85 results for “communion”, Acts 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
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
Joel's three chapters move from locust devastation to Pentecost hope, with Pastor Joel calling his church to genuine repentance and trust in God's mercy.
Joel · Week 2
Jesus Is Better Than All of These Things
Hebrews 13 calls Christians to hold fast to grace, resist strange teachings, and offer God the sacrifice of praise, generosity, and care for one another.
Hebrews · Week 69
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.
They All Were Brought Safely to Land
A sermon on Acts 27 traces Paul's shipwreck voyage to Rome and asks what it means to trust God when storms, delays, and loss of control pile up around you.
Acts · Week 118
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
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
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
Innocent of the Blood of All People
Pastor Ray walks through Acts 20, where Paul says his goodbyes, raises a boy from the dead, and charges the Ephesian elders to guard God's flock with their lives.
Acts · Week 99
Who Are You
Acts 19: miracles, a mob, and a silversmith's riot in Ephesus. What happens when the gospel upends business, pride, and everything people thought they controlled.
Acts · Week 98
Who Are You
Acts 19 shows God's power prevailing through Paul in Ephesus, exposing those who claimed Christ's name without knowing Him, and a riot that could not stop the gospel.
Acts · Week 97
Who Are You
Acts 19: God's word grows in Ephesus through miracles, burning of magic books, and a silversmiths' riot that could not stop the gospel from prevailing.
Acts · Week 96
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
A Tale of Three Cities
Paul and Barnabas pressed on through beatings, rejection and stoning to preach the gospel. A study in Acts 14 on faithful, reliant, unstoppable mission.
Acts · Week 75
A Tale of Three Cities
Paul and Barnabas face rejection, worship, and stoning across three cities, yet keep returning to preach the gospel and strengthen the believers they leave behind.
Acts · Week 74
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
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
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
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
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 9 a.m. Contemporary Service - The Acts of the Apostles
Peter and the apostles are jailed, freed by an angel, and hauled before the Sanhedrin again. Acts 5 shows why the gospel could not be silenced.
Acts · Week 39
If It Is of God, You Cannot Overthrow It
Peter and the apostles face arrest again in Acts 5, yet keep preaching Jesus as Messiah. A study in boldness, suffering, and the unstoppable advance of the gospel.
Acts · Week 38
Silver and Gold Have None
Peter and John stop for a lame beggar at the temple gate. A First Baptist Jackson sermon on Acts 3, seeing people who suffer and giving what you have.
Acts · Week 29
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
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
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 Polished Shaft Hidden in His Quiver
A Wyoming pastor traces Isaiah's servant songs through Scripture, showing how Christ fulfilled Israel's calling to be a light to all nations, even through suffering.
A Light to the Gentiles
Ray McDaniel walks through Isaiah 49 to show how God's servant, Jesus, became a light to all nations and why trusting God through suffering leads to certain hope.
Wonder Working Power in the Precious Blood
Pastor Ray walks through Mark 16:9-20, explaining why some Bibles bracket these verses and what the passage teaches about the resurrection, the Great Commission, and communion.
Mark · Week 26
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
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.
Confidence to Enter, Boldness to Go
A pastor shares a story of a Muslim man praying for God to reveal truth, then walks through Hebrews 10 on drawing near to God through Christ's sacrifice.
Luke · Week 30
Draw Near With Confidence
A Moroccan taxi driver, a prayer hip-to-hip, and Hebrews 10: The preacher's message on humility, grace, and what it means to draw near to God together.
Hebrews · Week 67
Repent or Perish: Five Warnings and Two Alternatives
Five warnings from Luke 12 on hypocrisy, greed, worry, division and judgment, paired with Jesus's call to repentance and trust in a patient, providing God.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 23
The Gospel in Ten Words or Less
Pastor Ray asks his congregation to answer one question: what is the gospel in 10 words or less? Their answers reveal the heart of Christian faith.
The Gospel in Ten Words or Less
Pastor Ray asks his congregation to sum up the gospel in 10 words or less, then shares responses from seven years ago while walking through what the good news of Jesus really means.
Here Is Water, What Hinders You
A New Year's Day sermon on baptism, tracing Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8, followed by an invitation to be baptized and the Lord's Supper.
Harmony of the Gospel · Week 4
Here Is Water, What Hinders You
A Wyoming congregation rings in the New Year with a baptism, new members, communion, and a sermon on Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8.
More Confrontation with the Pharisees
Pastor Ray walks through Matthew and Mark's account of Jesus confronting the Pharisees, tracing how what truly defiles a person comes not from unwashed hands but from the heart.
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.
John Whom I Beheaded Has Arisen
Pastor explores Herod Antipas, the death of John the Baptist, and what it means to face opposition when you are faithfully doing the work of God's kingdom.
