Category: Sermons
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1/27/19 – From Death to Life: The Best News Ever
What does grace mean to you? Is it something you say at the supper table? Is it when a friend overlooks your forgetting her birthday? Is it when your boss gives you a second chance after you blew that very important meeting? Those kind of things help ease the stresses of life. But if you…
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1/20/19 – What Do YOU Pray For?
Paul went to Ephesus and found some believers. They began to study together and within a few years, there were churches all around the region. These new believers had to make a serious SHIFT. They had been pagans. Now they were Christians. What would it take to really understand all the benefits of belonging to…
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1/13/19 – Salvation 101: A Specific God Saves Us Through a Specific Savior
It is a new year. Have you made any changes? Do you have any new plans for the year? Or perhaps you have an old plan that you hope to accomplish. God has made a great number of long-term plans–many have been accomplished already. Those we are going to talk about Sunday as we begin…
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1/6/19 – 2019: A Year to Shift
This Sunday, January 6, we celebrate Epiphany, the arrival of the wise men to see Jesus. Ross will be preaching in the new year. Music will be lead by Brenda Everett and Nancy Bergman with accompaniment by Brittany Haywood. Chloe Bonner will be singing special music. The choir is getting a well-deserved rest. About the…
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12/23/18 – God Redeems Unbelief with Faith
This Sunday, December 23, at 10:30 the choir CHRISTMAS CONCERT is presented. Joining the choir are guest soloists Chloe Bonner and Sheldon Williams. The music reflects the message, as we talk about the miraculous gift of Jesus, the gift of faith. You may say, “I struggle with faith!” That is normal but come and be…
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12/16/18 – God Redeems Our Judgment with His Righteousness
Are you familiar with a television game show called “To Tell the Truth?” Three challengers claim to be a certain person, but two are imposters. The one tells the truth; the two others lie to try and trick the panelists into voting for them, and thus lose the game. How to discern the truth? Truth…
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12/9/18 – Children’s Christmas Pageant
JOIN US SUNDAY AT 10:30 WORSHIP FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT BY THE YOUTH AND CHOIR! Sunday School at 9:15, with donuts and coffee. See you there! Also, SUNDAY EVENING, 6:00, the choir sings 2 selections from HANDEL’S “MESSIAH” at Duncanville First Baptist Church, 323 W. Wheatland Rd. as several area churches join together for a…
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12/2/18 – God Redeems: From Darkness to Light
This week scientists and engineers at NASA accomplished a longtime goal of landing “InSight” on Mars. Many variables made it quite a risky endeavor. That did not stop the men and women who worked so hard to make it happen. Have you ever committed to a long-term plan you believed in? God is a long-term…
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11/18/18 – Choosing Heaven Over Earth!
Once someone said, “I don’t want to be so heavenly minded that I am no earthly good.” Here’s another one: “There’ll be pie in the sky by and by when I die.” (Johnny Cash) But Muhammad Ali quipped,d “You don’t want no pie in the sky when you die, You want something here on the…
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11/11/18 – What Satan Cannot Do
Sunday is Veteran’s Day and we will thank our Veterans. Many of our members and friends have served and we are very grateful for their commitment and courage. We would not be the free country that we are without our military. This Sunday we continue our series on Why Worship with a view of Job.…