124 results for “suffering for faith”, 1 Corinthians Clear
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
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
Easy to Understand, Hard to Do
A Mother's Day sermon on Ephesians 4:25, 5:2, calling believers to speak truth, guard anger, work honestly, tame the tongue, and imitate God as His beloved children.
Ephesians · Week 42
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
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
But God: Rich in Mercy
Ephesians 2 shows every person starts dead in sin, but God's mercy brings Jews and Gentiles alike into one body through Christ's blood, not our works.
Ephesians · Week 31
Put No Confidence in the Flesh
Paul's letter to the Philippians challenges us to stop trusting our own credentials and find everything we need in knowing Christ Jesus as Lord.
Philippians · Week 36
Put No Confidence in the Flesh
A new pastor preaches from Philippians 3 on counting earthly achievements as loss compared to knowing Christ, and pressing on toward the eternal prize.
Philippians · Week 35
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.
Start Where You Are
Paul arrives in Corinth alone, finds fellow workers in Aquila and Priscilla, and stays eighteen months sharing a gospel some received, some rejected, and some wanted to hear more.
Acts · Week 92
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
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
Sunday, March 23, 2025 - 11am Traditional Service - Guest Speaker Dustin Flueckiger - Psalm 86
Psalm 86 shows us that bringing our needs honestly to God is not weakness but the very thing we were designed for, and how He meets us there.
The Neediness of Man and the Faithfulness of God
Psalm 86 shows us that bringing our honest needs to God is not weakness but the very thing that draws us into deeper relationship with Him.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
Now Is the Time
A verse-by-verse walk through the Last Supper, Gethsemane, and Jesus' arrest, tracing how faith, love for one another, and humble surrender to God's will carry us through our own failures.
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.
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
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.
Women's Bible Study - October 4th, 2023
Natalie draws on her half marathon journey to explore what it takes to train, endure, and stand firm in faith for the race God has set before us.
Women's Bible Study - September 6th, 2023
Deborah Buckingham opens a women's Bible study on rooting life in Christ, drawing on the resurrection, ancient martyrs, and God's promises to calm anxiety and fear.
A City on a Hill, Not a Cruise Ship
Brad Yates opens Matthew 5:13-16 to show why God's glory, not our comfort, is the point of the Christian life, and what that means for how we live together.
October 3 rd 2022 Monday Night @ First B
Brad walks through Philippians 3:12 to 4:1, exploring progressive sanctification, discipleship, and what it means to live as citizens of heaven while still on earth.
Philippians · Week 25
Women's Bible Study - September 28th, 2022
Deborah teaches on God's four divine institutions, free will, marriage, family, and nationhood, and why knowing God's truth guards us against deception and fear.
Tragedy Strikes, Compassion Remains
A Wyoming pastor traces the death of John the Baptist through all four Gospels, exploring tragedy, faithfulness, and the compassion Jesus showed even in grief.
Humble Faith Allows Jesus to Heal the Issues
A humble father, a suffering woman, and two miracles in one story. Pastor's message on how humble faith moves Jesus to heal whatever we're facing.
Harmony of the Gospel · Week 2
The King Who Came to Serve
Jesus confronts religious leaders in Mark 12, teaching that true faith means loving God wholeheartedly, not performing for others, and that resurrection life is real.
Mark · Week 12
Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God
Peter commands humility, sobriety, and resistance against the devil. Pastor Carl walks through 1 Peter 5, showing what we do and what God promises in return.
Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God
From 1 Peter 5, four clear commands for anyone who feels stuck: humble yourself, stay sober, stay alert, and resist the devil. God promises to do the rest.
Seek Me and You Will Live
A verse-by-verse walk through the book of Amos, exploring God's judgment on social injustice, the call to seek Him above empty religion, and His promise of restoration.
Amos · Week 1
Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead
Easter Sunday sermon tracing Luke 24 and Acts 1: an empty tomb, a road to Emmaus, and a risen Christ who calls ordinary people to be His witnesses.
Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead
Easter Sunday sermon tracing Jesus' resurrection through Luke's Gospel: the empty tomb, the road to Emmaus, and the call to be witnesses to the risen Christ.
Faith and Endurance
James 1:1-12 shows that trials build endurance and maturity in believers. Pastor Carl walks through faith in action, God's wisdom, and the promise of the crown of life.
James · Week 8
The Very Last and the Servant of All
Brad teaches Mark 9:30-38 at First Baptist Jackson, showing how Jesus calls his followers to serve the least and live by the upside-down economics of God's kingdom.
Mark · Week 6
He Comes Home
Pastor Ray walks through Matthew, Mark, and Luke on Jesus responding to accusations that He cast out demons by Satan, including a look at the unpardonable sin.
