Faith Sermons and Studies
by Faith Baptist Church
Enjoy weekly sermons from Faith Baptist Church in Sauk Centre, MN. Featuring past sermons from our previous pastor, Joe DiVietro, and current sermons from Pastor Jared Matthew. Pastor Jared holds a Masters of Divinity Degree from Central Seminary, is a certified Revitalization Consultant with Church Answers, holds a certificate in Christian Apologetics from BIOLA University, and is currently working on the final phase of certification in Biblical Counseling with ACBC. You can find sermon manuscripts, book reviews, and other helpful articles at his website: www.jaredmichaelmatthew.org
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Colossians 1:15-20: Fall theology Series 2025--Christology Week 4
I used to be an avid archer. During my high school years I participated in an archery program and was involved in a number of competitive matches with a recurve bow. As I competed in these matches, my goal was to get first place. Most of the time my goal wasn’t close to achievable, but there was...
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Colossians 1:21-23: Fall theology Series 2025--Christology Week 3
Genesis 25 records for us the story of Jacob and Esau. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the plot. Esau was the firstborn and thus in line for the birthright from His father Isaac. His younger brother Jacob plotted to steal the birthright and their Father’s blessing, and tricked Isaac into...
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Colossians 1:18b-20: Fall theology Series 2025--Christology Week 2
The story is told of a little boy who built a sailboat. He built the sail and had it all fixed up, tarred and painted. He took it to the lake and pushed it in hoping it would sail. Sure enough a wisp of breeze filled the little sail and it billowed and went rippling along the waves. Suddenly…
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Colossians 1:15-18a: Fall theology Series 2025--Christology Week 1
Have you ever seen something so beautiful, so stunning, so breathtaking, that you just had to stop and take a look? Maybe the leaves turning in the Minnesota Fall. Perhaps you’ve traveled to the mountains out west and the closer you get, the more stunning the view becomes. Or you are up in a…
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II Timothy 4:6-8--A Life Well Spent
The story is told about a pilot who always looked down intently on a certain valley in the Appalachians when the plane passed overhead. One day his co-pilot asked, “What’s so interesting about that spot?” The pilot replied, “See that stream? Well, when I was a kid I used to sit down there on a…
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JONAH 4:5-11: Running Into God's Grace Part 8
Surgeons have incredible skill. I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about it before, but it takes great skill to be a surgeon. You have to have a steady hand and be able to keep your cool under pressure. But sometimes surgery is necessary—maybe you’ve had one before. Sometimes the best option is…
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JONAH 4:1-4: Running Into God's Grace Part 7
One of the most fascinating human organs is the brain. The brain weighs around 3 lbs, it’s just under 6 inches long, and it makes up 2% of a human’s body weight. The brain is really a tiny part of our anatomy when defined by size and weight, yet we tend to think our brains are larger than they...
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JONAH 3:5-10: Running Into God's Grace Part 6
If you’ve been a parent for any length of time, or maybe you’re not a parent but you’ve spent time around kids, you probably have learned a couple of things. Obviously, you learn how to change your share of diapers. You’ve learned how to burp a baby. If you have girls with long hair you’ve…
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JONAH 1:17-2:10: Running Into God's Grace Part 4
If I were to come to your house—let’s say you invited my family over for dinner. And we pulled into your driveway and walked up your sidewalk and came to your front door, what would I do? The first thing I would do would be to knock on your door. You would here this “knock, knock, knock”. Or…
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Jonah 1:4-16: Running Into the Grace of God Part 3
One of the clearest signs that someone owns a dog is this little device—a retractable leash. If you’ve ever used one, you know how it works: the dog has freedom to wander a bit, but it never leaves the control of its owner. The line may stretch, but there’s always a limit. And when the dog strays...
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Jonah 1:1-3: Running Into the Grace of God Part 2
One of the most obvious indications that someone is a runner is the shoes. You can tell a runner, often times, by the shoes they wear. I used to do a lot of running, not as much any more, but I was really into running shoes. I can tell the difference between brooks, saucony, hoka, and altra…
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Jonah Overview: Running into God's Grace week 1
Have you ever played hide and seek with a young child? It is quite fun. Maybe you have young children, or grandchildren, and kids enjoy playing hid and seek. The problem is, they are often not very good at it. Right? They just don’t get the concept. Maybe they go and get in their hiding spot and...
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I Samuel 31--Kings and Kingdoms week 19
Can you remember when the reality of suicide first touched your life? I remember where I was when I first had the reality of suicide touch my life. I was in 4-5 grade . . . We’ve all been touched by those who have felt those types of things; maybe you’ve even felt them yourself. But it is what we...
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I Samuel 26-30--Kings and Kingdoms week 18
In his famous novel “The Tale of Two Cities,” Charles Dickens contrasts the cities of London and Paris. Written during the French Revolution, the novel describes the stark contrast between these two large cities based on how the residents experienced the revolution. Paris was in the grip of the...
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I Samuel 25--Kings and Kingdoms week 17
They thought it was just kids playing pranks, but it turned out to be an angry 72 year old man, instead. From 2003-2005, a number of former teachers and school admins in NY reported a rash of vandalism at their homes. They would wake up to punctured car tires from roofing nails scattered across...
