First Baptist Cleveland – Audio

Escaping Bitterness and Anger

Pastor Jordan Easley continues Escaping the Cage, a series focused on learning how to escape some of the most common hangups and pitfalls that Christians encounter.

Escaping Pride

Pastor Jordan Easley continues Escaping the Cage, a series focused on learning how to escape some of the most common hangups and pitfalls that Christians encounter.

Escaping Fear

Pastor Jordan Easley continues Escaping the Cage, a series focused on learning how to escape some of the most common hangups and pitfalls that Christians encounter.

Escaping Worry

The way to worry about nothing is to pray about everything. Pastor Jordan Easley continues Escaping the Cage, a series focused on learning how to escape some of the most common hangups and pitfalls that Christians encounter.

Escaping Stress

God reminds us – cry out to Him when we are overwhelmed by the pressures of this life – He hears us! Pastor Jordan kicks off the first message of a new series focused on learning how to escape some of the most common hangups and pitfalls that Christians encounter.

Back to Bethel

Pastor Ernest Easley shares how your faith can be rejuvenated and your family reclaimed for God through a journey Back to Bethel.

Words from The Cross

Nobody limps into heaven – everybody runs. Brent Crowe, Vice President of Student Leadership University, reminds us that there is another day.

Take A Stand

Taking a stand isn't easy – but God never said it would be. Pastor Jordan Easley shares how having faith in God and taking a stand for God is pleasing to God.

Camp High

If you've ever been to church camp, there's a good chance you've experienced a Camp High. Pastor Jordan Easley explains how God builds us up on the mountain-top and grows us up in the valley.

Bringing Friends to Camp

We are called to have a 'whatever it takes' mentality in bringing people to Jesus. Pastor Jordan Easley explains that God calls us to be disciples.

Wisdom for Fathers

Being a father can be one of the most rewarding things in the world. Pastor Jordan Easley explains how God commands us to celebrate fathers and impart wisdom to leave a lasting legacy.

Wisdom for Money Management

God gives us the power and ability to gain wealth. Pastor Jordan Easley explains some of God's purposes for money, wisdom for being financially responsible, and the blessings that come from giving to others generously.

Wisdom for Taming Our Temper

Taming your temper begins with surrendering your heart to Jesus. Pastor Jordan Easley examines Scripture throughout the Book of Proverbs and explains how the wisdom it and the rest of the Bible provides the patience needed to address anger.

Wisdom for the Weary

Being weary in life leads to anxiety, and anxiety leads to discouragement and depression. Pastor Jordan Easley looks at Proverbs chapter twelve and explains how truly knowing God brings peace and relief through His word and His Church.

Wisdom for Sexual Purity

The pleasure of sin is temporary, but the consequences of sin are forever. Pastor Jordan Easley takes a look at Proverbs chapter seven and explains the trappings of sexual sin, and how to find the strength to avoid it.

Wisdom for Mothers

In 2 Timothy, the Apostle Paul details the faith Timothy shares with Eunice, Timothy's mother, and Lois, his grandmother. These ladies lived out their faith. Pastor Jordan Easley explains what can be learned from the faith these two women exemplified.

The Story of Peter - Aubrey Sims

The Story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - Conner Fay

The Story from the Prodigal Son - Jessica White

The Story of The Workers of Lawlessness - Lake Shamblin

Waze of the Wise

We were created to have friends and to be friends. Pastor Jordan Easley begins the Wisdom series on the book of Proverbs by looking at how God defines healthy relationships between one another and explaining what characteristics true friends should have.

Tetelestai

The last words of Christ were to be a message that would transcend through the end of time, and His death on the cross canceled every sin. Pastor Jordan Easley looks at Jesus' last moments, His resurrection from death, and the forgiveness He gives.

Surely the Day is Coming

What do you think your last words on Earth will be? Pastor Jordan Easley completes his message series on the Book of Malachi by explaining what we know about Heaven, Hell, and God's final words for 400 years at the end of the Old Testament.

Will Man Rob God

We won’t be right with God spiritually until we’re right with God financially. Pastor Jordan Easley takes a look at God's challenge to His children in the third chapter of Malachi and explains the plan, place, and purpose of God's command to tithe.

Why Do I Have to Repent

If God intends to bless His children, why do His children suffer? Pastor Jordan Easley looks at the Israelites' challenge to God during the Book of Malachi and explains how serving the unchanging God includes repentance and change.

Who Can Endure

In the book of Malachi, the children of God were asking big philosophical questions challenging God's goodness and justice. Pastor Jordan Easley explains how God answers these questions with the greatest answer of all: the refiner and purifier Jesus.

Are You Faithful to This Covenant

What exactly is a covenant in the eyes of God, and how does He measure our faithfulness? Pastor Jordan Easley explains the profane actions of God's children as detailed in the second chapter of Malachi and looks at the dangers of breaking our promises to God.

