Drinking From the Well

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Drinking From the Well

Sermons and teachings from Pastor Tim Barton of First Church Fort Pierce, FL. I’m just a fellow traveler on this flying space rock, asking and responding to questions of faith and practice, while telling a story or two in between Join me as we try to figure out what we’re doing here and how Jesus is calling us to change the world

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    Got Questions? - Does Faith Really Change Things?

    This sermon looks at the power of faith to change our hearts and our lives, regardless of whether or not the circumstances we find ourselves change.

  2. 99

    Got Questions? - Is Christianity too Exclusive?

    This sermon looks at Acts 10 to discover how wide the scope of God's inclusive love is.

  3. 98

    Got Questions? - Why Does God Allow Suffering?

    This sermon looks at possibly the greatest question we all have for God. The response may surprise us.

  4. 97

    Got Questions? - Can the Bible Be Trusted?

    This sermon asks a very important question about what the Bible is and how it should be viewed and used in our faith journey. By looking at the Walk to Emmaus story from Luke's gospel, we learn to see scripture the way Jesus saw it.

  5. 96

    Got Questions? - Is Doubt the Enemy of Faith

    This begins a sermon series where we explore common questions that people have about faith. This sermon asks, "is doubt the enemy of faith?" by looking at the story of Thomas from John 20.

  6. 95

    Looking For Life

    Easter 2026 sermon based on the question posed in Luke's account of the resurrection - Why do you look for the living among the dead?

  7. 94

    Upside Down: Now What?

    From the ending of the sermon on the Mount to the triumphal entry, this sermon wraps up the Upside Down series by looking at the way that they Jesus makes his authority known in the most unexpected ways 

  8. 93

    Upside Down: Built to Last

    This sermon looks at Jesus's closing remarks in the sermon on the mount -- his famous story about builders and foundations. We dig into just what Jesus meant when he says "anyone who hears these words of mine and does/does not act on them"

  9. 92

    Upside Down:Fruitful Lives

    Winding down in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns us to beware of false prophets. What does this mean for us as we try to follow Jesus?

  10. 91

    Upside Down: The Narrow Way

    This sermon looks at Matthew 7:13-14 and what Jesus is really talking about in the metaphor of the Wide and Narrow gates.

  11. 90

    Upside Down: Clear Vision

    This sermon looks at Matthew 7:1-12 to see how Jesus is helping us to understand our role in discernment.

  12. 89

    Upside Down: Treasure and Trust

    Continuing on through our series on the Sermon on the Mount, we are looking at some famous words of Jesus about treasure and where we place our ultimate trust.

  13. 88

    Upside Down: The Prayer

    This Sermon looks at The Lord's Prayer as a language that teaches us how to communicate with God

  14. 87

    Upside Down: The Hidden Life

    This sermon steps into Matthew 6 and takes a look at how Jesus wants us to examine our motives in order to live a life that communes with God and leads to the transformation of our hearts.

  15. 86

    Upside Down: Transformed Hearts

    This sermon looks at Jesus's teaching block from Matthew 5:21-48 and looks at how Jesus is calling us to a deeper life of integrity.

  16. 85

    Upside Down: Jesus and the Law

    Moving into Matthew 5:17-20 we take a look at just what Jesus is talking about when he tells us that he came to fulfill the law and that our righteousness must exceed that of the Scribes and the Pharisees

  17. 84

    Upside Down: Covenant Witness

    This sermon continues our journey through the sermon on the mount, looking at Matthew 5:13-16 and the call that Jesus gives us to be witnesses to the covenant love of God

  18. 83

    Upside Down: The Good Life

    This sermon focuses on the beatitudes and how Jesus measures "The Good Life" for humanity.

  19. 82

    Upside Down: Welcome to the Kingdom

    This sermon begins a series called Upside Down that looks at the sermon on the mount as a guide to human flourishing

  20. 81

    Reboot: Light Breaks In

    Christmas eve 2025 sermon on Luke 2

  21. 80

    Reboot: Small Beginnings, Huge Promise

    This sermon looks at Micah's prophecy that the messiah would come from Bethlehem, and how this small town became a place of infamy through the birth of Jesus.

  22. 79

    Reboot: From the Stump

    This sermon looks at the idea of peace from the prophet Isaiah and challenges us to be people of peace in a world of conflict.

  23. 78

    Reboot: The Gift Already Given

    This sermon looks at Joy from the perspective of the Apostle Paul in Philippians.

  24. 77

    Reboot: A Mountain Raised

    This advent series looks at how God is continually rebooting out faith through the same stories from Advent. This particular sermon looks at the biblical idea of hope from Isaiah 2.

