FirstNSB, a family church Podcast: Recent Episodes
FirstNSB, a family church
Discussions on how we at FirstNSB, a family church, can live joyously and triumphantly as disciples of Christ who make disciples.
This week's episode of The Make and Mature Podcast is the second part of a two-part conversation between Pastor Luke and special guests Brian Nicols and Khalil Ayoub, two local church pastors in the New Smyrna Beach area, where they discuss issues such as a online church vs. in-person church, church hopping, and how churches can work together to advance the Kingdom of God where He's placed them.
For today's episode of The Make and Mature Podcast, we've invited other local church pastors from the New Smyrna Beach area to discuss the importance of the local church.
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Our vision is to be a multigenerational disciple-making church that is growing in our love for God and all people and that is raising up the next generation of disciples to reach our community and the world for Jesus.
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Join us on Sundays at 9am and 10:30am at FirstNSB, 200 Faulkner Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL, or view our live stream right here on our YouTube channel.
What are spiritual disciplines, how can we practice them and why should we practice them? Our pastoral team addresses these questions and more on this week's episode of the Make and Mature Podcast.
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Our vision is to be a multigenerational disciple-making church that is growing in our love for God and all people and that is raising up the next generation of disciples to reach our community and the world for Jesus.
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Join us on Sundays at 9am and 10:30am at FirstNSB, 200 Faulkner Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL, or view our live stream right here on our YouTube channel.
What is our responsibility as Christians when it come to politics and government? What role should we play in regards to the "kingdom" we live in as citizens in the greater Kingdom of God? Our pastoral team discuss these matters, and more, in this week's episode of The Make and Mature Podcast.
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Our vision is to be a multigenerational disciple-making church that is growing in our love for God and all people and that is raising up the next generation of disciples to reach our community and the world for Jesus.
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Join us on Sundays at 9am and 10:30am at FirstNSB, 200 Faulkner Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL, or view our live stream right here on our YouTube channel.
How do we understand difficult texts in Scripture and how can we go about viewing our work as worship to God? Our pastoral team addresses these issues and more in this week's episode as we conclude our "Blueprints" sermon series.
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Our vision is to be a multigenerational disciple-making church that is growing in our love for God and all people and that is raising up the next generation of disciples to reach our community and the world for Jesus.
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Join us on Sundays at 9am and 10:30am at FirstNSB, 200 Faulkner Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL, or view our live stream right here on our YouTube channel.
The Bible is clear: Parents are the primary disciple-makers of their home. But how do we go about living that out? On this episode, join our Pastoral Staff as they discuss the sermon from our "Blueprints" series on relationships.
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Our vision is to be a multigenerational disciple-making church that is growing in our love for God and all people and that is raising up the next generation of disciples to reach our community and the world for Jesus.
Join us on Sundays at 9am and 10:30am at FirstNSB, 200 Faulkner Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL, or view our live stream right here on our YouTube channel.
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We need God's help to become the husbands and wives He's called us to be. On this episode, the first of this new resource, join Pastor Luke, Pastor Ryan and their wives as they discuss the sermon from our "Blueprints" series on relationships.
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Our vision is to be a multigenerational disciple-making church that is growing in our love for God and all people and that is raising up the next generation of disciples to reach our community and the world for Jesus.
Join us on Sundays at 9am and 10:30am at FirstNSB, 200 Faulkner Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL, or view our live stream right here on our YouTube channel.
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Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing Matthew 10:34-39.
Jesus says we must love him that is God, more than our father or mother or any other human relationship and take up our cross, deny our self-will and follow him in order to gain life eternal.
Some Scripture References: Matthew 10:34-39; 21-22; 28-33; 40-42; 13:53-58; John 7:3-5; Luke 9:24; 46-48; 12:51-53; Micah 7:6
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing Luke 9:23-27.
Jesus says if we would follow him, we must deny ourselves, die to our self-will, and take up our cross by doing God’s will no matter what the cost. Then we truly can follow Christ.
Some Scripture References: Luke 9:23-27; 12:13-21; Matthew 16:24-28; Mark 6:34-9:1; Galatians 2:20
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing Luke 9:57-62.
Jesus says there is a cost to following him. We must commit wholeheartedly, putting Jesus first, above our own comforts and desires, our family and earthly treasures.
Some Scripture References: Luke 9:57-62; 6:46-49; Matthew 8:18-22; 7:21-23; John 12:25-26
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing Mark 1:16-20, Jesus calling his first disciples.
Let us answer the call to be disciples who follow Jesus, to grow and be changed by Christ, and to carry out his mission of making disciples of Jesus.
Some Scripture References: Mark 1:16-20; Matthew 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11; 1 John 1:40-42; Jeremiah 16:16-21
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing Psalm 90, a prayer of Moses.
This psalm and prayer encourages us to remember how our days are short and full of toil and trouble and to turn to God for wisdom and ask for his steadfast love and favor.
