Experimental Sermons Podcast
The Puritans called their preaching "experimental" not because they were trying new things in the pulpit, but because they wanted to be tested and proven by the Word of God. jwdell.substack.com
The “Kill ’Em All” Measures
Why doctrine must inform your vote.
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Twice Dispossessed
An Election Day sermon.
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The Chosen Scapegoat
Who is the man without a wedding garment?
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Give Him the Fruits
Worship must enthrone God and dethrone man.
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Unfair Salvation
Christ did not sin, yet Christ died.
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Disputing the Boundary
Jonah is easy to despise—until you realize how quickly you can become him.
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The Limit to Forgiveness
Peter asked how many times, but the covenant doesn’t keep score.
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Watchmen of the Covenant
The gospel is particular — and that is why it can actually save you.
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A Wall of Bronze
Repay no one evil for evil—not to be the better man, but to become the thing that breaks your enemies.
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Has God Rejected His Church?
The keys of the kingdom were never the pope's — they were handed to the whole confessing church, pulpit and pews.
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Has God Rejected His People?
Liberalism champions a world without exceptions; Christ is building a kingdom without distinctions.
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Have you understood all this?
Behind our confusion is the fear of separation.
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Let Both Grow Together
Sometimes being told what you can't do is God's greatest mercy.
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The Good Soil
Christ is the good soil, and you are the hundredfold increase He alone can raise from Himself.
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Author of Liberty
Liberty comes from Christ, not London, Washington, or Hartford—and a divided nation forgets it at its peril.
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A Known Lie
Jeremiah said Amen to a known lie. So do we—every day, in church and out of it. A sermon on the Amens we make, the Amens we shouldn't, and the only Amen God puts in our mouths.
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Inextinguishable Fire
Faithful exposition of God's Word doesn't improve people; it exposes and provokes them.
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That Town
The New Testament doesn't soften the Old Testament's standards—it actually raises the stakes.
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The Price of Your Seat
You can sit at Jesus’ table—but it will cost you your sin.
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Remove the Evolutionists from Power
The Trinity offers eternal rest. Universalism offers eternal violence. Most people do not realize how close we are to the second.
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Borrowed Breath
Pentecost democratized prophecy, but the Spirit who fell on the seventy still draws the line between covenant men and the rabble.
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A Credal Nation?
America is not a credal nation but a covenant nation, and her bankers, governors, and Supreme Court justices are all officers of a covenant they refuse to acknowledge.
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Lies Men Die For
Martyrdom and forgiveness are not works the believer performs but gifts Christ gives — and the church's task today is not to imitate the saints but to call her own deformed institutions back to the covenant.
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Substitute Salvations
The same fear falls on every soul, but only those called by name follow the Shepherd out — and your politics reveals which voice you follow.
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Brethren, What Shall We Do?
When the Word cuts your heart and you cry "Brethren, what shall we do?", the only faithful answer is costly public repentance—because private faith is not enough in this time of exile.
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Zero Power
The church has surrendered her power by misreading Scripture. 1 Peter 1:3-9 is not a counsel of withdrawal but a mandate for conquest.
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Built Again
Pastor Dell confronts the Church’s growing despair and individualism in this Easter sermon. Anchored in Jeremiah 31:4 (“Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel!”), he shows how the resurrection is not merely about personal salvation but about national restoration through the One Man to whom the Lord appeared from afar. Drawing from the prophetic “end from the beginning,” the shift from plural to singular, Mary Magdalene’s encounter at the empty tomb, and the lectionary readings, he names America’s deep apostasy, the spirit of despair, and the temptation to bemoan our lot as 21st-centur...
Who Is This?
Pastor Dell confronts the Church’s growing silence in the face of lies and evil in this Palm Sunday sermon. Anchored in Matthew 21:10–11, he shows how Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem “stirred” the entire city and provoked the Pharisees to demand silence. Drawing from the crowds’ bold confession and Jesus’ reply that even the stones would cry out, he calls God’s people to reject fear and laziness. As long as Christ exercises His prophetic ministry, there is still mercy and time to repent. Believers are urged to shout “Hosanna,” proclaim “the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee,” and refuse to be silenced as Holy W...
