First Baptist New Orleans | Sermons

How seriously do you take the word of God? We likely make bold claims about it, and even defend it is conversations when it is Consider the ways that we show disinterest in it? Now consider the various portions of grace we forfeit because of...

None of us likes or wants trials. Many times, we struggle in trial and fail to grow in them as the opportunity presents itself. Last week we were instructed in 4 ways: Have joy knowing God is at work. Be patient and allow God to do the...

Do you love trials? Surely not. For virtually all of us, we despise trials and tribulations. We want them to be over, complain about their presence, and handle them in all the wrong ways. Trials are a fact of life. No matter who you are or what...

Praise God (vv.13-14) Understanding who Jesus is leads us to profess praise in our Almighty and Loving God. Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 44:6 Revelation 1:17-18 John 1:1-5, 14 John 14:6-7 Acts 4:12 Isaiah 9:6  Are you praising God like the...

In the Incarnation, Christ models humility and selflessness. Explanation: Notice how John introduces Christ and what he says about him (vs. 1-5). This is the divine son who has come down to us. The exalted one has taken a lowly form by taking on...

As we have seen this year, Christ is on display in every book of scripture? This is far easier to see in the Gospels. Here we have the famous account of Mary’s praise at the news of Christ’s birth. She was deathly afraid of the news at first but...

God’s Creation of man and his fellowship with God. In Genesis 1:26-27, we are told that there is something very special about man as opposed to all of creation. The Bible says, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness...

Clearly defining our direction over the next coming months, as the committee is searching for the next pastor… Go where Jesus goes… Do what Jesus does… Love how Jesus loves... What’s down in the well is what comes up in the bucket. In times of...

What does it mean to follow Christ? Interestingly, in 2,000 years, so much has changed and yet things are exactly the same. That is to say, while so much about our world has changed, human beings today have the exact same tendencies as people back...

What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus Christ? For the next three weeks, Bo and I will focus on the way we follow Christ in our Going, Doing, and Loving. Today, we will focus on our Going? What does it mean to Go as Jesus taught us to Go? We...

Our Great Hope: “He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” —Acts 1:3 Jesus is present; the resurrection happened, he appears to his...

What exactly can Christ change in your life? With the saints of two millennia, some of you have tasted the life-changing power of Jesus Christ. But for others, you’re skeptical and suspicious that He can do anything significant in your...

We are finishing up our “Grow Up” series as we look at what it looks like to live in a community of believers biblically. I hope this has been an encouraging and challenging series for those of you who are already members of our body, serving as a...

Listen, before I start, let’s get this out of the way. We’re looking at Romans 12:9-21 today and talking about generosity. So I’m going to ask you to consider giving. Here are some ways that you can give. You can give to the work of God...

We continue in our sermon series, Grow Up, and our goal is to grow up to become more like Christ in everything we do and say. Our text this morning is Philippians 4:4-9. The ministers schedule a planning retreat after Labor Day each year. This is a...

Today is our fifth message in our series entitled, Grow Up. The first week we looked at what it means to be a member of the body, then we looked at the importance of serving, and why we serve in the body, then we looked at the word of God and how it...

Today is the 4th message in our series, entitled Grow Up. We are looking at what it means to be an involved and engaged member of the body here at First Baptist New Orleans. The first week we talked about the role of membership in the body, then we...