Anza Baptist Church senior pastor Matthew Nevills delivers a heartfelt message at Olivet University’s Fall Sermon Series Wednesday, Dec. 17. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo
Olivet University Riverside campus welcomed Pastor Matthew Nevills, Senior Pastor of Anza Baptist Church, as the guest speaker for its Wednesday, Dec. 17 service. Nevills preached from Philemon 1:17 to 22 and delivered a message titled The Lord Is Teaching and Training Us to Become Good Slaves.Pastor Nevills opened the service by sharing his testimony and reflecting on the servant heart he observed within the Olivet University community. He expressed appreciation for the ways God is working through the students and members, noting that God is continually shaping each believer’s life to live faithfully and obediently according to His purposes.Drawing on the historical context of slavery in the Roman world, Nevills explained that the Apostle Paul’s appeal to Philemon to receive b