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I Samuel 24--Kings and Kingdoms Week 16
Have you ever been treated unjustly? We live in a world today that is hyper vigilant for justice. Every wrong committed needs to be righted. And oftentimes we seek for a sense of vindication for the wrongs that have been done to us. This isn't a bad desire necessarily, but it can easily lead us…
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I Samuel 18-23--Kings and Kingdoms week 15--Father's Day
Have you ever felt alone? I mean really alone? . . . You might be able to resonate to this feeling of aloneness—of being alone. Sad to say, this is the state of many men in our world today—alone. God has a special mission for men in the church, but manhood is in a state of flux . . . Why? Much of...
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I Samuel 21-23—Kings and Kingdoms week 14
I don't know if you've ever done any boating, but I enjoy being on the water. This week Emily and I were reflecting on how, before we had children, every summer we would go out to the Stillwater area and go canoeing on the Saint Croix River. There was always a great time of adventure and...
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I Samuel 18-20: Kings and Kingdoms Week 12
Jealousy. It’s been around since the beginning of time. One could argue that was the root of the original sin with Adam and Eve in the garden—being possessive over what God had told them they couldn’t have. This emotion is what eventually led Cain to murder his brother Abel. We see the caution in...
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I Samuel 16-17—Kings and Kingdoms week 11
Have you ever tried to develop yourself in any particular sort of way? One thing potential employers look for oftentimes is the ability to develop new skills. They like to see attempts to learn something new, take a class, get a certification of some sorts. And often times, if an employer can see...
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I Samuel 15:1-35—Week 10
Have you ever done a job halfway? Maybe you did most of what you should do, but you missed a step? There are consequences to not following instructions completely, some bigger than others, but consequences nonetheless. Can you think of some things where not following instructions might cause some...
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I Samuel 2:1-11: Mother's Day 2025--Kings and Kingdoms week 10
Heartache. We’ve all faced it at some point. If you haven’t yet, you will. When a family member takes his or her last breath; when the doctor gives you the news you didn’t want to hear; when you get the phone call late at night that there’s been a horrible accident; when the doctor says you’ve…
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I Samuel 13-14--Kings and Kingdoms Week 9
The event made headlines all across the country. How could something like this happen? 13 people dead, 145 wounded; what went wrong? What I am referring to is the collapse of the I-94 bridge in 2007. Our state was devastated. People marveled at the amount of times they had driven over the bridge,...
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I Samuel 11:14-12:25--Kings and Kingdoms Week 8
I’d like to ask you a question this morning, a question that is debated, and depending who you ask you’ll get a different answer. So here it goes: how does one measure health? Everyone has a slightly different metric that is used to measure health and the condition of one’s body. . . All sorts of...
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Luke 24:36-53: Resurrection Proof, Easter 2025
We live in a world that is based on truth and facts. But truth and facts need verified. We like to have evidence. We like to see proof that something is real, that a statement is accurate, or that we can rely on the information we’ve been given. Think about some scenarios in which is is important...
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Guest Speaker Larry Utsch--Triumphal Entry
Join Larry Utsch as he talks about the triumphal entry of Jesus from Matthew 21.
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I Samuel 9-11: Kings and Kingdoms week 7
Do you like to pick up heavy things? I like to pick up heavy things. For the past 6 months or so I have been lifting weights 3x a week. And I enjoy lifting kettle bells. I like kettle bell swings, and overhead presses. My favorite is the snatch, where you pick up the weight off the ground and...
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I Samuel 8--Kings and Kingdoms week 6
People today have an obsession for freedom and feeling free. They idolize the feeling of having no restraints, being able to do anything, and feel like life is beyond limits. As such, people choose things, certain things that might contribute to the feeling of being limitless, having no…
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I Samuel 7:2-17-Kings and Kingdoms Week 5
I don’t know if you work on cars. I’ve done some things on cars before. I don't really consider myself a mechanic but I do have kind of an inquisitive mind so I like to try to figure things out. And I've figured many things out on our vehicle before in the past but there are some things I cannot...
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I Samuel 4:1b-7:2--Kings and Kingdoms Week 4
Have you ever had a good luck charm? Maybe you don’t have something exactly you carry to give you good luck, some people do. When I was a kid, it was common to have a lucky rabbits food on a key chain—something that you carried around which was thought to give good luck. Maybe you don’t have a…
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I Samuel 2:12-4:1a: Kings and Kingdoms Week 3
All throughout history men have searched for their next leader. Nations, are looking for a ruler. Kingdoms, searching for a king. Corporations, looking for a CEO. Schools looking for a principal. Churches looking for a pastor. There isn’t a realm of the world that you can go to that doesn’t have...
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I Samuel 1:1-2:11--Kings and Kingdoms Week 2
Have you ever wanted something, wanted something so very badly, that it just consumed you? Maybe it was a good thing, something God wanted you to do or have, but you were asking God and asking God for it and it just didn’t happen, or hadn’t happened yet? Maybe it was healing from the cancer....
