Forest Baptist Church Podcast: Recent Episodes
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God-Given Boundaries
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Fatherly Reminders
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Failures & Faithfulness
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The Problem of Self
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Our Ways & God's Ways
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David Shieh out of Psalm 121.
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PURE GRACE
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Josh Anthony kicks off our Summer in the Psalms series with Psalm 23!
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PRAISE THE LORD!
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Part 9 of our God Is Series. Pastor Jared Lockhart teaches on the soveriegnty of God over all things.
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The Ideal Man
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Part 8 of our God Is series with Pastor Fred Smith God's justice and mercy and how they go together.
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We say goodbye to Matthew, Lauren and David Hubley as they move to New Hampshire for the church plant. Matthew has been ordained and commisioned to be the lead pastor of the church plant and they share their vision, goals and prayer needs for the upcoming mission.
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Revelation 1:1-8 from Michael Frye
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We say a heartfelt goodbye to deacon and lifetime member of FBC: Joel Rainey.
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Forest Baptist Chruch commisons the New Hampshire Church Plant and ordinates Matthew Hubley as a pastor and leader of the church plant.
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Part 7 of our God Is series with Pastor Mark Hernandez on the Holiness and Transcendant nature of our God.
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Who Wants To See Jesus?
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Tim & Jared tackle the rise of sports gambling and poly markets on part 5 of our The Christian & Media FBC EXTRA series.
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The Steps of Humility
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Part 4 of our The Christian & Media seires has Jared and Tim disecting the lies and deception that exist in media and how we can funnel it through the truth of the gospel and be active contributors in media while still managing and stewarding it, in a Godly way.
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The Posture of Prayer
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Tim and Jared are back for part 3 of their Christian Media series to give the church a proper lens on how to think about entertainment and view it through a biblical lens.
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Kingdom Disclosures
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It is bittersweet to send off Peter, Kritsten and Ariella Helm from our church to the New Hampshire church plant. But before they go they spend some time with us talking about the past, whats going on as they move up and the future ahead in New Hampshire. Join us as we say goodbye to the Helm Family!
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Thank God For Mercy!
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Pastor Mark Hernandez on God's Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence.
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The Basics of Discipleship
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Part 5 of our God Is Series with Pastor Tyler Scarlett. The God is the same yesterday, today and forever.
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The Hell-Bound Man
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Part 3 of our God Is series with Pastor Jared Lockhart.
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Seen by the Savior - John 20:1-18
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Part 3 of our God Is series with Pastor Mark Hernandez on the all sufficient triune God.
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What Money Reveals
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Part 2 of our God Is Series with Pastor Fred Smith.
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The Forgiving Father. (Pastor Jared Lockhart)
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God Is. A new series on the attributes and character of God. To kick things off Pastor Tyler starts with God Is: Incomprehensible.
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The joy of repentance
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Part 2 of Pastor Fred Smith's series on How To Get The Most out of Your Bible. On this episode we are focusing on reading the bible and praying everyday.
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The Marks of True Discipleship
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Pastor Fred Smith is going to unlock our pilgrimage journey on Earth by helping us understand our Bible's better!
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The Lord of Hosts
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The Pharisees' Dilemma
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Hell's Guest List
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The Humble Kingdom
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Pastor Mark Hernandez finsihes up our Respectable Sins series out of Mark 7 with the sins of self-control, envy and jealousy!
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The urgency of repentance
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Matthew Hubley preaches out of Epheisans 1 on the means of how God reveals the mystery of His gospel to us.
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Childrens Director Tim Helm from Ephesians 4.
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Christmas Eve Service with Pastor Tyler from Luke 2:11.
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A Christmas message from Galatians 4:4-5 with Pastor Tyler Scarlett.
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Pastor Steve Putney on the sins of the tongue from the book of Proverbs.
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The pathways of Judgement
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Elder Fred Smith on the respectabel sin of judgementalism.
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Ever ready disciples.
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The complete collection of The 7 Churches Podcast with Donnie Scarlett. Listen from Ephesus all the way to Laodicea as the Lord speaks to his church. Listen closely and see if you can catch the easter eggs from the audio design of this podcast!
