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Philippians Chapter 4:14-23
Pastor Ray closes Philippians and opens Colossians, showing how Paul's gospel of grace, contentment, and unity speaks across every congregation, culture, and century.
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
A sermon on Philippians 4:10-13 exploring what Paul meant by contentment in plenty and in need, and why "I can do all things through Christ" is so often misread.
Philippians · Week 47
Scubula: Counting It All Loss for Christ
A sermon from Philippians 3 on trading religious pride and moral license for the one thing that actually matters: being found in Christ.
Philippians · Week 45
Forgetting What Lies Behind, Pressing Forward
A sermon from Philippians on finding true worth in Christ, letting go of religious pride, and pressing forward together in unity, joy, and faith.
Philippians · Week 44
Therefore: Action, Light, and Rejoicing
A sermon on Philippians 2:12-18 about what it looks like to take action, shine brightly, and rejoice, following the pattern Christ set for us.
Philippians · Week 43
Give Me Jesus
A pastor at First Baptist Jackson preaches on Philippians 2 and five other passages showing who Jesus is, then leads the congregation in communion.
Conduct Yourselves Worthy of the Gospel
A sermon from Philippians on standing firm together, suffering for the gospel, and finding joy and unity in Christ rather than division.
Philippians · Week 42
Partners in the Gospel
Paul writes from prison with joy, not complaint. This sermon from Philippians 1 explores thankful partnership, confident faith, and love grounded in knowledge.
Philippians · Week 40
Don't Fight About Which Preacher You Follow
Paul's letter to Corinth shows why Christians divide over favorite teachers, and why that pride leads somewhere ugly. A look at 1 Corinthians 3-4.
1 Corinthians · Week 27
Joy Despite Imprisonment
A sermon on Philippians 1:3-11 exploring joy in partnership, confidence in God's unfinished work in us, and loving others with both heart and knowledge.
Philippians · Week 39
They Belong to You
A sermon on 1 Corinthians 3-4 about why Christians should not divide over favorite teachers or preachers, and how to think rightly about the leaders God gives us.
1 Corinthians · Week 26
Hills and Valleys: Walking Out the Faith
Pastor Van closes Ephesians and opens Philippians, tracing grace, peace, and the call to humble, joyful service through Paul's final greetings and opening words.
Ephesians · Week 49
Strong in the Lord and the Strength of His Might
Ephesians 6 sermon on the armor of God, spiritual warfare, communion, and what it means to stand firm not by your own strength but in the Lord's.
Ephesians · Week 48
Submitting to One Another in the Fear of Christ
Pastor Nathan walks through Ephesians 5, exploring mutual submission, marriage, parenting, and work as expressions of being filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians · Week 47
Put Away Falsehood, Speak the Truth in Love
Ephesians 4-5 examined: put away falsehood, anger, theft and corrupt speech, and walk in love as imitators of God, just as Christ gave himself for us.
Ephesians · Week 41
First Be, Then Do
The pastor walks through Ephesians 4, showing how who we are in Christ comes before how we live, and why being precedes doing in the Christian life.
Ephesians · Week 39
Fine Tuning the Saints
Ephesians 4 explored: what it means that every believer is a saint with a spiritual gift, and how ordinary work and service build up the body of Christ.
Ephesians · Week 38
Fine Tuning the Saints
The pastor teaches Ephesians 4:11-13, showing how God equips every believer with gifts for real ministry, whether at church, at work, or in the community.
Ephesians · Week 37
Walk Worthy of the Calling
The pastor preached through Ephesians 4:1-16, tracing Paul's call to walk worthy, maintain unity, and use God's gifts to build up the body of Christ.
Ephesians · Week 36
Walk Worthy of the Calling
Ephesians 4 opens with a call to walk worthy of Christ, exploring unity, spiritual gifts, and what it means to grow up together as one body.
Ephesians · Week 35
According to the Riches of His Glory
Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3 asks God to strengthen our inner being, grow our faith, deepen our knowledge of Christ's love, and fill us with His fullness.
Ephesians · Week 33
It Is Finished: Walking Through Holy Week
A Holy Week walk through scripture and art, tracing Christ's final days from Palm Sunday to resurrection, and the finished work that makes salvation possible.
Be the Church God Wants to See in the World
Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1 covers past, present, and future: God's calling, our inheritance, and the power he gives his church to carry his mission forward.
Ephesians · Week 30
Be the Church God Wants to See in the World
The pastor walks through Ephesians 1:15-23, the second longest sentence in the New Testament, exploring what it means for the church to be the living body of Christ in the world.
Ephesians · Week 29
Outside the Envelope: Grace and Peace to You
Pastor Ray opens Ephesians 1, showing how God's grace and peace, given through Christ and sealed by the Holy Spirit, call the church into His will and purpose.
