Voices from the Mountain

Brother Chris Long preaches from 2 Kings 5 on Naaman, using the story to call the church back to compassion and the simple, everyday work of making a difference in the lives of people wounded by sin. He reminds the congregation that leprosy in Scripture mirrors the slow, spreading nature of sin, and that Naaman’s healing began not with a prophet or a king but with a captive little girl who refused bitterness and instead pointed him toward hope. Brother Chris warns that the modern church has grown hardened, self‑righteous, and quick to judge the broken—those on drugs, those homeless, those who look different—when Christ calls His people to step toward them, not away. Through the Good Samaritan, through Naaman’s pride, and through personal testimony of people who once made a difference in his own childhood, he urges believers to rediscover compassion, to stop crossing to the other side of the road, and to intentionally touch one life each day with kindness, mercy, and the love of God.
Location: Laynes Chapel Revival — Whitwell Tennessee

Jeremiah 20:8–11 — Podcast Summary (June 21, 2026 PM)In this message, the preacher steps into Jeremiah’s weariness—his ministry rejected, his warnings mocked, his obedience landing him in the stocks—and shows how the prophet reached the point of saying, “I will not make mention of Him.” But the Word of God burned in Jeremiah’s bones until silence became impossible, and the sermon turns that fire toward us. Using the story of Queen Esther, the preacher warns that this is not the hour for God’s people to hold their peace; we are placed in this generation “for such a time as this,” standing between a holy God and a dying people. He reminds listeners that if we refuse to speak, God will raise another voice, just as Jesus said the rocks would cry out. With urgency he calls the church to stop zipping its lips, stop shrinking back, and step into the king’s presence clothed in righteousness like Esther—trusting that when we move, God extends the scepter, opens the door, and gives power to speak His name with fire again.
Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Why Then? — Podcast Summary (June 21, 2026 PM)This sermon opens with Jeremiah’s cry, “Is there no balm in Gilead?” and confronts the spiritual sickness of a people who are dying with the cure right at their feet. The preacher compares sin to leprosy—slow, spreading, destructive—and warns that the modern church has grown weak on spiritual junk food, refusing the bitter but healing medicine of God’s Word. With urgency he asks, “Why then?” Why stay sick when Christ has already paid for the cure? Drawing from the story of the four lepers who rose up rather than sit and die, he urges listeners to stop starving spiritually, stop sitting still, and rise toward the only Physician who can restore life. When a soul finally moves toward God, he says, heaven itself stirs, walls part, and the enemy flees—because the cure is abundant, present, and waiting for anyone willing to rise up and live.
Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Our Love to Him — Podcast Summary (June 17, 2026)In this message, the preacher walks through Jesus’ threefold question to Peter—“lovest thou me?”—and turns it toward us, reminding listeners that while God’s love for humanity is unquestionable, proven at Calvary and renewed every morning, the real issue is our love toward Him. Using Scripture, stories, and the example of Peter’s denial and restoration, he presses the difference between merely loving God and being in love with Him—a love that obeys, serves, and follows even without reward. He challenges believers to renew their first love, to show devotion not just with lips but with life, to take up their cross in self‑denial, and to love Christ more than comfort, possessions, or self, just as Peter ultimately did when he chose an upside‑down cross rather than deny the One who loved him first.
Location: Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church

Why We Need the Lord — 6‑14‑26 PM (Psalm 39)Jesse Lockhart preached from Psalm 39 on the sobering truth that every man at his best state is altogether vanity, reminding the church that human strength, goodness, and effort always come up short without the Lord. He showed how David’s confession of frailty mirrors our own condition—unable to direct our steps, unable to cleanse ourselves, unable to live, worship, or witness without God’s presence. He stressed that we need the Lord not just for salvation but for righteousness, life, conviction, worship, and daily endurance, because without Him churches dry up, hearts grow cold, and people lose the sense of their need. The message pressed deeply on the danger of self‑sufficiency, the emptiness of skin‑deep religion, and the hope found only in Christ, who fills the gaps when we step out in faith. His closing plea was simple and urgent: we need Him every hour, and without Him we can do nothing.
Location: Whitwell, Tennessee
 