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Money problems.
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Church #7: The Letter to the Church of Laodicea. Donnie's seventh and final church was Zion Hill Baptist Church and just like Laodicea they were lukewarm chuches that God spit out of his mouth.
Church #6: The Letter to the Church of Philadelphia. Donnie's sixth church was Heritage Baptist Church. It was a healthy, faithful and fruitful church, just like the Church of Philadelphia.
Church #5: The Letter to the Church of Sardis. Donnie's fifth church moves him to Huntsville, Alabama to Five Points Baptist Church. And just like Sardis, they were the church of the living dead.
Church #4: The Letter to the Church of Thyratira. Donnie's fourth church New Harmony Baptist Church mirrors Thyratira, crossing the line of compromise.
Church #3: The Letter to the Church of Pergamum. Donnie's third church was in Fayetteville, Tennessee called Brogan Avenue Baptist Church. And like Pergamum it was evangelistic, but it had immorality and the seed of satan.
Church #2: The Letter to the Church of Smyrna. Donnie's second stop was a church he pastored called Shiloh Baptist Church. And like Smryna it was a poor church, that was rich in faith.
Church #1: The Letter to the Church of Ephesus. Donnie pastored a church in Dowelltown, Tennessee named Dry Creek Baptist Church. And much like Ephesus it had lost its first love of Christ for labor.
The New Hampshire Church Plant Team of Matthew Hubley, Mason Boni, Josh Bomar, Jaedyn Bond, Peter Helm and Joel Rainey join to talk about what God is doing in them and in New Hampshire.
We start a new series on Respectable Sins. Pastor Tyler kicks off the series giving us an overview of what sin is.
The marks of a true disciple is confessing Jesus properly, following Jesus sacrificially and beholding Jesus gloriously.
Pastor Tyler Scarlett and Joe Veres report on the SBC conference in Dallas Texas for 2025, including topics of sports gambling, pornagraphy and baptism numbers.
Tim and Jared are back to tackle another complext tech issue: AI. They will add nuance and persepctive to how we view these issues as Christians, how we talk about AI, and how we use AI.
This episode was made wihtout the use of any AI.
Pastor Tyler Scarlett on a practical way to take the Baptist Fatih and Message and pracitcally apply to our lives.
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.
Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others. Civil government being ordained of God, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience thereto in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion without interference by the civil power.
Did you know that Christians should be known for our love...but also our hate? Godly love leads to Godly hatred too!
It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all men on principles of righteousness. In accordance with the spirit and teachings of Christ they should do all in their power to put an end to war.The true remedy for the war spirit is the gospel of our Lord. The supreme need of the world is the acceptance of His teachings in all the affairs of men and nations, and the practical application of His law of love. Christian people throughout the world should pray for the reign of the Prince of Peace.
All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society. Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to promote these ends Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.
Pastor Jared Lockhart and Children's Director Tim Helm login to tackle social media and the potential dangers that lurk behind it. Can they convince you to delete your accounts? They believe that you'll at least stop and think about what you do online.
Are you a sojourner? A sufferer? Or maybe even a sucker? God's Word is able to help with that!
Christ’s people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the churches. They are voluntary and advisory bodies designed to elicit, combine, and direct the energies of our people in the most effective manner. Members of New Testament churches should cooperate with one another in carrying forward the missionary, educational, and benevolent ministries for the extension of Christ’s Kingdom. Christian unity in the New Testament sense is spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by various groups of Christ’s people. Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word as revealed in the New Testament.
God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him. Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole world, a holy trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their possessions. They are therefore under obligation to serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions; and should recognize all these as entrusted to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others. According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer’s cause on earth.
Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. All sound learning is, therefore, a part of our Christian heritage. The new birth opens all human faculties and creates a thirst for knowledge. Moreover, the cause of education in the Kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the causes of missions and general benevolence, and should receive along with these the liberal support of the churches. An adequate system of Christian education is necessary to a complete spiritual program for Christ’s people.In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists.
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.