Ephesians · Week 28
Joel Chapter 3 - Pastor Van Jones
Felix shares how First Baptist Jackson loved his family through his wife Guadalupe's illness, while Van closes out Joel with a look at judgment, mercy, and the hope of Christ.
Joel · Week 4
Come to the Valley of Judgment
Felix and Guadalupe's testimony of healing and provision leads into Van's teaching from Joel 3 on God's judgment, mercy, and the hope found only in Christ.
Joel · Week 3
Yet Even Now, Return to Me
Pastor Darren walks through the book of Joel, finding in its locust-ravaged landscape a call to return to God with a whole heart, not just outward grief.
Joel · Week 1
All of Us Are Gomer
Ray walks through all 14 chapters of Hosea in one sermon, showing how God pursues a spiritually unfaithful people with mercy rather than religion, and what it means to truly know Him.
Hosea · Week 2
Me She Forgot, Says the Lord
Hosea's marriage to Gomer becomes a picture of God's relentless pursuit of people who keep turning away, and an invitation to return to the One who never stops coming after us.
Hosea · Week 1
Rejoice in the Lord Always
Philippians 4 shows how joy, prayer, and gratitude work together to overcome anxiety, and why context changes everything about the verses you thought you already knew.
Philippians · Week 37
Seek the Prosperity of the City
Jeremiah's letter to the exiles commands God's people to seek the good of the city where He places them, a message as alive today as it was in Babylon.
Awkward Is Better Than Silent
Pastor Brad walks through 1 Peter 3:13-17, showing why faith is personal but never private, and how to share it with gentleness, reason, and honest hope.
Share the Hope That Is in You
A First Baptist Jackson sermon on sharing your faith with gentleness, reason, and a personal testimony, rooted in 1 Peter 3:13-17.
Jesus Man
Pastor Adam preaches from Hebrews 13 on staying grounded in grace, not being carried away by false teaching, and offering God continual praise as the new year begins.
From Long Ago, From the Days of Eternity
Ray McDaniel walks through the book of Micah, tracing God's judgment on corrupt leaders and the hope of a coming Messiah born in Bethlehem, on the first Sunday of Advent.
Minor Prophets · Week 7
Slow to Anger but Just
Pastor Ramon walks through the book of Nahum, showing how God's judgment on ancient Assyria reveals His justice, patience, and grace toward all who humble themselves before Him.
Minor Prophets · Week 5
Trust the Lord No Matter What
Habakkuk wrestled honestly with God over injustice and suffering. Pastor Jeff walks through this minor prophet's prayer to show why trusting God is the only solid ground.
Minor Prophets · Week 3
The Downward Path of Jesus
John Hammond teaches from Philippians 2:5-11, showing how Jesus traded heaven's glory for a servant's death, and what that means for how we live.
Philippians · Week 33
We Must Run Aground on a Certain Island
Paul's storm-tossed voyage to Rome in Acts 27 shows what it looks like to trust God when you've lost control, hit despair, and can't see land.
Acts · Week 117
Keep On Telling Your Story
Paul stands chained before kings and governors in Acts 25-26, yet boldly tells his story. A reminder that God uses ordinary people to carry the gospel anywhere.
Acts · Week 115
Rid, Run, Look
Hebrews 12 calls Christians to strip off sin, run with endurance, and fix their eyes on Jesus, the champion who finished his race so we could run ours.
Hebrews · Week 68
Examining the Cast of Characters
Paul stands trial before Festus in Acts 25. A Wyoming pastor draws out what integrity, God's sovereignty, and willingness to pay any price look like for followers of Jesus today.
Acts · Week 113
Rid, Run, Look
Hebrews 12 calls us to rid ourselves of every hindrance, run with endurance, and fix our eyes on Jesus, the champion who finished the race for us.
Rid, Run, Look
A sermon on Hebrews 12:1-2 calling Christians to rid themselves of sin, run their God-given race with endurance, and fix their eyes on Jesus.
With One Mind: A Word Study Through Acts
A word study through the book of Acts traces every use of "homothumedon," the Greek word for one accord, asking what true unity in Christ looks like.
Acts · Week 112
With One Mind
The pastor traces the Greek word homothumadon through Acts, showing how a church unified around Christ looks different from every other kind of unanimity.
Acts · Week 111
Unity Is Confusing for the World and Very Attractive
A Wyoming congregation studies the Greek word "homothymodon" through Acts, exploring what it means to pursue genuine unity rooted in Christ rather than mere agreement.
Acts · Week 110
Be Courageous: You Must Testify in Rome
The pastor walks through Acts 23, 24, where Paul faces conspiracy, Roman courts, and a governor who hears the gospel, grows frightened, and walks away.
Acts · Week 109
Cast Your Cares on the Lord and He Will Sustain You
Paul stands trial before Felix, facing a murder plot and smarmy lawyers, while God quietly moves through a nephew's courage and a governor's fear.
