200 results for “light of the world”, Ephesians Clear
Christ Is Good Enough
A sermon through Colossians 2-3 on what it means to walk in Christ, free from legalism, empty tradition, and self-made religion, with Christ as fully sufficient.
Colossians · Week 26
He Is Indeed in First Place
Colossians 1 shows Jesus as preeminent over all creation and the dead, the agent of peace through the cross, and the one who must hold first place in every part of life.
Colossians · Week 24
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.
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
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
Grace and Peace, Always
Paul closes Ephesians with grace and peace, then opens Philippians with the same. A study of how joy, unity, and humility flow from the gospel.
Ephesians · Week 51
The Full Armor of God and the Comms Check
Pastor Ray works through Ephesians 6, showing that the armor of God is a collective calling, not an individual one, and that our fight is never against other people.
Ephesians · Week 50
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
Submitting to One Another in the Fear of Christ
Pastor Van walks through Ephesians 5, exploring what mutual submission looks like for husbands, wives, children, parents, and workers who follow Christ.
Ephesians · Week 46
Pay Careful Attention to How You Walk
Ephesians 5 calls believers to walk wisely, diligently, and in step with God's will, filled by the Spirit rather than wasting the season God has given.
Ephesians · Week 45
Awake Sleeper and Rise from the Dead
Ephesians 5 calls Christians out of darkness and into light, which means leaving behind corrupting speech, sexual immorality, greed, and foolish talk to walk as saints.
Ephesians · Week 44
Awake, Sleeper, and Rise from the Dead
A verse-by-verse look at Ephesians 5:3-14 on corrupt speech, sexual immorality, greed, and what it means to walk as a child of light rather than darkness.
Ephesians · Week 43
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
Walk Worthy: Put Off, Put On
Pastor Mark opens Ephesians 4 by grounding the call to walk worthy in the solid truth of chapters 1 through 3, tracing the path from darkness to light.
Ephesians · Week 40
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
Hosanna to Crucify Him: The Fickleness of the Crowd
Palm Sunday sermon on Jesus' triumphal entry from John 12, the fickleness of crowds, and Paul's vision of the gospel going out to all people in Ephesians 3.
By the Will of God
Pastor Ray opens Ephesians by sitting with just two verses, showing how Paul's identity, God's will, and the promise of grace and peace set the foundation for everything that follows.
Ephesians · Week 32
Save Us Now: Hosanna and the Fickle Crowd
Palm Sunday sermon exploring the crowd's "Hosanna" cry, human fickleness, and Paul's letter to the Ephesians on God's plan to bring the gospel to all people.
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
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
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
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.
The Message Came Toward Them
Shepherds, Mary, and Joseph each heard a message from God and acted on it. A Christmas sermon on receiving what God says and responding in obedience.
What Do You Do With the Message?
A Wyoming pastor traces how Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds each heard a message from God and acted on it, asking what we will do with the same message.
The Book of Philippians - Guest Speaker John Hamon
A sermon on Philippians 2:5-11 exploring how Christ emptied himself of glory, went to the cross, and was exalted, and what that means for how we live.
Philippians · Week 34
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
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
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.
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
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
Grace, Faith, Works
Brad Yates walks through Ephesians 2:8-10, showing why grace comes first, faith follows, and good works flow from both rather than earning what God freely gives.
Ephesians · Week 27
Grace Through Faith: It Is a Gift
Brad Yates opens Ephesians 2:8-10 to show that salvation comes by grace through faith alone, and that good works flow from that gift, never the other way around.
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.
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
Sunday May 11th 9am Service (Mother's Day)
Acts 15's Jerusalem Council shows how the early church resolved a major dispute over salvation, landing on one answer: grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.
Acts · Week 76
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
By What Power Have You Done This
Peter and John before the Sanhedrin: how two ordinary fishermen answered threats with bold prayer, and why the gospel cannot be contained by any human authority.
Acts · Week 34
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
Silver and Gold Have I None
A lame man healed at the temple gate opens a question every believer faces: are we trying to be Peter, or do we need to see ourselves as the one who was lifted up?
Acts · Week 30
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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 Not Here, He Has Risen
Pastor Mark walks through Matthew's resurrection account, examining the women at the tomb, the guards' bribe, the Great Commission, and what it means when believers still doubt.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 36
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.
