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Sin and Separation: How We Lost Paradise - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - March 10, 2024 15:07 - 40 minutesThe world is not how God created it to be. We no longer live in Paradise. What went wrong? How did we get here? And what do we do about it? We'll start with Genesis 3, but we can’t just lay all the blame at Adam and Eve’s feet. That’s where it started to go downhill, but they are merely the first...
Sin and Separation: How We Lost Paradise - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - March 10, 2024 15:07 - application/pdfThe world is not how God created it to be. We no longer live in Paradise. What went wrong? How did we get here? And what do we do about it? We'll start with Genesis 3, but we can’t just lay all the blame at Adam and Eve’s feet. That’s where it started to go downhill, but they are merely the first...
Choices: A Tale of Two Trees - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 25, 2024 15:35 - 37 minutesWhen God created people in His image, He gave us moral agency--free will, the freedom of choice. Representing that freedom to choose, God placed two special trees in the Garden of Eden: The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. In this sermon we consider this basic choice that ...
Choices: A Tale of Two Trees - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 25, 2024 15:35 - application/pdfWhen God created people in His image, He gave us moral agency--free will, the freedom of choice. Representing that freedom to choose, God placed two special trees in the Garden of Eden: The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. In this sermon we consider this basic choice that ...
Rhythm: Work. Rest. Repeat. - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 18, 2024 20:11 - application/pdfWe desperately need a reset when it comes to a healthy work-life balance. We need a new rhythm--the one God created us to live by—work, rest, repeat. Too often, people fall into the extremes of either overworking to the point they neglect family and health, or being lazy with no drive to achieve,...
Rhythm: Work. Rest. Repeat. - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 18, 2024 20:11 - 45 minutesWe desperately need a reset when it comes to a healthy work-life balance. We need a new rhythm--the one God created us to live by—work, rest, repeat. Too often, people fall into the extremes of either overworking to the point they neglect family and health, or being lazy with no drive to achieve,...
Dominion: Stewarding God’s Good Creation - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 11, 2024 18:13 - 38 minutesThe environment, especially the topic of climate change, is on the forefront of a lot of minds. We hear and read stories in the news, hear a lot from politicians, as well as in the entertainment media. However, the ways we think about the climate and how we care for the Earth all depends on our w...
Dominion: Stewarding God’s Good Creation - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 11, 2024 18:13 - application/pdfThe environment, especially the topic of climate change, is on the forefront of a lot of minds. We hear and read stories in the news, hear a lot from politicians, as well as in the entertainment media. However, the ways we think about the climate and how we care for the Earth all depends on our w...
One Flesh: A Marriage Made in Paradise - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 04, 2024 15:53 - 39 minutesWe've heard expressions like "a match made in Heaven," but we all know there are no perfect marriages, because there are no perfect husbands or wives. But at one time, there was a marriage made in Paradise. Genesis 2 gives amazing insights into the truth about marriage and some principles that w...
One Flesh: A Marriage Made in Paradise - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - February 04, 2024 15:53 - application/pdfWe've heard expressions like "a match made in Heaven," but we all know there are no perfect marriages, because there are no perfect husbands or wives. But at one time, there was a marriage made in Paradise. Genesis 2 gives amazing insights into the truth about marriage and some principles that w...
Set Apart: Distinctly Designed with Dignity - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 28, 2024 19:56 - application/pdfLast week we looked at what Genesis 1-2 tells us about the WHY of our creation. But in this message, I focus on the WHAT—what makes us different from anything else God made? What is our relationship with the rest of creation? What difference does all of this make in our lives and world today?
Set Apart: Distinctly Designed with Dignity - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 28, 2024 19:56 - 40 minutesLast week we looked at what Genesis 1-2 tells us about the WHY of our creation. But in this message, I focus on the WHAT—what makes us different from anything else God made? What is our relationship with the rest of creation? What difference does all of this make in our lives and world today?
Imago Dei: Bearing the Image of God - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 21, 2024 16:57 - 37 minutesLast week we looked at what Genesis 1 specifically teaches about who God is. Today, we turn to what the Creation account tells us about who we are. The shift is evident in Genesis 1:26. In this sermon we will see what it means to bear the image of God, how sin has masked and marred that image, bu...
Imago Dei: Bearing the Image of God - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 21, 2024 16:57 - application/pdfLast week we looked at what Genesis 1 specifically teaches about who God is. Today, we turn to what the Creation account tells us about who we are. The shift is evident in Genesis 1:26. In this sermon we will see what it means to bear the image of God, how sin has masked and marred that image, bu...
Creator: What Creation Reveals About God - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 14, 2024 14:33 - application/pdfSince none of us were there when "God created the heavens and the earth," we have to rely on what He has revealed to us in His inspired Word. As we saw last week, one of the purposes of Genesis 1 (and of the entire Bible) is to reveal to us the truth about God. In this sermon, we discover seven t...
