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Him We Proclaim PodcastChildren of God Abide in Christ, Reject Rebellion & Anticipate Christ's 2nd ComingPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 6) As a Child of God do you sometimes still live in fear or shame of things about your past? According to John Fonville, when a Child of God is being crippled by shame and guilt is not life, it’s hell on earth. Christians sometimes say they dread the day when Christ returns because of their past failures. The series we are currently in explores why Children of God do not have worry about that day. In contrast, the followers of Sata...2025-07-2343 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThree Keys to Spiritual GrowthPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Running the race of life day after day -- especially the Christian life is absolutely exhausting. It means we need to receive spiritual, rest and nourishment. Where does that come from? John says, spiritual nourishment comes from the means of grace, which is preaching, baptism, and the Lord's Supper.Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=IwAR2rE5lUjJWQtmgi0xbQRL9cyt5KlRHunSBL8xBO...2025-07-2043 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastIs Jesus the One True Worship Leader?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Jesus serves the church. He is the lead worship leader - that is how he serves. We can come safely and confidently before God the Father, because Jesus leads us in worship.Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=IwAR2rE5lUjJWQtmgi0xbQRL9cyt5KlRHunSBL8xBOCCJj3ckfRvzu9lSTZWUAbout JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Ch...2025-07-1645 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhat Does Worship Look like for a Gospel-centered Church?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!We are quite familiar with church services that have music, prayer time, scripture reading and a sermon. But what are all these elements for? And are they gospel-centered? Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=IwAR2rE5lUjJWQtmgi0xbQRL9cyt5KlRHunSBL8xBOCCJj3ckfRvzu9lSTZWUAbout JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Par...2025-07-1345 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastPersistence ... or Works?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!What kind of things make us feel like we just can't keep going in this Christian life? What steals our joy and motivation to persist on this faith journey? Today John addresses the "Doctrine of Persistence" and how to keep falling into one of the oldest traps of earning our way back to God after we sin as a believer. The good news is Christ has already made a way for us and will hear our prayers. Todays message is called "Never let...2025-07-0940 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Lord Accepts My PrayerPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Does God give up on His kids when they sin? Will He turn away from His Children and ignore their prayers when they've failed? According to John Fonville, God is faithful. He's a God who disciplines His Children, but we can have confidence that's He's a God of mercy as we struggle with our sin. He hears us and forgives his Children. Today we are looking at Psalm 6 in this series called "How to Keep Going". Resources:2025-07-0647 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHow Do We Grow Spiritually?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!If you had to make a list of the top three things that help you grow spiritually, what would you suggest? Would you say prayer, listening to worship music and reading your Bible? While these are good things, are they "means of grace" or "means of gratitude?" John says there are three things known as "means of grace" that should be present in your church and life that are chief ways we can grow spiritually: preaching, baptism and the Lord's Supper. 2025-07-0244 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhat is Justification?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Where in the church is the gospel? Today John tells us that the gospel is present in a church that teaches, us that we don't "work for" or "earn" our salvation. Here's a solid litmus test: does your church teach that being justified before God is is by grace alone, through faith alone and in Christ alone, then that's where you find the Gospel in the church. Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and...2025-06-2948 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastChrist Died for the Sins of Christians, TooPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!There is overwhelming grace for someone who first comes to Jesus to find forgiveness of their sin, right? But, what happens when a believer realizes they can't ever stop sinning this side of Heaven? Do we lose God's favor? Is the grace now gone? Today is part 2 of our series "How to Keep Going". John is walking us through many teachings that have been misused to keep believers caught in the destructive cycle of thinking, but he has some breakthrough gospel encouragement to as...2025-06-2543 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWho Could Stand Before God ... and Survive?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Nobody's perfect, right? We've all heard that phrase. Because only God is perfect. Well, we face a dilemma, don't we? God demands perfection, and we simply are not able to deliver on that. There's a verse in Psalm 130 that brings this out, and I paraphrase. If the Lord were to keep track of our sins or iniquities, who could stand before him and survive judgment?The obvious answer is no one. Today, John will walk us through a three fold...2025-06-2239 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastIs God Angry at Me When I Sin?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!! Do you find this time of year makes you thoughtful about your relationship with others and your relationship with God? Well, you're in good company today. John is going to answer some thoughtful questions about why believers feel far from God. And one of those questions is, is God angry with me when I sin? John brings us gospel-centered answers today that we hope will be of great encouragement to you. Resources:Hope and Holiness: Ho...2025-06-1839 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHow to Keep GoingPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!How do you keep going in the Christian life when sometimes you find yourself walking in darkness, and you don't see any in light of your own. When about when we feel completely overwhelmed by our failures. Or when life is not working out the way we imaged or planned? We are going to look at several insights in this series.Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity...2025-06-1541 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastFocusing on the Praise of the FatherPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!This is the concluding message in our Lord’s Prayer study. Today you are going to hear a lot about something called a “Doxology” which simply means an expression of Praise to God. Which is how the Lord’s prayer concludes. And it goes without saying, the Bible is full of Doxologies. I won’t give you any more spoilers. Let’s finish up the study now with Righteous Prayer Focuses on the Praise of the Father. Book Mentioned in Episode: Hope And...2025-06-1151 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastDear God, Lead Me Not into Temptation, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!We are in the home-stretch of our Lord’s Prayer series that is giving us lots of background to this world-famous model prayer in the church. I hope it’s a refreshing learning experience for you. If you missed the last episode, you may want to pause here and go back and catch up a little. But, anyway, here we go with Part 2 of Righteous Prayer Focuses on the Deliverance of the Father. Book Mentioned in Episode: Hope And Holiness: How The...2025-06-0846 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastDear God, Lead Me Not into Temptation ...Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!The next phrase in the Lord's Prayer is one that kind of flies by half the time, but it should make us pause and consider. It goes, “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil.” Some translations say, deliver or save us from the Evil one. This topic is going to take us two messages to get through, and we have a little bit of background to set the stage on how this part of the prayer is also related to the...2025-06-0434 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastForgiving Others? Can We Talk About Something Else?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Forgiving others. Wow, could we talk about something else? This one is a little too much to deal with. John is no stranger to living out what it means to forgive others. If you want to hear that story, go back and listen to the last episode – it was pretty shocking story of what happened to John in high school. Anyway, forgiving others is a tall order, but it also comes from a God who has forgiven a lot. And that’s what we wa...2025-06-0146 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastGod's Forgiveness Makes Me Want to Pray More!Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!We have a loving and forgiving God who is slow to anger. Doesn’t that powerful fact make you just want to pray more? In the Lord’s prayer we ask the father to please forgive us our debts. You see, our sin stacks up pretty quick, and God’s one way for us to be delivered from the debt is to seek His forgiveness. In other words, We have a powerful debt that only a powerful, eternal God could offer us. Let’s hear...2025-05-2847 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastDoes God Care About My Daily Needs?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!In the Lord’s prayer we encounter this phrase, "Give us this day our daily bread." This is a very clever part of the prayer. It acknowledges the daily gift of food from God and it shows us that God is very interested in meeting all our daily needs, not just physical food. And, in His generosity, he’s very much interested in meeting the needs of others around you. We are going to see how all this works in the message today ca...2025-05-2550 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastRighteous Prayer Focuses on the Kingdom of the FatherPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Do you like when pastors give you a fly-by of the entire bible in one sermon? That’s among my top favorite things to listen to and it really helps me appreciate the big picture. Today John gives us a Genesis to Revelation perspective to help us understand the Kingdom of God and why that is referenced in the Lord’s Prayer. Book Mentioned in Episode: Hope And Holiness: How The Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity by John Fonville2025-05-2154 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastRighteous Prayer Focuses on the Honor of God the FatherPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Jesus called out scribes and pharisees back in the day for much of their distorted religious ways. One example is they would use prayer as a platform and try to bring glory to themselves. That’s not what prayer is for. Instead, if you have your theology right, you’ll see that righteous prayer gives glory to the name God the Father. That’s what Hallowed be your name is all about. Book Mentioned in Episode: Hope And Holiness: How The Gospel...2025-05-1843 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastRighteous Prayer Focuses on the Honor of God the Father, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!When Jesus was giving the Sermon on the Mount, he was also calling out the self-righteous and hypocritical scribes and pharisees. Their bad theology painted negative picture of God. They made him feel unapproachable, angry & capricious. But, Christ gave his followers that Lord’s Prayer, which showed us that God is gracious and forgiving of those who broke his law. It all comes back to what we believe about God – which is where getting our theology right is so important. B...2025-05-1846 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhat is God's Will for My Life?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!In the Lord’s Prayer it reads, Your Will Be Done on Earth as it is in Heaven. That’s a powerful thing to pray, isn’t it? I have some big questions about Gods will. For starters, what is God’s will? Does he have a hidden will? Do I need to worry or be anxious about trying to figure out what’s God’s will for me? If God is going to accomplish his will on heaven and earth? What does He need me to...2025-05-1150 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastPetition for the Bread of LifePlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!What do you think the phrase, “Give us this Day, our Daily Bread” in the Lord’s Prayer. Other than daily provision for food, is there more behind this phrase? Absolutely! It’s like asking, “Give me Jesus” who is the bread of life. And, it’s a signpost reference to the Lord’s Supper or the Sacrament of Communion.Book Mentioned in Episode: Hope And Holiness: How The Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity by John FonvilleAbout the book:2025-05-0737 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHow Does the Kingdom Come?