Some Scripture References: Psalm 90; Genesis 2:7; 3:19; 1 Corinthians 3:11-13; 15:47-58; Ephesians 5:15-17
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing how Paul defends his belief in the Resurrection before King Agrippa. Paul defends his belief in the resurrection of Christ, appealing to King Agrippa’s knowledge of the promises in Scripture made by God to Israel and to Abraham of eternal life, and the prophecies that Christ the Messiah must suffer and be the first to rise from the dead. How comforting it is for us as Christians to have this living hope of resurrection in the time of trial and crisis.
Some Scripture References: Acts 26; Luke 24:5-7; Romans 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; James 1:2-4
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing what Jesus is saying to the church in Laodicea.
Jesus calls on the church at Laodicea to repent of their apathy, saying their works evidence their lukewarm attitude towards him and their nakedness and blindness, inviting them to let him into their hearts. He promises to the one who conquers, that he will grant him to sit with him on his throne.
Some Scripture References: Revelation 3:14-22; Revelation 1:5; 20:1-6; Isaiah 55:1-4; James 4:6-10; 5:9
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing what Jesus is saying to the church in Philadelphia.
Jesus commends the church of Philadelphia on their patience endurance and encourages them to continue to hold fast to what they have promising to the one who conquers that he will make him a pillar in the temple of God with his own new name on it along with the name of God and the new Jerusalem.
Some Scripture References: Revelation 3:7-13; Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 4:1; 6:10-11; 21:2; Acts 16:6-10; 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12; Colossians 4:2
Audio from Facebook Live God is With Us! streamed on March 15, 2010 with Pastors Luke and Joel.
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing what Jesus is saying to the church in Sardis.
Jesus calls the church of Sardis to repent and keep what they have received and heard and to complete their works, but commends the few who are walking with him in white garments, promising to the one who conquers that he will never blot out his name out of the book of life.
Some Scripture References: Revelation 3:1-6;John 16:5-15; Revelation 1:4; 5:6; 7:9,14; 16:15; Luke 12:39-40; 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4; Matthew 5:20; 7:21-27; 10:32; 15:8
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing what Jesus is saying to the church in Thyatira.
Jesus commends the church of Thyatira for their love, faith and patient endurance, but calls them to repent of sexual immorality, promising to the one who conquers authority over the nations and the morning star.
Some Scripture References: Revelation 2:18-29;Revelation 17, 1 Kings 16:30-33; 19:1-2; 2 Kings 9:7-10; Acts 15:28=29; Revelation 22:16; Psalm 2
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing what Jesus is saying to the church in Pergamum.
Jesus commends the church of Smyrna for holding fast and not denying the faith during persecution, but calls them to repent of sexual immorality, promising to the one who conquers some of the hidden manna and a new name written on a white stone.
Some Scripture References: Revelation 2:12-17; Revelation 1:16; 2:6; Exodus 16:13-16, 31; Numbers 25:1-2; 31:16; Ephesians 6:10-18; Romans 8:29; Revelation 3:12; 22:4; John 6:47-51; 20:31
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing what Jesus is saying to the church in Ephesus and all the churches.
Jesus commends the church of Ephesus for enduring patiently for his name’s sake, but calls them to repentance for abandoning their first love and promises the one who conquers that he will eat of the tree of life in paradise.
Some Scripture References: Revelation 2:1-7; Acts 19; 1 John 4:20; Revelation 12:11; 22:1-2; Genesis 2:8-9; 3:24
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the call of Jesus to his disciples to follow him.
Some Scripture References: Luke 5:1-11; Matthew 4:18-22; John 1:35-51; Matthew 9:36-38; 28:18-20
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the story of Joshua’s charge to Israel’s leaders and the covenant renewal at Shechem.
Some Scripture References: Joshua 23-24; 1:7-8; 11:23; 21:43-45; Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Matthew 15:7-9; Isaiah 29:13; Acts 13:27-33; 46-47
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the story of Gibeon and God’s mercy despite their deception.
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of story of the defeat of Israel at Ai, then victory and covenant renewal.
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of story of Rahab and the fall of Jericho.
Some Scripture References: Joshua 2, 6; Exodus 3:5; Leviticus 23:10; Deuteronomy 20:16-17; Hebrews 11:30-31; John 16:33
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the Luke 2:1-20 passage.
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the John 3:16-21 passage.
Some Scripture References: Romans 3:25; John 1:5, 10-13; 14:6, 13; Galatians 3:6-7; Hebrews 11:13, 26; 1 John 2:2
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the final section of the sixth chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 6:10-24; 4:14; 1 John 2:22; Colossians 2:15; Isaiah 59:17; Hebrews 4:12; Romans 8:26-27
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of verses 5-9 of the sixth chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 6:15-9; 1 Corinthians 7:17, 21-24; Philippians 4:11; Romans 2:11; 1 Timothy 1:10; Colossians 3: 22-25
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first four verses of the sixth chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 6:1-4; Exodus 20:12; 21:15; Colossians 3:21; Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Mark 10:13-16; Psalm 78:1-8
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the second half of the fifth chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 5:22-33; Romans 6:3-4; Revelation 19:7-9; Genesis 2:24
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first half of the fifth chapter of Ephesians.
