Fellowship Presbyterian Jasper: Recent Episodes
Blake
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how Jesus being found in the temple in his youth reflects our own call to build God's Kingdom today...
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how we are called to practice love in clear, tangible ways for the benefit of others, and as a foundation to our witness...
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how we aren't just formed for God's work, but formation is some of the first work done within us as believers...
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how we are called to build God's Kingdom together, as a community and family of faith...
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how all growing believers practice invitation to others, because they have already been invited into God's Kingdom and family by the Savior...
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how growing believers continually seek the presence of God, and even better, find Him.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how growing Christians are designed to grow together, with others.
In this episode, Rev Katie looks at how growing Christians are designed to help others, and what exactly that looks like...
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how growing Christians trust in the Lord's presence and promises, even when things get overwhelming around us.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at the qualities of Christians growing in their faith, beginning with how they rejoice...
In this episode, Rev Katie looks at how Pentecost reframes not only the Tower of Babel, but humanity's identity and mission to the world...
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how we are called to practically live out our faith by helping others...
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how the cross changes the eternal direction of all humanity...
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, and what it means for us today...
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at what the resurrection of Jesus means for us today..
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how God both invites and then teaches us to live in a completely different way.
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at the fragility of humanity, and the great hope of God in us.
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at the temptation of Jesus, and how we are empowered to resist sin and evil when Jesus lives in us.
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how the presence of Jesus in our life inherently turns our hearts, and hands, toward other people.
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how God opens the door to genuine, deep spiritual transformation through Jesus.
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how Mary embodies the love Jesus had already shown her, why it's shocking, and how we are called to do the same...
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how our God holds us steady, even in moments of great change, because His love remains the same.
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how Immanuel saves and sends us into the world to share news of His Kingdom and our salvation.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how the incarnation shapes our faith not just at Christmas, but the life of faith itself...
In this episode, Rev Katie Hudson looks at how the life of faith revolves around restoration, and discovering what we might not even know we lost...
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how the arrival of Jesus was motivated by the compassion of a good God who desired our salvation...
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how Advent helps believers recognize two contrasting realities: the world as it is, and what it will be through Jesus - and why that matters to how we live out our faith.
In this episode, Rev Hudson looks at how the command to "always give thanks" shapes the life of faith.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how God doesn't just to speak to us on occasion, but every moment of our life.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how the gift of community helps us flourish as disciples.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how the harvest our God most desires begins in the human heart.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how God moves beyond our expectations to help us recognize the true enormity of His grace.
In this episode, we look at how God invites us to shine in the world around us, to reflect the love of God into the lives of others...
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at ways we can reliably discern God's voice from other voices in our lives...
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how God draws even our hard hearts towards Himself in grace...
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how we are invited by Jesus into the deep waters of transformation.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how we are all invited to share the wonderful gift of grace we've received from God with others...
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how God speaks to us, even when we don't recognize His voice.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how our God commands us to be an invitational people, to go and share good news of great joy with the whole world.
In this episode, Rev. Katie Hudson examines the spiritual fruit of gentleness in the life of Elijah.
In this final episode on the Fruits of the Spirit, Rev. Blake looks at how our God takes control of our lives and very souls in Jesus.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how the fruit of faithfulness looks for us, especially when our world and life gets overwhelming.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how our God defines goodness, and what that looks like in our own lives.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at the root of kindness, a spiritual fruit that defines a Christian's posture to the world, and life, and other people.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how patience teaches us to more deeply trust in the story of Joseph waiting in prison.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how Jesus grounds us in the peace of God, despite the chaos that surrounds us.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how the transformation Jesus begins in His children always ends with utter joy.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how the Holy Spirit redesigns us from the inside out...
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how God designed us for connection within a community of believers, and how we flourish when we are together.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at the distinguishing mark of what it means to follow Jesus: love.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how obedience is the key to freedom in the Kingdom of God.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how Jesus reframes what remarkable means in the Kingdom of God.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how God designed us for connection, and what friendship looks like in God's Kingdom.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at what it means to be people of truth in a world that has a hard time recognizing truth exists at all.
This episode looks at how the disciples meeting the resurrected Jesus paints a picture of what the kingdom, and the lives of the faithful, will look as we step forward in faith...
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at why the disciples of Jesus were unable to recognize Jesus after the resurrection, until He revealed Himself, and why even this points to His grace.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how we are called to a much deeper, more comprehensive life in Jesus than we usually experience.
In this reflection, Rev. Blake looks at how we Jesus calls us to wake up not only from the enchantment of sin, but to the goodness of His presence.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how believers are called to model Peter's faith, and hold onto the hand of Jesus, when we go into the broken world around us.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how the story of Joseph teaches us about trust, and what it means to earn trust in such an unreliable world.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how Jesus calls us to be generous in our love and influence.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how Jesus unexpectedly enters as the city of God as the rightful king who conquers not through force, but surrender.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how Jesus requires and desires to make us ready to live a holy life with God.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how God desires all of us, even those emotions and undercurrents of our souls that too often remain below the surface.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how Jesus understands being present with God moves us to action, and not the other way around.