Acts · Week 107
Just as You Testified Here, So Also in Rome
Paul arrives in Jerusalem, faces a riot, Roman chains, and a mob trial, yet God promises he will testify in Rome. Acts 21, 23 sermon from First Baptist Jackson.
Acts · Week 106
Be Courageous: You Must Also Testify in Rome
Paul arrives in Jerusalem, faces a riot, chains, and a hostile council, yet Christ himself appears and says: you will testify in Rome.
Acts · Week 105
Be Courageous: You Must Also Testify in Rome
Paul is beaten, chained, and nearly torn apart, yet stands boldly on the temple stairs proclaiming Christ. God promises him: you will reach Rome.
Acts · Week 104
God Calls Jonah to Do Hard Things
Van Jones walks through the entire book of Jonah, showing how God pursues stubborn people through hard things and calls us to obey, repent, and love our enemies.
No and Lord
Van Jones walks through the entire book of Jonah, showing how God patiently pursues a reluctant, angry prophet and calls us to love even the people we most want to see judged.
How Low You Stoop
A South African minister shares what 32 years of grassroots ministry taught him about servant leadership, love as a daily practice, and John 13.
Love Is Our Superpower
Missionary Mahindra from Durban, South Africa shares how John 13 calls every believer to servant-hearted love, the kind that transforms communities one ordinary moment at a time.
Sunday, August 10, 2025 - 9am Contemporary Service, Guest Speaker Mahendra Singh
Mahindra Singh of Crossroads Ministries shares from John 13 how Jesus washing his disciples' feet reveals what genuine, servant-hearted ministry looks like in ordinary daily life.
The Vicissitudes of Life
The pastor walks through Acts 21 as Paul pushes toward Jerusalem despite warnings, and draws honest parallels to a season of change at First Baptist Jackson.
Acts · Week 103
The Vicissitudes of Life
Acts 21 follows Paul pressing toward Jerusalem despite warnings, raising hard questions about hearing God's voice when the people around you disagree with where He is leading.
Acts · Week 102
I Entrust You to God and the Word of His Grace
Ray walks through Acts 20, tracing Paul's farewell journey, his midnight sermon in Troas, and his final words to the Ephesian elders as he pressed on toward Jerusalem.
Acts · Week 101
That All of Them May Be One
Pastor Joseph Kamau Kabui of Tigone Baptist Church in Kenya preaches on John 17, calling believers to demonstrate their unity with God and one another.
That All of Them May Be One
Pastor Joseph Kamau Kabui of Togoni Baptist Church in Kenya preaches from John 17 on why Christian unity matters and what it tells the world about Jesus.
Start Where You Are
Paul stays longest in Corinth, finds coworkers, faces opposition, and hears God say "don't be afraid." A sermon on faithful presence and bold witness.
Acts · Week 91
Don't Be Afraid, Keep on Speaking
Pastor Ray walks through Acts 18, where Paul settles in Corinth, finds community, and is told by God to speak without fear because many people in the city are ready to hear.
Acts · Week 90
His Spirit Was Provoked Within Him
Paul walks Athens streets stirred by idol worship, then reasons graciously with philosophers on Mars Hill, showing how the unknown God is the one true God.
Acts · Week 89
His Spirit Was Provoked
The pastor walks through Acts 17 as Paul reasons with Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in Athens, showing how to present the gospel to people who worship everything but God.
Acts · Week 87
More Noble Minded
Paul reasons from Scripture in Thessalonica and Berea, showing that Christ had to suffer and rise. A sermon on noble-minded faith, humility, and the gospel's power to persuade.
Acts · Week 86
Examine It Anew: The Bereans and the Light of Christ
Paul reasoned from Scripture in Thessalonica and Berea, showing that Christ had to suffer and rise. Are we open, like the Bereans, to letting God correct our assumptions?
Acts · Week 85
By Grace, Through Faith
A Wyoming pastor walks through Ephesians 2:8-10, showing why salvation comes by grace through faith alone and how genuine good works flow from that gift.
Keep the Gospel the Main Topic
Paul and Barnabas split, Timothy gets circumcised: a Wyoming pastor explores how the early church navigated sharp disagreements while keeping the gospel moving forward.
Hmm, that breaks the rules. Let me redo this.
Paul and Barnabas split over John Mark, and Paul circumcises Timothy. A sermon from Acts 15-16 on unity, cultural sensitivity, and keeping the gospel the main thing.
Acts · Week 81
Two Issues
Acts 15 shows Paul and Barnabas splitting over John Mark, and Timothy being circumcised despite the Jerusalem Council. Two hard lessons on unity, rights, and the gospel.
Acts · Week 80
Two Issues, One Mission
Paul and Barnabas split over John Mark, Timothy gets circumcised for mission's sake: a study in disagreement, grace, and carrying the gospel forward together.
Acts · Week 79
This weeks Sermon May 11th @ First B Jackson
Acts 15 traces the Jerusalem Council's debate over grace and law, showing how early believers settled a defining question about how anyone, Jew or Gentile, is saved.