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!What is the Kingdom of God? Is that something that we can build and bring into the world? Jesus taught us in the sermon on the mount and the Lord’s prayer, that the Kingdom of God is HIS GIFT TO US. Why? Because, it’s simply impossible to get into God’s Kingdom apart from Jesus. The Kingdom of God is God is a gift, not a wage that someone can earn. Such good news!Book Mentioned in Episode: Hope And Ho...2025-05-0449 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastJesus Honors Righteous PrayerPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Lesson #2 in this prayer set is called Jesus Honors Righteous Prayer. In contrast, he calls out and condemns unrighteous prayer. The good news is Jesus wants to make a way for us to be with the Father. He not only gave us a model of how to pray -- as the adopted sons and daughters that we are -- but he also takes to task things like “showy” or “religious” activities that are antithetical to the true relationship and closeness we can hav...2025-04-2849 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastPray this way: The divine pattern of righteous prayerPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Some of the most foundational messages we have in our library is a series called Pray This Way: The Divine Pattern of Righteous Prayer. See, you are not alone of you think your prayer is not effective if it’s not filled with flowery language or complicated arguments to sway God. As I like to say, Jesus knows. In fact, He put those concerns to rest by giving his Disciples and followers a memorable pattern to follow. Let’s start with message...2025-04-2450 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastKnowing God, Part 4Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 4) We are going through the New Testament book of First John. The current series is about what it means to truly Know God. That sounds simple and complicated all the same time doesn’t’ it? Well, bear in mind that many people claim to Know God, but do they? We have to ask, ourselves, how do we treat certain things like, the truth, God’s commandments? And Loving our neighbor? Let's take a deeper look.Resources:Hope...2025-04-2034 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastKnowing God, Part 3Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 3) We are going through the New Testament book of First John. The current series is about what it means to truly Know God. That sounds simple and complicated all the same time doesn’t’ it? Well, bear in mind that many people claim to Know God, but do they? We have to ask, ourselves, how do we treat certain things like, the truth, God’s commandments? And Loving our neighbor? Let's take a deeper look.Resources:Hope...2025-04-1643 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastKnowing God, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 2) We are going through the New Testament book of First John. The current series is about what it means to truly Know God. That sounds simple and complicated all the same time doesn’t’ it? Well, bear in mind that many people claim to Know God, but do they? We have to ask, ourselves, how do we treat certain things like, the truth, God’s commandments? And Loving our neighbor? Let's take a deeper look.Resources:Hope...2025-04-1342 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastKnowing God, Part 1Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 1) We are going through the New Testament book of First John. The current series is about what it means to truly Know God. That sounds simple and complicated all the same time doesn’t’ it? Well, bear in mind that many people claim to Know God, but do they? We have to ask, ourselves, how do we treat certain things like, the truth, God’s commandments? And Loving our neighbor? Let's take a deeper look.Resources:Hope...2025-04-0943 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHow can I know if I'm a child of God?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 2) As a Child of God do you sometimes still live in fear or shame of things about your past? According to John Fonville, when a Child of God is being crippled by shame and guilt is not life, it’s hell on earth. Christians sometimes say they dread the day when Christ returns because of their past failures. The series we are currently in explores why Children of God do not have worry about that day. In contrast, the followers of Sata...2025-04-0631 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastChurch Burnout? Maybe it has an Incomplete GospelPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!A church that preaches an incomplete gospel can put a huge burden on you and others. A common theme - especially in American churches is to "do" more and "improve" your Christianity - through your own strength! According to John, these types of messages have a way of burning you out, which is not the message of the Gospel. What is solid, Gospel teaching that will feed us AND relieve us week-by-week and not set us up for failure? This is message #2 in t...2025-04-0246 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhere in the Church is the Gospel?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Where in the Church is the Gospel? You don't have to look very far to find "churches" and "messengers" that claim to preach the gospel. And what they have to say sounds good and draws a crowd. But, are they preaching a gospel that is complete and will it go deep to transform lives? How are we to evaluate if a church is preaching a complete gospel?Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and...2025-03-3044 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastGod is Light, Part 4Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 4) The last several years has seen a bit of a falling away of Church goers hasn’t it? The reasons are many, but nonetheless, it’s a real issue to pray about. The early church faced a similar issue. Some of the folks were leaving the fellowship and would turn around and preaching another gospel and spread doubt among those who stayed. It was at this point where we get the passage that talks about Walk in the light, as He is in th...2025-03-2642 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastGod is Light, Part 3Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 3) The last several years has seen a bit of a falling away of Church goers hasn’t it? The reasons are many, but nonetheless, it’s a real issue to pray about. The early church faced a similar issue. Some of the folks were leaving the fellowship and would turn around and preaching another gospel and spread doubt among those who stayed. It was at this point where we get the passage that talks about walking in the light, as He is in th...2025-03-2336 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastDo This In Remembrance of MePlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Podcast highlight:"This table is like a neon sign flashing to you. Good news. Good news. God remembers you in favor, Christ's body was given for you. His blood is poured out for you for the forgiveness of your sins. Do this in remembrance of me. And that's what we do this continually. Amen. "John Fonville’s new book is called Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity. It comes out this Fal...2025-03-2335 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastGod is Light, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 2) The last several years has seen a bit of a falling away of Church goers hasn’t it? The reasons are many, but nonetheless, it’s a real issue to pray about. The early church faced a similar issue. Some of the folks were leaving the fellowship and would turn around and preaching another gospel and spread doubt among those who stayed. It was at this point where we get the passage that talks about Walk in the light, as He is in th...2025-03-1946 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastGod is Light, Part 1Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!The last several years has seen a bit of a falling away of Church goers hasn’t it? The reasons are many, but nonetheless, it’s a real issue to pray about. The early church faced a similar issue. Some of the folks were leaving the fellowship and would turn around and preaching another gospel and spread doubt among those who stayed. It was at this point where we get the passage that talks about Walk in the light, as He is in the l...2025-03-1643 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - Why Infant Baptism is Good News for BelieversPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!From Our Best of Series: We’ve been learning about why we baptize children of believers. Today we are going to learn more about why Jesus was baptized. We’ll also see how Baptism is good news for believers. It’s an encouraging practice and assurance that God is welcoming his beloved children into his family and setting them apart. About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of...2025-03-1220 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - What Value is Baptism to Little Children?