Fellowship Bible Church Sermons
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Cornelius' Faith
January 18, 2024 20:10 - 30 minutes - 10.6 MBJanuary 17, 2024 AM, Acts 10:1ff. We learn that Cornelius, though a man of faith, still had to be brought up to date with the latest developments about the gospel. Peter was sent to ensure that he had the critical and saving information.
God the Father: Doctrinal Statement Part 3
January 18, 2024 20:04 - 55 minutes - 19.2 MBJanuary 14, 2024 PM, Various. Our Scripture reading was Psalms 29-30. In this message, Assistant Pastor Jansen Lorch explains his personal doctrinal statement on the doctrine of God the Father, and demonstrates where these truths are found in Scripture.
The Fruitful and Stable Life
January 18, 2024 20:00 - 46 minutes - 16.1 MBJanuary 14, 2024 AM, Luke 6:39-49. Our Scripture reading was Revelation 1:1ff In response to His sermon then, or any sermon, do not presume to fix everyone else’s problems—rather you carefully consider your own ways and the ways of your family. You ask yourself if you are bearing good fruit or not. And you consider whether you are hearing and doing, or just hearing.
Peter’s Culinary Lesson
January 13, 2024 14:02 - 38 minutes - 13.2 MBJanuary 10, 2024 PM, Acts 10:9-23. God teaches Peter that purity distinctions based on the old covenant food laws are to be set aside. Such laws cannot any longer be used to justify what we would today call "discrimination" because God cleansed the food, *and* he cleansed the people who partake of that food. The food itself need not be kosher and the food need not be prepared in a kosher manner for it to be received with prayer and thanksgiving.
Stewardship
January 13, 2024 13:55 - 39 minutes - 13.5 MBJanuary 07, 2024 PM, Various. Our Scripture reading was Psalms 27-28 In this Lord's Table message, Pastor Postiff urges us to examine our life stewardship (management) to evaluate how we are using our God-given resources to accomplish our God-assigned tasks in life. One angle we examined was whether we are stewarding our lives in such a way that we regularly attend the Lord's Table services at our church. Another angle is more general, exposed by asking this question: do we need to confess s...
The Ethics of Christ’s Followers
January 13, 2024 13:51 - 55 minutes - 18.9 MBJanuary 07, 2024 AM, Luke 6:27-38. Our Scripture reading was Esther 9-10 We learn what Jesus teaches His followers about ethics, particularly in difficult situations with people who hate us and persecute us. Jesus urges us to love and pray and do good and give, especially when the recipient does not deserve it.
Israel Submits to Righteous Counsel and Responds Righteously Part 2
January 13, 2024 13:38 - 40 minutes - 14.1 MBJanuary 07, 2024 SS, Ezra 10:10ff. In Ezra 10:1-44, Ezra advises the Israelites to put away their pagan wives. Israel responded appropriately to this counsel.
Cornelius!
January 06, 2024 19:01 - 37 minutes - 12.8 MBJanuary 03, 2024, Acts 10:1-8. We learn about a devout Gentile named Cornelius. God instructed him to call for Peter and hear the gospel from the apostle to the Jews. Chapter 10-11 mark off a kind of official welcome to Gentiles to be saved by faith in Christ.
Blessings and Woes
January 06, 2024 18:57 - 45 minutes - 15.6 MBDecember 31, 2023 PM, Luke 6:12-26. Our Scripture reading was Esther 8:1ff Obviously, the Lord is highlighting the blessedness of the humble. His preaching, though it does not explicitly demand this kind of conduct, obviously is calling for us to be that way. We should pray to God to help us recognize our spiritual poverty, ask Him to give us an insatiable appetite for righteousness and to fill it, ask him to sustain us as we weep over things that grieve Him until the time of joy comes, and ...
Israel Submits to Righteous Counsel and Responds Righteously Part 1
January 06, 2024 17:49 - 43 minutes - 15.1 MBDecember 31, 2023 AM, Ezra 10:1ff. In Ezra 10:1-44, Ezra advises the Israelites to put away their pagan wives. Israel responded appropriately to this counsel.