Acts · Week 78
Continually Filled with Joy and the Holy Spirit
Pastor Mark traces Acts 13 from Paul's synagogue sermon in Pisidian Antioch to the resurrection promise, weaving in lessons from a recent mission trip to Uganda.
Acts · Week 73
This weeks Sermon @ First B Jackson April 6th 2025
The pastor traces Paul's first missionary journey in Acts 13 while sharing firsthand stories from a recent mission trip to South Africa, where the gospel is still advancing today.
Acts · Week 72
Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
Jesus defines neighbor as anyone in your path, and calls us to costly, sacrificial love for every person made in God's image, both inside and outside the church.
Set Apart by the Holy Spirit
The pastor walks through Acts 13, tracing the Spirit-sent mission from Antioch to Cyprus, woven together with firsthand stories from a recent ministry trip to South Africa.
Acts · Week 70
The Word of God Keeps Going Forward
Pastor Ray walks through Acts 13, tracing the first missionary journey, then shares firsthand stories from a recent trip to South Africa where the gospel is still changing lives.
Acts · Week 69
His Truth Abideth Still
When a king kills an apostle, frees another, and dies in pride, Acts 12 shows that God's word advances on His terms, not ours.
Acts · Week 68
The Word of the Lord Continued to Grow
Acts 12 shows God's power over kings and prison cells. A Wyoming church sends missionaries to Zambia as the word of the Lord continues to grow and multiply.
Acts · Week 67
Barefoot in the Bush
Missionaries Anders and Brooke share how God is changing lives in Zambia through camps, schools, and village Bible studies, and call their home church to deeper surrender.
Surrender to the Current
Missionaries Anders and Brooke share stories from Zambia and challenge their home church to surrender fully to God and go deeper in faith.
There Are No Ordinary People
Brad explores what it means to love your neighbor, from sacrificial agape love for strangers to the honest, burden-sharing relationships God calls us to inside the church.
There Are No Ordinary People
Brad walks through the parable of the Good Samaritan to explore what it truly means to love your neighbor, from strangers on the street to brothers and sisters in Christ.
This week's Sermon @ First B Jackson -March 2nd
A Wyoming pastor explores what it means to be made in God's image, why love is more than a feeling, and how knowing you are God's child changes everything.
Gospel Carriers in Word and Deed
Acts 11 traces how scattered believers carried the gospel to Antioch. Pastor Carl walks through what that early church moment means for how we live and give today.
Acts · Week 66
Made for Relationship with God
Brad explores what it means to be made in God's image, why love is more than a feeling, and how to move from knowing about God to truly knowing Him.
Made for Relationship: Loving God
Brad explores what it means to love God with all your heart, soul and mind, and why a right view of God's love must move from your head to your heart.
Gospel Carriers in Word and Deed
Acts 11 shows a young church carrying the gospel outward through scattering, sacrifice, and ordinary witnesses. A sermon on staying true to the Lord and joining what God is already doing.
Acts · Week 65
Stay True to the Lord
A sermon from Acts 11 on how ordinary believers carried the gospel outward, and what it looks like to take, remember, rely on, encourage, and participate today.
Acts · Week 64
Who Was I to Stand in God's Way?
Peter defends taking the gospel to Gentiles, and a Wyoming congregation reflects on breaking barriers, divine appointments, and carrying good news to everyone.
Acts · Week 61
Who Was I to Stand in God's Way?
Peter defends the Gentile mission in Acts 11, and a Wyoming congregation hears how God tears down barriers so the gospel can reach everyone.
Acts · Week 60
No Favoritism With God
Peter enters a Roman soldier's home and the Holy Spirit falls on Gentiles. A modern miracle from Gaza shows God still works the same way today.
Acts · Week 59
God Shows No Favoritism
Peter visits Cornelius in Acts 10, and Pastor shows how God breaks down every barrier we build between ourselves and people we consider outsiders.
Acts · Week 58
Transformation Is Possible
Acts 9: Saul's conversion shakes Jerusalem, Peter heals the paralyzed and raises the dead. God transforms the hardest hearts and builds His church through ordinary people.
Acts · Week 55
God Is On the Move Ahead of You
Acts 9: Saul's conversion stuns Damascus, Barnabas vouches for him in Jerusalem, and Peter heals Aeneas and raises Tabitha as the early church spreads.
Acts · Week 54
Saul, Why Are You Persecuting Me?
Paul's dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus shows how God humbles the proud, hears prayer, and transforms even the fiercest enemy of the church into His chosen instrument.
Acts · Week 53
Saul Is My Chosen Instrument
Acts 9 traces Saul's dramatic encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and his sudden transformation from persecutor of the church to proclaimer of Christ.
