Forest Lake Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Forest Lake Baptist Church
We hope you're encouraged by this resource from our series on the centrality of the Word in our worship.
We hope you're encouraged by this resource from our series on the centrality of the Word in our worship.
We hope you're encouraged by this resource from our series on the centrality of the Word in our worship.
We hope you're encouraged by this resource from our series on the centrality of the Word in our worship.
We hope you're encouraged by this resource from our latest series on the book of Philippians.
We hope you're encouraged by this resource from our latest series on the book of Philippians.
We hope you're encouraged by this resource from our latest series on the book of Philippians.
We, as a fallen creation, continuously compare ourselves to others and want to be in control of everything around us. The Israelites struggled with this too in Exodus 16, and Pastor Patrick walks us through how we can learn form their mistakes.
Have you ever struggled finding ways to praise God? In this sermon, Pastor Donnie shows us a few ways the Israelites overcame their struggles to praise God.
The story of exodus is ultimately a gospel story: a story about an impossible God sending an improbable mediator to rescue an inadequate people.
Learning about God can be daunting, but there are things we can learn from Scripture about God that are true, certain, plentiful, inclusive, and timely. Listen to Pastor Donnie as he teaches about these things.
What's the significance of Blood & Bread? It teaches that God's people yearn to be free, an edict that's relevant today. Listen as brother Patrick walks us through this.
The resurrection of Christ has an impact in our lives and our service to the Lord. So, do not fear, come, and see as pastor Donnie shines the light on this wonderful news.
In this message, Pastor Donnie shows us how God divinely governs and guides through His Word.
Have you ever been taken back gleaning on God's mercy? Well, you're in good company. Here are some examples from Exodus.
God has good purposes and plans for His people. God doesn't want His people to become paralyzed in the transitions of life. Rather, He wants His people to trust Him. Here pastor Rick gives a few things to keep in mind.
In this sermon brother Donnie lists a few things to keep in mind when Christians want to serve well. Have a listen! Exodus 6:28-30; 7:1-13
He knows His people deeply and intimately. He knows who we are, where we are, and what we need.
Even before God's promises we as Christians are encouraged to take God at His word and this is exactly what Moses learns.
Have you ever doubted your faith? I believe all Christians can answer this in the same tone. The Scriptures tell us to hold onto His promises, listen to this weeks sermon where we learn to hold onto these precious promises, enjoy.
Have you ever wondered why we struggle with obedience. Here are three ways we often fail in our walk in faithful obedience.
When we hurt God hear our Prayers, God recalls His Promises, God sees our Pain, and God claims His people.
Exodus occurred in 1446 B.C. on the calculation of 480 years from Israel's departure from Egypt to the fourth year of Solomon's reign (966 B.C.). It is written primarily by Moses credited to the power and purpose of God.
In this message, we're reminded that the good news of Christ's birth is to come and see, go and tell, glorify and worship, and then treasure and ponder.
Luke 2:1-7 points us to the period, providence, place, procedure, and popularity of Jesus' birth.
In the first message of this year's Advent series, we're reminded from Isaiah 9:1-7 that the cure for our brokenness was the coming of a baby.
In the last week of this series, we wrestle with questions commonly asked about what Christians believe when it comes to heaven and hell.
In this week's message, we look at how best to respond to the claim that the gospel can't be true because Christians are just judgmental hypocrites.
While our culture may be confused about homosexuality, the Bible both explains how God feels about homosexuality and reminds us that the gospel has the power to redeem.
As Christians, we address the issue of abortion in an honest, rational, and civil way by embracing the scientific evidence, the biblical evidence, our civic wisdom, and our call to discipleship.
In a world full of suffering, the Scriptures remind us that although the world is wicked, and Satan and sin are the source, God is always greater, and He is always present with us.
When Jesus claimed to be God, He was either lying, a loon, or He was telling the truth. As Christians, we can look to the historical reality of Christ's resurrection as the basis for our belief that He was telling the truth.
In this message, we address whether or not we can trust the Bible as God's inspired, infallible, sufficient Word.
