Sermons
| Title | Subject | Delivered By | Central Passage | Date |
July 5 Morning Worship | Morning Worship Service Recording | FBC | Sunday, July 5, 2020 11:00 AM | |
"A Church Pictorial" | Ways to picture the true nature of the church. | Rick Willis | 1 Peter 2:1-12 | Sunday, June 28, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Act Like Somebody" | Reasons to conform your character to the character of the heavenly Father. | Rick Willis | 1 Peter 1:13-25 | Sunday, June 21, 2020 11:00 AM |
“Hope Has a Name” | Hope is not just optimism or wishful thinking; hope has a name, what is it? | Rick Willis | 1 Peter 1:3–12 | Sunday, June 14, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Blessed Trinity" | Life is designed by the Father to be transformed with the Spirit into the new life won by the Son. | Rick Willis | 1 Peter 1:1-2 | Sunday, June 7, 2020 11:00 AM |
"God's Flares" | The Holy Spirit surged at Pentecost and revealed two essentials of life with God. | Rick Willis | Acts 2:1–21 | Sunday, May 31, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Power to Wait & Witness" | The Ascension of Jesus teaches us what to expect as Jesus followers while we wait for his return. | Rick Willis | Acts 1:1-11 | Sunday, May 24, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Lift Up Your Eyes" | Sometimes God allows terrible things to get us down so he can lift our eyes back up to Him more fully. | Rick Willis | Isaiah 40:25-31 | Sunday, May 17, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Sanctuary Homes" | God's Word calls on us to make our homes sanctuaries of gospel hospitality. | Rick Willis | 3 John 1:1-15 | Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Rededication to Christ" | Now is a good time to rededicate our lives to the person and mission of Jesus Christ. | Rick Willis | John 21:15-25 | Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Life with Christ" | The Risen Jesus invites you into a superlife; apart from him you can do nothing. | Rick Willis | John 21:1-14 | Sunday, April 26, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Confidence with Christ" | We can receive confidence with Christ knowing what Thomas knew. | Rick Willis | John 20:24-29 | Sunday, April 19, 2020 11:00 AM |
"The Resurrection Announcement" | Here is a verse that expresses the heart of Christian knowledge and gives us a mental model for daily trusting Jesus. | Rick Willis | Matthew 28:7 | Sunday, April 12, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Between Cross and Resurrection" | Compare our contemporary health emergency with the day Jesus' body was in the tomb. | Rick Willis | Luke 23:50-56 | Sunday, April 5, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Pray Like Jesus" | Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane reveals four ways we can pray today. | Rick Willis | Luke 22:39-46 | Sunday, March 29, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Worry Like Jesus" | Choose to align your worry with God's agenda instead of the world's. | Rick Willis | Matthew 6:25-34 | Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: The Risk" | We live as ambassadors for heaven—in enemy territory for now. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:10-12 | Sunday, March 15, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: Peace with God" | As heirs of God's kingdom we bring peace not panic. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:9 | Sunday, March 8, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: Undivided" | When the hidden part of you is full of Jesus, God becomes obvious everywhere. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:8 | Sunday, March 1, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: Who Needs Mercy?" | When God opens our hearts to receive his mercy, he opens our hearts to give mercy to others. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:7 | Sunday, February 23, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: Craving God" | Our souls, minds, and bodies are created to crave God for life. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:6 | Sunday, February 16, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: Only Trust Him" | We can release resentment and force because God is in control. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:5 | Sunday, February 9, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: Godly Sorrow" | We can't take God's loving grace seriously while taking sin lightly. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:4 | Sunday, February 2, 2020 11:00 AM |
"A Heart Like His: Just As I Am" | Complete dependence on God opens up his satisfying kingdom to us. | Rick Willis | Matthew 5:1-3 | Sunday, January 26, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Reality Check" | We have a world champion temptation wrestler and sin buster on our side. | Rick Willis | Matthew 4:1-11 | Sunday, January 12, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Jesus and Baptism" | If Jesus is important to you then baptism is important. | Rick Willis | Matthew 3:13-17; 28:19-20 | Sunday, January 5, 2020 11:00 AM |
"Christ Is Born: Now What?" | Jesus opened up the connections for us to live and grow in God's immediate family. | Rick Willis | Galatians 4:4-7 | Sunday, December 29, 2019 11:00 AM |
"God with Us" | He came to our place, He took our place, He invites us back to His place. | Rick Willis | Matthew 1:18-25 | Sunday, December 22, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Joy Is a Gift from God" | An ancient prophet knew the secret of deep joy. | Rick Willis | Micah 7:8-9 | Sunday, December 15, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Expand Your Boundaries" | An international missionary reflects on obedience to Christ. | David Morse | Revelation 21:22-26 | Sunday, December 8, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Thank God!" | Thanksgiving is worship. | Rick Willis | 1 Chronicles 16:1-13 | Sunday, November 24, 2019 11:00 AM |
