Pastor Tom Crandall®️

Ezekiel 33:31 

“And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them…”

This will be an upsetting sermon for some, and for that I say, buckle up and hang with me.

We aren’t meant to sit in this building week after week, hear the Word, leave, and do it over and over.

Honestly, I’m burdened by the process of what has beco...

This morning I want to talk to you on the subject matter of Listening 

There are times when we are so busy so distracted 

That we find ourselves filled with all the noise of the world 

And we get so focused on the next step 

The next chapter the new journey 

Or even the moment that we simply don’t hear the lord 

But we hear everything else 

This morning I want to break down these first few Verses i...

Micah 7:1–6 is brutally honest.

Micah describes a world where things are not right. He sees corruption, disappointment, broken relationships, and people he can’t trust. It feels like everything around him is falling apart.

A lot like Micah 

“We begin to believe we’re stuck in the struggle.”
 “We believe we’re in a rut.”
 “We can’t see the purpose in the p...

Isaiah 6:1–10

Isaiah had a vision of the holiness of God, and his immediate response wasn’t pride—it was conviction.

He saw God clearly, and when he saw God clearly, he began to see himself clearly.

Isaiah cried out:

“Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips.”

Isaiah didn’t point at somebody else.

He didn’t blame the people around him.

He didn’t say, “Lord, fix th...

Over the years, we’ve heard it said:

“The church is dying. The church is dwindling down. The church is in decay.”

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m here to tell you—it’s becoming more and more true.

There’s an old country song that asks, “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?”

Today, I want you to ask yourself that same question:

Who’s going to fill your shoes?

Who’s going to sit in...

Hebrews 11:1

I want to ask you a simple question:

Are you willing to go the next mile?

Not the extra mile—the next mile.

Are we willing to step out in faith?
 Are we willing to take the NEXT STEP?

Sometimes we look at what is in front of us and all we can see is the obstacle.

We see the hurdle.
 We see the mountain.
 We see everything that could go wrong.

But faith says, “I may not see the whole path, b...

Do You Care?

Mark 5:1–20

This morning, I’m not asking you to doubt your salvation. I’m not asking you to question whether you’re saved.

But I am asking you a very real question:

Do you care?

Do you care that you have loved ones who are dying lost and don’t know Jesus—and that they will spend eternity separated from Him?

Do you care that you may have parents who are distant from God and have never exper...

Psalm 63:1:

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David wasn’t writing these words from a palace, and he wasn’t writing when life was easy. He was in the wilderness—a dry, lonely, uncertain place. Yet instead of focusing on what he lacked physically, his greatest desire was for God.

How different we often are.

We are quick to panic when the things we desire aren’t the very things God is showing us to pursue. 

We want to hear from you.

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I want to be honest with you.

This isn’t the message I thought I would be preaching.

In fact, if you had asked me a few days ago what I would be standing here to proclaim, it wouldn’t have been this.

But I have a burden this morning.

A burden that has weighed heavily on my heart, and I cannot ignore what the Holy Spirit has laid upon me.

There are moments when God changes our plans because He has something His people need to...

Hebrews 10:23
 

The writer of Hebrews doesn’t tell us to hold on because life is easy. 

He tells us to hold on because the One who made the promise is faithful. 

Our confidence is not in our strength—it is in God’s unchanging character. God is faithful, even when we find ourselves feeling alone, abandoned, or isolated.

He is faithful. His mercies are new every morning.

His heart is pure, holy, and rig...

A Disciple Counts the Cost

Luke 14:28
 “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost…”

One of the greatest misconceptions in the church today is that following Jesus costs nothing. 

Now saying that I must add Salvation is the free gift of God, but discipleship will cost you everything.

Jesus never tricked anyone into following Him. He never promised an easy...

Jesus Never Called Us to Attend Church—He Called Us to Be Disciples

Welcome to the podcast.

Today we’re talking about something that may challenge the way many of us think about our faith.

Jesus never looked at His disciples and said, “Go attend church once a week.” He said, “Follow Me.” He called ordinary people to become disciples—men and women who would deny themselves, take up their cross ...

The word Lord is a powerful word. When we say, “Jesus is the Lord of our life,” we are saying much more than simply acknowledging Him as our Savior. We are declaring that He has complete authority, leadership, and control over every area of our lives.

To call Him Lord means we willingly submit to His will, follow His Word, and trust Him in all things.

The word “Lord” means master, ruler, owner, or one who has ...

2 Corinthians 12:9 — “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness…”
Philippians 1:6 — “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

Introduction

We all have flaws—imperfections, if you will.
 If we were honest, we could line them up one by...

The church was never designed for the “righteous” to sit back and applaud themselves.
 It was never meant to be a stage where people show up, look holy, act holy, and pretend they’ve got it all together.

That was never the design.

The church looks a whole lot more like a hospital than it does a museum.
 It’s not for the polished—it’s for the broken.
 It’s not for the p...

Psalms 95:6

This verse is a call to humble worship. The psalmist invites God’s people to express reverence, gratitude, and submission to God by bowing and kneeling before Him, recognizing Him as their Creator (“our Maker”). It emphasizes both outward acts of worship and the inward attitude of humility and devotion

Psalm 95:6 reminds believers that worship is not merely about singing or attending services; it is abou...

This is something that’s been weighing on me.

Over the years, I’ve heard sermons that marked my life—
 

messages about Jesus sitting with sinners…
 

messages about Jesus flipping tables…

But here’s what we don’t talk about enough—

Both of those moments happened in the presence of religious people.

In one scene, they criticize Him—
 “Look at Him… ...

Walking in the Spirit is one of the greatest challenges a Christian will ever face.
 Not because it’s confusing… but because it’s a fight.

It’s the struggle of the flesh.
 It’s the struggle of the identity we’ve been called to walk in.

Because the truth is—
 we were never created to live led by the flesh.

We weren’t created by accident.
 We weren’t ...