As we think about how to engage our culture on the question of how the Bible speaks to evolution, we can look to Genesis 1 and see God's presence, power, and purpose for everything He created.
As Christians, we can look to arguments from cosmology, ontology, morality, and personal experience that give us good reasons to believe that God exists.
Enjoy this introduction to an eleven-week series designed to equip us with biblical answers to common questions about what Christians believe.
In this message, our pastoral team shares updates on where we are and where we're going as a faith family at FLBC.
God is sovereign, death is serious, judgment is sure, and life is sweet, so focusing on serving Him and others as long as He gives us breath.
The wise person realizes God offers wisdom to imperfect, broken people in and through the work of Jesus Christ.
Each of our lives has purpose and meaning, and we step into that purpose and meaning only when we submit our lives to Jesus Christ.
Though we all come from different backgrounds and have different stories, there is one story we all share: while we were dead in our sin, God made us alive together with Christ so that we might now walk in humility, confidence, and obedience to Him.
At Forest Lake, we're committed to community. For us, that means that we're committed to knowing, loving, and building up one another as we strive to grow in Christ together.
At Forest Lake, we're committed to worship. For us, that means that we're committed to glorifying God in all we say and do, both as individuals and as a faith family.
At Forest Lake, we're committed to service. For us, that means that as a faith family we are committed to meeting the needs of those around us, both in our faith family and in our neighborhoods.
At Forest Lake, we're committed to discipleship. For us, that means that as a faith family we are committed to helping every member of our church become a disciple-maker.
At Forest Lake, we are committed to missions. For us, that means that as a faith family we are committed to declaring and demonstrating the gospel here and around the world.
At Forest Lake, we're committed to cultivating five core values we see the early church model in Acts 2:42-47: missions, discipleship, service, worship, and community.
Every one of us has to decide what we're going to do with Jesus: reject him or repent before him. But we must choose one, because the cross demands a response.
Through the trials Jesus experienced on his way to the cross, he made a way for us to endure trials we face today.
Weakness. Betrayal. Brokenness. Restoration. This is Peter's story. But it's also ours.
To be great in God's kingdom, remember: the way up is down, rewards are usually delayed, and failure is never final.
The resurrection of Jesus offers us hope for the past, anchors our hope for the present, and secures our hope for the future.
In Luke 20:45-47, Jesus gives us four warning signs that we're beginning to drift toward hypocrisy, or doing Halloween on Sundays: we have biblical knowledge without spiritual transformation, we crave the approval of others more than the approval of God, we receive grace but don't extend it, and we want to appear godly without actually being godly.
Disobedience before God leads to judgment, but repentence before God leads to salvation.
Potato Head Jesus is the Jesus of our imagination who wants us to be happy, comfortable, and successful. The real Jesus is the Jesus of the Scriptures who calls us to love him, pursue him, and submit to him. In the end, we must decide which Jesus we're going to follow: the real Jesus or Potato Head Jesus?
Good servants of Jesus Christ are faithful stewards of the resources he has given them, and they seek to advance his kingdom. Wicked servants are unfaithful stewards of the resources he has given them, and they seek to advance their own kingdom. Which one will you be: a good servant or a wicked servant?
The gospel has the power to redeem the broken and save the lost, just as it did with Zacchaeus.
The miracle of mercy is having faith to see: faith to see who Jesus is, who we are, and that the only way to true life transformation is total trust in Christ.
The good news of the gospel is that we have a Savior who suffered, died, and who rose again victorious over sin, death, and Satan.
We enter into the kingdom of God like little children, with total trust in Christ, complete dependence on Christ, and an authentic desire for Christ.
Because we are living in the last days, believers must be committed to prayer, perseverance, and conviction that God is still changing lives until he returns.
Because the kingdom of God has come, we can step into 2021 with hope that God is in control, faithful to his promises, always present with us, and one day will return to set right all that's broken and fractured in our world today.
Just as Christ showed mercy to the leper in meeting his needs, Christ also shows mercy to us in meeting our needs today.