God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.
The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and God’s will be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age.
The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Elders Pastor Tyler and Jared Lockhard join FBC Extra to breakdown what we have seen so far in the first 8 chapters of the Gospel of Luke!
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its two scriptural offices are that of pastor/elder/overseer and deacon. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor/elder/overseer is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.The New Testament speaks also of the church as the Body of Christ which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.
Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is the glorious display of God’s sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It excludes boasting and promotes humility.All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, and bring reproach on the cause of Christ and temporal judgments on themselves; yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.A. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God’s grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith are inseparable experiences of grace. Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance of Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and Saviour.B. Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God. C. Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him. Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person’s life.D. Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.
Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God’s creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.
In 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 Paul lays out what happens if Jesus has not risen from the dead....and if He hasn't we are in BIG TROUBLE.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
Authority is good when it is excercised well and Jesus will teach us how Godly authority works. Thakfully Jesus has authority over sickness and death!
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.
Jesus starts sending out invitiations to his wedding party. You wil be surprised on who gets an invite and who doesn't!
There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
A. God the FatherGod as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.
B. God the SonChrist is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.
C. God the Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
Matthew Hubley continues our series in Luke as Jesus' hometown fails to understanbd who Jesus is and why he came.
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
John the Baptist begins his ministry paving the way for Jesus by showing us how to see, trust, hope and observe TRUE repentance.
Pastor Tyler gives an overview and history of the Baptist Faith & Message, kicking off our BF&M Series!
Mary and Joseph head back to Jerusalem to find their son, but instead they discover three important truths about Jesus.
The virgin birth is a foundational core belief of the Christian faith. Do you really believe it?
We have some new deacons around our church with some exciting roles! Chair of the Deacons, Clint Seckman, and Chair of the Elders, Tyler Scarlett, are here to talk all about it and where the church vision for elders and deacons are.
We begin a new sermon series in the book of Luke by asking the question, can Jesus be trusted? Are you sure? Well did the research and his answer is a resounding YES!
Pastor Tyler sits down to talk more in depth about Song of Solomon, including the different ways to read and study the book, how to read the book as a single person, purity culture and much more!
The leaders of our New Hampshire church plant team: Matthew Hubley, Peter Helm and Mason Boni are here to talk about the roots and fruits of their vision to plant a church in New Hampshire!
Pastor Steve Putney kicks off our series on the "I AM' statements of Jesus, in the gospel of John, by giving us an overview of the statement I AM.
Pastor Tyler helps us see a different viewpoint of the Lord's prayer showing that Israel's story is really our story.
Pastor Steve Putney concludes our look at having a real and practical Biblical Worldview.
We come to the end of 2 Samuel and the weight of David's of guilt is on full display, but the good news is, so is God's mercy!
Matthew Hubley, Mason Boni and Peter Helm give an update on their New Hampshire Church Plant!
Pastor Tyler and Pastor Joe return from the SBC convention to give us their takeaways and highlights! They will also tackle what the SBC tackled this year including IVF, women pastors and the ERLC.
David's reign, which was once run with righteousness and justice, is now a glass house that is cracking all the time. Even the best of Israel's kings has a failing empire. We need a better King.
King David is stuck between the gates of following God and helping his son Absalom. Is family too important to us?
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9
Elder Fred Smith
The Lord is in control of our story, even when we make decisions the Lord is writing the pages of our lives. He is in control!
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Matthew 5:7
Pastor Tyler Scarlett
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6
Fred Smith
There are two types of ambition. David has Godly ambition and we see that it is a very good thing. On the contrary Absalom has wordly ambition and we see that it is a very bad thing.
“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth." Matthew 5:5
Elder Don Campbell
David is going to make the critical mistake to resist the humble and give grace to the proud.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4
Brandon Highberger
Amnon commits incestual rape, David looks the other way and Abasalon takes matters into his own hands and revenge murders Amnon. We see horrific crimes committed that make us angry and sad, but we can also have hope that the Lord will put all things right one day.
Pastor Steve Putney
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:3
David sinned greatly, but as bad as David's sin was, God's mercy is all the more. God's instant reflex is forgiveness!