Her Sins Which Are Many Have Been Forgiven
A sinful woman washes Jesus' feet with her tears while a proud Pharisee looks on. The pastor explores what true contrition, forgiveness, and faith look like.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 7
Her Sins Which Are Many Have Been Forgiven
A sinful woman anoints Jesus' feet at a Pharisee's table. Pastor explores pride, humility, and what it means to truly grasp how much we've been forgiven.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 6
Enter Through the Narrow Gate
Jesus closes the Sermon on the Mount with hard words about judgment, false prophets, and building on solid ground. Pastor Carl walks through Matthew 7.
Matthew · Week 4
Be Persuaded by Those Leading You
Hebrews 13:17 explored verse by verse: what Scripture actually says about obeying church leaders, why it matters, and what it costs the leaders themselves.
Hebrews · Week 64
Obey Your Leaders and Submit to Them
Pastor Aaron walks through Hebrews 13:17, examining what it truly means to obey church leaders, why that call exists, and what God requires of those who lead.
Hebrews · Week 63
Since We Have a Great High Priest
Pastor Carl walks through Hebrews 4:14-5:10, showing why Jesus as our great high priest matters and how His sinless life lets us approach God with confidence.
Hebrews · Week 15
Today, If You Hear His Voice
Hebrews 3 calls us to decisively fix our eyes on Jesus and not harden our hearts, learning from Israel's wilderness failures to persevere in faith today.
Hebrews · Week 11
Consider Jesus
Ray McDaniel walks through Hebrews 3:1-6, calling believers to carefully and decisively fix their minds on Jesus, the apostle and high priest who is greater than Moses.
Hebrews · Week 8
Do Not Neglect This Great Salvation
Hebrews 2 warns against neglecting salvation through Christ. Pastor explores what that warning means for Christians today and why no other way compares.
Hebrews · Week 6
How Shall We Escape If We Neglect So Great a Salvation
Hebrews 2 warns against neglecting salvation confirmed through Christ, eyewitnesses, and the Spirit. How will we escape if we let it drift away?
Hebrews · Week 5
Not Slow, But Patient
A Wyoming pastor walks through 2 Peter 3 on God's patience, coming judgment, and the call to live holy lives while waiting for Christ's return.
2 Peter · Week 14
Y'all or a They
Peter warns about false teachers who promise freedom but deliver slavery, while God's patience invites everyone to repentance before judgment comes.
2 Peter · Week 13
It Is Finished
Easter sermon on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, tracing prophecies from Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53 to the empty tomb and the hope believers carry forward.
Preach the Word
Pastor Aaron preaches 2 Timothy 4:1-8, calling believers to proclaim God's word faithfully in good times and bad, with patience, truth and love.
2 Timothy · Week 11
Preach the Word: In Season and Out of Season
Pastor Nathan preaches 2 Timothy 4:1-8, calling the church to proclaim God's Word faithfully in every season, with patience, courage and hope in Christ's return.
2 Timothy · Week 10
He Set His Face Like Flint
Isaiah 53 written 700 years before Christ describes His suffering, death and resurrection in detail. Pastor shows why Christmas only makes sense in light of the cross.
Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God
Pastor Nathan walks through 1 Peter 5:6-11, showing what believers are called to do about anxiety and pride, and what God promises to do in response.
1 Peter · Week 21
Shepherd the Flock Among You
Pastor Ray walks through 1 Peter 5, asking what truly drives those who lead God's people, and calling elders and all believers to shepherd with humility and eagerness.
1 Peter · Week 20
Done with Sin
Peter calls believers to be done with sin. The pastor walks through 1 Peter 4:1-6, Christ's suffering, holy living, and the hope that grounds it all.
1 Peter · Week 14
The Word of the Lord Endures Forever
A pastor leads his grieving church through 1 Peter 2 after the sudden death of an elder, finding hope and purpose in Christ's example of suffering and trust in God.
1 Peter · Week 8
Born Again to a Living Hope
Peter writes to scattered believers facing persecution, promising an imperishable inheritance, living hope through Christ's resurrection, and God's protecting power through faith.
1 Peter · Week 2
The Laborer Deserves His Wages
The pastor walks through 1 Timothy 5:17, 6:2, covering how churches should honor elders, handle discipline, and how believers should treat those they work for.
1 Timothy · Week 20
The Aim of Our Charge Is Love
Ray walks through 1 Timothy 2, wrestling honestly with what Paul says to men and women about anger, modesty, and authority in the household of God.
1 Timothy · Week 6
Philippians 1.27.2.2 Contemporary Servcie (3)
Pastor Ray walks through Philippians 1:27-30, calling Christians to stand firm together in one spirit, striving fearlessly for the gospel rather than settling for an individual faith.