Peace and Progress in the Church Part 2
December 29, 2023 17:17 - 29 minutes - 10.2 MBDecember 27, 2023 PM, Acts 9:31-43. The church continues to expand during the time of peace after God stopped Paul's persecution of the church. Peter raised Dorcas (Tabitha) as yet another authenticating miracle.
Oratorio - Handel's Messiah
December 29, 2023 17:08 - 42 minutes - 14.4 MBDecember 24, 2023 PM, Various. Our Scripture reading was Matthew 2:12ff
The Angels’ Perspective on the Birth of Jesus
December 29, 2023 17:02 - 40 minutes - 14 MBDecember 24, 2023 AM, Various. Our Scripture reading was Matthew 1:18ff Over the years, I have done a series of 'perspectives' messages on Christmas — Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, Simeon, Anna, now the angels. This has helped us to have a wholistic and Biblical perspective on the birth of Jesus.
The Incarnation and the Trinity
December 29, 2023 16:56 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBDecember 24, 2023 SS, Various. We cannot come to a doctrine like this and expect to 'bend' it into something that we can easily understand without effort. Just because it is difficult does not mean it is untrue. And furthermore, how is it that we expect the singular God of the Universe, and the unique God-man, to be something just like us? We are complex beings comprised of body and spirit; emotion and will; affections and desires; heart and mind. Our body alone is a machine of unparalleled c...
Peace and Progress in the Church Part 1
December 22, 2023 18:41 - 29 minutes - 10.2 MBDecember 20, 2023 PM, Acts 9:31-43. Paul's persecution was finally over and the church experienced a blessed time of growth. Miracles continued to be done through the hand of Peter.
Ezra's Prayer of Confession
December 22, 2023 18:32 - 48 minutes - 16.5 MBDecember 17, 2023 PM, Ezra 9:1-15. Ezra confesses to God Israel's guilt and reflects upon God's upon past mercies despite the nation's sins. Our Scripture reading was Psalms 25-26.
Sabbath Controversies
December 22, 2023 18:26 - 49 minutes - 17 MBDecember 17, 2023 AM, Luke 6:1-11. Once again, the Lord Jesus was criticized for doing good on the Sabbath. We try in this message to make sure that our understanding of the Sabbath is Biblical, not based on the traditions of people or religious denominations. By extension, we need to evaluate our thinking on religious matters as a whole and make sure we are not living merely by tradition, but in fact we are honoring the word of God by obeying it. Our Scripture reading was Esther 7:1ff
Shepherding a Child's Heart Part 8
December 22, 2023 18:15 - 36 minutes - 12.6 MBDecember 17, 2023 SS, Various.
Paul's Initial Ministry
December 22, 2023 18:02 - 32 minutes - 11.1 MBDecember 13, 2023 PM, Acts 9:20-30 . Saul was changed completely 'overnight' on the road to Damascus, but God had quite some work to do on him over the following years before he was ready to be a missionary. But ready he became! Perhaps the years in which you find yourself right now are years of preparation for work that God has prepared for you later.
Christmas Program
December 12, 2023 21:34 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBDecember 10, 2023 PM, Various. Let’s boil it down: we need to believe that God sent His Son as our Savior. God urges us to believe the truth that Jesus came to die for our sins and offer us the free light of life. Believe the truth that He came as a baby, He died as Savior, He rose again from the dead as Lord, and that He will reign as King. If you take this King as your own, you will be cleansed and your darkness will become light. And remember, soon the day will dawn and the daystar will ar...
The New and the Old
December 12, 2023 21:12 - 47 minutes - 16.4 MBDecember 10, 2023 AM, Luke 5:27-39. Our Scripture reading was Esther 6:1ff This is not a matter of preference, as if you can continue to enjoy the old wine without considering the new. It is a matter of 'genuine religion' and true morality. Jesus did not come to bring a new option. He brought a whole new system and urges you to come out of the old and into the new.
The Godhead: Doctrinal Statement Part 2
December 12, 2023 21:07 - 34 minutes - 11.9 MBDecember 10, 2023 SS, Various. Assistant Pastor Lorch takes us through the section of his personal doctrinal statement having to do with God. Particulars about the Father, Son, and Spirit are left for later sessions.
