Category: Christmas

It says in Proverbs 13:12 that “Hope deferred makes the heart sick”.  Have you ever experienced that, where you had high hopes, only to have the dashed at the last minute?   Maybe you have had this happen just this Christmas season. It really does drain our souls and make us feel empty, like when we have been physically sick. Living in a fallen world with fallen people all around us, disappointments are a reality.  Sometimes they are big, sometimes they are small.  Too many of them can really get us down and give us a pessimistic view of life; they …

Can you believe this is the week before Christmas?  We have been celebrating it here at First Baptist for the past couple of weeks and we continue this celebration in today’s service.  Join us as we enjoy a bell choir composed of 20 of our church kids, and then a Christmas program put on by kids both young and old.  We will finish by looking at Matthew 1:18-25 and be reminded of why we even celebrate Christmas.  All this along with singing together and fellowshipping together.   I hope you will come out and join us in person if at all …

Trust has to be earned – correct?  Do you have a doctor you trust?  A mechanic or home contractor?  If you do, it is likely because they have earned your trust.  You have done business with them, or you know them, and they have proven themselves.  They have a reputation of doing what they promised; of knowing their stuff and keeping their word. In this sermon today, I hope to build your trust in God and His Word by showing how He does what He promises.  This message will connect some of the prophesies we looked at in previous sermons …

Have you ever been on a treasure hunt?  A hunt where you follow a string of clues to eventually arrive at the treasure?  In the Old Testament of the Bible God has given us a treasure hunt of sorts.  Throughout the books of the Law, the Poetry and Wisdom books, and of course, the Prophets, God has laid down all kinds of clues, “hints”, of the coming Messiah.  In the book of Matthew, in the New Testament, we see some of these clues highlighted, but the real blessing is going back to the beginning and following the treasure hunt to …

Evil, pain, and suffering fill the pages of the Old Testament and all of human history.  Evil men commit evil acts that bring death and destruction.  Is there any hope in all that?  Can God bring good from that? Last week we began looking at the roots of the Christmas story and why it was needed.  We looked at the beginning of sin and suffering – how death entered God’s perfect creation.  In this message, we will continue to look stories of the after-effects of sin but also the redemption in them.   We will see the hope God brings not …