Creator: What Creation Reveals About God - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 14, 2024 14:33 - 40 minutesSince none of us were there when "God created the heavens and the earth," we have to rely on what He has revealed to us in His inspired Word. As we saw last week, one of the purposes of Genesis 1 (and of the entire Bible) is to reveal to us the truth about God. In this sermon, we discover seven t...
Creation: The Message of Genesis 1 - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 07, 2024 15:55 - 41 minutesThis sermon introduces this new sermon series in Genesis 1-3 with an overview of where we will be going as we look at how Genesis 1-3 speaks to the most important issues of our day and serves as the foundation for a biblical worldview. As the inspired Word of God, we must take Genesis 1-3 at face...
Creation: The Message of Genesis 1 - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - January 07, 2024 15:55 - application/pdfThis sermon introduces this new sermon series in Genesis 1-3 with an overview of where we will be going as we look at how Genesis 1-3 speaks to the most important issues of our day and serves as the foundation for a biblical worldview. As the inspired Word of God, we must take Genesis 1-3 at face...
Crossing Over into a New Year - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 31, 2023 14:42 - application/pdfAs we cross into a New Year, we know that things will change, that we face expected and unexpected blessings and struggles. Yet our God remains the same. While we don't know what 2024 holds, we trust that God is already there preparing us and the way. Moses’s message to Israel as they were about ...
Crossing Over into a New Year - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 31, 2023 14:42 - 44 minutesAs we cross into a New Year, we know that things will change, that we face expected and unexpected blessings and struggles. Yet our God remains the same. While we don't know what 2024 holds, we trust that God is already there preparing us and the way. Moses’s message to Israel as they were about ...
Longing for Love - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 24, 2023 15:25 - 34 minutesLast week's messaged ended with Mary’s story. Mary conceived, carried, and gave birth to the the Word made Flesh, the God who is Love. This morning I want us to notice the ways in which God’s love can grow within us and how we should respond. Mary serves as an example for us.
Longing for Love - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 24, 2023 15:25 - application/pdfLast week's messaged ended with Mary’s story. Mary conceived, carried, and gave birth to the the Word made Flesh, the God who is Love. This morning I want us to notice the ways in which God’s love can grow within us and how we should respond. Mary serves as an example for us.
Longing for Joy - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 17, 2023 15:29 - application/pdfAs we look at the women listed in Jesus' family tree in Matthew 1, we look at the beautiful truth that while we may be sowing seeds of sorrow, through the grace and power of God, those seeds can miraculously produce an abundant harvest of joy! I know many people who are struggling right now with ...
Longing for Joy - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 17, 2023 15:29 - 33 minutesAs we look at the women listed in Jesus' family tree in Matthew 1, we look at the beautiful truth that while we may be sowing seeds of sorrow, through the grace and power of God, those seeds can miraculously produce an abundant harvest of joy! I know many people who are struggling right now with ...
Longing for Peace - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 10, 2023 16:39 - application/pdfAdvent is a season of waiting in great expectation, a time of hopeful longing. What are people longing for more than anything else? Peace--Shalom--Wholeness and well-being. The peace that Jesus brings is far superior to the weak, passive version the world promises (John 14:27). We turn to Isaiah ...
Longing for Peace - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 10, 2023 16:39 - 35 minutesAdvent is a season of waiting in great expectation, a time of hopeful longing. What are people longing for more than anything else? Peace--Shalom--Wholeness and well-being. The peace that Jesus brings is far superior to the weak, passive version the world promises (John 14:27). We turn to Isaiah ...
Longing for Hope - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 03, 2023 20:46 - 23 minutesHope is something all people long to have. We wait for better days to come, for sorrow and pain to pass away, for new beginnings and second chances, for fresh opportunities. Isaiah 40 is written to the people of Israel, who after languishing in Babylonian exile, wondered if there was any hope tha...
Longing for Hope - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - December 03, 2023 20:46 - application/pdfHope is something all people long to have. We wait for better days to come, for sorrow and pain to pass away, for new beginnings and second chances, for fresh opportunities. Isaiah 40 is written to the people of Israel, who after languishing in Babylonian exile, wondered if there was any hope tha...
Grace Enough to Give - Audio
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - November 26, 2023 15:54 - 40 minutesIn this final sermon in the Grace Enough series, we discover from 2 Corinthians that there is grace enough for us to give. Paul gives us three examples: the Macedonian churches, the Corinthian church, and Jesus, and helps us see that no matter our circumstances, as recipients of God's grace, we a...
Grace Enough to Give - PDF
First Baptist Church Thomson, GA - November 26, 2023 15:54 - application/pdfIn this final sermon in the Grace Enough series, we discover from 2 Corinthians that there is grace enough for us to give. Paul gives us three examples: the Macedonian churches, the Corinthian church, and Jesus, and helps us see that no matter our circumstances, as recipients of God's grace, we a...
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