It Is Good to Give Thanks to the Lord
Pastor Ray walks through Psalm 92, calling the church to tireless praise, honest humility before God, and the unending vitality promised to those rooted in Him.
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
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.
Women's Bible Study - January 24th, 2024 - James 1
James chapter one shows that real faith thinks differently, acts boldly, and trusts a good God even when trials, temptation, and suffering press hard against us.
James · Week 17
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
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.
If You Are Saved, Act Like It
Peter calls scattered, persecuted believers to hope fully, live holy, fear God, love deeply, and crave God's word, all grounded in the mercy of Christ.
1 Peter · Week 24
When the Fullness of Time Came
A Christmas sermon on the gifts God gave through Christ's birth, tracing grace, freedom, and adoption through Galatians, Ephesians, and Romans.
Born of a Woman at Just the Right Time
A Christmas message from Paul's letters on grace, freedom in Christ, and seizing the moments God sets before us in the fullness of time.
Women's Bible Study - October 25th, 2023 - Review and New Topic: Forgiveness
Deborah teaches First Baptist Jackson's women's Bible study on how unforgiveness blocks spiritual growth, drawing from Matthew 18 and Ephesians 4.
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.
Love Bless Forgive
Missionary Norris shares how love, blessing, and forgiveness are transforming lives from Lebanon to Uganda, and even his own family, as kingdom weapons that actually work.
Sunday July 16th 11am (Traditional) Service with Guest Speaker Brad Yates
Brad Yates teaches Matthew 5:13-16, calling believers to be salt and light in their community, not for personal gain, but for the glory of God.
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.
Pack the Essentials
Michael Demetrius shows graduating seniors and their church family what belongs in the essential "backpack" for life: salvation by grace through faith, and walking daily with God.
Pack Up
Youth pastor Mike Demetrius unpacks what truly matters as graduation season arrives: salvation by grace through faith is the one essential every person needs, at every stage of life.
He Is No Fool Who Gives What He Cannot Keep
Jesus lays out three plain conditions for discipleship in Luke 14: putting Him first, carrying your cross daily, and renouncing all else. Pastor Ray walks through each one.
Luke · Week 19
We Just Said Yes
A Wyoming family shares how saying yes to God led them through a years-long international adoption, and what that obedience might look like for anyone willing to trust Him.
We Said Yes
Glenn shares his family's adoption journey from India and how saying yes to God, despite fear and uncertainty, shaped their faith and family.
The Spreading Circle
Psalm 67 shows God blesses His people not as an end in itself, but so His grace spreads outward to every nation, people, and tongue on earth.
Lambs Among Wolves
Jesus sends 72 ordinary believers into dangerous harvest fields. The pastor explores what that mission meant then and what it still means for anyone willing to go today.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 20
Lambs Among Wolves
Luke 10 shows Jesus sending out 72 workers ahead of Him, and what brought Him joy then still brings Him joy now: people living on mission and others receiving the message.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 19
Monday Night 12.5.22 The Parables of Jesus
Jesus teaches four parables in Mark 4 about seeds, lamps, and growth, showing how God's kingdom spreads and what it means to truly listen and sow freely.
Mark · Week 15
Apart From Me You Can Do Nothing
Matt Litzelman teaches from John 15 on what it means to abide in Christ, bear fruit, and live as a disciple who loves God and loves people.
The Attitude of Christ
Philippians 2 shows that loving and serving others flows from what Christ first did for us, not from willpower or guilt. His example changes everything.
Philippians · Week 26
Metamorpho: Transfigured Before Them
Ray walks through the Transfiguration of Jesus, connecting it to personal transformation available to every believer through humility and the Holy Spirit.
He Was Transfigured Before Them
Ray walks through the Transfiguration in Matthew, connecting Jesus's transformation to Romans 12 and the ongoing work of God in every believer's life.
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.
Women's Bible Study - September 21st, 2022
Deborah teaches on the "little g gods" competing for our attention, how Satan works through false philosophies, and four idols that keep us from trusting God fully.
Beware the Leaven of Both Sides
Jesus feeds thousands, warns of divisive leaven, and heals a blind man gradually. A sermon on faith, factions, and following Christ over ideology.
