Fairmont First Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
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Intro New Series 4 parts Looking at the Shema And through it, gleaning what we can about the Character of God. Also will be looking at passages from the New Testament and how Jesus applies the Shema. “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with…
Intro Week four Looking at Identity and who we are in Christ Who we are is determined not by the stuff of the world, but by God in Christ. Week one - We looked at how our identities are found in beholding Christ Spending time with God, acknowledging his grandeur and beauty, develops our familiarity with…
Intro Week 3 of this series Looking at Identity Who are you? Who am I? Do we define ourselves as the world would seek to define us? Race Gender Politics Socio-economic class sexuality denomination so on and so forth Or do we define ourselves by and through Christ? If we are defining ourselves by Christ,…
Intro Week two of four Identity Last week looked at how by spending time with God, by beholding him, we can better understand the one that we are called to reflect. We are made in the image of God and it is him that we are called to reflect and emulate. There are all sorts of things that we can allow…
Intro First of a 4our part series asking the question: Who are you? We live in a world in which questions of identity are all around us Seemingly the most important thing We try to define our identity in all sorts of ways: Many are benign: The music we listen to The TV shows and media we watch The sports…
Intro Today is the first of a two sermons where we are looking at the Power of Parenting. The second will be on Father’s Day. I’ve never preached a Mother’s Day sermon before. Truth is that Mother’s Day, as great as it is, isn’t a Christian Holiday. Also, Mother’s Day can be hard for folks. Folks that…
Intro Last week in our 4 part series on “Bad Religion” Week one Amos God doesn’t want our performance Rather he wants our hearts, all of us Week Two - Jeremiah THe hypocrisy of the Court Prophets who just told the people what they wanted to hear Week Three - Jesus in Luke The Pharisees and the Scribes…
Intro Week Three of Four Week One Looked to Amos and the fact that our faith is not to be a performance God doesn’t care about the performance or the check list if our hearts aren’t in the right place Week two Jeremiah’s testimony to the court prophets They just kept telling people what they wanted to…
Intro Week two of four week series on “bad religion” We are looking at what happens when good religion, namely Christianity, goes “bad” What do we mean by bad? Gets unbiblical Gets Extra biblical becomes toxic There are loads of people that have been seriously hurt by people and congregations that claim…
Intro Jesus is the promised Savior of the world, and his resurrection is evidence of that. We’ve already heard the story of the Resurrection this morning, let us now turn to another story from that same day, the story of the walk to Emmaus. Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village…
Intro Second week of three Last week we looked how we are to be unashamed of the gospel. We are called to share the gospel, the good news, with people and yet all too often we don’t. We act as if we are ashamed of the gospel The claims of the gospel death and resurrection The exclusivity of the gospel.…
Introduction What we have been doing Week 5 of this series. Looking at what it means to “Pray and Go” Been working through gospel of John. Week 1 - What’s Your Story Week 2 - Eat and Live Week 3 - Jesus is the resurrection and Life Week 4 - Abide This week - The Best News in the World The Resurrection…
Introduction Week 4/5 - working through John Week 1 - What’s Your Story Week 2 - Eat and Live Week 3 - Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life We’ve talked about some of these “I Am” statements in John Today we are looking at the very last one. In the passage we are going to subsititue the word “abide”…
Intro Series 5 Weeks Part of the over all emphasis in January of Praying for unreached people and some of the least-reached places across North Carolina. There is a prayer guide, encourage you to be using it. The prayer guide and all of the resources for this month are going to be found on our website:…
Intro Week two of looking at - “beholding” - Jesus. And looking at the ways in which faith in Jesus Christ allows us to see and experiance the world in wonderful and unique ways. Last week we looked at trust Ahaz did not trust in God Rather he trusted in himself and in fleshly wisdom in the end this…
Intro Looking at the ways in which faith in Jesus Christ allows us to see and experiance the world in wonderful and unique ways. By looking at texts from both the Old an the New testaments recognize the gifts of Faith Trust Joy Determination commitment Com to us through he birth of our Savior. “Behold”…
Intro Last week of this series: At the Table First week - God’c Provision Second Week - The table is part of Jesus’s plan for redemption and reconciliation. Third Week - At the table we can both experiance and demonstrate God’s grace. This week we are looking at the Lord’s Table Communion or the Lord’s…
