First Baptist New Orleans | Sermons

We are in the middle of our “Grow Up” series, we are exploring what it looks like to “Grow UP” as a local body of believers to look more like Jesus. We’ve talked about how we live in a community with other members of the body; last week we looked at...

Serving changes our expectations. v. 1-5 John 13 starts a change in Jesus’ ministry The focus shifts from the crowds to the disciples Jesus wants to give final instructions because he knows his time has come Jesus changes our expectations...

Today we begin a new sermon series called Grow Up. We are going to spend the next 5 weeks unpacking the expectations we have of all of our members here at First Baptist New Orleans. Many in the room today have been members of First Baptist New Orleans...

Today, we conclude our study of 1 Peter. We called this series, Strangers Like Me, because Peter was writing to a group of Gentile Christians who were living in exile in Asia Minor, which is modern-day Turkey. They were interacting with people who...

Peter has some specific instructions to the elders today. These pastors all over Asia Minor are experiencing persecution. I’m sure the members of these churches were going to them for advice and encouragement. These pastors were probably overwhelmed...

We continue with the theme of suffering this morning. Everyone in the room has experienced suffering in some capacity. If it hasn’t happened to you yet I’m almost certain it has happened to someone close to you. Having a proper theology of suffering...

We dive into 1 Peter 4 this morning. We continue with our topic of suffering. Our understanding of suffering as American Christians is often different from the type of persecution that many of our brothers and sisters around the world experience. We...

Righteous Suffering is a Blessing The question in verse 13 of “who is there to harm you?” is important. Many times, when we suffer it can feel to us that EVERYONE and EVERYTHING is here to harm us. Proverbs 16:7 says: “When a man’s ways please the...

Encourage Verses 1-4 in the Message:  If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care—then do...

Understand Peter’s Context: "Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust." — 1 Peter 2:18 You must understand the historical context in which Peter is writing. We are not...

So last week, we looked at the beginning of chapter 2 where Peter is writing to these Gentile churches scattered across what is now Modern-day Turkey. And he tells them that they are living stones and that they are a spiritual house, but for those...

We are in our third week of Strangers Like Me. We are studying Peter’s first letter that he wrote to churches that were located in what is now Modern-day Turkey. These were Gentile believers coming from a pagan background, and they were experiencing...

We continue our series Strangers Like Me today. Who went home and listened to Strangers Like Me? If you did, you could thank me after the service for introducing you to the most excellent Disney song ever created. We kicked off 1 Peter last Sunday...

Today we begin a sermon series entitled Strangers Like Me. The inspiration from this sermon title actually comes from one of the greatest Disney soundtracks ever created, Tarzan. And Phil Collins writes this awesome song called “Strangers Like Me.”...

Today we wrap our study of Judges. We have looked at Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, and today we will be looking at probably the most well-known judge Samson. I would encourage all of you to go ahead and finish reading the book of Judges on your...

When Leah was pregnant with our fourth child, and we’d learned he was going to be a boy, we immediately started thinking about names. We wanted to make sure his name was significant as each of our other children had some special significance attached...

The Cycle Continues: "The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the...

Again, I’d like to thank everyone for your attendance today as we celebrate the most important day of the year for our faith. We will be in the Gospel of Luke today looking at a story surrounding the resurrection of Jesus. Our story this morning is...