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Book Announcement—Enjoying Jesus’s Bible: The Old Testament for Christians
The Old Testament is three-fourths of the Bible, and it is the only Bible Jesus had. He said that it spoke of him (Luke 24:44–45), so reading it through him and for him helps us treasure Christ more and understand all of Scripture better. My my new book Enjoying...
A God-Centered Life That Exalts Christ: A Sermon on Deuteronomy 5:6–15
(Audio Download / PDF / SoundCloud) DeRouchie gave this message on 10/19/2025 at the Sovereign Joy Baptist Church plant in Liberty, MO. ***** Throughout history, few Old Testament texts have impacted the church and society more than the Ten Commandments, which the...
The Need to Heed God’s Mediated Word: A Sermon on Deuteronomy 5:1–33
(Audio Download / PDF / SoundCloud) DeRouchie gave this message on September 28, 2025 at the Sovereign Joy Baptist Church plant in Liberty, MO. **** I invite you to follow along as I read Deuteronomy 5…. Pray with me…. “Nothing good happens after midnight.” Friends...

Introducing Moses’s Testimonies: A Sermon on Deuteronomy 4:44–49
(Audio Download / PDF / SoundCloud) DeRouchie gave this message on 9/21/2025 at the Sovereign Joy Baptist Church plant in Liberty, MO. ***** Today marks our church’s one-year anniversary of weekly worship gatherings. Praise the Lord for providing and protecting. My...
Rejoice in the Lord Always: A Sermon on Ecclesiastes 11:7–12:1
(Audio Download / PDF / SoundCloud) DeRouchie gave this message on 9/14/2025 at the Sovereign Joy Baptist Church plant in Liberty, MO. ***** This week our nation experienced a political assassination. We’ve seen hatred flowing from prejudice and evil responses and...

The Nature of the Covenant God Made With Abraham, Part Two
JY: Welcome to GearTalk, a podcast on biblical theology. Last week, we aired the first part of a two part podcast focused on the Abrahamic covenant and its importance to biblical theology. Today we’re playing part two. If you missed the first part, I’d encourage you...
Empowered Unity for God’s Glory: A Sermon on Ephesians 3:20–21
(Audio Download / PDF / SoundCloud) DeRouchie gave this message on 9/7/2025 at the Sovereign Joy Baptist Church plant in Liberty, MO. ***** Introduction The prophet Habakkuk declared: “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of...

The Nature of the Covenant God Made With Abraham, Part One
JY: Welcome to GearTalk, a podcast on biblical theology. How should we understand the nature of the covenant God made with Abraham? How does it relate to the covenants before and after? What contribution do Genesis 12, 15, 17, and 22 make to our understanding? And how...
The Revealed Mystery of Gentile Salvation: A Sermon on Ephesians 3:1–7
(Audio Download / PDF / SoundCloud / Handout) DeRouchie gave this message on 8/17/2025 at the Sovereign Joy Baptist Church plant in Liberty, MO. ***** Pray with me…. The title of today’s message is “The Revealed Mystery of Gentile Salvation.” Since 2:11, the Apostle...

Book Announcement—Zephaniah: The Savior’s Invitation to Satisfaction
The book of Zephaniah contains some of the Bible's most vivid portraits of the day of the Lord both as punishment and renewal. It calls God's people to seek the Lord together to avoid punishment and to wait on him to enjoy salvation. This is what I argue in my new...
About Jason S. DeRouchie
Dr. Jason DeRouchie (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a churchman and a passionate teacher driven to exalt Jesus from the Old Testament and to help Christians better grasp why the initial three-fourths of the Bible matters for Christians. He is Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology and Rich and Judy Hastings Endowed Chair of Old Testament Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He also serves as Content Developer and Global Trainer with Hands to the Plow Ministries and as a pastor of Sovereign Joy Baptist Church in the northland of Kansas City, MO.













