Lake Placid Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Lake Placid Baptist Church
In length we learn not only about the importance of loving but who the source of that love in us.
A lengthy introductiion followed a a strong warning. Today is about the incompatability of God’s love and loving the world.
This years challenge is about the geography of ytour mind. It about taking the high road and the best path.
Disruption. Division. Delliverance. These are words that describe what it meant for God to become a man. They also are words that describe our time. How do the two fit together?
The why Jesus came is found in Genesis 3 and explained in John 3. Enjoy this Christ series challenging us to Adore Him
What is the central imperative that gives each of us the ability to both praise and thank the Lord. Psalm 100 makes it personal.
What emotion raises doubt is the truth we know about God and puts us in a place where we question the Lord? One answer is found in Psalm 73. Join us as we seek out the answer.
What can we learn from Christ’s warnings to the disciples about the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.? More importantly what does he say to them about the end of time and his return?
Jesus speaks of the temples destructions which leads to questions about the temple in particular and future leading to his return. We begin with a Christ explaination of life for his disciples and us.
God’s character and attributes are not just acidemic facts, they are to be taken personally in the life of a believer. Let see how Psalm 139 teaches us this.
Psalm 51 lays out details for what confession, renewal and ministry can look like. Learn along with us from the life of David.
Pastor Jim highlights the wonder of the Bible from the perspective of Psalm 119. In days like these this song needs to be on our playlist.
Today begins servarl weeks in the Psalms of David. We begin with the topic of trusting while waiting.
Today we learn about how to be a disciple from Jesus’ directives and teaching the the original 12.
Today we burn the mortgage and look back to where I started. It is time to think M & M. Are we experiencing More & More in our relationship with the Lord?
More miracles, more demostration of authority. The tension builds as Christ demostrates his authority to forgive sin. These miracles challenge us to exchange out fear for faith.
Jesus Christ moves from speaking to living Red Letters, he shows us how to love the untouchable, the enemy and invisble.
We end the Sermon on the Mount where we started back at the Beatitudes. The blessings for walking the narrow road.
The Sermon on the Mount ends with an honest invitatioin and tests for the authenticity of our faith. Ftuit and foundations.
Christ speaks to the issue of judging. He challenges us to be self relfective, discerning and careful.
How do we seek first the kingdom of God? Jesus speaks to the aspects of this in Matthew 5:19-34.
A second warning comes about of prayer life. Christ gives us the how tos of meaningful prayer.
Matthew 6 sarts with the warning to practice righteousness privately. The Red Letters begin speaking to the practices of righteousness of every believer.
Moving froma vigilante to a lover. Living under his control instead of being in control.
God wants our word to matter both in the promises of marriage and in the oaths we make. Kingdom people keep their word.
Jesus begins teachings us the ethics and actions of kingdom people. He raises our attitutudes to the level of our actions with the first of six examples.
John 11 gives us a picture of Jesus emotional connected to life. We need to see this Jesus!
Jesus shifts from our attitudes to our actions and begins challenge us to live with kingdom obedience.
We begin delving into the Christ’s sermon by asking the question of what it means to be salt and light. The eight beatitudes hold the keys to our relationship with God and those around us.
He is risen and the power of His resurrection is availbe to all of us. Today we speak of life resurrected life for each of us.
Our Palm Sunday sermon is all about everyone's place in the crowd and our very present need for Hosanna. May you be blessed and challenged as you listen.
Pastor Jim shares from his life verse. He asnswers the questions of fear over natural disaster and fear of polictical turmoil.
Pastor Jim shares Psalm 121 as a reminder to how God can and will help us during this unique time in our world. May these word inform how you live in this challenging time.
And so it begins, Christ moves from obscurity to the public stage by John’s baptism. This is the beginning on a series of messages on Matthew 3-7, focusing on Christ Words on his first message to those following Him.
We want to experience God ’s miracles, yet most of life is regular and typical. So how do we magnify into the ordinary?
Peter begins by explaining that the truth he taught was based on what he saw as an eye witness and scriptures. He then warns us about false teachers. He describes them in four ways.
Peter begins the letter with a challenge to know God and live divine. Jump in as we see a small picture of what that can mean.
Who is this man named Simon renamed Peter by Jesus? What do the gospels tell us about this man who authored 2nd Peter? How should our story mirror his?
In Luke 1:46, Mary stated that her soul magnified the Lord. For this new year, 2020, I am suggesting that MAGNIFY should be our theme as a church. Using Psalm 34 as our example. Join me in Magnify the Lord together.
Can God’s promises function in our disfunction? We will use Issac’s sons to help answer the question.