Acts · Week 52
Here Is Water, What Hinders You
Acts 8:26-40: Philip follows God's lead on a desert road and shares the gospel with an Ethiopian official, showing how ordinary obedience fuels the spread of the good news.
Acts · Week 51
Philip Wants the Ball
Philip runs alongside an Ethiopian official's chariot and shares the gospel from Isaiah 53, leading to baptism. A study of obedience, readiness, and the Great Commission.
Acts · Week 48
Whatever Gain I Had, I Counted as Loss
Van preaches Philippians 3 on counting earthly gains as loss, finding true worth in knowing Christ, and pressing on toward the goal He sets before us.
Philippians · Week 32
Scattered to Spread the Good News
Philip preaches in Samaria, a sorcerer believes but reveals a corrupt heart, and Peter confronts the sin of seeking God's power for personal gain.
Acts · Week 47
You Stubborn People
Stephen's sermon in Acts 7 traces Israel's history of rejecting God's messengers, leading to his death and the scattering of the early church.
Acts · Week 45
God Keeps Making a Way
Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin reveals a pattern: God keeps making a way, and His people keep rejecting it. A sermon on Acts 6-8 and faithful witness.
Acts · Week 44
God Is Bigger Than the Box You Put Him In
Stephen's longest sermon in Acts traces God's faithfulness through Abraham, Joseph and Moses to show that God is bigger than any temple, tradition or religious system.
Acts · Week 43
We're on a Mission from God
Acts 6 traces how the early church handled internal division over food distribution, and what it meant that Stephen's face shone like an angel before his accusers.
Acts · Week 42
We Are On a Mission from God
A Wyoming pastor walks through Acts 6, showing how the early church handled internal division and kept the gospel moving forward no matter the opposition.
Acts · Week 41
Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men
Pastor Ray explores the angels' Christmas declaration in Luke 2:14, tracing God's goodwill toward humanity through Greek grammar, scripture, and the tension between God's sovereignty and human responsibility.
Goodwill Toward Men
Pastor Joel explores "goodwill toward men" from Luke 2:14, tracing God's purpose and desire for all people to receive peace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Advent · Week 4
One of Heart and Soul
A sermon from Acts 4:32-5:11 on the early church's unity, generosity, and faith, with lessons from Barnabas and the sobering story of Ananias and Sapphira.
Acts · Week 37
Barnabas, Ananias, and the Fear of the Lord
Acts 4-5 traces the early church's unity, generosity, and the contrasting stories of Barnabas and Ananias and Sapphira, with a call to encourage, stay alert, and fear God.
Acts · Week 36
One of Heart and Soul
Carl walks through Acts 4:32-5:11, showing what a Spirit-filled church looks like through the examples of Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira.
Acts · Week 35
There Is Salvation in No One Else
Peter and John face the Sanhedrin after healing a lame man, boldly declaring salvation through Jesus alone, then praying for courage rather than safety.
Acts · Week 32
Pastor Ray Preaches From the Book of Acts Chapter 2
Acts 2 traces the birth of the church at Pentecost, from the rushing wind and tongues of fire to Peter's bold sermon and 3,000 baptisms in a single day.
Acts · Week 28
Confused Because They Understood
The pastor walks through Acts 2, the birthday of the church, tracing Pentecost from rushing wind and tongues of fire to 3,000 baptisms and what it means for us today.
Acts · Week 27
Confused Because They Understood
Acts 2 traces the birth of the church at Pentecost, from wind and fire to Peter's bold sermon, calling all people to repent and call on the name of the Lord.
Acts · Week 26
Nov 3rd Service with Guest Speaker Brad Yates
Brad walks through James 1:19-20, showing why being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger is a command of the heart, not just good advice.
James · Week 23
Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger
James 1:19 calls us to be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. Brad explores why this is heart change, not willpower, and why it matters.
James · Week 22
Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Become Angry
Brad speaks from James 1:19-20 on being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, and why lasting change comes from the gospel, not willpower.
Women's Bible Study - October 30th, 2024 - Living in the Power of the Resurrection
Deborah closes the Root It series at First Baptist Jackson by examining the resurrection, the power Christ offers believers today, and the hope of heaven.
Everything Jesus Began to Do and to Teach
The pastor opens Acts 1 at First Baptist Jackson, exploring how the early church prepared for the Holy Spirit through obedience, fellowship, prayer, and scripture.
Acts · Week 25
You Will Receive Power
The pastor opens Acts 1, showing how the early believers prepared for the Holy Spirit through obedience, fellowship, prayer, and studying God's word.
Acts · Week 24
Having Had a Spiritual Awakening
Pastor Ray walks through all 12 steps, then Stoney Vance shares how recovery from alcoholism and cancer brought him back to God and his family.
12 Steps · Week 4
Women's Bible Study - October 9th, 2024 - Declaring Our Faith: Who Do You Say I Am?
Natalie teaches Matthew 16 and 19 at a women's Bible study, asking the question Jesus asked his disciples: who do you say He is, and what does your answer cost you?