Even the man after God's own heart had a bad scandal. David saw, sent, and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. May we not only resist sin but avoid temptation!
Pastor Tyler Scarlett kicks off our new midweek series with an overview of Jesus' Beatitudes.
The King extends his kindness to people. Some accept it with humility, some reject it.
Which will you be?
There is nothing to fear but God Himself. David learns while moving the ark that a healthy fear of the Lord and His commands goes a long way.
David's scrapbook. Yet before you give David all the credit remember that behind the accomploshments of man is God. GOD DID IT!
What if the next level is only one sin away?
What do we value more? Success or righteousness?
It is sanctity of life Sunday at FBC and today we will look at God's view of the unborn from Exodus 21.
Pastor Steve Putney gives an overview of the Islamic faith and the history of Muhammad.
We use air support and ground support to spread the gospel to the world. The air attack is prayer and the ground attack is witness!
This passage speaks to husbands and wives, children and parents, masters and slaves. But what it really speaks to is that these relationships ultimately show us how we respond to Jesus' Lordship in our day to day lives at work and at home.
Our deacon of widows and shut-ins Jared Lockhart joins us to talk about his ministry, how the church should care for widows and the needy, and Jesus' example for us.
Hidden lives, sin assassins, and love for everyone. It may be abnormal and strange to the world, but this is what the normal Christian life looks like!
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God calls us in several verses of scripture to remember Him. How do we remember God and what should we think of when we think about God and call it to mind?
From Pastor Steve Putney
Its time for us to play man on man defense to not get distracted and forget to stick to our man: Jesus.
Do you do your share in the body of Jesus Christ? The apostle Paul sure did his share, and he encourages us to pull our weight by reminding us to share in his sufferings, share in his mystery, and share the good news.
A video put together by our own Mason Boni sparks questions about how we can meet the community for Christ right where they are at as we look at how they think and what their worldview is.
Jesus is Lord over creation, Jesus is Lord over the church, and Jesus is Lord over all!
The Apostle Paul lays out for us the marks of a healthy church. A healthy church believes in Jesus, loves other Christians, hopes in Heaven, grows in grace and listens to it's trusted godly leaders.
Polygamy, lying, war crimes, witches and sucide. Just some of the many topics we will cover with Pastor Tyler on our last installment of 1 Samuel being under further review!
Giants slain, lies told, priests killed and robes torn. 1 Samuel is officially under further review!
In the second part Pastor Tyler talks about all the juicy and interesting tidbits of the life and ministry of Charles Spurgeon.
Our pastor's favorite pastor from London in the 19th century is next on our list of Heroes of the Faith: Charles Spurgoen!
Our first Hero of the Faith is a man who copied the Bible into many different langauges: William Tyndale.
David is stuck in a pickle between bases, those bases being fighting with the Philistines and fighting against the Israelites. But underneath this pridacmanet will come the very subtle and silent agent of God: mercy!
How do we handle conversations with unbelievers about gender? How do we as believers help struggling christians with gender? How do we as a church stand together on the issue of gender? How will parents navigate their children on this issue?
We now know what the gender crisis is in our world, but is there an answer from God's Word? What does God have to say about gender and what does the bible say about male and female roles? Reed Hernandez is back to help us find the biblical answers for how we can think theologically about gender in today's world.
Gender is becoming a bigger and bigger discussion and issue in our world today. But where does it stem from and where did this all start? There has to be something deeper going on than just what we see on TV and in movies. In part one of our gender discussion we will define gender and what the problem really is.
Our deacons of local outreach Jonathon Lesley and David Snead talk about local outreach and a brand new Wendseday night teaching course on how to evangelize our neighbors!
When you survey the wondrous cross what do you see? Do you see the body? Do you see the odd sign above this man's head? Do you see the sin that is nailed there with Him? If you see all three you don't have to be blackmailed the devil's schemes, you are set free!
Perseverance. If we are in nuetral in our Christian walk we will not grow. How do we work out our salvation with fear and trembling and catch other believers who are slipping?