"The Lamb of God" | Why did Jesus choose the Lord's Supper for us to remember him by? | Rick Willis | Exodus 12:21-28; John 1:29 | Sunday, November 17, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Our Worth and Our Wandering" | Two essential facts about human beings | Rick Willis | Genesis 4:1-16 | Sunday, November 10, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Pray Together and Tell Stories" | Cultivate habits that bond you to Jesus and his way of life, and you will be better connected in every way. | Rick Willis | Deuteronomy 6:4-9 | Sunday, November 3, 2019 11:00 AM |
"God Is Here" | God shows and hides His presence in ways designed to grow us in faith and character. | Rick Willis | Genesis 28:16 | Sunday, October 27, 2019 11:00 AM |
"God Is Good" | God is perfectly good forever, just like Jesus shows us. | Rick Willis | Exodus 34:5-7 | Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:00 AM |
"God Is Worthy" | As disciples of Jesus we want to think about God the way that Jesus shows us to do it. | Rick Willis | Genesis 1:1; 1Corinthians 8:6 | Sunday, October 13, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Four Gardens" | Seeing the Bible's message through four gardens | Rick Willis | Various | Sunday, October 6, 2019 11:00 AM |
Bearing Gospel Fruit: "Daily Grace in God's Orchard" | The testing ground of Christian growth is our daily relationships. | Rick Willis | Colossians 3:18-4:6 | Sunday, September 29, 2019 11:00 AM |
Bearing Gospel Fruit: "Look No Further" | When you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, who would you look for your life anywhere else? | Rick Willis | Colossians 2:6 | Sunday, September 15, 2019 11:00 AM |
Bearing Gospel Fruit: "God's Orchard" | Christian disciples bear good fruit because Christ is implanted in us. | Rick Willis | Colossians 1:27 | Sunday, September 8, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Bearing Gospel Fruit" | Two things we can do right now because of the gospel | Rick Willis | Colossians 1:1-14 | Sunday, September 1, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Acts 29" | God means for every Christian and every church to be the next chapter in the mission. | Rick Willis | Acts 28:16-31 | Sunday, August 25, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Just As I Am" | Every follower of Jesus has a story to tell. | Rick Willis | Acts 26:29 | Sunday, August 18, 2019 11:00 AM |
"A Christian Bucket List" | How does Jesus influence what you want to do before you die? | Rick Willis | Acts 20:17-38 | Sunday, August 11, 2019 11:00 AM |
"The Chains Are Gone" | Jesus will deliver you from what holds you captive, but you have to put your confidence in him. | Rick Willis | Acts 16:16-34 | Sunday, August 4, 2019 11:00 AM |
"The Sending Spirit" | We keep in step with the Holy Spirit by being a sending church and going people. | Rick Willis | Acts 11:19-26; 13:1-3 | Sunday, July 28, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Center and Boundaries" | When Jesus is the center of our lives, he sets our boundaries. | Rick Willis | Acts 10 | Sunday, July 21, 2019 11:00 AM |
"How We Know Jesus Now" | We know Jesus now through revelation and relationships. | Rick Willis | Acts 9:1-6 | Sunday, July 14, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Sticks and Stones" | How to witness with Christian integrity. | Rick Willis | Acts 7:54-60 | Sunday, July 7, 2019 11:00 AM |
"No Other Name" | Christian disciples know Jesus as the only hope of life worth living forever. | Rick Willis | Acts 4:8-12 | Sunday, June 23, 2019 11:00 AM |
"First Church" | The Holy Spirit creates a learning, caring, worshipping, and witnessing community. | Rick Willis | Acts 2:41-47 | Sunday, June 16, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Facing Jesus" | When we falter and wander, Jesus will restore us when we face him. | Rick Willis | John 21:15-25 | Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Feed Your Faith" | Faith in the Risen Jesus needs to be nourished by worship and Christian relationships. | Rick Willis | John 21:1-14 | Sunday, May 12, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Breathe In, Breathe Out" | The Risen Jesus gives us his peace, his purpose, and his power. | Rick Willis | John 20:19-23 | Sunday, May 5, 2019 11:00 AM |
"It Is Finished" | The work is done; you can be reconciled with God. | Rick Willis | John 19:28-30 | Sunday, April 14, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Sifted by Failure" | We fail; Jesus doesn't. Trust Him. | Rick Willis | John 18:1-19.16 | Sunday, April 7, 2019 11:00 AM |
"This Is Eternal Life" | Know Jesus, and know He prays for you personally. | Rick Willis | John 17 | Sunday, March 31, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Knowing Jesus Now" | Jesus invites us to know more than just facts about Him. | Rick Willis | John 14:21-24 | Sunday, March 24, 2019 11:00 AM |
"How to Make Christian Disciples" | Jesus' love command is the most basic method for making disciples. | Rick Willis | John 13:34-35 | Sunday, March 17, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Jesus Disarms Pride" | Pride makes us "defend ourselves" against God's grace. | Rick Willis | John 13:3-17 | Sunday, March 10, 2019 11:00 AM |
"Jesus Knows Real Life" | With Jesus, we have nothing to prove--just people to love. | Rick Willis | John 13:1-5; 14:6 | Sunday, March 3, 2019 11:00 AM |
Faith Takes Practice | What does it look like to acknowledge God in daily life? | Rick Willis | Proverbs 3:6; Genesis 24 | Sunday, October 28, 2018 10:00 AM |
Jesus Roots | God gets His love into our lives through family-like relationships | Rick Willis | Genesis 12:1-3; Matthew 1:1 | Sunday, October 14, 2018 11:00 AM |
Table of Witnesses | The Lord's Supper and the church's witness | Rick Willis | Job 42:5-6; 1 John 1:1-3 | Sunday, October 7, 2018 11:00 AM |
Riding the Waves of Faith | Real Christian life is experienced in a rhythm of grace and obedience | Rick Willis | Genesis 6-9 | Sunday, September 23, 2018 11:00 AM |
Why We Need Jesus | If Jesus is the answer, what's the question? | Rick Willis | Genesis 3:5 | Sunday, September 16, 2018 11:00 AM |
Square One | The basis of our church's mission | Rick Willis | Genesis 1:1; John 3:16 | Sunday, September 2, 2018 11:00 AM |