Philippians · Week 8
Standing Fast in One Spirit
Philippians 1:27-30 calls believers to stand firm together, strive fearlessly for the gospel, and embrace both faith and suffering as gifts from God.
Philippians · Week 7
To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain
A sermon on Philippians 1:18-26 asking one honest question: if you filled in the blank, "for me, to live is ___," what would your answer be?
Philippians · Week 6
For To Me To Live Is Christ
Philippians 1:19-26 explored through one question: how do you honestly finish the sentence "For me, to live is ___, and to die is ___"?
Philippians · Week 5
Learning to Lean on God's Will
Pastor Ray weaves Ephesians 1:3-14 with stories from a Guatemala mission trip, showing how God works out His will through the obedience of ordinary people.
Ephesians · Week 11
By the Will of God
The pastor walks through Ephesians 1:1-2, examining what it means that Paul was an apostle "by the will of God" and what God's will looks like in a believer's life.
Ephesians · Week 10
By the Will of God
The pastor walks through Ephesians 1:1-2 and examines what the will of God actually means for believers, from salvation and purity to suffering and submission.
Ephesians · Week 9
Christ in You, the Hope of Glory
Colossians 1 sermon on what Paul meant by "filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions," and how believers carry the gospel forward through their own suffering and witness.
Colossians · Week 7
Towards Unity and Diversity- Traditional (3)
Romans 14-15 explores Christian unity across differences, what sin really is, and why staying grounded in belief is the source of lasting hope and joy.
Romans · Week 76
The Seed and the Soil
A Romanian missionary shares how the gospel survived communism and spread worldwide, preaching on the parable of the sower from Mark 4.
The Word Became Human and Lived Among Us
Dwayne Bristow of Navajo Brethren in Christ Mission preaches on incarnational ministry, asking whether we reveal the Father to others or merely impose our own religious standards.
Love Must Be Sincere
Romans 12 shows love without hypocrisy not as a checklist but as a Spirit-empowered way of life, overcoming evil with good even toward enemies.
Romans · Week 65
By the Mercies of God
Ray McDaniel walks through Romans 12, showing how spiritual gifts like serving, teaching, giving, and mercy flow from God's mercy and call believers out of self-centered living.
Romans · Week 63
I Could Wish Myself Accursed
Paul's aching burden for his people opens three chapters on God's sovereignty and salvation, where all good theology leads to praise.
Romans · Week 54
Work the Works While It Is Day
A pastor walks through Romans 7 and John 9 to show how union with Christ through faith calls believers to simple obedience, honest testimony, and worship.
Romans · Week 43
Union with Christ Is What It's All About
A blind man's healing in John 9 opens up the question of what it means to obey simply, testify honestly, and worship faithfully when you are united with Christ.
Reckon Yourselves Dead to Sin
Romans 6 asks whether grace is a license to keep sinning. Pastor Mark walks through Paul's answer: those who died with Christ are freed from sin's power to walk in newness of life.
Romans · Week 39
Not Ashamed of the Gospel
Romans 1:8-17 explores what the gospel really is, why Paul was not ashamed of it, and how every believer should be able to say it plainly in a sentence.
Romans · Week 15
The Biblical Reaction to Grace Received
Paul walks through 2 Corinthians 9, showing how grace received from God naturally produces generosity in every form, given freely and with a cheerful heart.
2 Corinthians · Week 19
The Biblical Reaction to Grace Received
Paul shows from 2 Corinthians 8 how receiving God's grace naturally moves believers to extend that same grace to others, freely and voluntarily.
Chronological Bible · Week 1
The Biblical Reaction to Grace Received
Paul shows how Macedonian Christians gave generously out of poverty because God's grace compels us to extend to others what we have freely received.
2 Corinthians · Week 18
Power Under Restraint
A sermon on biblical meekness from Psalm 37: not weakness or timidity, but power under restraint and trust that God will act, vindicate and repay.
The Love of Christ Compels Us
A Wyoming pastor walks through 2 Corinthians 5:11-17, explaining what compels Christians to share the gospel and what it means to see people through God's eyes.
2 Corinthians · Week 10
The Love of Christ Compels Us
Paul's words in 2 Corinthians push us to see people through God's eyes, not our own, and to let Christ's love compel us toward the one message that changes everything.
2 Corinthians · Week 9
We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight
Paul shows in 2 Corinthians 5 why Christians can face suffering without fear: a guaranteed heavenly home, a resurrected body, and a Savior worth living and dying for.
2 Corinthians · Week 8
Therefore We Do Not Lose Heart
From 2 Corinthians 4, Pastor Blake walks through Paul's list of pressures and why hard-pressed believers are not crushed, forsaken, or destroyed.
