Category Archives: Recent Sermons & Podcast

In the days when we were able to record sermons and homilies, First Baptist Church provided many of its sermons and lessons to the public free of charge for the glory of God.

Survey of the Pentateuch: The Abrahamic Covenant (Sunday School, June 11th, 2017)

Topic: The Abrahamic Covenant

Speaker: Eric White

Section: 4

Service: Sunday School

Date: June 11th, 2017

Frogs, Gnats, & More (Worship Service, June 11th, 2017)

Title: Frogs, Gnats, & More

Passage: Exodus 8:1 – 9:12

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 11th, 2017

Last week we saw how the plagues are for the glory of God. The purpose of the first set of plagues is grounded in the purpose of the first, the turning of the Nile to blood. The Lord’s purpose in this plague is plain: by this you shall know that I am the LORD. In the first three plagues, God shows Pharaoh and the Egyptians that he, the God of the Hebrews, is truly God. As the plagues develop, he’ll amplify this message. Any man who takes up his Scripture and reads the Exodus account of the plagues ought to confess that Yahweh is God. There are several ways God glorifies himself in our passage.

Survey of the Pentateuch: The Flood (Sunday School, June 4th, 2017)

Topic: The Flood

Speaker: Eric White

Section: 3

Service: Sunday School

Date: June 4th, 2017

The First Plague (Worship Service, June 4th, 2017)

Title: The First Plague

Passage: Exodus 7:14-25

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: June 4th, 2017

The Ministry of Reconciliation (Worship Service, May 28th, 2017)

Title: The Ministry of Reconciliation

Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:18-21

Speaker: Aaron Thompson

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 28th, 2017

Survey of the Pentateuch: Creation (Sunday School, May 14th, 2017)

Topic: Creation

Speaker: Eric White

Section: 2

Service: Sunday School

Date: May 14th, 2017

Unlikely Servants (Worship Service, May 14th, 2017)

Title: Unlikely Servants

Passage: Exodus 6:9-30

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 14th, 2017

After the response of Israel to the Lord’s message through Moses in v 9, the passage has a chiastic or x-like pattern in vv 10-30. Moses is the focus in vv 10-12. Then Moses and Aaron in v 13. Next the genealogy of Moses and Aaron in vv 14-25, followed by a return to Aaron and Moses in vv 26-27, and finally, Moses again in vv 28-30. The passage confirms the truths of vv 1-8, and shows that the Exodus is ultimately the Lord’s work. The Lord is the one who delivers his people. Yes, God uses servants, but he is the one who gets the glory. The primary point of this sermon this morning is that the Lord accomplishes his purposes no matter what.

Survey of the Pentateuch: Introduction (Sunday School, April 30th, 2017)

Topic: Introduction to the Pentateuch

Speaker: Eric White

Section: 1

Service: Sunday School

Date: April 30th, 2017

Now You Shall See, Part 2 (Worship Service, April 30th, 2017)

Title: Now You Shall See, Part 2

Passage: Exodus 5:22 – 6:9

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 30th, 2017

The first part of Exodus 6 is the Lord’s answer to Moses’s prayer at the end of ch 5. The Scripture before us lifts up God’s purpose to bring glory to himself through the redemption of Israel from Egypt. The passage has five ways God glorifies himself. We looked at two last week.

Lifted Up was He to Die (Good Friday, April 14, 2017)

Title: Lifted Up was He to Die

Passage: John 3:10-15

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Good Friday Service

Date: April 14, 2017