Heritage Baptist Church Haslet

About Heritage Baptist Church Haslet

Loving God, Growing Together, Serving Others

Publisher

Pastor Eric Crawford

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jan 2010

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2,092 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   We Must Be Ready: Let the Imminent Return Drive What You Do Today

   The imminent return of Christ can happen at any moment and should be the main motivator for how you live, serve, and share the gospel. I walk through Titus 2 and several New Testament passages to show that we know He will come but we don’t know when, and that certainty plus uncertainty creates urgency. I also talk about the Abrahamic covenant and why we must be a blessing to Jewish people by sharing the gospel with them. We say this urgency should shape your daily choices: invite neighbors, give, serve, and live a steady, godly life so you will not be ashamed at His coming. I use real stories and clear examples to make the point practical. You should wake up each day thinking this could be the day, and let that thought push you to act now. I talk about why the return of Christ should matter to you every day. I walk through Titus 2 and show how the Bible calls older men and women, young men and women, to live in a sober, godly way. You hear me explain that the real reason to obey is not guilt or duty alone. It is the expectation that Jesus could come back at any time. I use plain examples — saving for a stereo, waiting for a baby — to show how urgency changes choices. That urgency should change how you pray, give, and invite people to hear the gospel. You also get practical steps. I remind you that we must study the Bible, pray daily, and keep the Lord first. I press you to be ready so you will not be ashamed when Christ returns. I say the imminent coming is not a vague hope. It should be the number one thing on your mind that shapes your week. I ask you to act now: love more, tell friends, and keep living a life that points others to Jesus. Takeaways: We teach that the imminent return of Christ can happen at any moment, so you must be ready now. You should let the hope of meeting Jesus motivate daily choices, service, giving, and witnessing. I told stories and Scripture to show that imminence brings urgency, not fear, and calls for faithful action. We emphasize reading the Bible, praying, and living soberly so you stay steadfast and not be ashamed when Christ comes. You are urged to reach Jewish friends and neighbors with the gospel, and we provide materials and support to help. We warn against setting dates or relying on signs; certainty about timing is unknown, but preparation must be constant. You need urgency in your church life now, working together to invite, serve, and grow before the shout could occur. I ask you to live faithfully each day, doing present duties well so we will have no shame at his appearing. Companies mentioned in this episode: Sears

2. 

   11 Oct 2026

   I grew up Jewish and found Jesus — what you need to know about Shalom and Shiloh

   We work through local churches to reach Jewish people with the gospel. I share my testimony from an Orthodox Jewish home to being born again, using the idea from the Shema and shadows to Shiloh and Shalom to explain why this matters. You hear concrete ministry work: a free monthly virtual tour of Israel, trips, teaching, and training churches to witness to their Jewish friends. We show that the Bible and the gospel change lives and that the local church is the place to bring that message. You can pray, give support, and tell us if you know a Jewish friend so we can help reach them together. I am Phil Savoloski and I tell you why we do the work of Olive Tree Ministry. I share my life from Jewish roots to finding Jesus. I talk about the Shema, the shadows of the Law, and how Jesus is Shiloh who brings shalom. You hear how the Old Testament points to Christ and how that shaped my faith. I explain the vital link between loving God and loving your neighbor, and why the Bible must shape how we see the world. I also tell the story of my own turning point. I lost my dream of sports, read the Scriptures, and after hearing Nicky Cruz I understood my need for a savior. I describe being baptized at 16, the pain with my family, and how the gospel put my life on a new path. You get a plain account of how faith changed my choices, my family, and led to a lifetime of ministry. You will hear how that change grew into thirty-three years of work. We run virtual tours of Israel, lead trips, teach at seminary, and help local churches reach Jewish friends. I invite you to see how the gospel works in real life and why the local church is key to sharing it. Takeaways: You learn that 'shalom' means peace and greeting, and I remind you that Christ gives peace beyond understanding. We run Olive Tree Ministry through local churches to reach Jewish friends, and you can help by sharing names and prayers. I trace my life from the Shema and shadows to Shiloh and shalom, and I tell you how Jesus changed me. You must love God fully and love your neighbor too, because those two commands hold the whole law together. We teach the Bible through Jewish eyes to help you see prophecies, feasts, and Leviticus as pointing to Christ. I show that reading scripture broke my old life, led me to church, and you can expect real life change too. You are urged to reach your Jerusalem and support missions now, because we believe the time to act is short. We have led virtual tours, trips to Israel, and prophecy teaching for years, showing you practical ways to learn and serve. Companies mentioned in this episode: Olive Tree Ministry International Victory Baptist Church (Weatherford, Texas) Norris Bible Baptist Seminary National Football League (NFL)