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!What is the practical advantage to baptizing children of believers? Christian baptism sets someone apart. Baptism for infants, children or adults, means that the name of the Triune God (The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit), has been placed on them, and that they are part of the trinitarian faith. It’s a powerful, countercultural declaration to the world that God is the one true God, and that we identify with Him and are trusting in Him for our salvation. About...2025-03-0922 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - Infant Baptism is Not a Child Dedication ServicePlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Infant baptism, child baptism or whole-house baptism is an iceberg of a topic. John Fonville is tackling this significant church history topic and giving us some important background about this biblical topic.About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Him We Proclaim Podcast features the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. John Fonville at Paramount Church. Th...2025-03-0533 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - Little Ones to Him BelongPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!From our Best of Series. The topic today is whole-house baptism. What is the background about infant baptism?About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Him We Proclaim Podcast features the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. John Fonville at Paramount Church. This resource aims to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all peo...2025-03-0225 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - How is Baptism a Means of Judgment?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Another one of our favorite episodes! Today John teaches us how Baptism is also a means of Judgment.About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Him We Proclaim Podcast features the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. John Fonville at Paramount Church. This resource aims to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all pe...2025-02-2630 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - How Baptism is “Trinitarian”Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Enjoy another one of our top episodes! God revealed Himself to us as “trinitarian”, meaning Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Today is a teaching about how baptism is also Trinitarian.About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Him We Proclaim Podcast features the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. John Fonville at Paramount Church. This re...2025-02-2348 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020s - How baptism is a "sign of initiation" into the Christian lifePlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!We are continuing our theme of "best of" episodes. These are some of the most popular sermons preached by John Fonville on some of the most impactful topics. Initiation. Does that word sound strange to you? We are studying the topic of baptism and how baptism is described as a Covenant Sign of Initiation. Another way to look at it is, baptism for the believer is the “starting line” for a follower of Christ. About JohnJohn...2025-02-1941 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - Why is Baptism Central to the Christian Life? (The Centrality of Baptism)Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Baptism is anything but a throw-away topic for Christians. It is Central to our daily walk and gives us hope as we see it for what it is. Today, we learn that baptism is a Covenant Sign of Initiation. Baptism for the believer becomes the “starting line” so to speak for the disciple of Christ. And just in case you were wondering, a “disciple” according to John, is simply a life-long learner. About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of...2025-02-1634 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's - Does Baptism Save You? (Four Principles of Baptism)Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Best of 2020's! This is a re-air from the 2 Keys to Spiritual Growth Series.Does Baptism save you? This is an important question for us to all consider. Many people think baptism does save you. Sadly, many of us have grown up in churches that have misinformed us about what baptism is all about. About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Angli...2025-02-1229 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020's New Covenant MealPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Best of Message from the 2 Keys to Spiritual Growth Series.New Covenant Meal is episode #8 of Season 5. About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Him We Proclaim Podcast features the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. John Fonville at Paramount Church. This resource aims to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to...2025-02-0542 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020s - What's In A Name?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!From the popular series Two Keys to Spiritual Growth - What's In A Name? Is episode #7 from Season 5 of the Him We Proclaim Podcast. About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Him We Proclaim Podcast features the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. John Fonville at Paramount Church. This resource aims to proclaim the gospel of Je...2025-02-0235 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020s - I Am With You AlwaysPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Best of 2020's from the Two Keys to Spiritual Growth series.Podcast highlight:" We look back across the past week, past month, the past years, and we look at the failures that have plagued our life. And we need this assurance that we have the forgiveness of our sins. And so the Holy Spirit who is the Lord and Giver of Life makes Christ who has separated from us, by virtue of His ascension, present with us by...2025-01-2929 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020s - A Frequent Foretaste of the Life of HeavenPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Best of 2020's - from the Two Keys to Spiritual Growth Series!Podcast Highlight: "And this sacrament signifies to us that Christ is the Passover lamb as Paul