Real teaching for real life — practical, Scripture-anchored, and honest about the struggle.
Sermon Recap
September 1, 2026
Doubt is not the opposite of faith, it is often the doorway into a deeper one. Here is what Dr. Vorce actually says to the honest question of whether God is real.
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Presence & Revival
August 23, 2026
Presence is not a mood you chase on Sunday morning. It is a Person, poured out now, available to you in the kitchen, the car, and the quiet moments no one else sees.
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Marriage & Family
August 23, 2026
Donna and I hit a rough spot in our marriage about 10 years in and found ourselves divorced. God intervened and 10 months later we were remarried to each other. Here is the fuller story of what those years actually cost, what we learned about honest words, and why restoration was worth every bit of it.
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Authentic Faith
August 28, 2026
You have prayed about this before, more than once, and nothing has changed yet. Here is what Jesus actually meant by ask, seek, and knock, and why waiting is not the same as being told no.
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Marriage & Family
August 25, 2026
Sermons at the dinner table rarely stick. What your children actually catch is the faith they watch you live when no one is grading you for it.
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Church Leadership
August 21, 2026
Real leadership was never about control. Here is what Scripture, and decades of pastoring, actually teach about leading people instead of owning them.
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Sermon Recap
August 19, 2026
Defending what you believe was never supposed to feel like a debate to win. This week at Lakewood Family Church, Dr. Vorce opened a new series on why, and how, we defend our faith without losing our gentleness in the process.
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Authentic Faith
August 18, 2026
It is possible to post about your prayer life and never actually pray. Here is what Jesus taught about the difference between faith that is seen and faith that is real.
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Peace & Anxiety
August 4, 2026
Worry has never once resolved the issue it was concerned about. Not once, for anyone, anywhere. Worry doesn’t solve problems; it only makes you exhausted while the problem remains unchanged in size.
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Sermon Recap
July 31, 2026
This week at Lakewood Family Church, Dr. Vorce closed out the Sermon on the Mount with a hard truth: hearing the Word and doing the Word are not the same thing, and only one of them survives the storm.
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Church Leadership
July 29, 2026
Not every new gathering of believers is a move of the Holy Spirit. Here's how to tell a Spirit-led church plant from a split born of the flesh.
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Speak Life
July 29, 2026
You probably do not realize how many times a day you prophesy over your own life just by what you say out loud. Here is what Scripture actually says about the words you keep repeating.
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Marriage & Family
July 29, 2026
Jonathan and Donna Vorce got divorced, then remarried each other. Here is what that taught them about what restoration actually costs, and why it was worth it.
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Marriage & Family
July 18, 2026
You can be in the room and still be a thousand miles away. A reflection on what it actually means to give your family your presence, not just your proximity.
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Sermon Recap
July 18, 2026
That verse gets used as a conversation ender more than almost any other line in the Bible. Sunday's teaching from Matthew 7 shows there is far more to it than a shield against accountability.
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