Stipp's Sermons

Sunday evening service at Indianapolis (IN) First Church of the Nazarene, likely in the early 1980s. Drawing from the book of Proverbs, this message has many illustrations from his own family, especially his father.

Sunday morning service at Broken Arrow (OK) First Church of the Nazarene, November 11, 1990. This message follows the previous Sunday's message from Ephesians 5. It begins with a review of that sermon, with the six "p's" of imitating God. Rev. Stipp then talks about three areas of living according to God's will: in our walk, our time, and our understanding.

Sunday evening service at Broken Arrow (OK) First Church of the Nazarene, August 26, 1990. This message begins with a brief follow-up to the morning message (about Satan's deceptions), cautioning about how we wrestle with principalities and powers - that Christ has already won the victory and we wrestle by faith. Then the evening message uses the key passage of Luke 1:62-75. Using several other passages of Scripture, Rev. Stipp identifies seven ways we deceive ourselves, and shows that the answer is to live a holy, righteous life.

Sunday evening service at Broken Arrow (OK) First Church of the Nazarene, October 7, 1990. This message is part two in a series on the book of Amos. The first part was earlier in this podcast, the 40th episode from September 23, 1990. This message from Amos chapters 3-4 emphasizes that God is a redemptive God. The first 5 1/2 minutes have a poorer (quieter) audio quality. There is a prayer at the end of the message; the closing hymn has been omitted, and then there is a closing prayer for the service.

Sunday evening service at Broken Arrow (OK) First Church of the Nazarene, July 1, 1990. Using the context of Galatians 4 (Ishmael and Isaac), Pastor Stipp talks about three aspects of freedom in Christ, affecting every relationship we have: freedom to oppose the flesh and to have self-control (involving self); freedom to serve (involving others); and freedom to fulfill God's holiness and the moral law of God (involving God).

Sunday morning service at Broken Arrow (OK) First Church of the Nazarene, July 9, 1989. This message begins in Ephesians 6, but also references the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles, regarding personal prayer (for ourselves) - about a decade before Bruce Wilkinson's book was published. Pastor Stipp also discusses intercessory prayer for others, and hindrances to prayer. 

Sunday morning service at Broken Arrow (OK) First Church of the Nazarene, November 27, 1988. This message opens with a few comments relating to Pastor Stipp's recent back surgery. His message from Romans 6 outlines what it means to be saved, that the 'old man' is dead; all things are become new. 

Sunday morning service at Broken Arrow (OK) First Church of the Nazarene, August 21, 1988. This message opens with a statement from the manual of the Church of the Nazarene, regarding the second coming of Christ. Pastor Stipp also references a two-part booklet that was popular at the time, titled "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Happen in 1988" and "On Borrowed Time." His message is not promoting the book, but using it to discuss the rapture and the end times as framed by Scripture. The heart of the message is an overview of the second half of the book of Zechariah, explaining Old Testament prophecy, and more specifically how these chapters explain some of the events of the end times. There is one chapter referenced incorrectly: at 22:28, Revelation 40 should have been Revelation 14. The message is incomplete and ends rather abruptly; while the ending would likely have added some additional context, it seemed there was enough to publish it as-is.