Intro Week 2 of 4: At the Table Last week we looked at the fact that God’s story begins and ends with our provision and at the table There is something about breaking bread together and brings you closer, isn’t there. Social clubs (Rotary) Meals at church We know the importance of families having regular…
Intro We don’t always have a super great relationship with food these days. 9% of americans will suffer from some sort of eating disorder in their life 10,200 deaths each year are the direct result of an eating disorder—that’s one death every 52 minutes. We also are more and more cut off from where our…
Intro Ever played the children’s game telephone? One person thinks of a phrase and whispers it to the first person Passed around At the end of the chain you see how close it is But there is always that person that intentionally tries to “spice it up” because they know that it’s “better” if they change…
Intro “Hold Fast” Naval term Master and Commander movie Holding on when the ship is being pitched around. As we get tossed around on the stormy seas of life, what do we hold on to? I hope that we can all agree that the Truth is important. I know that i bang on about the truth a lot It’s because it is…
Intro Week three of four in this series Looking at some of the things that people object to when they consider the Church Week one: Hypocrisy Week two: Leadership and the failure of leadership both in but also of the Church. This week we are looking at Money. 56.7% say that we are too focused on money…
Intro “I love Jesus but hate...” People have an issue with the church That’s what we are looking at this series 2nd week of 4 Last week - hypocrisy This week - Leadership in and of the Church Turn to 1 Timothy 3:14 One of the things that people say they have a problem with, one of the things that keeps…
Big Idea of the Message: Individualism is hurting the home, church, and community, and Christians need to understand that their lives do not belong to themselves. Application Point: God desires to use each Christian in a very specific role within the body of Christ. Intro Puppy hasn’t been all that coordinated…
Big Idea of the Message: While people may feel they have a natural goodness that earns them favor with God, the Bible teaches that all people are by nature sinful and in need of a perfect Savior. Application Point: As believers, we should help the moralist understand that the standard of goodness is…
Series Intro We are in a tough time. There is so much going on. But there are things that are going on that aren’t making the news, or rather they aren’t directly making the news. How are we to make sense of all of this? We are to think through things. Ideas matter. Love the Lord your God with all your…
Intro Working our way through Ezra-Nehemiah This week and next are all that we have left Looking at how God rebuilds the temple, the walls, and most importantly the people after exile Exiled for their failures to follow God and do his will and work. Important to remember why, exactly, it was that the…
Introduction We are continuing our series in Ezra and Nehemiah, looking at how God’s people returned from exile and how they rebuilt the temple, the walls, and themselves. Week four of Nehemiah. Only two weeks left after this one. Throughout the Ezra-Nehemiah story, opposition continually occurs to frustrate…
Intro Continuing our series on Nehemiah week 3/6 First week we looked at Nehemiah’s call Responds in prayer , fasting Last week we looked at Nehemiah’s interaction with King Artaxerxes. Again, prayer, But also preparation: ready to do things right . This week we move on in the story to what happens after…
Intro Last week of our series from Romans 12 . Looking at the life that God calls us to through the life of Christ and the work on the cross. First week be a living sacrifice Second Week Defined what true, genuine love is Third week God will be with us through the storms of life Fourth week We are to…
Intro Week 5 of 6 Series looking at what it means to “be a living sacrifice” as Paul lays out in Romans 12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. Do not be conformed…
Intro Week 4 of a 6 week series looking at Romans 12 Go ahead and start turning to Romans 12 as we are getting ready In it we are “flashing back” to the life of Jesus, and in particular His work on the cross, to help us understand how it is that we are supposed to live as his followers. Week one - Living…
Intro The Third week of a 6 part series looking at Romans 12 and what it means to follow Christ. How that looks in our everyday lives. In particular what the work of Christ on the cross tells us about how we are to live. We are “flashing back” to times in Jesus’ life, in particular to the Passion, and…
Intro Second Sunday of a 6 part series in which we are examining the command to be “a living sacrifice,” to live our lives in light of what it is that God has done for us through Christ. Mainly in the later half of Romans 12 and a little of 13. Go ahead and turn to Romans 12 if you have your bibles Last…
Intro This is the first week of a 6 week sereis through Romans 12 and 13. Examines the comand, that we are looking at this week, to be a living sacrifice and to live our lives in light of what God has done for us through Christ. Each message will help us to “flashback” to the life of Jesus so that we…