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Jesus' Compassion for Unbelievers: Matthew 9:35-38; Guest Speaker David Levy
Guest speaker David Levy finishes a weekend of evangelism training with a sermon on the compassion Jesus had for the lost and how we can develop this in our own lives.
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I Samuel Overview: Kings and Kingdoms Week 1
The tale is nearly old as time itself. The saga has continued in almost every country and nation. It has been experienced by nearly every ethnicity and people group. The annals of history are filled with records of the same happenings over and over and over again. It has taken place under varying...
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Isaiah 29:13-14--When God Get's Left Behind Week 4
I've heard it said that one of the best places to hide is in plain sight. I don't know if you've ever experienced that, but you can get away with an awful lot if you have that type of mentality. "I'm going to hide in plain sight." Sometimes it's harder to see things that are right in front of…
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Jeremiah 2:13--When God gets left behind week 3
We’re going to be in Jeremiah 2 this morning; Jeremiah chapter two, looking at a verse that is near and dear to my heart, and we’re continuing our series when God gets left behind. We looked at when God gets left behind in our hearts, when God gets left behind in our worship, and today we’ll be...
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Ezekiel 33:30-33: When God gets left behind week 2
Have you ever been struggling, and tried to hide it? Maybe you had a physical injury or health problem, and you kind of acted like things were normal--you didn’t really want anyone to know. Or perhaps you had a financial burden--a bill that was crushing you, but you pretended like things were...
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Ephesians 5:6-14: Walk as Children of Light; Sanctity of Life Sunday
Recently I’ve been on a journey. It’s a journey of health an fitness. For the past 4 months or so I’ve been trying to eat healthier and work out regularly. I started lifting kettlebells 3x a week and have been doing that faithfully for about 4 months. I also decided to do a running streak of at...
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Ezekiel 14:1-8: When God gets left behind week 1
Today I’d like to share something kind of personal about me. Though it probably won’t surprise you, you may not have realized what I am about to tell you about me. I have a unique hobby of sorts that I enjoy doing. I like growing my beard. In fact, I’ve had some sort of facial hair almost as long...
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Church Revitalization week 12--9 Marks and Physical Pathway
Join us for our Sunday school series on church revitalization, as we finish talking through the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church and end our series by talking about a physical pathway for churches to move forward.
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II Timothy 2:4-7: Strong Commitment
I don’t know if you’ve ever been into bodybuilding but it’s quite an interesting sport. I’ve never been into bodybuilding, though I do lift with kettlebells several times a week. But I remember when I was 12 or 13 or so my dad started teaching me how to workout. My dad was pretty fit back in the...
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John 1:14-16: Light to the world week 3
Are you a conspiracy theorist? There are some of those in the world today. I don’t know if you are a conspiracy theorist, but there are many conspiracy theories going on around the world. Conspiracy theories are usually an attempt to explain those unique oddities in our world that don’t quite…
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John 1:6-13--Light to the World Week 2
Have you ever heard the phrase “seeing is believing?” Sometimes we say this phrase, or we highlight the reality that in order to believe something, you have to be able to see it with your own eyes. And we have this idea that in order to believe something, or to really appreciate it, you have to…
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Church Revitalization week 11-9 Marks
Join us for our Sunday school series on church revitalization, as we talk through the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church.
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Church Revitalization week 10--9 Marks
Join us for our Sunday school series on church revitalization, as we talk through the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church.
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John 1:1-5--Light to the World Week 1
Do you have trust issues? Anyone here have trust issues? Sometimes people have trust issues. They just find it difficult to trust somebody. Anybody like that here today? There are several types of reasons people may have trust issues. Oftentimes people have trust issues due to a past experience....
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Church Revitalization week 9--Pathway and Spiritual Pathway
Tune in to our Sunday school series on the topic of church revitalization. This week we talk about pathway towards revitalization and start a discussion on a spiritual pathway.
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Acts 6:1-6--Understanding Deacon Roles
Structure is important. If buildings or other things are build on the right structure, they will turn out well. But if they are not, they could collapse or not last. Many of you know I spend a few short years in the construction industry. We were a general contractors so I got to see a lot of...
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Ministry that lasts through the ages part 3--II Timothy 4:1-5
Have you ever made a compromise? I’m sure you have—there are lots of things that we make compromises over or make compromises for. The word compromise has Latin roots, and a direct translation from the Latin is that a compromise is a consent to arbitration or to promise together. Basically, a...
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Church Revitalization Week 8--Place and Purpose
Listen to our Sunday School series on revitalization as we talk about place and purpose in revitalization.
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Enjoy weekly sermons from Faith Baptist Church in Sauk Centre, MN. Featuring past sermons from our previous pastor, Joe DiVietro, and current sermons from Pastor Jared Matthew. Pastor Jared holds a Masters of Divinity Degree from Central Seminary, is a certified Revitalization Consultant with Church Answers, holds a certificate in Christian Apologetics from BIOLA University, and is currently working on the final phase of certification in Biblical Counseling with ACBC. You can find sermon manuscripts, book reviews, and other helpful articles at his website: www.jaredmichaelmatthew.org
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