
Vivid sermons for table, tomb, and resurrection.
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Pastor Taylor Shippy's Sermons pairs Christian teaching with concrete images: Easter as borrowed property, communion as shared kinship, resurrection as victory. The preaching is conversational, story-driven, and rooted in Scripture without losing its everyday sense of humor.
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About Pastor Taylor Shippy's Sermons
Pastor Taylor Shippy's Sermons is a Christian sermon feed shaped by narrative preaching and concrete theological imagery. The episodes do not treat doctrine as a set of detached ideas. They turn it into scenes. Jesus borrows boats, water, bread, a donkey, an upper room, and a tomb. Communion becomes a meal that is tasted, worn, remembered, and shared. Palm Sunday becomes the arrival of a plan that has been waiting across centuries of exile, loss, and promise. The tone is conversational and energetic. It can move from ketchup, home-video embarrassment, or Kansas City football into biblical history without treating those openings as throwaway jokes. That movement is part of the show's method. Everyday references become handles for larger claims about covenant, resurrection, worship, and the church. The sermons in its episodes linger especially around Easter and the Lord's table. They ask what it means to remember Christ, to share communion with one another, and to live as people formed by resurrection rather than only by the cross. The preaching is direct without feeling academic. It uses repetition, dramatic contrast, and story beats to keep the listener oriented through Old Testament history, Gospel scenes, and Pauline theology. There is also a steady pastoral pressure toward response. The listener is not merely asked to understand betrayal, exile, Passover, or communion, but to examine guilt, gratitude, division, hope, and allegiance. The result is a sermon feed for Christians who want Scripture explained through memorable images and applied to church life. It is especially strong when connecting familiar practices, such as communion and Easter worship, to deeper biblical memory. The show is less suited to listeners looking for interviews, debate, or detached religious studies. Its center is proclamation: warm, vivid, sometimes playful, and repeatedly pointed back to Christ's death, resurrection, table, and kingdom.
Made for: For Christians who want sermon-based teaching that connects Scripture, church practice, and everyday images. It especially suits listeners drawn to Easter, communion, covenant, and pastoral application.
What sets it apart: The feed stands out for turning doctrine into memorable scenes: borrowed tombs, messy meals, moon-landing pauses, and victory feasts. Its strongest moments make familiar worship practices feel newly textured and concrete.
In their own words
Sermons by Pastor Taylor Shippy of Gibbon Baptist Church
Why you'd press play
A borrowed tomb becomes the Easter image that may finally stick with you.
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- a biblical image you can actually remember on Monday, from borrowed tombs to brittle matzah
- grace explained with enough warmth to reach you before guilt starts negotiating terms
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Episodes
- 1
"Borrowing Easter"
Pastor Taylor Shippy's 'Borrowing Easter' argues that Jesus repeatedly borrows things in the Gospels, from a boat and a woman's water to Joseph of Arimathea's tomb.
Apr 5, 2026·27m·2 clips - 2
"The Kiss of Death"
This episode compares the betrayals of Julius Caesar by Brutus and Jesus by Judas, exploring historical and literary parallels.
Apr 4, 2026·13m - 3
"Prophesied Processional"
A sermon connecting Palm Sunday to the theme of God's plans being worth the wait, using the analogy of Heinz ketchup and the history of Israel's exile.
Mar 29, 2026·31m - 4
"Messy Eaters"
A speaker uses the metaphor of messy eaters to discuss how Christians should 'wear' the Lord's table by proclaiming His death, contrasting with the Corinthians' messy approach.
Mar 22, 2026·32m - 5
"New Covenant"
A king's invitation to his son's wedding banquet is rejected, leading him to invite the outcasts instead.
Mar 15, 2026·32m - 6
"Communion-ity"
Hidden gemPastor Taylor Shippy’s “Communion-ity” opens with Buzz Aldrin carrying bread, wine, and a chalice to the moon on July 20, 1969, then reading John 15:5 after asking mission control for silence.