Matthew · Week 6
Commissioning of the 12
Jesus sends out the Twelve with authority, clear instructions, and a radical call to trust God, proclaim His kingdom, and love boldly even when rejected.
Harmony of the Gospels · Week 13
Commissioning of the 12
Jesus sends out the Twelve with nothing but His authority. A sermon on Matthew 10 about trust, rejection, and what it means to carry the gospel into a world that won't always welcome it.
Have Faith in God
Mark 11 shows Jesus teaching his disciples about prayer, faith, and forgiveness while religious leaders demand to know who gave Him authority.
Mark · Week 11
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.
The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
A close study of Habakkuk 2:4 and what it means that the righteous shall live by faith, tracing the phrase through Hebrew, Greek, and the New Testament.
Monday Night @ Frist B May 22nd
Jesus hears blind Bartimaeus cry out in faith and stops to heal him. A study of Mark 10:46-52 on mercy, faith, and what it means to follow Jesus.
Mark · Week 10
Trust in the Lord No Matter What
The pastor walks through Habakkuk's raw lament, God's surprising answer, and the prophet's hard-won trust that God is sovereign and acting even when we cannot see it.
Trust in the Lord No Matter What
The preacher walks through all three chapters of Habakkuk, showing how one prophet's raw complaints to God became a model of trust in God's sovereignty amid injustice and suffering.
Allow Both to Grow Until the Harvest
A Mother's Day sermon on Proverbs 1 and the parables of the wheat and weeds in Matthew 13, exploring wisdom, the kingdom of God, and eternal destinies.
Parables of the Kingdom · Week 2
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 Lives: The Good News of the Resurrection
John 20 shows Jesus rising from the dead and appearing personally to Mary, the disciples, and doubting Thomas. His first words: peace be with you.
John · Week 32
Monday Night @ Frist B Feb 6th
Faith, humility, and persistence: what a desperate Gentile mother and a deaf man teach us about coming to Jesus and God's good news for everyone who believes.
Mark · Week 4
Stop Trying to Hide from God
Steve Baldock shares two practical tools for Christian growth: praying actively during worship and building a daily habit of reading, praying, and writing with God.
Your Words Have the Power of Life and Death
Steve Landis opens with conviction about the power of words, then walks through why surrendering to repentance and transformation matters for every believer.
Words Have Power of Life and Death
Steve Landis opens Scripture on the power of words, the call to holiness, and why God's grace, not guilt, is what truly motivates us to change.
Take Care Not to Practice Your Righteousness
Jesus warns His disciples about doing good things for the wrong reasons, examining giving, prayer, and fasting done to impress people rather than to honor God.
Sermon on the Mount · Week 2
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
Forgiven People Forgive People
A Wyoming pastor walks through biblical forgiveness: what it costs, why we avoid it, and how God's grace makes it possible to finally let go.
Hebrews · Week 56
Forgiving People Forgive People
A Wyoming pastor walks through forgiveness step by step, from taking honest account of sin to making the choice to let go, rooted in Hebrews 12:14-15.
Hebrews · Week 55
By Faith: Men of Whom the World Was Not Worthy
Hebrews 11-12 sermon on faith through suffering, tracing biblical heroes and beloved church members who lived and died trusting God's promises.
Hebrews · Week 47
Jesus Christ Really Is That Awesome
Hebrews 1 and Philippians 2 show why Christmas matters: Jesus Christ really is the radiance of God, the heir of all things, who emptied himself to redeem us.
Hebrews · Week 43
When He Was Called, Obeyed
Ray walks through Hebrews 11, showing how Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph each stepped forward in faith toward a promise they never fully received in this life.
Hebrews · Week 42
When He Was Called, Obeyed
Hebrews 11 sermon on the heroes of faith: how Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph walked forward in obedience to God without yet receiving the promise.
Hebrews · Week 41
Faith Is the Assurance of Things Hoped for
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for. A sermon through Hebrews 11 on what it means to live by faith, drawing from the lives of the faithful who came before us.
Hebrews · Week 38
By Faith: The Bread That Holds It Together
Hebrews 11 shows that every believer across all time is united by faith in God's faithfulness. That same faith is what God calls us to live by today.
Hebrews · Week 37
Jesus Is Better Than
The pastor walks through the first ten chapters of Hebrews, showing why Jesus is better than every old covenant figure, and urging listeners to carefully consider him as their own answer.