Bishops vs. Vestries in the Episcopal Church
In this episode of The Episcopalian podcast, Jake Dell reveals how bishops in the Episcopal Church are quietly overriding parish rights through uncanonical “priest in charge” arrangements and flawed search processes. He explains why vestries must reclaim their canonical authority to elect rectors before episcopal overreach permanently weakens faithful congregations.
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Divine Monergistic Revival
Pastor Dell confronts the spiritual deadness of modern hearts—enslaved by the flesh, hostile to God, and unable to save themselves—in this Lent sermon. Anchored in Romans 8:7, he draws from Ezekiel’s dry bones and Jesus raising Lazarus in John 11 to illustrate monergism: God alone gives life where none exists, commanding the dead to rise by His word and Spirit. Exposing synergism as false reliance on human cooperation, he proclaims Christ’s vicarious obedience on the cross as the path to revival. Believers are called to rest in God’s finished work, mortify the flesh, and walk in freedom to...
Cast Out
Pastor Dell confronts modern America's fear, collective guilt, and spiritual blindness in this Lent sermon. Drawing from the healing of the man born blind in John 9, he exposes kangaroo-court show trials—ancient and contemporary—that cast out those who confess “The man called Jesus” as Savior. He calls believers to bold witness, steadfast faithfulness, and separation from darkness, so that—through their testimony—those who do not see may see.
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America's Rephidim
Pastor Dell confronts modern America's spiritual thirst and murmuring doubt in this Lent sermon, drawing from Israel's grumbling at Rephidim to call believers to trust God's faithful providence and the living water struck from Christ the Rock.
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The Land Promise
God’s promises to Abraham—of land and blessing—are irrevocable. History seems to contradict full fulfillment, yet Scripture insists not one inch is lost. Jesus, the true Israel, bore the curse on the cross so the blessing comes to whoever believes. The promise stands firm, pointing to Christ and future mercy for Israel.
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Guard the Garden!
God’s Word is complete and sufficient: Eve added to it and fell; Christ quoted it faithfully and triumphed. The garden required guarding; the Church demands the same courage today—expel compromise or face judgment. Honor God’s “secret kindness” with gratitude and fearless obedience.
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The End of the Word
In this sermon for Last Epiphany (Year A), we confront the hard truth: compromise with the enemies of God—whether through tradition, experience, or cultural retreat—leads only to defeat.
From the commanding voice in the cloud to the Psalms’ call to “Kiss the Son,” the message is clear: listen to Him alone, wield His Word as our weapon, and sing His truth in the face of a crumbling world.
Or watch everything—your children, your grandchildren, your country—slip away.
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No Gaslighting God
Hypocritical religion hides sin behind pious displays—fasting, prayer, and church attendance that fool people but never God. Isaiah exposed it long ago; Jesus fulfilled the law by revealing truth on the cross, covering our shame with His blood, and calling us to live as genuine salt and light.
“No Gaslighting God” — discover how God’s law brings true glory, not cover-ups, and how Christ’s finished work frees us to walk in good works that actually shine.
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Restoring God’s Moral Order
America is drowning in moral chaos—cities gripped by rebellion, families shattered by lawless ideologies, and the Church too often silent as darkness spreads unchecked. But what if the same light that first broke through Galilee’s ancient gloom is the only power that can restore God’s righteous order today? This sermon pulls no punches: moral softness is crippling the Church and nation alike, yet the cross has real power to heal weakness, boldly rebuke sin, and renew our covenant from the ground up. Listen or read “Restoring God’s Moral Order: From Galilee’s Darkness to Minneapolis’s Rebellion” a...
Christian Supremacy
Christ is supreme over all nations. His mission is never “too light a thing” to restore only Israel, but to shine as a light to the ends of the earth, taking away the sin of the whole world. We grasp this supremacy only through divine illumination via the better baptism of the Holy Spirit, which graciously remakes us as new creations—objectively superior in standing—for God’s vast, eternal global purpose.
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Do You Come to Me?
In John’s stunned question—“Do you come to me?”—we hear the entire gospel: the sinless Son steps into the Jordan not because He needs repentance, but because He comes to us first in sovereign grace, bearing our double curse (the judgment of death for all and the covenant penalties we deserve) so the waters of judgment become the waters of renewal and life. No more clinging to fleshly generation or humanistic striving; only His seeking love descends like a dove, declaring over broken sinners: “This is my beloved Son… and you are mine too.” New episode drops Sunday afternoon...
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