2 Corinthians · Week 7
Always Carrying the Dying of Jesus
Paul shows that the gospel of Christ's death and the Spirit's freedom transform believers together, as one body, from one degree of glory to another.
2 Corinthians · Week 6
Thanks Be to God Who Always Leads Us in Triumphal Procession
Paul shows that carrying the gospel means being led like a prisoner in Christ's triumph, not marching as the victor. Sufficiency comes from God alone.
2 Corinthians · Week 4
Yes and No and the Faithfulness of God
Paul's defense of his travel plans in 2 Corinthians reveals a pastor who loves people deeply, changes plans by the Spirit, and finds all God's promises met in Christ.
2 Corinthians · Week 2
The God of All Comfort
The pastor opens 2 Corinthians by asking why we suffer, and finds in Paul's words a God who comforts us so we can comfort others with real, hard-won power.
2 Corinthians · Week 1
God Sent Forth His Son
Galatians 4:1-5 shows why God sent His Son at exactly the right time: not to leave us enslaved, but to bring us into full adoption as His children.
Galatians · Week 5
He Is Risen: Past, Present, and Future
Easter sermon from First Baptist Jackson on the resurrection of Jesus, what it means to believe, and how that belief shapes the way we live today and into the future.
Pick Up the Armor and Claim It
A women's Bible study closes its Ephesians series by walking through the armor of God, showing how truth, righteousness, peace, faith and Scripture guard against spiritual attack.
Ephesians · Week 8
The Resurrection Makes All the Difference
Paul grounds daily risk, dying to self, and moral vigilance in one truth: Christ rose. Without the resurrection, nothing holds. With it, everything changes.
1 Corinthians · Week 22
Walk Worthy of Your Calling
Ephesians 4 study on walking worthy of your calling through humility, patience, love, and peacemaking, and discovering how God's gifts build unity in the church.
Ephesians · Week 6
Living As a New Creation - Who do You say that I am (Wk. 3) (2)
A Wyoming pastor teaches on embracing your God-given identity in Christ, renewing your mind, and letting the Spirit transform how you see yourself and live.
Living As a New Creation - Who do You say that I am (Wk. 2) (3)
A women's Bible study on living as a new creation in Christ, covering identity, personality, body and soul, and how to walk out God's truth daily.
Living As a New Creation - Who do You say that I am (Wk. 1) (3)
A sermon on discovering your true identity in Christ, exploring what God says about who you are and how believing it changes the way you live.
Christ Is Risen: Stand Firm on the Gospel
Pastor Carl walks through 1 Corinthians 15 to show why the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus is the firm foundation on which Christians can stand firm in any circumstance.
The More Excellent Way
Pastor Aaron walks First Baptist Jackson through 1 Corinthians 13, showing that love is indispensable, behavioral, and permanent, and asking each of us how we actually measure up.
1 Corinthians · Week 18
One Body, Many Members
A sermon on 1 Corinthians 12 exploring spiritual gifts, unity in the body of Christ, and why every believer's gift matters for the common good.
1 Corinthians · Week 17
Morning Praise & Traditions (3)
A Wyoming pastor traces the Bible's journey into English, then a guest speaker opens 1 Corinthians 13 to show why love is the foundation of everything Christians do.
God Really Does Love You
Ray walks through 1 Corinthians 10:1-22, using Old Testament examples to address ignorance, sexual immorality, and idolatry, with a close look at verse 13.
1 Corinthians · Week 11
Stay Out of the Ditches
A Wyoming pastor walks through 1 Corinthians 6-7, tracing a path between sexual license and rigid asceticism, and calling married and single believers to faithfulness where they are.
1 Corinthians · Week 8
What Do You Have That You Did Not Receive?
Pastor Ray walks through 1 Corinthians 4, showing how pride fuels division, why every gift comes from God, and what faithful, humble service actually looks like.
1 Corinthians · Week 4
The Secret of Being Content
Doug Walkup traces Paul's shipwrecks, stonings, and riots to show what "I can do all things through Christ" actually cost, and where real contentment comes from.
Futile Sin Management Without the Cross
Acts 18 sermon on Apollos, who preached repentance powerfully but knew only John's baptism. What is sin management without the cross of Christ?
Acts · Week 18
Easter Sunday, From John 20, Morning Praise (2)
Easter sermon from John 20 on the empty tomb, Christ's resurrection, and His mandate to carry God's message of love and forgiveness to the world.
John · Week 17
I Thought You Were Different
A look at Jesus' temptations in Matthew 4 and what it means to stand firm against compromise when the world keeps saying it's easier to just fit in.
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