Matthew · Week 12
Free Knowledge
Missionaries Ted and Kim Ravenold share how farming, discipleship, and the reconciling power of Christ's blood are transforming lives in rural Tanzania.
Move People on the Scale
Ted Rabinold shares how 33 years of farming ministry in Tanzania illustrates the gospel's call to reconcile all things, physical and spiritual, through Christ.
Good News for the Sinners in This Room
A pastor walks through Step 10 of recovery: taking daily personal inventory, promptly admitting wrong, and trusting God to complete the work He began in us.
Good News for the Sinners in This Room
Step 10 of the 12 steps: continuing daily inventory and promptly admitting wrong. A Wyoming pastor connects recovery principles to Paul, James, and communion.
The 12 Steps · Week 5
Women's Bible Study - September 25th, 2024 - Called to Follow: Worship and Discipleship
Natalie teaches on discipleship as apprenticeship, exploring what it means to be with Jesus, become like Him, and do as He did in everyday life.
Direct Amends Wherever Possible
A Wyoming pastor walks through Step 9 of the 12 steps, showing from Matthew 5 how making amends and seeking reconciliation is rooted in the teaching of Jesus.
12 Steps of Recovery · Week 1
First Be Reconciled to Your Brother
Step 9 of the 12 Steps calls us to make direct amends. A pastor and peacemaker Ken Sandy share why reconciling broken relationships can't wait.
The 12 Steps · Week 4
Women's Bible Study - September 18th, 2024 - Let Go and Trust God
Deborah walks through the Beatitudes from Matthew 5, showing how Jesus invites us into a life of blessing when we humbly bring our needs, grief, and weakness to Him.
Matthew · Week 11
Love Must Have an Object
The pastor walks through steps one through eight of a biblical framework for freedom from sin, focusing on willingness to make amends and pursuing peace with God and others.
Women's Bible Study - September 11th, 2024 - Overcoming Temptation Through God’s Strength
Natalie Yates teaches on Matthew 4, tracing how Jesus faced the lust of the flesh, pride of life, and lust of the eyes, and how we can follow His example.
Love Is an Action
Dave Hatfield shares how loving outcasts in a Kenyan dumpsite community led to a daily Bible church, and calls Christians to love neighbors into faith.
Love People Into a Relationship With Christ
A former stockbroker shares how God sent him to a Kenya dump site, where loving outcasts and preaching the Bible daily is changing lives one neighbor at a time.
Women's Bible Study - September 4th, 2024 - First Week on Matthew with Deborah Buckingham
Deborah Buckingham opens an 8-week study of Matthew at a women's Bible study in Jackson, Wyoming, exploring evidence for Jesus and four forces that pull us from knowing God.
Matthew · Week 10
The Ones Who Looked Lived
A Wyoming pastor walks through Steps 6 and 7 of the 12 steps, grounding them in Numbers 21 and John 3: sin, sorrow, and the salvation God makes possible by looking up.
Anyone Who Looked, Lived
A Wyoming pastor walks through steps six and seven of recovery, connecting Moses lifting up the bronze snake in Numbers 21 to Jesus and the new birth in John 3.
The 12 Steps · Week 3
Rise, Take Up Your Pallet, Walk
The pastor walks through steps 6 and 7 of the 12 steps alongside John 5, asking the same question Jesus asked a paralyzed man: are you ready to be made well?
Rise, Take Up Your Bed, and Walk
Ray walks through Steps 6 and 7 of the 12 Steps alongside John 5, asking one question: are you truly ready for God to remove what holds you back?
12 Steps · Week 3
Admitting It to God, Yourself, and One Other Person
The pastor returns from dropping his daughter at college to walk First B Jackson through Step 5 of the 12 steps, grounded in James 5 and the power of honest confession.
The 12 Steps · Week 2
Deflation at Depth
A Wyoming pastor walks through Steps 4 and 5 of the 12 Steps, showing how honest confession to God, yourself, and another person leads to real freedom from guilt.
The 12 Steps · Week 1
Sunday, August 11th, 2024 - 11am Traditional Service - Guest Speaker Brad Yates - "Suffering Part 2"
Brad Yates walks through what the Bible says to do when suffering hits, whether you're helping someone else through it or facing it yourself.
There Is Another in the Fire: Suffering, Part 2
Brad Yates walks through what the Bible says about suffering: how to help others in pain, how to prepare yourself, and where lasting joy actually comes from.
Normal But Not Natural
Brad Yates of First Baptist Jackson explores why Christians suffer, what Scripture says about it, and why God's presence makes suffering bearable.
Normal, But Not Natural
Brad explores why Christians suffer, what Scripture says about evil, and why God's presence in our pain is the only answer that holds up when life falls apart.
Searching and Fearless
A Wyoming pastor walks through Step 4 of the 12 Steps, a searching moral inventory, showing how Scripture's vice lists point us toward honest self-examination and God's grace.
