Watch or listen to sermons preached from the pulpit at Fairview Baptist Church.
Elders in the Local Church
We look at the qualifications for elders (also called overseers, bishops or pastors) from this text in 1 Timothy. What we see is three main qualifications (a desire for the ministry of oversight; godly character; and the ability to lead and to teach). These qualities must be found in a man if he is to join other godly men in leading the household of God.
A Model for Our Times
Paul reminds the Ephesian elders of his own example and gives them a charge. A three-fold watch to watch themselves, the flock, and false teaching. We learn here what an elder or pastor looks like and what they do.
Flee Sexual Immorality
Sexual immorality is an especially serious sin. What are the tools to fight such sin? Laws? Will power? This passage wonderfully demonstrates how our identity in Christ is the power to fight serious sin. This text reminds us of the future bodily resurrection, our oneness with Christ, our bodies being temples of the Holy Spirit, and that God bought us with a high price. It’s remembering who we are that is going to give us the strength to flee immorality…
Such Were Some of You
We are not to be deceived, those who live immorally will not inherit the kingdom of God. A bold and stark warning. Thankfully this is not the end of the story. God has provided a way of forgiveness, a way of righteousness through Jesus Christ.
Handling Church Grievances
Want to win a fight in church? This this sermon is a must. We learn from this passage on how we are to handle grievances inside the church. Certainly all Christians must practice greater self-denial for the sake of Christ and his church.
Your Living Faith
Willem van de Leur preaches from 1 Peter 1.
Know Who You Are
Willem van de Leur preaches from 1 Peter.
Therefore, My Beloved
Kevin St. John preaching from Philippians 4:1-9.
Purging Immorality
Why do we and why must we keep the church pure by purging immoral “brothers”? This text is the longest text in the Bible about church discipline.
Dealing with Sexual Immorality
There was sexual immorality in the church at Corinth and it needed to be dealt with. Mourning and excommunication were the prescription, restoration and seeking the forgiving and transforming grace of Christ the anticipated outcome. This is not a Corinthian problem. Our sexualized culture has had a significant impact on the church. Pornography, for example, is common in our churches. We ought to mourn, we ought to deal with sin. May this text be a call to get right with…
Lives Lived to the Glory of God
The glory of God drives us to worship and to proclaim his excellence.
Evolution and the Bible
Is it even conceivable to believe in a literal six day creation just thousands of years ago rather than millions of years ago? How can we reconcile Genesis with what we’re told is a scientific consensus on an old earth and evolutionary progress. What we see is that the Bible tells us of that the Creator God made this earth just thousands of years ago by the word of his power and he promises to do the same in the…