Fairview Union Church 

Sunday School — 6‑14‑26 (Genesis 6–7)The Sunday School lesson walked through Genesis 6–7 with a focus on preparation, obedience, and the seriousness of God’s judgment, showing how Noah’s righteousness and rootedness set him apart in a violent, corrupt world. The teacher highlighted the massive labor behind the ark—not just building it by hand over decades, but preparing food, caring for animals, and sustaining life for months inside a sealed vessel—revealing that salvation involved both God’s perfect design and Noah’s faithful work. The repeated emphasis on “male and female,” “two of every sort,” and “clean and unclean” underscored God’s order, while the shutting of the door marked the finality of judgment once the rain began. The lesson drew a parallel to today: just as Noah prepared before the flood, believers must prepare before Christ returns, staying rooted, nourished, and connected, because once the door closes, it is too late.
Location: Whitwell, Tennessee
 
Fairview Union Church 

Sunday Morning — Jesse Lockhart — 6‑14‑26 AM (Psalm 1)Jesse Lockhart opened Psalm 1 and painted a vivid picture of the blessed man, contrasting the narrow, disciplined walk of the righteous with the broad, careless drift of the ungodly. He emphasized that blessing is more than material comfort—it is the spiritual richness of walking in God’s counsel, standing on a sure foundation, and refusing the seat of the scornful. Through stories of narrow beams, deep roots, and unstable sand, he showed that the Christian life requires focus, intention, and a delight in God’s law that shapes both conduct and conviction. The blessed man walks straight, stands firm, and meditates day and night until he becomes like a tree planted by rivers—stable, fruitful, and enduring—while the ungodly blow away like chaff. His message pressed the church to examine their walk, their stand, and their seat, and to choose the narrow way that leads to life.
Location: Whitwell, Tennessee
 
Fairview Union Church 

Evan Merrell — 6‑10‑26 Evan Merrell preached with a trembling honesty about discernment, standards, and the danger of counterfeits, drawing from Rehoboam’s brazen shields and Josiah’s rediscovery of the Word to show how easily God’s glory can be replaced with man‑made substitutes. He warned that false teaching, soft preaching, and self‑made religion mirror Jeroboam’s calves—convenient, crowd‑pleasing, but spiritually deadly—and reminded the church that God still has standards, still judges sin, and still expects His people to know His voice in a world full of lying spirits. Using Ahab, Jehoshaphat, and Micaiah, he urged believers to guard their ears, test every spirit, and cling to the one true Shepherd whose voice cannot be imitated. His burden was simple but heavy: be careful who you listen to, stay rooted in the Word, and keep yourself in the love of God in a world full of wolves.
Location: Whitwell, Tennessee
 
Fairview Union Church 

In this morning message, Brother Jesse Lockhart preaches from Jeremiah 2:13, warning that “my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out broken cisterns that can hold no water.” He traces Israel’s long drift from God—from Egypt to the wilderness to the kings—showing how blessing turned to backsliding when the people tried to mix holiness with the world, just like today’s generation that wants church on Sunday and Baal the rest of the week. He walks through Josiah’s discovery of the lost book, the fear of judgment, and the mercy that delayed destruction because a king humbled himself and prayed, reminding us that “prayer can stay the hand of God.” Brother Jesse weaves in his own testimony of running from the Lord until the night God told him, “This is it,” and how confession, repentance, and surrender opened the well of living water in his soul. The message rises into a call for real salvation—not the kind that dries up, but the kind that changes a man’s desires, his walk, his wardrobe, and his witness—because only the fountain Christ gives can quench the thirst of a heart that’s been scorched by the world.
 
Whitwell TN 
Fairview Union Church