calls him that in First Corinthians, our Passover lamb has been sacrificed Therefore let us keep the feast. This sacrament signifies to us that Christ is the Passover Lamb who takes away our sins and keeps away the angel of death and it's by faith in Jesus through his shed...2025-01-2637 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020s - Health Food Diet in a Fast Food WorldPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Best of 2020s - This is a re-airing of one of our favorite series called Two Keys to Spiritual Growth.Podcast Highlight: "In my experience, church after church that I was a part of I found that many of these innovative liturgies that evangelical churches were feeding me were empty calories that left me hungry. And so worship increasingly for me became like a diet of cotton candy. It might taste good at the moment, but later on after eating so...2025-01-2236 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBest of 2020s - The Greatest Drama Ever StagedPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Best of 2020's! This is a re-publishing of one of our top podcasts. We pray this is greatly encouraging to you today!We start a new series of messages today called Two Keys to Spiritual Growth. This introductory message is called The Greatest Drama Ever Staged. There are some powerful lessons for us from the two disciples on the Emmaus Road who needed to have their eyes opened to truly see Christ who was among them, and not just...2025-01-1939 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBEST OF 2024 - The Four GardensPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Originally aired on March 10, 2024, The Four Gardens is one of most beloved messages from John. It's full of encouragement for spiritual growth. We hope this message blesses you again as you listen.Also! Our Re-Formation Conference is just around the corner. Please take a moment to check out our website! If it works out, we'd love to meet you there! Let us know you heard about it on the podcast!www.conference.paramountchurch.com***Who do...2025-01-0841 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastBEST OF 2024 - As a child of God do I need to dread my past?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Originally published on June 07, 2024, this powerful message was one of the most played messages of 2024. Just in case you missed it, here it is. Hoping this message blesses you a lot this coming year! In addition, we'd also like to invite you to the Re-Formation Conference featuring top theologians on the Protestant Reformation. You will love their hearts and content. Please check out our website for the conference and see if it's feasible to come out for one or more of th...2025-01-0144 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Hope of InvocationPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!One of the most hope-filled concepts in Scripture is knowing that God listens to His own. When we call on the name of the Lord, He promises to answer us. This act of worship is called Invocation and it’s where worship begins. Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=IwAR2rE5lUjJWQtmgi0xbQRL9cyt5KlRHunSBL8xBOCCJj3ckfRvzu9lSTZWUAbout...2024-08-2950 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhat is the Gift-Giver's Gift?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Jesus is the living bread that satisfies the deepest hunger in our lives. That’s why we gather each week and partake The Lord’s Supper. Communion is a sign of close fellowship between God and his people. It’s not an ordinary meal, it’s a holy meal, where Christians participate when they gather to worship. Let’s continue with the Gift Giver and His Gathered Guests series with a message called, The Lord’s Supper, the Gift Giver’s Gift. Resour...2024-08-0945 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Living God ... is Our Servant??Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!What goes through your mind when you hear that “The Living God Is Our Servant”? We see in Scripture that Jesus - is not only our Lord, He is our Servant. This makes us pause and think doesn’t it? We are going to take a look at the passages where Jesus served God and His people fulfilling the law and gospel. What does this mean for us here and now?Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Go...2024-07-2651 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWorship is a Place of God's ActionPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Today we looking at the topic of public worship and why folks gather each week for church worship. We’re learning more and more about the reason behind church liturgy and how this flow of worship from God helps us receive the gifts of grace and peace that the Lord Jesus has for us. Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=IwAR2rE5...2024-07-1049 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastOur Theology Affects our WorshipPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!We are in a series about corporate worship called the Gift Giver and His Gathered Guests. We’ve been learning in the previous lessons that we gather each Lord’s day to be served and that worship is the heart of discipleship. Today we are looking at how there is an inseparable relationship between worship and doctrine.Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-a...2024-07-0850 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWorship is the Heart of DiscipleshipPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Why do we gather at church each week for word and sacrament? We are in a series called the Gift Giver and His Gathered Guests. Today, we are talking about the Liturgy of the Church. These are the things that we do together such as singing, scripture reading, praying, participating in the lord’s table and baptism. How do these activities make our lives God-centered, Christ-Focused, and Gospel Shaped. Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel...2024-06-3043 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWe Gather ... to be Served!Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Today we are at the start of a new series about worship. It’s called The Gift Giver, and His Gathered Guests. Over the next several weeks John will be walking us through a set of lessons that remind us that we gather in congregations to receive the abundant gifts from our triune God - to be served by Him. Think of the anticipation of a child on Christmas day. That’s what John is unwrapping for us today as we eagerly anticipa...2024-06-2747 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHow do you Identify Children of the Devil?