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
Do Not Be Carried Away
Pastor Ray walks through Hebrews 13, warning against false teaching, calling believers to rest in God's grace and follow Jesus outside the comfort of the camp.
Hebrews · Week 62
Do Not Be Carried Away
Hebrews 13 sermon on staying rooted in God's grace, resisting false teaching, and going outside the camp to follow Christ wherever He leads.
Hebrews · Week 61
Let Us Draw Near
Hebrews 10:19-25 calls believers to draw near to God, hold fast to Jesus, and stir one another toward love and good works as the day of His return approaches.
Hebrews · Week 32
Once for All Time
Hebrews 9-10 explains how the old covenant's sacrifices pointed forward to Christ's once-for-all offering, and why believers need not turn back to any lesser substitute.
Hebrews · Week 29
Realize This: The Last Days List
Paul's list of last-days vices in 2 Timothy 3 hits close to home, but the antidote is clear: rooted in Scripture, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy · Week 9
Realize This: The Last Days Are Here
Pastor Ray walks through 2 Timothy 3, contrasting a sobering list of last-days character traits with the faithful life Timothy was called to live, grounded in Scripture.
2 Timothy · Week 8
A Light to the Gentiles
Ray walks First Baptist Jackson through Isaiah 49, showing how God called Jesus as a servant and light to all nations, and how that calling extends to the church today.
Isaiah · Week 1
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
Loving and Longing
Peter calls believers to fervently love one another and crave God's Word, while laying aside malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. First Peter 1:22, 2:3.
1 Peter · Week 6
Guard the Deposit
Pastor Blake walks First Baptist Jackson through the final verses of 1 Timothy and the opening of Titus, grounding both letters in the real history of the early church.
Titus · Week 2
Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You
Pastor Aaron wraps up 1 Timothy and opens Titus, tracing the real history behind Paul's letters and what it means to guard the gospel entrusted to us.
Titus · Week 1
Honor, Distinguish, Serve
Pastor Ray walks through 1 Timothy 5, calling the church to honor, serve, and care for one another as family, with tenderness toward widows and the vulnerable.
1 Timothy · Week 17
The All Sufficiency of Christ
Paul opens Colossians by grounding Christian hope in the sufficiency of Christ, not ritual or superstition, and praying believers would grow in God's will and knowledge.
Colossians · Week 3
Love Without Hypocrisy
Romans 12 shows love without hypocrisy through a string of direct commands. Pastor Nate walks through what they mean and why only Christ makes them possible.
Romans · Week 64
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.
WWW Be Right (15)
Romans 10 shows that salvation is not about ritual or heritage but trusting Jesus as Lord, a truth as urgent for us today as it was for Israel.
Romans · Week 8
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.
Living As a New Creation - Who do You say that I am (Wk. 4) (2)
A Wyoming woman teaches her small group how to recognize God's voice through Scripture, prayer, dreams, and imagination, with stories and practical exercises.
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.
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Pastor Ray walks through 1 Corinthians 14, wrestling honestly with one of Scripture's hardest passages on order, worship, and women speaking in the church.
1 Corinthians · Week 19
Dead Man Walking, But God
Deborah teaches Ephesians 2 at First Baptist Jackson, tracing how God rescues spiritually dead sinners by grace and calls them His masterpiece with purpose.
Ephesians · Week 2
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
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.
Proclaiming God's Word in Ephesus
Paul in Ephesus shows what faithful gospel proclamation looks like: go where God leads, work hard, preach Christ, engage people in your path, and leave results to God.
Acts · Week 19
The Blood of the Martyrs Is the Seed of the Church
Philip scatters the gospel into Samaria, a sorcerer's heart is exposed, and Peter and John make an unusual visit in Acts 8:1-25.
Acts · Week 12
We're on a Mission from God
Acts 5 shows a repeating pattern: God moves with power, His word interprets, opposition arises and is thwarted, and the witness advances. Are you in that progression?
Acts · Week 7
On a Mission from God
Peter and the apostles refuse to stop preaching despite arrest and flogging. A look at Acts 5 and the pattern of God's power, opposition, and advancing witness.
Acts · Week 6
From John 16, Morning Praise (3)
John 16 explains why Jesus said His leaving was good news: the Holy Spirit would come to convict us of sin, Christ's righteousness, and coming judgment.
John · Week 14
From John 16, Traditions (3)
A sermon from John 16 on the Holy Spirit's work of conviction: our sin, Christ's righteousness, and coming judgment, and why these truths are good news for believers.
John · Week 13
The Raising of Lazarus, Traditions
Jesus wept: two words that reveal Christ's humility, humanity, and holiness, and show us a God who grieves with us rather than sitting apart from our pain.
John · Week 8
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