Hebrews · Week 36
Do Not Throw Away Your Confidence
A verse-by-verse walk through Hebrews 10:32-39, set in the context of the whole book, on enduring hardship, holding fast to faith, and not shrinking back.
Hebrews · Week 35
Once for All Time
Hebrews 9-10 traces how the old covenant sacrifices pointed forward to Christ's once-for-all death as the only sacrifice that truly removes sin.
Hebrews · Week 30
A More Excellent Ministry by a Better Mediator
Hebrews 8 shows Jesus as the mediator of a better covenant, fulfilling what the old covenant could only shadow, and writing God's law on our hearts.
Hebrews · Week 27
Diagnosis and Remedy
Hebrews 5:11-6:3 warns against spiritual sluggishness and calls believers past the basics of faith toward the maturity that comes through daily submission to God.
Hebrews · Week 18
I Will Bless the Lord at All Times
Psalm 34 shows that praising God in every circumstance, not just good times, is the pattern David lived and the peace every believer can find today.
His Praise Continually in My Mouth
Psalm 34 traces David's flight from Saul to a song of praise, showing how God meets his people in grief, fear, and joy with faithful deliverance.
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
Patient With You
Peter warns of false teachers who entice believers away from the gospel, while reminding us that God's patience is not slowness but mercy, calling everyone to repentance.
2 Peter · Week 12
Mother's Day - Traditional
A Mother's Day sermon from Exodus 20 on honoring your mother, forgiving her failures, and how the "one another" commands of Scripture shape how we treat those closest to us.
Mother's Day - Contemporary
A Mother's Day sermon on honoring your mother, forgiving the past, and living out the love and forgiveness God has shown us through Christ.
2 Peter · Week 7
We Are Leaky People
Peter reminds believers that God's Word is not myth but eyewitness truth, and calls us to keep adding faith, goodness, knowledge, and love to our lives.
2 Peter · Week 3
From Glory to Glory
A Wyoming pastor traces God's glory from Moses' radiant face through the law and the cross, showing how believers are being transformed into Christ's image from glory to glory.
From Glory to Glory
A sermon on how God transforms believers from one degree of glory to the next as they behold Christ, drawn from Exodus 34, 2 Corinthians 3, and Romans 8.
To Him Be the Glory Forever and Ever
A Wyoming pastor revisits Paul's final words to explore what God's glory truly means, from Moses at Meribah to the church carrying that glory today.
2 Timothy · Week 14
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
The Word of God Is Not Imprisoned
The pastor walks through 2 Timothy 2, exploring Paul's three soldier, athlete, and farmer similes alongside five trustworthy sayings that anchor the gospel of grace.
2 Timothy · Week 5
True Wisdom Comes From God
James 3 shows two kinds of wisdom: the world's, which breeds disorder, and God's, which grows righteousness. Learn what it looks like and how to seek it.
James · Week 6
Faith and Deeds Always Work Together
James 2 shows that real faith always produces action. A dead faith changes nothing, but a living faith rooted in God's love compels us toward good works that glorify God.
James · Week 5
Green Bananas and the Gifts God Gives
A Wyoming pastor connects rotting green bananas to 1 Peter 4 in a sermon on spiritual gifts, urging believers to use what God has given before it goes to waste.
1 Peter · Week 16
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
Standing on the Promises, Not Sitting on the Premises
Peter writes to scattered strangers facing real persecution, pointing them to an imperishable inheritance, a living hope grounded in Christ's resurrection, and the mercy of God.
1 Peter · Week 1
Paying Attention to People
Pastor A walks through Titus 3, tracing real people in Paul's letters and calling the church to slow down, notice others, and devote themselves to good works.
Titus · Week 11
He Saved Us, Not Because of Works
Titus 3: Paul reminds us we were once foolish and disobedient, but God saved us by His mercy and grace, not our works, renewing us through the Holy Spirit.
Titus · Week 10
Teach What Accords With Sound Doctrine
Titus 2 calls older men, older women, and younger generations to lives of self-control and sound faith so the word of God is honored before a watching world.
Titus · Week 6
The Grace of God Has Appeared for All People
Pastor Tony walks through Titus 2, exploring what God calls older men, older women, and younger people to be, with self-control as the thread running through it all.
