Anchor Baptist Church of Lexington Sermons

In life there will be times where we experience successes and achievements that bring us recognition. But if we aren’t careful, a desire for more can start us measuring our success by how we compare to others rather than how God sees it. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich explains how to calibrate ourselves in such a way as to find success in a way that transcends earthly terms.

The service that Christians are called to can often be difficult and frustrating. Despite our best efforts and intentions, we may become discouraged with a lack of responsiveness to our efforts to reach others. But the reality is that this is nothing new. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich peels back Jeremiah’s words of frustration to show us that there is a remedy for these times.

Years ago a popular movie coined the phrase, God is good all the time, all the time God is good. And while followers of Christ can give an abundance of evidence to this truth, there are so many times our divided loyalties seem to belie it. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich takes Joshua’s challenge and explains how we need to consider the very same realities and decide where we stand.

When an individual gets saved and begins their walk with Jesus, some might assume that everything would start going their way. But part of maturing as a Christian is realizing that this is far from the case. In fact, we may even wonder why those who rebel against God seem to have it easier. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich that what it comes down to really is a matter of focus. Let’s join in as Pastor Friederich preaches a message entitled Seeking The Source from Psalm 73.

The salvation experience for a Christian marks a life changing moment that is unforgettable. But as time passes, it might become easy to become complacent or begin to take our faith for granted. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich shows us what a lasting, spirit-filled faith looks like.

As we live the life of Christian, one of the main things we should be striving for is to walk in the path that fulfills God’s plan for our life. But between the interference of the world and our flesh, that can sometimes be hard to figure out. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich helps point us to habits that make it easier to discern God’s will for us so that we can live our lives as they were meant to be.

When we read the Old Testament, we hear of the Law that God gave the Israelites as a moral guide to live by. The New Testament though calls the Law our schoolmaster that teaches us an important lesson. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich goes beyond the initial, but very important lesson and dives deeper to show there us is much we can learn from God’s Law.

Temptation has been around since Satan tempted the first created humans in the Garden of Eden. And while their particular response was far from ideal, there are ways we can deal with it ourselves. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich helps us better understand what how temptation works and what we can do to prepare ourselves to respond appropriately to it. Let’s join in as Pastor Friederich preaches a message entitled Playing With Fire from Proverbs chapter 6.

Yesterday citizens of America celebrated 250 years of Independence as a nation. And many of those who celebrated either were or still are citizens of other earthly nations as well. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich teaches us about the dual citizenship that all believers in Christ hold, and how are behaviors in this earthly kingdom should reflect the kingdom of our future home.

Later this week, we here in America will celebrate 250 years of freedom as a nation. But while the freedoms we enjoy here are important, there are some freedoms that are even more so. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich dives into a passage where Jesus speaks of a freedom that only He can provide and explains just what our freedom means in Christ.

On this Father's Day when we recognize the men who have taken on the role and responsibilities of a father in our lives, we look to the Scriptures to see examples of what a godly father looks like. In this week’s sermon, Pastor John Friederich shows us how the father of the prodigal son exemplifies some attributes of our heavenly father and how it communicates the Gospel at the same time.