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 5) As a Child of God do you sometimes still live in fear or shame of things about your past? According to John Fonville, when a Child of God is being crippled by shame and guilt is not life, it’s hell on earth. Christians sometimes say they dread the day when Christ returns because of their past failures. The series we are currently in explores why Children of God do not have worry about that day. In contrast, the followers of Sata...2024-06-2339 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastTrue Children of God are Blessed with God's LovePlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 4) As a Child of God do you sometimes still live in fear or shame of things about your past? According to John Fonville, when a Child of God is being crippled by shame and guilt is not life, it’s hell on earth. Christians sometimes say they dread the day when Christ returns because of their past failures. The series we are currently in explores why Children of God do not have worry about that day. In contrast, the followers of Sata...2024-06-1941 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastIf God is my Father ... I can be confident and do right!Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 3) As a Child of God do you sometimes still live in fear or shame of things about your past? According to John Fonville, when a Child of God is being crippled by shame and guilt is not life, it’s hell on earth. Christians sometimes say they dread the day when Christ returns because of their past failures. The series we are currently in explores why Children of God do not have worry about that day. In contrast, the followers of Sata...2024-06-1241 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWho's Invited to Dinner?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Podcast highlight:"Let us come remembering that the gospel is for sinners. It's not for those who can make themselves squeaky clean because here's a little hint you can't do that. If you find this morning that your heart is more awake and more deceitful than you ever imagined, be assured that the door of God's grace and mercy is open for you, and be assured that you have a seat at his dinner table right now. "John...2024-02-0436 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Song of the AngelsPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!This is Song #4 in the Five Songs of the Nativity Series called The Song of the Angels. How good it is to remember that the armies of Heaven appeared to lowly shepherds and sang gloriously to the God of Heaven in celebration of the birth of our savior.John Fonville’s new book is called Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity. It comes out this Fall and was based on the current series. We h...2023-12-2649 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Song of Zechariah (The Benedictus)Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Today's Christmas message is called The song of Zechariah -- who was the father of John the Baptist. And his song, was a Hymn of Hope. As we’ll see today Zechariah was well versed in the prophecies of the Old Testament and expresses great hope for the coming Messiah as the events around the birth of John and Jesus unfolded. John Fonville’s new book is called Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity. It...2023-12-1755 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Song of MaryPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Our Christmas series is called The Five Songs of the Nativity. We are on to message #2. Each of these “songs” from the Gospel of Luke shows us how the Old Testament ties in completely with the New on not only fulfilling prophecy but showing how much God’s people are longing for Christ. Here’s John with The Song of Mary, the Magnificat. John Fonville’s new book is called Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity2023-12-1249 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastSong of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis)Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Simeon was a devout and just man who showed up at the dedication of Jesus. God sent an angel to Simeon beforehand with a promise that he would be able to look upon Christ his savior before the end of his life. It's a beautiful example of God fulfilling His promises to His people.John Fonville’s new book is called Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity. It comes out this Fall and was ba...2023-12-0558 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Song of ElizabethPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!This Christmas season we are re-airing some classic Christmas sermons. The one we chose is from 2017 - which seems like a lifetime ago doesn’t it? Well, even though that’s only about 5 Christmas’s ago it makes us pause and wonder. Before Jesus came to earth that first time there were decades and even centuries of anticipation of his coming. Those who were tuned into that promise of Christ, had a song in their hearts about what it meant to them personally...2023-12-0140 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastGospel Assurance in an Age of Uncertainty, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 2) About a year ago, John Preached some messages called Gospel Assurance in an Age of Uncertainty. He gave this message to encourage his flock because - As a nation we were just starting to peek our heads out of the Pandemic and dealing what many were calling Pandemic PTSD. We were not alone in how we felt. It definitely took a toll on us emotionally, financially and spiritually. We are revisiting those messages now because the Gospel Truths and encouragement are stil...2023-12-0148 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastGospel Assurance in an Age of Uncertainty, Part 1Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!About a year ago, John Preached some messages called Gospel Assurance in an Age of Uncertainty. He gave this message to encourage his flock because - As a nation we were just starting to peek our heads out of the Pandemic and dealing what many were calling Pandemic PTSD. We were not alone in how we felt. It definitely took a toll on us emotionally, financially and spiritually. We are revisiting those messages now because the Gospel Truths and encouragement are still need...2023-11-2046 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastSoli Deo Gloria - Our Only GoalPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Today is our concluding Sola – Called Soli Deo Gloria – Our Only Goal. Has your ego ever gotten in your way? Or you just want the credit or the praise for something you achieved? When it comes to our salvation, only God should get the credit, right? We didn’t earn it. It’s an incomparable gift of God’s grace and kindness to us. Let’s listen now to this concluding sola and see how John ties all of them together.Book Mentioned...2023-11-0749 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastSola Fide - Our Only InstrumentPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Are you enjoying the 5 Solas? Today is #4 -- Sola Fide. All the Solas are significant and closely tied together. However, our faith alone in Jesus Christ to save us from our sins is what separates Protestant Christianity from all other religions. We are surrounded by “man’s achievements” and false shepherds with their religions that the Apostle Paul strongly condemned because it was another gospel that dangled the carrot of human achievement, but completely lacked the power save. Jesus Christ himself said, “it is finish...2023-11-0556 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhat is Grace For?