The Father has given all authority to the Son.  In today's sermon, Pastor Joel teaches out of Luke chapter 4 concerning Jesus' authority displayed in His Mastery over teaching, the demonic realm, and illness.

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers. 

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically-driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In this sermon, Pastor Joel teaches from Psalm 22 about the horror of the cross, the glory of the empty tomb, and how all of the nations will glorify God because "He has done it".  

You can find A Hope in Christ with FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblaclly-driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

The crowds cheered as Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.  But they cheered for a Messiah and King of their imagination instead of as He was.  Likewise, today so many worship a Jesus of their own making, not the faithful Jesus as He is revealed in Scripture.  In this sermon, Pastor Chad looks at the call of Matthew 16 to take up your cross and follow the one true King.

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers.

We are a biblically driven, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In this sermon, Pastor Joel looks at Jesus' teaching in the synagogue in Luke chapter 4 and what it shows us about Him, our needs, and the good news of the Gospel.

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically-driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's passage, we see how Jesus Christ, the second Adam, successfully resisted the temptation to distrust God's providence and provision where the first Adam failed.  And how, in doing so, He set the example for all who would place their faith in Him.

You can find A Hope in Christ along with FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most podcast providers.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic body of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, we look at the genealogy presented in Luke chapter 3.  What does it mean to our Christian walk, as well as how we view Jesus as Lord and Messiah?

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers. 

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel looks at what the Scripture tells us about the nature and purpose of Jesus' baptism and what we can take away from these beautiful truths.

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers. 

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In this sermon, Pastor Joel looks at the ministry of John the Baptist to answer questions like, what is Biblical repentance?  What often prevents a repentant heart? How do we Biblically repent?  What is the result of Biblical repentance?  What if any part does it play in our justification?

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers.  

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ. To learn more about First Baptist Church of Opelousas, on the web at www.fbcopelousas.org.

This week Pastor Chad looks at the familiar story of the Boy Jesus in the temple recounted in Luke. He paints a picture of what this scene would have looked like and looks at the depths of Jesus’s words to reveal to us that Jesus is the Son of God and that He cares deeply for us as believers.

On most major podcast providers, you can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart.  To learn more about First Baptist Church of Opelousas, you can find us on the web at www.fbcopelousas.org.

Dr. James White teaches on the heresy of the Roman Catholic mass and how we know we can have peace with God through the finished work of Jesus Christ.