In this episode, Rev. Blake introduces a new sermon series on how every believer is called to a holy purpose established in the very beginning that still applies today...
In this episode, listen and be encouraged by Fellowship Presbyterian's Chancel Choir as they present their Christmas choral cantata! (This was recorded with permission on Dec 10 2023.)
In this episode, Rev. Katie Hudson looks at how the joy of being known by God overcomes fear for Mary, and also for us...
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at how the birth of Jesus changes the fundamental reality of human existence, and what that means for us today...
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at how the birth of Jesus grounds our entire existence...
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how our God offers exhausted humanity unlimited renewal...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how Jesus frees us to walk with hope not for some distant future, but today...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how we are called to walk with peace here and now, even in a world full of conflict and confusion...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how God comes personally to rescue and restore His children...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how we are called to seek God's presence in every area of our lives...
In this episode Pastor Blake looks at how we are all called to connect people to Jesus, the spring of life...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how Jesus calls us to continued transformation...
In this episode, Pastor Blake encourages us to remember we are all called to bless those around us through loving outreach...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the rhythms of our lives ground and direct us as believers...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how we are called to carry our faith into every arena of this world...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how we must always be ready for God to not only move within us, but through us...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how we are called to embody relationships in our life together...
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the light Jesus offers to us doesn't just bring us generic progress, but spiritual maturity.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how God calls His people away from the small world of selfishness into the ever enlarging world of God's grace.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how we are called not only to accept Jesus as our King, but learn His ways; in particular, how our culture accepts the values of Christianity, but fails to connect them back to Jesus.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the idea that every person matters has roots in the creation story found in Genesis.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how compassion moved the heart of Jesus throughout His ministry, and why it should move us, too, today.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the people of Israel miss out on God's larger, more wonderful plans for their life, by demanding what they want rather than what God has planned.
Pastor Blake begins a new sermon series with a look at how our familiarity with the cross - a symbol we know and take for granted - blinds us to the real power it holds for our life today.
In this episode, Pastor Katie looks at how the Lord moved through the life of Joseph at one of his lowest moments, and how He moves through us in a similar way through Jesus!
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the Spirit of God leads even rebellious people into the good life the Lord promises to His children...
In this episode, Commissioned Lay Pastor (and friend of the church) Val Mote talks to us about how following Jesus frees us to cultivate joy!
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how the unity required in the Christian community helps us each grow more like Jesus.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how the promise of transformation found in Jesus is both freeing, but terrifying (if you forget that Jesus is good and moves toward us in love).
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how the story of Jacob's dream shows how God consistently moves and works in this world and our lives for our benefit and His glory, even when we fail to recognize what's going on around us.
In this episode, Rev Katie Hudson looks at how the Spirit grounds and affirms our identity as beloved children of God.
In this episode, Rev Blake Hudson looks at how the prophecy the Lord provides in Joel 2 comes true at Pentecost, and in our lives, too.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how God fills this world, and our hearts, with His presence through the Holy Spirit...if we can just remember to pay attention.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the promised Messiah embodies God's plan to rescue us from death, and even more amazingly, bring dead things back to life.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the Spirit of God meets us when we least expect Him, offering us both encouragement and redirection towards His mission for the world.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how knowledge is vastly different than wisdom, but the Holy Spirit always leads us to the truth we know in Jesus: that God loves His children.
On Good Friday, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at how Jesus knew what would happen on the cross, but willingly went, anyway, so we might be saved.
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at how the Spirit of God moves in the first moments of creation establishes a pattern for how God moves in our life, too.
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at how God provided, directed, and protected the holy family (Joseph, Mary, and Jesus) through an extremely dangerous season and from an even more dangerous king.
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at how the Spirit inspires and directs the innate human inclination to create, and how we are each specifically called to build the Kingdom of God in our own lives.
In this Easter episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at how the resurrection of Jesus not only opened the door to heaven so we might return home, but usher in the Kingdom of God into this world, today, through all believers.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at the calling of some of the first disciples to show how we are called to receive and also give the love our God extends to us in Jesus!
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the invitation Jesus extends to Zacchaeus in Luke 19 mirrors the invitation our God extends to all humanity, and what that means for us still today.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at the story of humanity's fall in Genesis 3 still contains incredible insights into the character of God and His love for His children.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how remembering our true identity and purpose is crucial to believers living in a world that all too often forgets the amazing power of God's love.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how faith sustains the three friends in the furnace, and also us in this life, even when we face the most extraordinary pressure.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how David controls himself when given an opportunity to kill Saul, the friend and king who has been trying to kill him, and what it teaches us about self-control.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how King Asa finds the courage to reform and revitalize a culture on the edge of wandering away from God's promises.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how Jesus uses the last moment of his teaching to emphasize caring for the least of these, and what that means for us as we try to pursue justice in this world.