12 Steps · Week 2
Search Me and Know My Heart
A Wyoming pastor walks through Step 4 of the 12 Steps, showing how a fearless moral inventory of ourselves is deeply rooted in Scripture and leads to healing.
12 Steps · Week 1
Turn Over Your Will
A Wyoming pastor walks through Step 3 of the 12 steps alongside 1 Thessalonians 5, showing how surrendering your will to God is at the heart of both recovery and faith.
A Problem I Can't Do Anything About
The pastor opens a series on the 12 steps, showing how admitting powerlessness and trusting God are thoroughly biblical foundations for freedom from sin.
Submit for the Lord's Sake
A sermon on 1 Peter 2 exploring why Christians submit to governing authorities, not for personal gain or national outcomes, but for the sake of Christ and His kingdom.
1 Peter · Week 25
Submit for the Lord's Sake
A sermon on Christian submission to authority, politics, and where our true hope lies, drawn from 1 Peter 2 and grounded in the gospel.
No Condemnation for Those in Christ Jesus
Romans 8 shows that because of Christ, believers are free from condemnation and empowered by the Spirit to love God and love people as God designed.
Romans · Week 84
Union With Christ Is What It's All About
Romans 8 shows that union with Christ, not self-effort, frees believers from sin and death and makes it possible to truly love God and others.
Romans · Week 83
Sunday, June 9th, 2024 - 11am Service - Comfort in Christ: Sharing His Peace Through Suffering
A pastor walks through 2 Corinthians 1 to show how God's comfort in our deepest suffering equips us to carry that same comfort to others.
2 Corinthians · Week 28
Comforted So We Can Comfort
Pastor Ray walks through 2 Corinthians 1, showing how God's comfort in suffering equips believers to sit with others in their pain and point them to hope in Christ.
2 Corinthians · Week 27
Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 - 11am Service - From Comfort to Commitment: Living as True Disciples
Jackson Hole youth pastor Michael Demetrius opens Colossians 3 to ask whether we are chasing temporary comfort or living with eternity in view.
Believer or Disciple?
Mike challenges believers at First Baptist Jackson to fix their eyes on eternity rather than comfort, and to pursue obedience to God as disciples, not just believers.
The Love Without Hypocrisy
Pastor Ray preaches from Romans 12 on sincere, unhypocritical love, exploring what it means to hate evil, cling to good, and forgive rather than seek revenge.
Love Must Be Sincere
Romans 12 calls believers to sincere, unhypocritical love. Pastor Ray walks through what that really demands, from honoring others to blessing enemies.
ABCs: Proverbs One, Two, and Three
Proverbs 1-3 on Mother's Day: Pastor Ray walks through Solomon's wisdom on discipline, instruction, and trusting God with all your heart rather than your own understanding.
Nothing Has Been Wasted
Pastor Carl walks through the disputed ending of Mark 16, textual criticism, and what Scripture says about belief, baptism, and the signs that followed the early church.
Mark · Week 25
Humble Before the Word
Ray traces the Bible's journey from Jerome's Latin Vulgate to modern translations, making the case that God's word belongs in the hands of ordinary people who approach it with humility.
God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All
Pastor Ray walks through 1 John 1:5, 2:2, showing how honest agreement with God about our sin is the path to forgiveness, fellowship, and walking in genuine victory.
God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All
Pastor Ray walks through 1 John 1, showing how confessing sin, walking in the light, and trusting Christ's forgiveness lead to real fellowship and freedom.
Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead
Luke 24 traces the risen Jesus from an empty tomb to the Emmaus road, showing confused disciples how Scripture always pointed to a suffering and risen Christ.
Luke · Week 34
He Has Risen Just As He Said
Ray preaches Matthew 28 on resurrection, doubt and the Great Commission, then leads First Baptist Jackson in communion and sends off J Zone missionaries to Zambia.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 35
He Is Risen: The Map to Get You Home
Brad Yates preaches on 1 Corinthians 15 at Easter, making the case that the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christian faith and the source of real, unshakable hope.
Christ Is Risen: The Map to Get Home
Brad Yates opens God's Word on Easter Sunday to show why the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christian hope, not just a seasonal celebration.
Your Grief Will Be Turned to Joy
In the upper room and Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prepares his disciples for his arrest, showing how love, faith, and community carry us through our darkest hours.
See to It That No One Misleads You
Ray walks through the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24-25, drawing out Jesus's core commands: stay alert, don't be misled, endure, and keep serving those around you.
Be On Alert: Commands from the Olivet Discourse
Ray walks through the Olivet Discourse in Matthew, pulling out Jesus's practical commands: don't be misled, don't be alarmed, endure, stay alert, and love others well.