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Episode #3 Sola Gratia - Our Only Cause) Sola Gratia is the third pillar of the 5 Solas of the Reformation. It means our Salvation is by Grace Alone and today we are going to learn that Grace is one of the sweetest and kindest gifts from God that we know as believers. John will be dispelling any misunderstandings we may have about grace and will answer three questions: What is Grace? What does grace look like as God applies it in the life of...2023-10-3048 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastAre the 5 Solas still relevant?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Episode #2 - Solus Christus) Are the five Solas of the reformation relevant to us today? Well, according to John Fonville, not only are they relevant, the five Solas are five, very rich, central truths that bring us back to the heart of the gospel. They proclaim that salvation is based on scripture alone, which leads us by grace alone, through faith alone, and Christ alone for the glory of God alone. John believes the five Solas are not just merely historical landmarks of...2023-10-2750 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastSola Scriptura - Our Final AuthorityPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Back in 2017 – which sounds like a lifetime ago, John Fonville helped commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with a set of messages called the Five Solas. It’s one of our favorite sets to play during this time of year. Tradition says the Reformation began on October 31st, 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the Door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany – He was simply trying to reform the Catholic Church in those days, and instead challenged a powerful and unbi...2023-10-2249 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhat is The Message of the Bible?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!What is the Bible all about? Is it just an old book of disconnected stories and endless genealogies that somehow teach us moral lessons? Is it some randomly chosen accounts of people who were somehow amazing enough to have their lives featured in the pages of Scripture? Or is it simply a self-help rule book that’s there to help us better our lives? Well, those are some self-centered perspectives aren’t they? What about this? The Bible shows us how the Lord k...2023-10-1638 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Blessed LifePlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!In our study of Galatians 3 called Sons of Abraham, we see that the Apostle Paul is taking on the issue of faith versus works for salvation. He says clearly that those of faith are the sons of Abraham and are blessed. That's good news, right? Well, not to someone who is a direct descendant of Abraham and has been trusting in the law and works to be blessed.This was a big deal, and we're going to find out more...2023-10-1441 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastSons of AbrahamPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!A son of Abraham is a believer and follower of Christ. However, during Bible times there was a religious crowd that added to the gospel and made life difficult or impossible to follow Jesus. Let’s learn more about being a “son of Abraham.”Resources:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=IwAR2rE5lUjJWQtmgi0xbQRL9cyt5KlRHunSBL8xBOCCJj3ckfRvzu9lSTZWU2023-10-0953 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHow Can I Be Righteous Before God, Part 3Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 3) Today we are answering the question: How Are You Righteous Before God. This mini-series is called The Fundamental Blessing of the Gospel. We live in a day where we have to get our thinking and our theology right quite often – to counter the barrage of false teachings. And while these false teachings may not be new – historically speaking, they do come re-packaged and their aim is to get us off course and doubting our Savior’s miraculous salvation. Resource...2023-10-0141 minHim We Proclaim PodcastHow Can I Be Righteous Before God, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 2) Today we are answering the question: How Are You Righteous Before God. This mini-series is called The Fundamental Blessing of the Gospel. We live in a day where we have to get our thinking and our theology right quite often – to counter the barrage of false teachings. And while these false teachings may not be new – historically speaking, they do come re-packaged and their aim is to get us off course and doubting our Savior’s miraculous salvation. Resource...2023-09-2440 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHow Can I Be Righteous Before God?Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Today we are answering the question: How Are You Righteous Before God. This mini-series is called The Fundamental Blessing of the Gospel. We live in a day where we have to get our thinking and our theology right quite often – to counter the barrage of false teachings. And while these false teachings may not be new – historically speaking, they do come re-packaged and their aim is to get us off course and doubting our Savior’s miraculous salvation. Resources:2023-09-2049 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLove One Another, Part 6Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 6). We've all heard that Children of God are known by the love they have for one another. But what does that really look like? In our 1 John study, we are contrasting the Children of God vs the Children of the Devil. We’ll see today that one of the most profound ways Children of God love each other is how they treat the teachings of God. In other words, not spreading false teachings about the person and work of Christ is a prim...2023-07-2637 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLove One Another, Part 5Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 5). We've all heard that Children of God are known by the love they have for one another. But what does that really look like? In our 1 John study, we are contrasting the Children of God vs the Children of the Devil. We’ll see today that one of the most profound ways Children of God love each other is how they treat the teachings of God. In other words, not spreading false teachings about the person and work of Christ is a prim...2023-07-2337 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLove One Another, Part 4Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 4). We've all heard that Children of God are known by the love they have for one another. But what does that really look like? In our 1 John study, we are contrasting the Children of God vs the Children of the Devil. We’ll see today that one of the most profound ways Children of God love each other is how they treat the teachings of God. In other words, not spreading false teachings about the person and work of Christ is a prim...2023-07-2042 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLove One Another, Part 3Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 3). We've all heard that Children of God are known by the love they have for one another. But what does that really look like? In our 1 John study, we are contrasting the Children of God vs the Children of the Devil. We’ll see today that one of the most profound ways Children of God love each other is how they treat the teachings of God. In other words, not spreading false teachings about the person and work of Christ is a prim...2023-07-1636 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLove One Another, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 2). We've all heard that Children of God are known by the love they have for one another. But what does that really look like? In our 1 John study, we are contrasting the Children of God vs the Children of the Devil. We’ll see today that one of the most profound ways Children of God love each other is how they treat the teachings of God. In other words, not spreading false teachings about the person and work of Christ is a prim...2023-07-0936 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLove One Another, Part 1Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!