Sarah dies at 127 years. Her and Abraham probably shared 100 years together. What can we learn from a grave plot and God’s promises about how we should invest in eternal promises
God presses us to deeper commitment and to love him most. Today we see such a test for Abraham.
A different king and the same lie. Abraham has the covenant promise of God and yet finds himself using deception to protect himself. This passage shows how God works in the midst of our sinfulness
To Sarah a chld is born and a 25 year old promise becomes reality. The promise does not eleminate conflict. It creates its own coloteral damage. This moment paints a wonderful picture of God.
What does it look like to live resurrected. We begin looking at being alive as as one saved by grace.
Easter is a celebration because it is not a funeral. Our Savior is alive and gives us the opportunity to live a resurrected life
We often want to focus of the pleasant and comforting parts of God’s character, his love and mercy. He is also judge and his anger is righteous. Our passage today shows both sides of the Lord.
The story of Abram continues, this week God gives new names to Sarai and him. He also names two sons and affirms his covenant. As we reflect on the story what name do we need to claim for ourselves?
A different picture of Abram emerges as he rescues Lot. The father of a nation is pictured as a warrior that becomes a victor. We take cues from his battle to fight our own. Do you see yourself as a warrior and a victor?
Abram returns to Bethel (House of God) and deals with the strife caused by Lot's and his wealth, specifically overcrowding of herds in limited land. We see the contrast of impulsive decisions and living inside biblical promises.
God has made great promises to Abram about him having a place and a people. Yet the actions that follow do not reflect the promises instead they put them in jeopardy. What can we learn in practicing our faith from Abram’s example?
Today we make the transition from the generations of Shem to the life of Abram. We look at the promises of God, thier obstacles and the call to go. Like Abram we must decide between livning settled and stopping or being unsettled as we go.
When God's will isn't pursued chaos and confusion are introduced to both the first people's experiences and our own.
The people and etiquette of the Lord's Supper was Pastor's topic using thoughts from Paul's writings.
From the first sermon by Peter at Pentecost , we are shown the inclusiveness and source for Kingdom dreams and visions.
In the words of Jesus we find his dreams for ourselves and the church. We kick off 2019 by reminding ourselves of Jesus’ passion beneath our core values as the LPBC Family.
The son of Isaiah 9:6-7 is God's Son. The message of Christmas is one of great love of both God the Father and Jesus Christ his son. How do respond to this love?
Good News Great Joy. Joy in the birth and our joy now. How can our lives be filled with great joy.
Preparing was God’s active work before Jesus was born. John the Baptist was sent before Jesus to prepare the way. We reflect on the promises of preparation and celebrate how God prepared for our own salvation.
Corruption and God’s dissapointment with man as the story shifts to Noah’s generation. The key word today is exception.
In Genesis 5 we have the generations that follow Adam. Just the facts with a few details. Details that challenge our lives and our legacy.
From Cain we learn that sin is a heart problem. Even in our sin God is offering his mercy. Sin is serious and so are it’s consequences.
The music tempo changes in the story as we experience the entrance of the enemy and mankind is forever changed by the encounter.
In an inclusive world the center of christian faith is the opposite, exclusive because Jesus is the only way. Jesus being the only way closes our series.
In a world where love is conditional and friendship lines are constantly drawn, the love of God extends to everyone.
Somethings only God does. In a world looking for acceptance Jesus laid out God’s acceptance in his introduction to the Sermon on The Mount.
We are reminded as we join two of Christ's followers on the Road to Emmaus that God himself is the source of the fire that the Spirit ignites in us.
Final prayer goes full circle to word emphasised in the greating. Reflecting though the letter the words have deep meaning. Peace and love for each other and unwavering love for Jesus because of the great depths of grace.
Paul ends the challenge to pray with a personal prayer request. Today we will seek to make that request our own.
Praise and Pizza with our Ironman Mission’s Teams. You will hear their testimonies and my message.
As Paul ends his letter to the Ephesians he focuses on the spiritual battle we face and the details of approach. We move from walking out our faith to standing in battle.
The worthy walk , the wise walk is one that is obedient. All of us live under authority or have the privilege of being in authority. How do we walk that out?
Paul draws I picture of marriage as on tied to the mystery that is the church. What does it mean to walk as a husband and wife?
Verb tense is crucial in biblical study. This is true of today’s passage. We once were in the dark, we are now in the light.
Jesus sacrifice is example of love we should walk in. Paul challenges us to walk in love and from sexual sin. There is a break at 13.20 to 16.40 during communion.
No longer are the words Paul uses to describes our life before salvation. We like the Ephesians move into the now.
This was a special family day as we returned to the topic of rest and reflected on Lynn Malerba’s death and the reality she had entered Eternal Rest.
God’s power is not just around us but in us. Paul ends chapter 3 with a prayer about the power in each believer.