Kirby Woods Podcast
Welcome to the podcast of Kirby Woods Baptist Church located in Memphis, TN. Our Senior Pastor is Jared Kress. Here you can listen to the weekly sermon audio of the most recent messages from the pulpit, as well as the newest episodes of "Off Script with Pastor Jared." Please share this podcast with your friends and family. Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating/review!
Episodes
It is easy to convince ourselves that we are perfectly following the Lord while there are significant blind spots. A lawyer approaches Jesus, seeking to justify himself, but Jesus is able to expose the lawyer’s thin definition of the word “neighbor.
Preached by Jared Kress on May 26th, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Luke 10:25-37.
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Come home and draw near to the Father. Neither the things of this world nor self-righteous deeds will satisfy your longing soul. Instead, seek satisfaction in the Father’s House.
Preached by Dillon Patrick on May 19th, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Luke 15:11-32.
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Pastor Jared and Emily Russell discuss the potential reasons why someone might be experiencing self induced depression. Much of what is being reported as depression in our world today is due to a depressing lifestyle, and these things should be explored before taking the next step of medication. Use this episode as a diagnostic quiz for yourself or for a friend.
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Do not live a life seeking to accumulate honor for yourself; rather, humble yourself and trust that God will work out the rest.
Preached by Jared Kress on May 12th, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Luke 14:1-14.
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Christ has promised His return, and even though we may sense a delay, we are to remain in a state of readiness to receive Him.
Preached by Jared Kress on May 5th, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Matthew 25:1-13.
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This is part 2 of 2 in a crash course on biblical hermeneutics, primarily focusing on 6 principles you should remember when trying to interpret a biblical text. This was a live training for the teachers of Kirby Woods, and took place in the Commons.
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God has given us a wonderful life and expects us to serve Him joyfully while bearing fruit as His laborers. However, we must remember that all is forfeited if we reject the Son.
Preached by Jared Kress on April 28th, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Matthew 21:33-46.
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Pastor Jared, Caleb, Dillon, and Jeff Patrick (Memphis Union Mission) discuss the impact of the legalization of marijuana as 10 years have passed since the changing of public opinion and its legalization in 20+ states.
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This is part 1 of 2 in a crash course on biblical hermeneutics, primarily focusing on the difference between exegesis and eisegesis. This was a live training for the teachers of Kirby Woods, and took place in the Commons.
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Christ has so greatly forgiven us of our sin debt, at great cost to Himself, that it would be outrageous for us to refuse forgiveness and grace to others in our lives.
Preached by Jared Kress on April 21st, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Matthew 18:21-35.
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The deceitful work of the enemy in the world is a reality that will plague God’s people until the day of judgement. However, we can rest assured that Jesus will sort out the wheat from the tares and make all things right.
Preached by Jared Kress on April 14th, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Matthew 13:24-30 & 36-43.
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Pastor Jared interviews Jim Collier, former pastor of Kirby Woods from 2008 to 2017. They discuss Jim’s life and military career, call to ministry, lessons learned at various church assignments, preaching, and Memphis food. Jim Collier is currently the pastor of First Baptist Church in Concord, NC.
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Jesus was a masterful teacher who used a wide array of teaching methods to reach His hearers. Jesus’ most famous teaching method was through parables, which both revealed and concealed truth depending on the spiritual condition of the hearer.
Preached by Jared Kress on April 7th, 2024.
Part of our series in the parables, "Tell Me a Story."
Primary Text: Matthew13:10-16.
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Pastor Jared, Dillon, and Caleb give a reaction to a seemingly recent change of heart by ardent atheist Richard Dawkins. Several lessons are learned by comparing a clip from Dawkins’ teaching of the past with his recent clip in which he is saddened by the decrease of cultural Christianity in Britain.
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Because our great enemy is death, our redemption requires a resurrection. In order to secure our ultimate redemption from our greatest foe, Jesus Christ our Redeemer conquered death and lives forevermore.
Preached by Jared Kress on March 31st, 2024.
Easter Sunday 2024.
Primary Text: Job 19:25-26.
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Preached by Dillon Patrick on Friday, March 29th, 2024.
Primary Text: Mark 15:16-39.
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For a brief moment in time at the triumphal entry, the Jews get a taste of what it would have been like to receive her King as they shouted loud cries of “Hosanna!”
Preached by Jared Kress on March 24th, 2024.
Palm Sunday 2024.
Primary Text: Luke 19:28-44.
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Pastor Jared, Caleb, and Dillon discuss the growing trend to believe that those without Christ are not sent to hell for punishment, but rather that they cease to exist and are extinguished.
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Value 6: Prayerful Dependence
We adopt a mindset of dependence upon The Lord, manifested in a culture of prayer. We believe that prayer is not only commanded by The Lord as a spiritual discipline, but it is our joy to enter the throne of grace. We do not assume that God will bless our efforts apart from a holy, prayerful dependence upon Him.
Value 7: Generous Living
Generous living is at the heart of our faith b...
Pastor Jared reflects on lessons learned from Kanye West’s famous conversion to Christianity.
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