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Prepared, Alone, Expectant

   He asserts as the episode's principal thesis that authentic divine communication is contingent upon disciplined preparation, deliberate solitude, and expectant receptivity, a triadic rubric derived from his exegetical engagement with Exodus 34 and exemplified in the contemplative praxis of Moses. He explicates how God’s injunction—“hew thee two tables of stone… and be ready in the morning”—serves not merely as a historical narration but as a paradigmatic mandate for devotional regimen, wherein material preparation and interior sanctification coalesce to render a candidate fit for theophanic encounter. Drawing upon typological and hermeneutical cues, he demonstrates that solitude (the prohibition of companions on the mount) creates the epistemic conditions for a dialogical, not monologic, prayer life, thereby enabling the Spirit to impart revelatory pneumatology that transforms disposition and cognition. He further delineates the teleology of such revelation: reception engenders doxology—Moses’ ensuing worship and radiant countenance—and issues forth into ecclesial praxis when the revealed truth is transcribed, internalized, enacted, and promulgated among the covenant community. Finally, he integrates practical admonitions—spiritual disciplines such as confessional rectification, preparatory planning, careful note-taking, and expectant faith—arguing that these comportments are not optional adjuncts but integral modalities by which believers may cultivate a sustained, transformative encounter with the divine that produces both personal sanctification and communal testimony. The speaker undertakes a rigorous exegetical meditation upon Exodus 34, delineating a tripartite praxis—preparation, solitude, and expectant reception—as the necessary hermeneutical posture for receiving divine revelation. He situates Moses at Mount Sinai as paradigmatic: a leader who, having repaired the broken tablets, hews two fresh stones, ascends alone, and thereby obtains not merely juridical pronouncements but an ontological disclosure of God's character. The speaker accentuates the theophanic vocabulary—"merciful and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth"—and proposes that such self‑revelation functions as the telos of worship; revelation begets doxology, and authentic worship is the corollary of encounter. He further explicates the radiance motif—Moses' face becoming luminous and requiring a veil—as an index of transformational theosis: prolonged exposure to the divine presence engenders an embodied alteration that both compels and legitimizes the public transmission of what was received. Deploying specialized terminology drawn from systematic theology and biblical hermeneutics, the speaker interrogates the relation between divine immutability and human expectancy, arguing that God acts within the constraints of his nature (e.g., cannot lie or sin) while still being dynamically responsive to those who approach him with seriousness. He frames the Sinai encounter as a paradigmatic locus for pneumatological activity: the Spirit mediates understanding and imprints revealed truth upon the believer, thereby converting propositional knowledge into lived sanctification. The interlocutor thus invites listeners to apprehend revelation not as abstract data but as formative encounter that reorients moral imagination and communal worship. Takeaways: He explicates that preparatory discipline—both practical and moral—is indispensable for authentic divine communication, constituting a form of devotional praxis that aligns comportment and intention. He insists that uninterrupted solitude functions as a non-negotiable hermeneutic condition for receiving revelation, mandating seclusion from communal distractions to facilitate contemplative attentiveness and receptivity. He contends that expectant faith, conceived as a deliberate epistemic posture of trust in God's operative will within the limits of his immutability, is requisite for the reception of spiritual directives and consolations. He delineates prayer as dialogical rather than monologic, urging disciplined receptivity whereby the supplicant suspends unilateral petitioning to permit pneumatological illumination, cognitive assimilation, and subsequent moral reformation. He prescribes methodical record‑keeping—inscribing impressions, explicating scripture, and charting applied responses—as an epistemological safeguard against mnemonic failure and as a catalyst for behavioral hermeneutics and accountability. He demonstrates that authentic worship emerges consequentially from mediated encounter with the divine, producing ontological transformation evidenced by a luminous comportment and an exhortatory imperative to promulgate revelation. He exhorts that individual theophanies must culminate in communal transmission and ethical praxis, thereby converting private encounter into corporate formation, pastoral edification, and sustained ecclesial fidelity. Companies mentioned in this episode: Facebook

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