David is cornered by Saul. But when the going gets tough, David trusts God and gets going!
What are ways as the Body that we can serve Him? Will we make plans to consistently and spontaneously serve the church?
When you are tempted by sin, when you wrestle and struggle with your faith, and when life seems uncerain and you doubt where you stand with God, REMEBER. YOUR. BAPTISM.
Sometimes the Lord Jesus wedges between families. And Jonathon is in the middle of a difficult family decision. Is he going to choose his bloodthirsty father and betray David or choose the Lord's annointed and go against his own father?
A good to way to grow is to consistently read Scriputre. How do we do that? How do we really study the Bible and grasp what it says?
David is on the run from King Saul. First Jonathon saves him, then Michal saves him, then Samuel himself saves David. But we learn that the whole time it is the Lord himself who is really saving David!
Do you ever feel stuck in your Christian walk? Ever wonder how santification really works and how to become Holy? How To Grow Part 2 is for you!
God's plans are not always our plans. So there are 2 different ways to respond. We will Saul's response to reject God's plan and Jonathon who says, have thine own way Lord!
The classic tale of David and Goliath. Instead of looking at how giant Goliath is, or how frail Saul is, or even how courgeous David was. Let us instead look and be in awe of how powerful God is!
Even though Samuel can't see it, and Jesse can't see it, Jesse can't see it and Saul can't see it. God is doing something. David has been chosen as the new King and God sees it!
Have you ever heard of the Urim and the Thummim? Can God actually repent? And is God guilty of war crimes? Pastor Tyler is back for a second round of 1 Samuel to tackle these questions and more!
On Sancity of Life Sunday, we look not soley on abortion, but on all forms of inhumane activity that God hates. Our Lord is not only pro-life but He is pro-life for the whole life.
With so many different storylines, themes and theology in our sermon series, Pastor Tyler sits down to give a little more attention to some of the hard, challenging and interesting issues in the first 8 chapters of 1 Samuel!
The second part of our Jericho and AI series with Reed Hernandez. Israels faithlessness at AI.
Where is your home? Do you ever get the longing for heaven? In this epsiode we try to grab a glimpse of what heaven might actually be like.
Minister of Students Reed Hernandez brings us a charge from Joshua 6. The real story is that God has already given them the victory, and the blueprint of Jericho is not a battle plan but a worship service!
What will heaven be like? Will we recognize anyone? What does the bible have to say about heaven? Associate Pastor Steve Putney starts his 3 part series on What Will Heaven Be Like?
Children's Director Tim Helm helps us to share our testimonies as we look at Paul's testimony.
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How do we get assurance? Is God truly enough? How do we stay distinct in the world we live in? These questions and themes all come from this years sermons from 1 John to Lamentation to 1 Samuel. We heard some amazing things from the Word this year thanks to Pastor Tyler. Today we pick our favorite highlights to recap and complete our year in review here at Forest Baptist Church.
God has truly been good to us as a church this year! We want to take a look back at what has happened and thank each and every one of you for your support for us and for the body of Christ!
Saul is going to play Samuel Says that God says and not follow exactly what God told him to do. Samuel will teach Saul, and us, that partial obedience is disobedience, and that disobedience is going to cost Saul the throne.
Never judge a book by its cover, and never judge a King by how it starts. Saul will start making decisions apart from the Lord and pay the consequences.
It is Saul's turn to answer the challenge Samuel presented to the people of Israel. He is going to be tempted the same way we are to be impatient and pretend that we know best, instead of trusting God with all our hearts.
Who doesn't love a new beginning? Israel could certainly use one after Samuel's charges to the, But what Samuel shows us is that a new beginning has to be followed by a new choice.
Is our fear of man rational or is it a sin? Who in scripture feared man more than they feared God and payed for it? We all have fear, but who or what do we fear the most?
Do I Have What It Takes? The resounding answer from Saul is with the Lord we do indeed have what it takes!
Sometimes the Lord uses the ugly situations and mistakes of our life to make something beautiful. The Israelites have wrongly and sinfully asked for a King, but the Lord is going to make something amazing out of it!