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of verses seven to sixteen of the fourth chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 4:7-16; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1-2; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 13; Philippians 3:10
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first six verses of the fourth chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 4:1-6; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26; Titus 3:5; Psalm 139:7-12
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the second half of the third chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 3:14-21; Ephesians 2:18-22; Colossians 2:6-7; 3:10; 1 Peter 5:10-11
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first part of the third chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 3:1-13; 1 Peter 1:10-12; Genesis 12:3; Acts 9:1-7; Romans 9:22-24; Revelation 7:11; Hebrews 4:14-16
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first part of the second chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 2:1-10; Psalm 51:5; Ephesians 1:20-22; 1 John 4:4; Romans 5:9
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the second part of the Apostle Paul’s prayer in the first chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 1: 15-23; 1 Corinthians 2:6-12; Acts 19:19-20; Psalm 8:6; Ephesians 5:23-24; 29-32; Colossians 2:10
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders,interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of Apostle Paul’s prayer in the first chapter of Ephesians.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 1:3-14; Romans 8:29-30; Exodus 15:13; Hebrews 9:15, 22; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders, as a prelude to the Ephesians sermon series, interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the greeting in these first two verses.
Some Scripture References: Ephesians 1:1-2; Lamentations 3:22-23; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; 1 John 1:9-2:1
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss God’s challenge to Israel, “Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me (Malachi 3:6-12)?” along with personal examples of how we can learn to give regularly and generously to our church.
Some Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8; Philippians 4:10-20
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss God’s response to Israel asking, “Where is the God of justice (Malachi 2:17-3:5)?” and our hope that when faced with present day evil and massacres that God will judge evildoers and the unrighteous and that he will refine our hearts with his righteousness so we can endure and stand before the Lord in the “day of his coming”.
Some Scripture References: Malachi 2:17-3:5; 2 Peter 3:8-13; Luke 2:29-32; John 1:14; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss the first part of the Refine Our Hearts series on Malachi, how our present covenant relationship with God mirrors God’s covenant relationship with Israel, and how pastors and leaders, in particular, need to guard their hearts against apathy and discontent.
Some Scripture References: Malachi 1:1-2:16; Matthew 5:23-25; 19:5-9; Ephesians 5:22-30
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh discuss with Paul Sanders the value of FirstNSB’s Guatemala mission trip during the week of June 23, 2019 and the impact the trip had on their lives, the team members and the people they served.
For rest of the discussion listen to the FirstNSB Guatemala podcast July 1, 2019.
Some Scripture References: John 20:19-23; Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:1-11
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss the three sermons, You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, It’s Time To Pray, and How Will You Respond To the Lord, preached on May 16, June 2, and June 9, 2019. The sermon texts were Jonah 1, 2, 3. We discuss what the text reveals about God’s character and Jonah’s response to the Lord and how the true story of Jonah is relevant to our present 21st century culture and our mission here in New Smyrna Beach. For rest of the discussion listen the FirstNSB It’s Time To Pray podcast June 10, 2019.
Some Scripture References: Jeremiah 18:7-8; 1 Samuel 7:3-14; Joel 1-2
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss The Lord Responds sermon preached on May 19, 2019. The sermon text was Joel 2:18-3:21.We discuss how God responds and is able to restore what we have lost. That this is a conditional promise since response and restoration by God only comes when we repent and turn back to him. The call to repentance is timeless, the message of Joel is as relevant today as it was back then in Joel’s time.
Some Scripture References: Isaiah 44:3; Acts 2:16-21; Romans 10:13; Revelation 21:3-4
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss the It is Not Too Late sermon preached on May 12, 2019. The sermon text was Joel 2:1-17. We discuss the prophet Joel’s description of the Day of the Lord, judgment and God’s character and what it means to repent, return to God and he relents over disaster. We also discuss the need for us to repent regularly and the difference between false guilt and true guilt.
Some Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; Matthew 6:19-34; Philippians 4:10-20
Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss Give, the third G of our FirstNSB 4G strategy (Gather, Group, Give and Go). We discuss what it means to give generously and reap richly as promised by Scripture and how the giving of our time, effort and money not only helps with our current ministries but also with future needs including possibly establishing a multisite ministry.
Scripture References:
2 Corinthians 9:6-15; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; Matthew 6:19-34; Philippians 4:10-20
Patrick Yates and Paul Sanders discuss how pain can either destroy or cripple trust, or pain can amplify and accentuate trust with examples from Paul's recent experience with a broken back. Patrick is Paul's supervising counselor.
Some Scripture references: Romans 8:28, 35-39; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 4:13, 19; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Matthew 11:28-30; Philippians 4:4-7; 10-13 Romans 8:28, 35-39; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 4:13, 19; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Matthew 11:28-30; Philippians 4:4-7; 10-13,
Book reference: The Gift of Pain, by Paul Brand, Philip Yancey