Where Is My Honor?

What is the proper way to honor God, and why should we even bother? Pastor Jordan Easley discusses typical motivations for giving and serving, and he explains how the Bible defines appropriate sacrifice and offering for God's glory and honor.

How Do You Love Me

We're told that God loves, but sometimes circumstances make it hard to feel or identify that love. Pastor Jordan Easley begins a study of big questions from the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi and explains how its contents relate to the Gospel.

Celebration of Believer's Baptism

Public professions of faith through the act of baptism during the Sunday morning worship experience at First Baptist Cleveland's main campus on February 24, 2019.

The Why’s of Suffering

Have you ever wondered why God permits suffering and affliction in the lives of His children? Dr. Ernest Easley explains passages from one of the Apostle Paul's letters to the Corinthians and discusses the reasoning behind God's allowance of suffering.

Successful Parenting

What does God expect from parents when it comes to raising their children? Pastor Jordan Easley explains what the Bible says about God's design for families, the priorities parents should have, and the role of parents as ambassadors of God.

Successful Stewardship

The secret to successful stewardship is a life surrendered to Jesus. Pastor Jordan Easley explains what the Bible says about maximizing God's blessings for His ultimate glory and discusses how Godly stewardship points people toward the Gospel.

Successful Community

God never intended for us to live in isolation. Pastor Jordan Easley begins a new series, Building Blocks for a Successful Life, by looking at the role God's Church plays in preventing isolation and encouraging a sense of success and belonging.

We Will Stay Best Friends

God created your spouse as a part of His marriage design. Pastor Jordan Easley concludes The Marriage Puzzle series by explaining how to be the best friend to your spouse as God intended by loving unconditionally as He does.

We Will Fight Fair

Conflict in marriage is inevitable. Fighting fair is essential. Pastor Jordan Easley continues The Marriage Puzzle series by explaining the methods the Bible gives for showing Christ's love through even the most intense arguments and life circumstances.

We Will Put God First

Marriage isn't easy, but it was God's idea. Pastor Jordan Easley begins The Marriage Puzzle series by explaining why it's best to put God first and your spouse second. He also examines what it means to have the mindset, makeup, and methods of Jesus.

Winning Steps for the New Year

You have a new year before you! Dr. Ernest Easley explains how to walk forward into the new year with confidence and faith. Dr. Easley looks at the teachings of the Apostle Paul to discover key steps to forgetting the past and moving forward.

New Beginnings

There's always a greater problem behind our problems, but Jesus offers the single solution. Pastor Jordan Easley explains how the Bible addresses loneliness, fear, and dissatisfaction with life.

Joy the Baby Brings

If your joy comes from a thing, you'll always need more of that thing to maintain your joy. Pastor Jordan Easley wraps up a series of messages about Christmas by explaining how the birth of Jesus brings the only perfect source of true joy.

The Baby is Here

What does the Bible actually say about the birth of Jesus? Pastor Jordan Easley looks at some common misconceptions surrounding the story of Christmas and encourages the church to rely only on the Word of God.

Complications Surrounding Christmas

Christmas is messy! Pastor Jordan Easley looks at some of the common things that complicate believing in the Christmas story, and he explains various commitments of faith we can make to trust God more fully.

A Baby is Coming

When you know a baby is coming, it moves you to action. Pastor Jordan Easley starts the Christmas season with an examination of the many prophecies in the Old Testament telling of the coming of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Comfort Becomes Complacency

Pastor Emeritus Dr. Allan Lockerman looks at the Old Testament story of the Israelites crossing into the Promised Land as recorded in the Book of Numbers, and he explains why our comfort with the way things are hinders God's progress for the future.

Thankful

Why should I be thankful today? Pastor Jordan Easley looks at the story of Hosea sharing unconditional love for his wife Gomer after she was unfaithful to her husband, and he explains why all of us have something for which to be continually thankful.

Hypocrisy in the Church

Our God is a holy God, but our sin separates us from Him. Pastor Jordan Easley explains the dangers of sins that are secret to everyone except God, hypocrisy in the Christian church, and Jesus' compensation to erase every transgression.

The Result of Spending Time with Jesus

The more time we spend with Jesus, the more we become like Jesus. Pastor Jordan Easley explains the power and boldness that comes from regularly spending time with Jesus Christ.

There's Power in the Name of Jesus

Opportunities from God always result in opposition from Satan. Pastor Jordan Easley explains how to overcome challenges and fulfill the Great Commission with power of the name of Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit Provides Boldness

The Holy Spirit replaces our inclination to stay silent with a determination to tell the truth. Pastor Jordan Easley explains the Holy Spirit's role in providing boldness and replacing fear in order to extend the Gospel message further.

The Holy Spirit Provides Healing Power

"In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!" Pastor Jordan Easley explains the healing power of the Holy Spirit and its role in glorifying God by looking at the New Testament account of Peter and John healing a lame man.