How do we use our creativity as worship? How can we write secular themes and honor God in it? Our deacon of welcoming Joel Rainey is here to answer these questions and discuss his new ministry: the creative community!
Coincidence? We think not! The story of Samuel and Saul meeting is a lot of amazing little miracles, that, unsurprisingly, turn out to be God working behind the scenes!
We wrap things up in our neighboring series with the thought that neighboring can be difficult. So let's talk about limitations and boundaries when it comes to loving our neighbors.
Israel history is about to change forever as they decide that they want a King after seeing Samuel's evil sons. Was it wrong for them to want an earthly King? No, but we are going to see that it is very wrong for them to want a worldly King.
Let's think of ways to bring the church to our neighbors and to bring our neighbors to church.
Genuine repentance or crocodile tears? What makes repentance true or just being sorry for being caught? The Israelites show us that the only way to get true repentance is turning from loving sin with all your heart, to loving the Lord with all your heart.
Is it better to be completely unfamiliar with God or too familiar with God? The philistines being unfamiliar with God is going to cost them, while Israel being too casual with the Lord is going to REALLY cost them.
Never. Give. Up. On. God. Even when the Lord allows himself to lose, He is up to something. The philistines are about to learn that even in defeat the Lord will get the victory and show up to prove who is the real God with power.
"Raymond Llull showed us that the Christian virtues of gentleness, kindness and compassion were more effective at persuading skeptics of the truth of the gospel than just about anything else."
A historical and literary tragedy in Israel. But not just because the ark was taken and Israel was defeated, but because Israel misplaced their faith.
Henry Martin dedicated his short life to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Will we be willing to do the same?
Most people know about Adoniram Judson, Jim Elliot and William Carey, but who inspired them? All three of those amazing men site the same person as the inspiration for their ministries: David Brainerd.
ALWAYS. HONOR. THE LORD. It never goes wrong. In 1 Samuel 2 we see that Hannah's son did, and that Eli's son did not. Let's see how both of the fared.
Hannahs Burden. It is not so much about her burden of being barren, but her burden for the lack of leadership in Israel.
Pastor Tyler is going to answer the tough questions you’ve been asking! From dating to Ruth to what Jesus was doing in the tomb, it’s time to Pepper the Pastor!
The youth of our church have been busy this summer. How busy? They have not only gone to Kentucky for World Changers, they have also been international in Puerto Rico! Now thats a crazy couple of months! Two of our youth group member, Lenore Blank and Hunter Smith are here to talk all about it!
Today Jeremiah closes Lamentations by showing us the last step to Good Grief: grieving through prayer.
2,608 years ago, TODAY, Jerusalem fell to the Babylons. And today we come to to the next part of good grief, grief over our shame. If grief is one side of the sin coin, shame is the other. But who can deal with our shame?
Have you ever eaten and your food had no taste? Worked but your job had no joy? Pray but it makes no difference? Even read your Bible but the words fall flat? If your life ever feels like one trial after the other with no end in sight. It may even feel like life is against you or even that it feels like God is out to get you. If you feel this way or have ever felt this way than Lamentations 3 and this sermon are for you! You are in good company.
Shockwaves went throughout the country when the Supreme Court decided to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling this month. So we turn our attention to one of our beloved members, Joe Martins, who is experienced and knowledgeable on law and can walk us through the ruling, its effects going forward, and how we can act as believers going forward.
Sometimes good grief means we need to lament and mourn over our sin like the City of Jerusalem does in Lamentations 1. Our sin should lead us to grief, and our grief should lead us to God!
Today Tim Helm is going to tell us how he navigates media in our current climate, how he feels about becoming a Father, his assessment of VBS and what to do with $200,000 for the children's minsitry!
How? The Book of Lamentations teaches and shows us how to grieve and helps us see a God that not only listens, but allows us to ask how? When we lose what we love.
Nathan and Jackie Watkins return to give us an update on their missionary work overseas in Thailand with work in language!
