Bob Wade
Teaching Pastor
Highlands Church, Scottsdale, AZ
Top Quotes
“The interesting thing about a trial is, is that a trial usually tells us who and what we put our trust in.”
— An Eternal Perspective
“Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. What an amazing statement that is. In fact, in some ways it doesn't sound like it, but it's the most defining Christmas truth that's ever spoken.”
— Behold the Lamb
“Faith in Christ isn't just about believing the right stuff.”
— Practical Faith
“A spiritual gift is not a natural ability that God sort of takes and hones. It's not your natural way of doing things.”
— One Body, Many Parts
All Sermons
4 totalAn Eternal Perspective
Pastor Bob Wade teaches from James 1:9-11 that both poverty and wealth are spiritual tests, urging believers to find their identity and security in Christ rather than in material circumstances, and to live with an eternal perspective that outlasts temporary earthly pursuits.
Behold the Lamb
Pastor Bob Wade teaches from John 1:19-34 that Jesus is the Lamb of God — our sacrifice, substitute, and salvation — and calls believers to respond with humility, worship, and surrender, because the cradle always leads to the cross.
Practical Faith
Pastor Bob Wade closes 1 Corinthians with four practical marks of genuine faith: generosity, hospitality, steadfastness, and love — a roadmap for how believers live out the gospel daily and refresh the body of Christ.
One Body, Many Parts
Pastor Bob Wade teaches from 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 that every believer receives a supernatural spiritual gift from God and that the church functions like a human body — each part is essential, no one is superior, and the more excellent way to use every gift is love.
Topics Covered
Series Contributions
Faith Does
Jan 2026 – Feb 2026
A verse-by-verse study through the book of James.
Advent 2025
Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
A Christmas series tracing the story from John the Baptist's birth through preparing the way, beholding the Lamb of God, and encountering Jesus.
Dear Church
Aug 2025 – Nov 2025