Dr. John Tackett- "Who Will Walk With Me?''- (08/24/2025 PM)

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Dr. John Tackett recounts a church van getting lost for hours, ending with the group picking cotton in a field instead of reaching the service.

The episode is a sermon by Dr. John Tackett at Christian Apostolic Church Newark. He begins with lighthearted reminiscences about traveling with a church group, including getting lost for hours and having a shouting service on an interstate in pouring rain. Tackett transitions to scripture, reading Luke 5:17-20 about men bringing a paralytic to Jesus. He notes that while he previously focused on the healing, tonight he emphasizes the carriers—unnamed men who believed enough to carry the man through a crowd and lower him through a roof. Tackett argues these men exemplify faith in action, carrying those who cannot walk spiritually themselves. He contrasts this with modern isolation, citing news headlines about Mark Zuckerberg's vision for AI friends to combat loneliness. Tackett asserts that technology often isolates, while the biblical model requires human believers to 'walk with' others. He shares a personal testimony about being afraid of the Holy Spirit as a youth, fleeing services when God's presence moved, until his uncle invited him to follow. Tackett describes receiving the Holy Ghost after his sister prophesied it, emphasizing he needed people to walk with him. The sermon builds to an altar call, asking those with faith to stand in the aisles as prayer partners and those needing help to come forward. He frames the entire message around the question 'Who will walk with me?', urging the congregation to be carriers of faith for others in times of paralysis, fear, or sin.

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A warm sermon about carrying someone toward Jesus when the obvious way is blocked.

The episode turns on a plain, searching question: who keeps going when someone else cannot? The sermon follows the unnamed men who carry a paralyzed man toward Jesus, then refuse to let the crowded doorway be the end of the story.

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Press play when someone else needs your faith to help carry them toward Jesus.

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