In this episode, Rev. Blake preaches on Luke 2:40-52 looks at how the virtues play a vital role in spiritual formation, specifically how real wisdom can only be found in the light of God's love that we know fully in Jesus.
In this episode, Rev. Katie Hudson looks at how Joseph embodies genuine faith and obedience caring for Jesus and Mary in Matthew 2:13-23, and how we are called to do the same in our lives, as well.
In this episode, Rev Blake looks at how Simeon's response in Luke 2:22-32 to the baby Jesus provides a model for the joy all people can find in the Savior.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how the details of the birth story of Jesus reveal how our God desires to move into our very world and lives.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how Mary's arrival at Elizabeth's home in Matthew 1:18-25 reflects the unexpected grace God gives to His children, and how every believer is like each of them as they carry Jesus into the world.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at the promise of a new name given in Isaiah 62 to God's people: how we are called to a new identity and way of being in Jesus.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at the promise of God in Isaiah 40 to renew us, even when we feel exhausted and overwhelmed by life and the world around us.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at the miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding in John 2, and how beauty points us back to the grace of God we know in Jesus.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, and how we are both those who receive the grace of God AND the ones who share that grace to a broken world.
In this episode Pastor Blake looks at John 5 and how His grace helps us move into seasons of healing, even if we've lost hope.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at Nehemiah 9 and how God knows us inside and out, how He equally recognizes but also redeems us, and how we are then made into new creations so the whole world might know His name.
In this episode, Rev. Blake talks about how God gives His children more than they need, and how this abundance of grace leads us to do the same in our lives, as well.
In this episode, Rev. Blake talks about how God rescues His children, and how we are designed to be people who rescue, too.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at what the anger of Jesus actually tells us about the character of our Lord, and what that means for us today.
In this episode, guest preacher Rev. Austin Blaszczynski looks at how Jesus healing of a man possessed with demons gives believers a model of how to interact with other people - and especially those people we find difficult or inconvenient.
This sermon was preached on September 25, 2022 at Fellowship Presbyterian Church in Jasper, GA.
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at the story of the ten lepers, and how Jesus rearranges our entire lives, allowing us to see everything - this world, ourselves, our purpose - from an eternal perspective.
This sermon was preached on September 18, 2022.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson looks at how God directs His children not to hide, fight, or blend into the culture around them, but rather be a blessing to the world in which they live.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how God's grace directs His children toward seeking justice, to making right, the still broken world.
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how the command of Jesus to abide keeps His children rooted in the reality of God's grace!
In this episode, Rev. Blake looks at how Jesus put people first in Matthew 9, and how we are called to do the same.
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at the compassion Jesus shows to the woman with a disabling spirit in Luke 13:10-17, and how we are called to model that same compassion in our own lives and communities.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at 1 Peter Jesus frees us to fulfill His commands and be the kind of people He desires us to be by reflecting His goodness in our broken world.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how the Kingdom of God made itself known in Paul's life on Malta, and our life, as well.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how Jesus proves our God wants to be found, and is always seeking us.
In this episode, Pastor Blake breaks down the underlying spiritual reality that enables Paul and Silas to sing and pray despite their dire conditions in prison, and the three miracles that God does to save not only them, but the jailer who kept them chained.
In this episode, Pastor Blake talks about how we are called to be gracious people in an ungracious world, looking at the story of Saul's conversion to the Christian faith.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at how freedom has a deeper and more profound meaning in the life of faith, and how both the Ethiopian official and Philip experience that freedom in different ways.
In this episode, Pastor Blake looks at Acts 7:54-60 and what prepared Stephen for his trial and ultimate death as the first martyr of the church!
In this episode, Rev. Blake Hudson looks at the early church in Acts 2:42-47, specifically what (and who) made them different.
In this episode, Val Mote preaches from Psalm 34:1-8 about the goodness of God our Heavenly Father, and her own story of connection to that love and grace.
In this episode, Rev. Blake talks about what the ascension means, especially as we live in a time in between the resurrection of Jesus and His eventual return.
In this episode, Rev. Katie Hudson preaches on Acts 2:1-12 about the arrival of the Holy Spirit meant for the disciples, and still means for us, today.
In this episode, Rev. Hudson explores the origins of Peter and John's fearless confidence in Acts 4:13-31.
In this episode, Rev. Blake explores how the risen Lord transforms Peter's previous reluctance into joyful willingness!
In this episode, Rev. Hudson shares about how the presence of Jesus in John 20:19-23 transforms the doubt of Thomas into great faith!
In this episode, Rev. Blake preaches about Christ's appearance in the upper room amongst the disciples, from John 20:24-29!