First Church Sermons

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First Church Sermons

Thank you for joining us each week as Pastor Bob speaks to First Church through biblically relevant sermons each Sunday.

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    05-10: Is This For Real? :: Can I Believe What I Want, Say What I Want, And DO What I Want?

    You may have read that title and thought...yes...but it's not that straightforward. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. In today's message, we begin chapter of 2 Peter where Pastor Bobby discusses false teachers and prophets, and the destruction they can cause.

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    05-03: Is This For Real? :: How Can I Trust The Testimony Concerning Jesus?

    In Week 3 of our series -- Is This For Real? -- we complete chapter 1 of 2nd Peter, where we look at whether or not we can trust the testimonies given in the Scriptures about Jesus Christ.

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    04-26: Is This For Real? :: You Have Been Given A Gift (P.2)

    We're so glad you've joined us today! For today's sermon we continue on in 2 Peter 1 where Pastor Bobby delves deeper into the gift we have given. Verses 5-15 keys us into the qualities we should bear in order to maintain our calling and be richly provided and entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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    04-19: Is This For Real? :: You Have Been Given A Gift

    Welcome to First Church! We're grateful you're here with us today! Pastor Bobby begins a new series - Is This For Real? - a study through the book of 2 Peter. Through our time in Peter's letter we'll be exploring some of the doubts and questions we as Christians face. BUT FIRST we have to understand who we are in Christ and that we've been given a gift. Join us in this message on 2 Peter 1:1-4.

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    04-12: Baptism Sunday :: Why Get Baptized?

    Hello! We're glad you've joined us for worship today! What a great way to follow up Easter Sunday, than to have baptisms. But what is baptism? Do we have to do it? If so, why should we get baptized? Pastor Bobby answers these questions in today's sermon.

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    04-05: Easter Sunday :: Are You Ready To Leave It All Behind?

    Thank you for joining us for our Sunday message today! In today's sermon, Pastor Bobby asks the question "Are you ready to leave it all behind?" In light of the resurrection, we look at several stories of individuals who encounter Jesus in the gospels, and how that changed their life.

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    03-29: Palm Sunday :: The Triumphal Entry

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! Pastor Bobby takes a look at the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in Matthew 21 and answers the questions .... who is Jesus?

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    03-22: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Matthew 7:13-27

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! In today's sermon, Pastor Bobby completes the series by looking at the last of chapter 7. Jesus finishes the sermon on the mount by warning His listeners about what path they should be walking, and what foundation they should be building on.

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    03-15: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Judging Others, the Good Father, and the Golden Rule

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We begin Matthew 7 as Pastor Bobby continues in our Follow Me series which studies through the Sermon on the Mount. He covers judging one another, how good the Good Father is, and the golden rule.

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    03-08: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Do Not Be Anxious

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We conclude chapter 6 of Matthew in our Follow Me series where we have been studying the Sermon on the Mount. In today's message, Pastor Bobby discusses anxiety and worry and how to manage it in light of the Kingdom.

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    03-01: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Fasting and Storing Up Treasure

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! Pastor Bobby continues in Matthew 6 in our Sermon on the Mount series called Follow Me. In this message he discusses fasting and storing up treasure in Heaven.

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    02-22: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Secret Generosity and Prayer

    Thank you for joining us this week for worship! In our seventh study of our Follow Me series, we begin chapter 6 of Matthew where Pastor Bobby discusses generous giving and breaking down the Lord's prayer.

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    02-15: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Retaliation and Love for Enemies

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We continue our Follow Me series by completing chapter 5 of Matthew. Pastor Bobby discusses retaliation and loving our enemies as part of Jesus's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount.

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    02-08: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Divorce & Oaths

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our fifth Follow Me sermon, Pastor Bobby takes a look at Jesus' teaching on divorce and oaths from Matthew 5:31-37.

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    02-01: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Anger & Lust

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We continue our study through the Sermon on the Mount with looking at what Jesus teaches about anger and lust from Matthew 5:21-30.

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    01-18: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: Matthew 5:13-20

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! Joe Marks shares with us from Matthew 5:13-20, being salt and light in the world.

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    01-11: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: The Life You Always Wanted

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our second week of our Follow Me series, we begin chapter 5 as Pastor Bobby walks us through the Beatitudes given during the sermon on the mount.

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    01-04: Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom :: An Invitation to See the Light

    Happy New Year! Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our first Sunday of 2026 we begin a new sermon series entitle Follow Me: The Way of the Kingdom. Pastor Bobby starts by looking at the end portion of chapter 4 which depicts the start of Jesus' ministry. We'll spend the next few months leading to Easter looking at the Sermon on the Mount.

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    12-28: Recap of 2025

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our last Sunday service of 2025, Pastor Bobby recaps the last 6 months and looks ahead to 2026.

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    12-21: A Child is Born :: Hope In The Unlikeliest of Places

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our last message of this series we take a look at Micah 5 and the prophecy of a Savior from the unlikeliest of places.

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    12-14: A Child is Born :: Help for the Helpless

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! This week we look at Isaiah 7-9 and how the Promised One is our help when we feel helpless. He is Emmanuel - God is with us.

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    12-07: A Child is Born :: A Promised Child, A Promised Seed

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We begin a new series - A Child is Born - in which we explore the birth of children throughout the Scriptures, their importance, and how they point to Christ. In our first week we look at the birth of Seth in Genesis.