  25. 76

    Jars of Clay: Tell Me Why

    This final sermon in the Jars of Clay series looks at stewardship of the Gospel and our evangelical call to be messengers of Good News

  26. 75

    Jar of Clay: Longer Tables

    This second stewardship series sermon looks at spiritual stewardship and the call to be part of small groups as a means of spiritual growth.

  27. 74

    Jars of Clay: More Than Enough

    This stewardship sermon looks at 2 Kings 4 and how God shows us how we have more than enough... even when we don't think that we do.

  28. 73

    Up From the Ashes: Ashes into Hope

    This sermon looks at Joel 2:28-32 and shows us how God's promise is that of resurrection and restoration.

  29. 72

    Up From the Ashes: The Ashes of Lament

    This sermon begins a series of grief care, starting with Joel chapter 1. What we find is that God invites us to lament that which has caused us harm in our lives.

  30. 71

    Peacemakers: The Presence of Peace

    This final sermon in the series looks at Jesus's promise that where two or more are gathered he is in their midst, and what that means for us as people who pursue peace in our lives and communities.

  31. 70

    Peacemakers: A Tale of Two Rooms

    This sermon looks at the goal of peacemaking as reconciliation through the lens of court room/family room dynamics.

  32. 69

    Peacemakers: Bring Others Along

    This sermon looks at conflict resolution as a communal imperative that helps bring restoration.

  33. 68

    Peacemakers: Why Peacemaking?

    This sermon introduces a series on dealing with conflict through the lens of Jesus's call for us to be peacemakers.

  34. 67

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of Restoration

    This sermon looks at the vision of Mt. Zion from Hebrews 12 as the driving hope and goal for our lives as Christians

  35. 66

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of Vocation

    This sermon looks at Acts 1:6-8 and how it is our god given vocation to be witnesses of Jesus to all people.

  36. 65

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of Love

    This sermon looks at Luke's account of the crucifixion through the lens of Jesus's rescue of us while we are caught in a storm.

  37. 64

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of Fulfillment

    This sermon looks at Matthew's account of the Transfiguration and how it moves us to be a people of action in a world that demands fulfillment.

  38. 63

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of Longing

    This sermon looks at the death of Moses in Deuteronomy 34 as a reminder that we don't always get to see the end results of our work.

  39. 62

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of Difficult Decisions

    This sermon looks at Elijah on Mt. Carmel in 1 Kings 18 and the call for us to make hard choices.

  40. 61

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of Revelation

    This sermon looks at Moses experience with God on Mt. Sinai and the gift of revelation that is still avaliable to us today

  41. 60

    Summer in the Mountains: The Mountain of New Beginnings

    This sermon looks at the story of Noah landing on Mt. Ararat and how his new beginning models how we might lean into God's presence in the midst of our own seasons of New Beginning.

  42. 59

    A People Called Methodist: How Do We Live?

    This sermon looks at the call that has been placed on us to live in and to create communities of love in our world.

  43. 58

    A People Called Methodist: Who are United Methodists?

    This sermon looks at the Wesleyan theology of Grace and our distinctive theological heritage.

  44. 57

    A People Called Methodist: What is the Church?

    This sermon looks at the pentecost event from Acts 2 as an answer the question of who we are as the church of Jesus Christ.

  45. 56

    A People Called Methodist: Who Are We?

    This sermon focuses on the human identity from the Wesleyan perspective.

  46. 55

    A People Called Methodist: Who Is God?

    This series focuses on what it means to be a United Methodist, focusing on our shared core beliefs. Think of it as Confirmation Class for Adults. This sermon kicks things off by asking the age old question, Who is God?

  47. 54

    A Whole New World: The Return of the King

    This sermon looks at the book of Zechariah as a vision of a future and current hope that when Jesus is on the throne we can build a world that is built on righteousness.

  48. 53

    A Whole New World: Moving on Up

    This sermon looks at the book of Haggai in the context of bringing restoration to our lives and the church.

  49. 52

    A Whole New World: The House that Hope Built

    This sermon looks at the book of Amos and the relationship between God, The Church, and the Empire.

  50. 51

    A Whole New World: A Vision of Love

    This is the first in a series of sermons that uses the minor prophets to look at how God uses uncertain times to bring about resurrection.

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Sermons and teachings from Pastor Tim Barton of First Church Fort Pierce, FL. I’m just a fellow traveler on this flying space rock, asking and responding to questions of faith and practice, while telling a story or two in between Join me as we try to figure out what we’re doing here and how Jesus is calling us to change the world

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