Saul is Converted to Jesus Christ and Initial Ministry Part 2
December 08, 2023 19:02 - 31 minutes - 11 MBDecember 6, 2023 PM, Acts 9:10-30. Saul was changed completely 'overnight' on the road to Damascus, but God had quite some work to do on him over the following years before he was ready to be a missionary.
God is Able to Provide and Protect
December 04, 2023 19:40 - 46 minutes - 15.8 MBDecember 3, 2023 PM, Ezra 8:1ff. Our Scripture reading was Psalms 23-24
Jesus Forgives Sin
December 04, 2023 19:34 - 41 minutes - 14.1 MBDecember 3, 2023 AM, Luke 5:1-26. Our Scripture reading was Esther 5:1ff If you are a sinner, you need to get close to the Lord, not tell Him to get away! Peter told the Lord to get away (Luke 5:8). But the leper received a touch from the Lord (Luke 5:13) and the paralytic was brought near to receive help (Luke 5:18). These people did not necessarily come looking for the answer to their deepest need, but the Lord is gracious about that and supplied it anyway. Isolating yourself from the Lord...
Missionaries Pablo and Fio Ramirez
December 03, 2023 22:52 - 47 minutes - 16.5 MBNovember 29, 2023 PM, Various. Missionaries to Argentina
Ezra Arrives
December 03, 2023 22:44 - 52 minutes - 18 MBNovember 26, 2023 PM, Ezra 7:1ff. Our Scripture reading was Psalms 21-22
Jesus's Ministry in Capernaum
December 03, 2023 22:34 - 46 minutes - 16.1 MBNovember 26, 2023 AM, Luke 4:31-44. Our Scripture reading was Esther 4:1ff The more directly applicable part of this section is about Jesus’s teaching. 'I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also' Since He had to, we have to. As I have said oft before, we may not have all the same details he had, like the kingdom is immediately at hand. But we do have the same basic idea—unless one is born again by repentant faith, that one will not enter, experience, or enjoy the kingdom of G...
Shepherding a Child's Heart Part 7
December 03, 2023 22:30 - 33 minutes - 11.4 MBNovember 26, 2023 SS, Various. Self Control
Thanksgiving for What?
December 03, 2023 22:19 - 25 minutes - 8.73 MBNovember 22, 2023 PM, Various. Every good gift is from above, James 1:17. We certainly have enough “material” to abound in thanksgiving toward God (Colossians 2:6-7).
Israel's Return
November 21, 2023 18:40 - 58 minutes - 20.1 MBNovember 19, 2023 PM, Ezra 5-6. Our Scripture reading was Psalm 19-20
Ministry in Nazareth Part 2
November 21, 2023 18:33 - 50 minutes - 17.2 MBNovember 19, 2023 AM, Luke 4:14-30. Our Scripture reading was Esther 3:1ff Check yourself. If you are getting hot under the collar right now because I told you that God views you as a sinner, then you are responding just like the hard-hearted audience of this passage. If you are angry at the messenger, what that really means is that you are rejecting God — because I am just recounting what Scripture says, and Scripture is God’s word, not mine. Please do not repeat the same error of these unb...
Shepherding a Child's Heart Part 6
November 21, 2023 18:29 - 39 minutes - 13.5 MBNovember 19, 2023 SS, Various.
Saul’s Conversion to Follow Jesus Christ
November 16, 2023 21:38 - 31 minutes - 10.9 MBNovember 15, 2023 PM, Acts 9:1-19. A real change was wrought in Saul’s heart. It was clear from the getgo that he was entirely transformed. God chose Saul. If you are a Christ-follower, God chose you too, before you knew it, and He purposed to transform you like He did Saul. He also purposed to have you do good works for Him (Eph. 2:10). We are indeed chosen to be forgiven, and chosen to serve Him. Will you be like Saul and say, 'I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision!' (Acts 26:19)?