Mar 8, 2026·28m·1 clip - 7
"Victory Feast"
Hidden gemTaylor Shippy opens with the Kansas City Chiefs and says it has been 749 days since their Super Bowl win, using that fandom to explain why Christians can claim Jesus' resurrection as their own victory.
Mar 3, 2026·28m·1 clip - 8
"In Remembrance of Me"
Hidden gemPastor Taylor Shippy frames the Bible around meals, starting with Eden and ending with the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Feb 22, 2026·31m·1 clip - 9
"Tabernacled Among Us"
Feb 15, 2026·31m - 10
"Lead Us Not... But Deliver Us..."
Feb 8, 2026·36m - 11
"Daily Bread"
Jan 25, 2026·33m - 12
"Your Name... Your Kingdom... Your Will..."
Jan 18, 2026·19m - 13
"Our Father"
Jan 12, 2026·24m - 14
"Explosive Peace"
Dec 25, 2025·11m - 15
"Fear Not"
Dec 21, 2025·27m - 16
"Take a Lap"
Dec 7, 2025·35m - 17
"At the End of Time"
Nov 30, 2025·38m - 18
"Another Trip Around the Son"
Nov 23, 2025·32m - 19
"A Time to Gather Stones"
Nov 16, 2025·35m - 20
"Thanks Anyway"
Nov 9, 2025·30m - 21
"Somebody's Prayin'"
Nov 2, 2025·25m - 22
"Leaving Joppa"
Oct 26, 2025·31m - 23
"But What I Do Have"
Oct 19, 2025·22m - 24
“Plausible Deniability”
Oct 12, 2025·34m - 25
"Mercy Rule"
Oct 5, 2025·32m - 26
"Highs and Lows"
Sep 28, 2025·34m - 27
"Guess Who?"
Sep 21, 2025·36m - 28
"Overboard"
Sep 14, 2025·29m - 29
"Go Fish"
Sep 7, 2025·29m - 30
"Coming Clean"
Aug 31, 2025·27m - 31
"Through the Roof"
Aug 24, 2025·26m - 32
"Dear Abby"
Aug 3, 2025·29m - 33
"The Green-Eyed Monster"
Jul 27, 2025·33m - 34
"Size Matters Not"
Jul 20, 2025·35m - 35
"Eye of the Beholder"
Jul 13, 2025·26m - 36
“A True 180°”
Jun 23, 2025·28m - 37
"Righteous Fury"
Jun 15, 2025·39m - 38
"Baggage Claim"
Jun 8, 2025·30m - 39
"Here I Raise My Ebenezer"
Jun 1, 2025·29m - 40
"Out of the Box"
May 25, 2025·36m - 41
"Wake-Up Call"
May 18, 2025·34m - 42
"Making a Mother's Day"
May 11, 2025·35m - 43
"Kingdom Stories: The Parable of the Loving Father"
May 4, 2025·36m - 44
"Just the Beginning..."
Apr 20, 2025·26m - 45
"It Is Finished"
Apr 19, 2025·18m - 46
"Psalm Sunday"
A sermon exploring Psalm 118 as the Passover encore, questioning how God's enduring love aligns with the grave.
Apr 13, 2025·36m - 47
“Eloi, Eloi, Lema Sabachthani?”
The story of Wallace Henry Hartley's violin, which survived the Titanic sinking and was later sold for over $1.2 million.
Apr 6, 2025·34m - 48
"I Thirst"
A sermon connecting Jesus' cry 'I thirst' on the cross to the Apollo 13 crisis, highlighting the urgency and humanity of Christ's suffering.
Mar 30, 2025·33m - 49
"Woman, Behold Your Son..."
A reflection on the biblical creation story, emphasizing humanity's creation in God's image and their role as stewards and co-creators.
Mar 23, 2025·38m - 50
"You Will Be With Me In Paradise"
Pastor Taylor Shippy's sermon opens with Nat King Cole and uses the line about being "unforgettable" to frame Luke 23:43.
Mar 16, 2025·34m·3 clips