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29:31In this week's episode, College Pastor Drew Humphrey continues in our Unto Us series, focusing on the characteristics of Christ in Isaiah 9. He highlights the title "Wonderful Counselor" and shares four types of counsel believers can expect to receive from the the Holy Spirit today.By Highland Baptist Church
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This week, Pastor John returns to the pulpit to continue our series Unto Us. He focuses on the title 'Mighty God' from Isaiah 9, exploring six powerful ways Jesus demonstrates His might both to us and on our behalf.By Highland Baptist Church
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This week, Pastor Jeremy Daniel picks up our Unto Us series with a message about how God established an everlasting kingdom through the work of Jesus. He compares the character of the eternal King (Jesus) with the flawed kings mentioned in the book of Daniel. Pastor Jeremy mentions that the actions of Jesus demand a response of humility from us.…
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This week, Pastor John continues our Unto Us series, guiding us through passages from Isaiah 7-9, where God has set the perfect stage for the coming of a Savior. He encourages us to turn to Christ, the Prince of Peace, for help in challenging situations, rather than relying on our own efforts to 'save ourselves.'…
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In this weeks episode, Pastor John gives the first message of the new series: Unto Us. He walks us through Isaiah 7:1-14 and emphasizes Isaiah's presentation of God's promise of a Son, Immanuel (God with us).By Highland Baptist Church
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In this week's episode, Pastor John delivers his annual sermon in The Cross of Christ series, where he talks about the significance of partaking in Communion. He encourages believers to 'take and eat,' drawing a comparison between the effects of the First Adam (Adam) and the Last Adam (Jesus).By Highland Baptist Church
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In this weeks episode, Pastor John closes out the Remnant series with Malachi 4. He emphasizes God's truth that some choose to ignore, and reminds us of our hope in the restoration through Jesus.By Highland Baptist Church
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In this weeks episode Pastor John continues in the Remnant series with Malachi 3, and urges Christians to consider the overflowing grace and generosity of the Lord in our lives.By Highland Baptist Church
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Remnant: God's Blessings // Malachi 2:10-17
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25:32In this weeks sermon, Pastor John walks us through Malachi 2:10-17 and focuses on Gods standard for our relationships and how that standard protects us.By Highland Baptist Church
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Remnant: The Cycle of Honoring God // Malachi 2:1-9
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27:12In this week's sermon Pastor John walks through Malachi 2:1-9 and speaks on the aspects of a good spiritual leader and our responsibility as followers of Christ when leading others.By Highland Baptist Church
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Remnant: Impure Offerings // Malachi 1:6-14 – Jeremy Daniel
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30:40In this week's sermon, we dive into the second half of chapter 1 of Malachi and the imperfect offerings from the priests. Am I desperate for the nearness of God? What keeps me from believing that in His presence there is fullness of joy?By Highland Baptist Church
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Remnant: Gratitude or Entitlement // Malachi 1:1-5
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28:43This week, we start a new sermon series as we walk through the book of Malachi. As Pastor John preaches through verses 1-5 in the first chapter, we see that we can either be entitled or grateful.By Highland Baptist Church
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Wrapping up our series on the miracles found in the book of John, today we look at how Peter repents when he encounters Jesus post-resurrection.By Highland Baptist Church
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In this week's episode, Pastor John finishes out our Impossible sermon series in the book of John as we see what it all means as Jesus restores Peter.By Highland Baptist Church
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John preaches this week on faith in the middle of disappointment.By Highland Baptist Church
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Drew Humphrey preaches this week on the spiritual blindness of the pharisees who doubted Jesus even as he healed physical blindness.By Highland Baptist Church
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John preaches this week on fear, and how trust will carry us through the storms we face in life.By Highland Baptist Church
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This week John preaches on the healing of the lame man at the pools of Bethesda, and the importance of spiritual healing over physical healing.By Highland Baptist Church
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Pastor John begins a new series on the Gospel of John, preaching on faith that can face a God-sized problem.By Highland Baptist Church
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In the final sermon of our series on the book of 2 Timothy, John reminds us that Jesus is the only thing we need in life.By Highland Baptist Church
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John preaches on what faithful leadership looks like from 2 Timothy.By Highland Baptist Church
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John continues in the book of 2 Timothy, preaching on how we as Christians should pattern our lives in the midst of a Godless world.By Highland Baptist Church
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John continues in 2 Timothy, preaching on the difficult task of faithfulness.By Highland Baptist Church
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John continues our series going through 2 Timothy, echoing Paul's warning against strife and ungodly arguments.By Highland Baptist Church
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John continues our series on 2 Timothy, this week preaching a reminder that we are not too far gone for God to use us, no matter where we are in life!By Highland Baptist Church
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John continues our series on the book of 2 Timothy with a sermon on the importance of our words, and of rightly handling the Word of truth.By Highland Baptist Church
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John continues our series on 2 Timothy, preaching this week on endurance.By Highland Baptist Church
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John continues our series on 2 Timothy, preaching on what it means to be a Christ-follower and disciple-maker.By Highland Baptist Church
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While John is away this week, Jordan Greer fills in and continues our series on the book of 2 Timothy.By Highland Baptist Church
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We continue in our series on Paul's second letter to Timothy.By Highland Baptist Church
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