Servant's Prayer in a Time of Distress
November 16, 2023 21:32 - 43 minutes - 15 MBNovember 12, 2023 PM, Psalm 143:1ff. Our Scripture reading was Psalm 17-18
Discipleship
November 16, 2023 21:22 - 59 minutes - 20.3 MBNovember 12, 2023 AM, Matthew 8:18-22. Our Scripture reading was Esther 2:1ff
Missionary Guest - Zambia
November 16, 2023 21:09 - 45 minutes - 15.7 MBNovember 12, 2023 SS, Various.
Philip Evangelizes the Ethiopian Official
November 10, 2023 21:56 - 34 minutes - 11.7 MBNovember 8, 2023 PM, Acts 8:26-40. Remove the miraculous and direct revelation elements from this account, and you have a story that that we should be replicating in our lives.
The Conscience
November 10, 2023 21:48 - 24 minutes - 8.37 MBNovember 5, 2023 PM, Various. Our Scripture reading was Psalm 15-16
Live Soberly
November 10, 2023 21:44 - 59 minutes - 20.4 MBNovember 5, 2023 AM, I Peter 4:7-11. Our Scripture reading was Esther 1:1ff
The Heart is Deceitful
November 10, 2023 21:41 - 34 minutes - 11.8 MBNovember 5, 2023 SS, Jeremiah 1:1-10.
The Book of Zephaniah Part 2
November 10, 2023 21:36 - 27 minutes - 9.4 MBNovember 1, 2023 PM, Zephaniah 1:1-3:20.
Opposition to the One True God
November 10, 2023 21:23 - 1 hour - 21 MBOctober 29, 2023 PM, Ezra 4:1ff. Our Scripture reading was Psalm 13-14
Ministry in Galilee
November 10, 2023 21:19 - 48 minutes - 16.6 MBOctober 29, 2023 AM, Luke 4:14-30. Our Scripture reading was Jude 1:1ff Check yourself. If you are getting hot under the collar right now because I told you that God views you as a sinner, then you are responding just like the hard-hearted audience of this passage. If you are angry at the messenger, what that really means is that you are rejecting God—because I am just recounting what Scripture says, and Scripture is God’s word, not mine. Please do not repeat the same error of these unbeliev...
Shepherding a Child's Heart Part 5
November 10, 2023 21:09 - 36 minutes - 12.5 MBOctober 29, 2023 SS, Various.
The Book of Zephaniah
November 10, 2023 21:02 - 33 minutes - 11.7 MBOctober 25, 2023 PM, Zephaniah 1:1-3:20. All the goodness at the end of the prophecy is tied to this truth: 'the LORD your God in your midst.' The repeated refrain throughout Scripture: God will be their God, and they will be His people. When God is near, there is no reason to fear or be weak. He will save and quiet you and rejoice over you with gladness and singing. This is true across the ages and will be the experience of all believers.
Temptation of Jesus Part 2
October 29, 2023 22:18 - 45 minutes - 15.7 MBOctober 23, 2023 AM, Luke 4:1-13. Our Scripture reading was 3 John 1:1ff Satan left Jesus alone, but only for a little while. There would be many other temptations throughout His life, but God did not record most of them for us in Scripture. He did detail the internal and very human struggle of Jesus at Gethsemane. But then as in Luke 4, Jesus chose not to give in to the lure of personal comfort, instead committing to do God’s will, not His own. Jesus would be a perfect model of a God-fearin...
Bibliology: Doctrinal Statement Part 1
October 29, 2023 22:13 - 41 minutes - 14.4 MBOctober 23, 2023 SS, Various. Assistant Pastor Lorch takes us through the section of his personal doctrinal statement that has to do with Christian belief about the Bible.
Persecution and the Gospel Part 2
October 29, 2023 22:08 - 30 minutes - 10.4 MBOctober 18, 2023 PM, Acts 8:1-25 . Threats to the church include persecution as well as false belief and syncretism. These can expose the weakness either of discernment regarding false belief or an uncommitted stance toward Christ. Christians desire to pay close attention to their lives to see that they are characterized by the kinds of things we listed above. Two strengths of the church are the great joy of salvation and the unity of all believers regardless of their ethnic background. There...