Women's Bible Study - February 21st, 2024 - Power of Prayer
Deborah walks through James 5, exploring patient endurance, prayer, and God's faithfulness through suffering, drawing on Job, a farmer's hope, and a friend's battle with ALS.
James · Week 21
My Crown Is Called Content
Philippians 4:10-23 explored: contentment in plenty and in need, the true meaning of "I can do all things," and why joy and gratitude travel together.
Philippians · Week 31
A Crown That Seldom Kings Enjoy
Pastor Ray closes out Philippians, showing how Paul learned contentment in plenty and in want, and why "I can do all things through Christ" is about peace, not strength stunts.
Philippians · Week 30
Joy in the Lord, Whatever Comes
Pastor Carl and Ray walk through Philippians, showing how Paul's joy, humility, and peace in prison point believers toward trusting God over anxiety.
Philippians · Week 29
God Saved Me and He Gave Me Peace
Pastor Carl walks through Philippians, tracing Paul's call to unity, humility, and the peace that comes through faith in Christ rather than through anything the world offers.
Women's Bible Study - February 7th, 2024 - James 3
Deborah walks through James 3 on the power of the tongue, exploring how our words shape our lives and how guarding the heart leads to wisdom and peace.
James · Week 19
A Practical Prayer from Paul's Prison Cell
Paul prays from prison that believers would know God's will and walk it out. A study of Colossians and Philemon on grace, good works, and reconciliation.
Filled with the Knowledge of His Will
Paul's prison prayer in Colossians asks that we walk worthy of God, bear fruit in every good work, and grow in the knowledge of His will.
Colossians · Week 23
Women's Bible Study - January 31st, 2024 - Walking in the Holy Spirit
James 2 shows that real faith changes how we think, speak, and treat people. No favoritism, genuine mercy, and love that actually moves us to act.
James · Week 18
To Sum Up, All of Y'all
Peter calls all believers to be harmonious, sympathetic, and humble, not repaying evil for evil, but blessing others as Christ did, even under unjust authority.
To Sum Up, All of Y'all
Pastor Carl walks through 1 Peter 2-3, calling believers to harmony, humility, and blessing others rather than returning evil for evil, following Christ's example.
Do Not Be Overcome by Evil
Romans 12 shows us how to serve, love enemies, and discern God's will, whether to persevere together or part ways, without conforming to the world.
Romans · Week 82
Many Parts, One Body
Romans 12 shows us how to live in light of God's mercy: present yourself wholly to God, renew your mind, and serve one another with your God-given gifts.
Romans · Week 81
Women's Bible Study - January 17th, 2024 - James
A Wyoming women's Bible study opens its winter series on James by exploring why God's Word still speaks to a culture that has largely walked away from faith.
James · Week 16
You Are Not All Alone
Jeremy Diebler walks through the "one another" commands of Scripture, showing how loving each other well is the lab where Christian faith becomes real.
Ephesians · Week 26
Love Requires an Object
A Wyoming pastor walks through the New Testament's "one another" commands, showing why Christian community is not hard to understand but is genuinely hard to live.
Godly Sorrow Produces Repentance
Pastor Russ unpacks 2 Corinthians 7:8-13 to show why godly sorrow leads to repentance and restored relationships, while worldly sorrow leads only to death.
Godly Sorrow Versus Worldly Sorrow
A New Year's Eve sermon from 2 Corinthians on how godly sorrow leads to repentance and restored relationships, while worldly sorrow leads only to death.
You Are a Chosen People
Brad Yates teaches First Peter 2:9-10, showing how God calls believers out of darkness into a shared identity as a chosen people, royal priesthood, and holy nation.
You Are God's Own Possession
Brad Yates opens 1 Peter 2:9-10 to show what it means to be chosen, holy, and God's own people, and why that identity calls us to proclaim Christ together.
Hope Was Born This Night
Pastor Carl walks through Mark 3, where crowds press in on Jesus, the twelve are chosen, and religious leaders call him demon-possessed while his own family thinks he has lost his mind.
Mark · Week 24
Wonderful Words of Woe
Jesus delivers seven warnings to religious leaders in Matthew 23. The pastor unpacks how hypocrisy, hollow zeal, and missed scripture still speak to us today.
Matthew · Week 9
Great Relational Wisdom That Leads to Peace
Philippians 4:1-9 offers timeless wisdom for conflict and gratitude. Pastor Carl walks through Paul's instructions that lead to God's peace in every relationship.
You Are Greatly Mistaken
Ray teaches from Matthew on Holy Week Tuesday: Jesus silences Sadducees on resurrection, names the greatest commandments, and warns against hypocrisy and pride.
You Are Mistaken
Ray walks through Holy Week's busiest day, as Jesus silences the Sadducees and Pharisees, and calls his followers to genuine humility, love, and faith.
By What Authority Are You Doing These Things
Jesus faces a direct challenge to His authority in the temple, and His answers about John's baptism, two sons, and Caesar's coin reveal what we truly owe to God.
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