(Part 1). We've all heard that Children of God are known by the love they have for one another. But what does that really look like? In our 1 John study, we are contrasting the Children of God vs the Children of the Devil. We’ll see today that one of the most profound ways Children of God love each other is how they treat the teachings of God. In other words, not spreading false teachings about the person and work of Christ is a prim...2023-07-0244 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastWhat Scripture Says About Whole-House BaptismPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Today, more about what scripture has to say about family and whole-house baptism. John is also setting the record straight on how some denominations fallaciously teach that Baptism is about you and a promise you unfortunately can’t keep. The good news is Baptism is about the gospel, and God’s promise to be faithful to His children. About JohnJohn Fonville is Pastor of Paramount Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Paramount Church is part of the Anglica...2023-03-1922 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLearning to Flee Sexual Sin ... According to the Gospel, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Today we wrap up the series, Do You Not Know. John has been taking us on a journey that goes for the heart of the matter which is genuine gospel heart change, rather than hitting us with more tips, tricks and suggestions. Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=IwAR2rE5lUjJWQtmgi0xbQRL9cyt5KlRHunSBL8xBOCCJj3ckfRvzu9lSTZWUAbout JohnJo...2022-12-0650 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastLearning to Flee Sexual Sin ... According to the GospelPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!No doubt you’ve heard lots of tips, tricks and suggestions on living a sexually pure life. Sadly many of those messages have failed us — because they fall short. According to John, they fall short because they don’t go after the heart of the matter - our understanding of Gospel. John's New Book - Available Early November 2022:Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purityhttps://www.moodypublishers.com/hope-and-holiness?fbclid=Iw...2022-11-1650 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastYour Body is Sacred, Part 2Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!What would we do every day with out some reminders on our calendar or phone, right? Sometimes reminders are exciting, and sometimes reminders …. Well, they are a little bit of burden and have a way of making us feel inadequate because we need to change some habits or don’t have time, capacity or resources. Well, our hope today is that this message will fall into the former category for you and be a fresh gospel reminder: Our bodies are sacred. We are in...2022-11-0644 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastYour Body is Sacred, Part 1Please text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!The gospel of good news can bring healing and restoration to every area including our very personal and private lives? This next message in the Do You Not Know series is called: Your body is sacred, or set apart. Did you know that John has a book that goes along with this series and is available now to order? It’s called Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity. Hope and Holiness: How the Go...2022-10-2553 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastOur Bodies Are Not Meant for Sexual SinPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Followers of Jesus have a new identity. That means we belong to Christ and are destined for resurrection. That’s really good news, right? However as life goes on, it’s easy to forget about our new identity and gospel calling and fall into the same old traps of sexual sin. That’s not what we were made for. Today we are going to reinforce our new identity in Christ and the gospel’s power to overcome those traps. Exciting news! John Fo...2022-09-2953 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHealing Sexual Shame/Becoming a new CreationPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Let’s face it, sexual sin is paralyzing. It brings on crippling guilt and shame, and it makes it easy to forget the Gospel of Christian freedom. Jesus wants to heal all the broken places in our lives - especially the hidden ones. Here’s message number 4 in the Do You Not Know Series called Healing Sexual Shame / Becoming a New Creation. Exciting news! John Fonville has been hard at work in the background on a new book Called 2022-09-2850 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastThe Kingdom of God and Sexual PurityPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!It's easy to feel alone in the Christian journey - and the call for sexual purity. Is there hope? yes! We are not alone and the gospel has hope for this aspect of our lives.Exciting news! John Fonville has been hard at work in the background on a new book Called Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity. It comes out this Fall and was based on the current series. We hope y...2022-09-0545 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastPartially sinful/Partially righteous: What to do with sexual sinPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!We turn to Jesus and accept the gospel so we can get saved and stop sinning right? Then WHY do we keep struggling - especially in the area of sexual sins? Not to mention the guilt that goes along with sinning. Well, the good news is, struggling with sin, does not mean we are condemned. John Fonville will help us out with these tough life questions and puts our consciences at ease with Gospel truths such as, you are dead to sin, aliv...2022-08-1747 min
Him We Proclaim PodcastHealing our Sexuality and the GospelPlease text us your thoughts on this episode. We love hearing from you. Gospel Blessings!!Welcome to Season 7 of the Him We Proclaim Podcast. 10 years ago, John Fonville preached about the gospel being the key to moral purity. It was 9 messages called “Do You Not Know” and it’s been one of our most listened to series. Who would have thought so many church scandals were going to come out during the last decade? It’s an unprecedented time and we are dealing with the fallout of investigations into denominations or having some of the most respect...2022-07-1853 min