Titus · Week 5
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
Honor Widows Who Are Truly Widows
A sermon on 1 Timothy 5 exploring how a church family should honor, serve, and speak to one another across generations, including the care of widows.
1 Timothy · Week 18
Train Yourself for Godliness
The pastor walks First Baptist Jackson through 1 Timothy 4, calling believers to train in godliness, hold to the one Savior, and reject the growing appeal of universalism.
1 Timothy · Week 16
Godliness Is of Value in Every Way
A sermon from 1 Timothy on why the content of the gospel and the conduct of a believer both matter, and why salvation is found in Christ alone.
1 Timothy · Week 15
Seared Consciences and Deceitful Spirits
A Wyoming pastor walks through 1 Timothy 4:1-5, warning against false teaching, seared consciences, and the pull of deceitful spirits in the latter days.
1 Timothy · Week 14
Dignified, Blameless, Faithful in All Things
Pastor Carl walks through 1 Timothy 3:8-13, exploring what Scripture says about the character God calls deacons and their wives or women to display in serving the church.
1 Timothy · Week 10
Dead in Trespasses, Made Alive in Christ
Todd Lampa walks through Ephesians 2:1-10, showing how Christians were once dead in sin, deserving judgment, and what God's mercy and grace mean for how we live now.
Ephesians · Week 25
The Aim of Our Charge Is Love
Paul's letter to Timothy warns against false teaching and calls believers to love from a pure heart, good conscience, and sincere faith. All sinners welcome.
1 Timothy · Week 4
Knowing Christ, Not Just Knowing About Him
Philippians 3:1-11 opens a question worth sitting with: is there a difference between knowing Jesus and knowing about him? The pastor explores what Paul counted as loss.
Philippians · Week 13
Christmas Eve Morning Service (3)
A Christmas Eve sermon from First Baptist Jackson exploring the phrase "God rest ye merry gentlemen," unpacking what "merry" truly means and why the good news of Christ's birth brings real comfort and joy.
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
God Moves People for Redemptive Purposes
Ken and Lori McEwen share how God sovereignly moves people across nations, and what it looks like for a local church to love and serve immigrants with the gospel.
Walk Not as Unwise But as Wise
Pastor Aaron walks through Ephesians 5, calling believers to walk wisely, avoid drunkenness, and instead be filled with the Spirit through song, gratitude, and mutual submission.
Ephesians · Week 23
Gratitude, Not Gratification
Ephesians 5:3-16 contrasts six sins Paul names for Christians, sexual, verbal, and otherwise, with the one response he calls for: gratitude toward God.
Ephesians · Week 22
Six Don'ts and One Do
Ephesians 5:3-16 examined plainly: six behaviors Paul says have no place among believers, and why gratitude is the one thing set against them all.
Ephesians · Week 21
Obey the Signs
Pastor Ray walks through Ephesians 5:15-21, calling believers to walk wisely, avoid drunkenness, and be filled with the Spirit through song, gratitude, and mutual submission.
Ephesians · Week 20
Doing Follows Being
Walking through Ephesians 1-3, the pastor shows how God's grace transforms dead sinners into one body, calling the church to be what it already is before doing anything.
Ephesians · Week 19
First Be, Then Do
A review of Ephesians 1-3 showing that who we are in Christ comes before what we do for Him, and that the church exists to carry God's wisdom to the world.
Ephesians · Week 18
The Mystery Made Known
The pastor walks through Ephesians 3, tracing the mystery of the gospel: that Gentiles are fellow heirs with Israel, and the Church exists to declare God's wisdom to all creation.
Ephesians · Week 17
He Himself Is Our Peace
Ephesians 2:11-22 explored: once strangers to God, believers are now built together as His dwelling place through the peace Christ made on the cross.
Ephesians · Week 16
But God Acted
Ephesians 2 shows how Christ tore down every wall of hostility between people, and why Christians have no room to hold onto racism, fear, or division.
Ephesians · Week 15
And You Were Dead: The Valley Between the Peaks
Robert Lillo, a Global Scholars missionary in Nigeria, opens Ephesians 2 and shows why Paul uses "and" to hold our blessings and our ruin together in one honest view.
Ephesians · Week 14
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