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    11-30: Let’s Give Thanks :: Psalm 77

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We cap off our Let's Give Thanks series by looking at Psalm 77 where we focus on the Lord being trustworthy.

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    11-23: Let’s Give Thanks :: Psalm 82

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our fourth week of our series, Let's Give Thanks, we look at Psalm 82. In this week's psalm we learn to give thanks because God is moral, just, and right.

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    11-16: Let’s Give Thanks :: Psalm 70

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! In our series on mediations on the Lord from the psalms, we study Psalm 70 which shows us that the Lord God is our help and deliverer. He is mighty to save!

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    11-09: Let’s Give Thanks :: Psalm 23

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We're continuing our series, Let's Give Thanks, by looking at Psalm 23 and learning about God as our Shepherd.

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    11-02: Let’s Give Thanks :: Psalm 47

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We begin our new series - Let's Give Thanks - by looking at Psalm 47 and meditating on our Lord Most High as King.

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    10-26: Let’s Do Good :: Talk

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! In the final message in our Let's Do Good series, Pastor Bobby takes a look at what it means to do good with our speech - how we talk to one another, how we use our words. Are you using your words for good? Watch along as we study Luke 6.

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    10-19: Let’s Do Good :: Treasures

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We continue in our Let's Do Good series where we discuss how we can use our treasures to do good in our communities. Pastor Bobby gives guidelines that span the Old and New Testament on how we should steward our treasures for good.

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    10-12: Let’s Do Good :: Talents

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! Pastor Bobby continues our series based on Galatians 6:10 where we have been learning how to do good with all that God has given us. In today's message we look at doing good with our talents as we study through Exodus.

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    10-05: Let’s Do Good :: Time

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We begin a new series this morning called Let's Do Good where we take a deeper dive on Galatians 6:10 and how we can use our TIME, TREASURE, TALENT, and TALK to do good in our communities. This week we discuss TIME as we study Luke 19:11-27.

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    09-28: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 6:1-18

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We cap off our study of the book of Galatians by looking at chapter 6 and Paul's encouragement to bear one another's burdens, be generous and do good, and to glory in the cross of Christ alone.

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    09-21: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 5:1-26

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We hone in on our what freedom in Christ looks like as the apostle Paul discusses in Galatians 5.

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    09-14: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 4:8-31

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! In this week's message we complete our discussion on Galatians 4 looking at Paul's concern for the Galatians in swapping the Gospel for theological garbage.

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    09-07: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 3:15-4:7

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! Pastor Bobby jumps into the Mosaic Law, how it relates to God's promise to Abraham, and how it correlates to us being heirs through God.

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    08-31: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 2:15-3:14

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! In this weeks message, Pastor Bobby completes chapter 2 and begins chapter 3 in which we discuss justification by faith in Christ.

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    08-24: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 1:11-2:14

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We continue our study on the book of Galatians. Pastor Bobby takes a look at telling our story and finding our family within the body of Christ.

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    08-17: Book of Galatians :: Galatians 1:1-10

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! This week we start our new series on the book of Galatians. We begin with the first ten verses of chapter 1 where Pastor Bobby discuss Paul's warning against theological garbage.

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    08-10: The Good News of Renewal

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We take a look at the good news of renewal in the gospel message by looking at Revelation 21-22.

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    08-03: The Good News of Redemption

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! This is our fourth message in our Good News series and we're looking at Luke 4 and our redemption through Jesus Christ.

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    07-27: The Good News in the Fall

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We continue in our series on The Good News where we look at how the gospel message can be seen in the fall of mankind.

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    07-20: The Good News of Creation

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We continue our series on THE GOOD NEWS where we look at Genesis 1:1-2:3 and how the creation story illustrates the Gospel in our daily lives. The good news is for everyone, every day, all day.

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    07-13: The Good News of Jesus

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We are starting a new series on the Good News! Pastor Bobby will leading us through a six week journey on the most important message we will ever hear and what better place to start that with Jesus! We hope you'll join us as we walk through understand the what the good news is for everyone, all day, everyday.

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    07-06: From Glory to Glory

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! Pastor Tag discusses the importance of being transformed into the image of Christ from glory to glory.

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    06-29: Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! Pastor Tag shares from Ephesians 1:14-20 and discusses the details of Paul's prayer for the Ephesians and what it means for us and our prayer life.

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    06-22: Passion For Christ

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! Following our two week series on the power of committing ourselves to God, today we look into having a passion for Christ in our daily lives from Philippians 1:21-24.

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    06-15: The Power of Commitment (Part 2)

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! We're diving back into Daniel 3 as we continue to look at the power of committing ourselves to serving and worshipping the Lord God.

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    06-08: The Power of Commitment

    Thank you for joining us for worship! In today's message we study through Daniel 3 and the influences on Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that caused them to be so committed to God.

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    06-01: Feeding the 5000 (Part 2)

    Thank you for joining us for worship today! Pastor Tag continues our study of John 6 where we look at the feeding of the 5000 and note how God reveals His ways through the life of Jesus.

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    05-25: Feeding the 5000

    Thank you for joining us today for worship! We continue looking at the Scriptures to learn how God reveaals His ways. Today, Pastor Tag walks us through the feeding of the 5000 in John 6.

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Thank you for joining us each week as Pastor Bob speaks to First Church through biblically relevant sermons each Sunday.

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