Watts Bar Community Church

Losing My Conviction (Part 1): Pastor Kelly Goins

Most people don't lose their convictions overnight. It happens slowly — conviction gets quieter, compromise gets easier, and the things that once bothered you just... don't anymore. In Part 1 of Losing My Conviction, Pastor Kelly Goins walks through what the Bible teaches about the conscience and why understanding it matters more than ever in today's culture war. This episode covers three of the four types of conscience found in Scripture: the good conscience, the defiled conscience, and the seared conscience — and what each one reveals about where we are spiritually. Pastor Kelly also delivers a candid word to parents about the very real discipleship battle happening on your child's screen right now. This is Week 4 of the Culture Wars series at Watts Bar Community Church. Part 2 is coming next week.

Loving Well in Babylon - Pastor Kelly Goins

Compromise sacrifices truth. Harshness sacrifices people. Neither one looks like Jesus. In this message, Pastor Kelly Goins picks back up in the story of Daniel to answer one of the hardest questions for believers in today's culture: how do you stand firm on what you believe and love people well at the same time? Because here's the tension — our culture has convinced us those two things are mutually exclusive. According to the world, if you stand firm, you're not loving. And to love well, you have to go along. But Pastor Kelly pushes back on both extremes and shows through the life of Daniel that there's a third way. Drawing from Daniel's example, he lays out four practical ways to love well while living in Babylon: serving instead of separating, watching your posture not just your position, remaining consistent when the culture shifts around you, and loving from a place of settled identity in Christ. He also takes a hard look at what love actually is — not culture's definition, but Paul's definition in 1 Corinthians 13 — and makes the case that a doctor who finds something life-threatening and doesn't tell you isn't being kind. That's negligence. And the same is true for followers of Jesus. This episode will challenge you to ask: Am I compromising truth in the name of compassion? Am I being harsh in the name of conviction? And is my identity settled enough in Christ that I can love people freely — without needing them to agree with me? 📖 Daniel 1 | 1 Corinthians 13:4–7 | Jeremiah 29:4–7 | Colossians 4:5–6 | Luke 6:32–35 Watts Bar Community Church — Decatur, TN

Living in Babylon - Pastor Kelly Goins

You are in Babylon. The question is: how much of Babylon are you letting into you? In this message, Pastor Kelly Goins opens Daniel Chapter 1 to expose the enemy's three-part strategy against believers in every generation — confuse, control, and conform — and shows how it's playing out in culture right now with striking clarity. Drawing from the story of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego — young Jewish men thrown into a pagan empire and pressured to adopt a new identity, new diet, and new worldview — Pastor Kelly connects the dots to what followers of Jesus face today: an all-out attack on identity, a slow drift toward cultural Christianity, and a culture that wants to disciple you before the church gets the chance. He also addresses the viral story of NBA player Jaden Ivey, who was fired by the Chicago Bulls after posting a video declaring his Christian faith — and what his response after getting fired says about what it looks like to truly resolve in your heart. This episode will challenge you to ask honestly: Am I a follower of Jesus, or just a cultural Christian? And more importantly — have you resolved in your heart what you'll do when the pressure comes? Because if you haven't decided before the fire, you won't decide in it. 📖 Daniel 1 | John 17:14-19 | Ephesians 6:12 | James 1:27

Got Stains? - Pastor Kelly Goins

We all get stains — but some of the most dangerous ones are the ones we don't even see. In Week 1 of our brand new series Culture Wars, Pastor Kelly Goins of Watts Bar Community Church in Decatur, TN kicks things off with a message called Got Stains? — and it's going to challenge the way you think about the world around you. Drawing from 1 Timothy 6, James 1, and 1 John 2, Pastor Kelly breaks down what culture really is, how it gets transmitted into our lives without us realizing it, and what it actually means to keep the commandment "unstained." Spoiler: the answer might surprise you. If you've ever found yourself slowly buying into ideas that sound logical but feel off, this message is for you. Because the stains of worldly thinking don't usually happen all at once — they sneak up on you. Scripture References: 1 Timothy 6:11-14 | James 1:27 | 1 John 2:15-17 | John 17:15 | Romans 12:2 #CultureWars #GotStains #PastorKellyGoins #WattsBarCommunityChurch #DecaturTN #ChristianPodcast #Sermon #Faith

Who Are You? - Pastor Kelly Goins

What labels have been stuck to you? Addict. Failure. Divorced. Broken. Unloved. Over the course of life, words get spoken over us, things happen to us, and those experiences attach themselves like labels — covering up who we were truly created to be. This Easter Sunday, Pastor Kelly Goins brings a powerful message about the labels we carry and the God who wants to peel them back. Drawing from the stories of David, Peter, and others, Pastor Kelly reminds us that canceled culture, shame, and the voices of our past don't get the final word — only the Creator does. God's truth is bigger than your label. If you've ever felt defined by your worst moment, your biggest mistake, or someone else's opinion of you, this message is for you. Because no matter what's been spoken over you, God sees something others can't — and he's still in the business of giving people a new name, a new purpose, and a new future. Watts Bar Community Church | Decatur, TN