Today we will talk apologetics. How do we defend our faith against the church of Latter Day Saints? How does our bible match up against the Book of Mormon? And how can we best talk and share with them? Reed will answer these questions for us on our third and final part of this series.
There are some things we don't know about the Bible, but there are other things we absolutely know for sure as believers. Jesus assures us when we doubt, hears us when we pray, keeps us when we stumble and He shows us He is God!
Who is Joseph Smith? Where did his revelation come from and who was he before and after the golden plates? And furthermore can the Book of Mormon be trusted and is it inerrant? Reed will give us the answers to these questions and more!
God never lies, and he always tells the truth. And the truth that God is telling us today is that He believes in Jesus. The water, the blood and the Spirit. These are the testifying witnesses that work together to confirm that Jesus is indeed the son of God!
Rest assured church family, faith always wins. And there is no better way for us to show that our faith is evident than by loving the Father's only begotten son and loving those who the begotten has begat!
Today FBC Extra begins the first chapter in our new series: Ministering to the Mormons with our beloved Minister of Students, Reed Hernadez! Today we will begin by getting some background on the Church of Latter Day Saints and the overview the Book of Mormon.
Love is at work brothers and sisters! And while we not see be able to touch it, see it, or even feel it, we can trust God's love! Let us show our love for God in how we love one another!
Today we discover that love is not simply one of God's characteristics, it is the very essence of who He is. And before we can properly love each other the way we are commanded to, we must understand and embrace the love of God!
We finish up our conversations with the elders today with Mark Hernandez; talking about the college ministry, mens ministry and the differences between small and big churches.
Is the teacher right about Jesus? Are they popular with the world? Do they line up with the apostles? These questions need to be asked about who we listen too, teachers must be tested!
Today Johnathan will finish up his series by telling us the curve ball approach to witnessing to the Jehovah's Witness!
The most relatable of the gospel endings, Mark gives us a relatable look at the resurrection from the perspective of the women at the tomb. There is no reason to fear, because the actual body of the real Jesus is not in the grave. He is instead sitting at the right hand of the Father interceding for us!
We celebrate Good Friday by celebrating Christmas. We are thankful to serve not only a bleeding Savior, but a pleading Savior!
Today we talk to the other Pastor Scarlett of our church! Donnie is not only the pastor's father, but an elder of our body, a Sunday school teacher, and a drummer extraordinaire!
We continue our Series with Jonathan Lesley this week looking at Jehovah's Witnesses false prophecy.
If you are new to study in 1 John, todays passage is a cliff notes version of the entire book of 1 John. If you want assurance of your salvation we have to look back to the author of our salvation. The tests are simple, do you love Jesus Christ? Do you love others that love Jesus? Do you love God's commandments? If so, rest assured! Trust God, pray to God and walk with God!
Today we begin our elder conversations with Dr. Paul Boatner, giving us some insight on what the elders are doing and focusing on this year and some great nuggets of wisdom on counseling, marriage and family wisdom!
Believers love one another. The litmus test for us this week is that we do not love as Cain did, but that we love the way our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did!
Today Jonathan will show us how to prove Jesus in the resurrection and the afterlife as we continue to learn how witness to the witnesses.
Today is a reality check for us church family. John makes it clear that believers stop sinning because sinning is anti-Christ and is also pro-devil. This is the bad news, sin destroys, but here's the good news, JESUS SAVES!
Rest Assured church family, God loves you! We are God's children, we are unashamed of Him, we are loved by Him and we are becoming like Him. And for those of you who haven't received God's love, The Kingdom of Heaven is having open enrollment!
In today's episode Jonathon shows us how to use Jehovah's Witness' own bible translation and teachings against them to defend and prove the deity of Jesus Christ. The one true living God!
Today John is going to warn us about the dangerous false teachers that are around us. They will leave the church, they will lie about Jesus, and they will try to lure us away from the truth. Stay diligent church family. Rest assured, the spirit of the antichrist is already here!
Today we sit down with Associate Pastor Steve Putney to talk about Sunday school, small groups and local outreach!
Rest assured beloved children, God is enough. And because God is enough we have all that he offers. And since we have all that he offers we don't need the world and all that it offers.
