Sermons | First Baptist Church of Elimsport

Shoebox Sunday!

Join us today as we celebrate Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Sunday here at Elimsport! This a a kid-centered event with upbeat songs from previous Vacation Bible Schools and other special elements designed with kids in mind. We will be learning more about Samaritan's Purse OCC program, watch a recorded testimony of how a shoebox changed…

Living By Truth

I was reading over some of my daughters notes from her class on conflict resolution. I was struck by all the ways that we as humans can be different from each other: Different in gender, different regarding our family of origin and its structure, different regarding our culture and ethnicity, different in temperament, different in…

Standing Strong in the Lord – Part 2

At the time Paul was writing the letter to the Ephesian church, he was a prisoner of Rome. Jewish leaders that hated him and the Gospel that he preached, had brought false accusations against him. He had a strong case for his innocence, but had appealed to see Caesar in Rome because political pressures in…

Standing Strong in the Lord

What are you doing with your life that Satan would love to stop? What are you doing that Satan would love to see you keep doing? Those are two big battlefields in your life: the things that you know you should do for God and the things you know that God wants you to give…

Special Guest – Cliff Bourne

A special guest speaker, Cliff Bourne, shared how the creation clearly declares a Creator. We accept the Genesis account of creation and believe that man came by direct creation of God and not by evolution. We understand the Bible to clearly teach that the creation of the world took place in six literal, consecutive, 24…

The Delusion of Safety and Self-Sufficiency

There are two things we tend to believe that are completely untrue in our walk with God. The first is that we are sufficient in ourselves to live the Christian life and obey all the commands God has given us. The second in that things will by nature work towards our success as believers if…

What Does God Say About Work? Part 2

This week we want to continue our study on work. Last week we looked at some of the good that comes from work that you may not have thought of before, this week we will take what we started and build on it, looking at the words God gave us through the Apostle Paul. I…

What Does God Say About Work?

What do you think about work? Is it just a means to an end; a way to provide what you need and want? Is it a blessing or a curse? Does it define you? In this sermon series we will be taking a look at what God says about it and see how the common…

Changing the World from Home Part 2

Dr. John MacArthur said, "The family was God’s first earthly institution. Before there was a government, and long before God instituted the church, He ordained marriage and the family as the basic building block of society. The destruction of the family we are witnessing today is, I believe, a harbinger of the ultimate collapse of…

God is in control

Join in this week as Dr. Henry Johnson shares with us from Psalm 97 and encourages us in this day when encouragement is hard to find. Dr. Johnson will point us to the sufficiency of God and His Word for the problems we face. Come be encouraged and find a new perspective to take into…