In today's passage John tells us that obedience is necessary for us. Rest assured, to know God is to obey, and to obey is to love.
Today we pull out our choir books and warm up our sing voices as we talk some music with our Music Director Jill Murphy!
In today's passage John gives his own version of the famous icebreaker game giving us 3 lies and a truth on the deceitfulness of sin. The lies are that sin is not a big deal to God, man is basically good and that denial is the best way forward. The truth is that sin is always the problem, but Jesus is always the solution!
John starts off his letter by authenticating the gospel and his testimony. saying that we have a real savior, we have real eye witnesses and we have real relationships!
Today we sit down with our newest staff member and director of the children's ministry Tim Helm! We will get an inside look at how the kiddos are doing down in the Sunday school wing and how we can support this ministry.
How do I know that I am saved? It's a question that many of us ask. But John writes that the quest for Christian assurance is a group project. 1 John is not a test but a study guide for the believer, not so that we can prove to God we are saved, but that God can prove to us that we are saved! The same Jesus who gave us life also gives us assurance.
On sanctity of life Sunday we look to the life that was laid down for us. Jesus calls a divine audible on a Jewish tradition and creates a new one for us to follow in the Lord's supper as we drink up, eat up and look up!
In today's episode of FBC Extra, we sit down with Minister of Student Reed Hernandez to check in on our beloved youth down at the Underground!
Dr. Kevin King fills the pulpit as we head to John 15 to be reminded that we must remain in Christ if we are to bear the fruit that makes God overjoyed!
In today's episode we hear from Pastor Tyler Scarlett to talk about the upcoming year, reflections on 2021, and his thoughts on the church and his sermon series in Daniel, Marriage and 1 Peter!
Minister of Students Reed Hernandez kicks off 2022 with a story from Genesis 14 on sinful decisions, corrupt Kings, war blitzkriegs, heroic rescues and ultimately God's redemption.
Welcome to the FBC Extra Podcast! This is your one stop shop for content about all the ins and outs of our church, ranging from words from the staff, ministry updates, and so much more! This first episode you will meet the hosts, Matt Guercia and Owen Fahy, and find out what you can expect from this podcast. Let’s dive in!
Director of Children's Ministry Tim Helm fills the pulpit for our last Sunday gathering of 2021 bringing the hope of Christmas....future!
The Christmas season is a lot like Pastor Tyler's favorite dessert: dark chocolate. It's sweet, but it's also bitter. Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 shows us that things will sometimes be a season of sweet, and sometimes there will be a season of bitter. Yet through this we learn to embrace the gifts and the pain through the lens of the giver.
Keep calm and carry on. As Daniel comes to a close, this is the message that God gives to Daniel, and to us, as the end of times is prophesied. Evil people are coming, and God's people will go through trials, but God promises that both will come to an end!
Daniel is horrified and depressed by the events that have transpired, but the Lord brings an angel to give him peace and comfort in his worst moments.
Daniel receives another disturbing vision that will predict World events to come. Even though God is allowing of evil things to occur, he is not unaware of evil and he is not defeated by evil.
Daniel takes to where "the wild things are" as he gets a vision of 4 beasts. God will take us from fear to comfort as we learn that God's Kingdom is not only better, but eternal.
Daniel is thrown into the Lions den but it isn't Daniel who is stressing in the night. This week we learn that the real scary place to be isn't the lion's den, but the rooftop.
The writing is on the wall for the Babylonian empire as Belshazzar gets a disturbing visit from God who, through Daniel, is producing the end of his empire.
Nebuchadnezzar takes the authoritative pen of Scripture and writes a story and a Psalm on the lesson to be humble or BE humbled.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego find themselves in the midst of a worship service for a statue that Nebuchadnezzar has built. In the midst of death, they chose to fear God over man.
Strange dreams begin to plague Nebuchadnezzar in the night and no one seems to be able to interpret them. Daniel steps in and not only interprets the dream, but glorifies the Lord.
Daniel and his friends are sent to the King's court to get inundated, but instead they set themselves apart.