Albion First Baptist Church

By Keith Brich

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March 10, 2020 Who fasts at a wedding?
Fasting is one of those things that may be on a lot of people’s minds right now. There are some traditions that recognize “fasting” as a Lenten practice

To “fast” means to abstain from all food.to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, often as a religious observance. One MIGHT fast fora time prior to surgery — to not eat after midnight for a morning surgery.

So…why do we “fast” for religious reasons?

It has been observed that when we deprive our bodies…it may be beneficial to allow us to focus on God. So the thought is that by skipping a meal, or by not eating for a day, we may devote ourselves to prayer.

In today’s text, we see there are some questions about fasting.

Let's open to Mark 2:18-22.
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27min
March 03, 2020 A Rabbi, Some Scribes, and Some Sinners
In today's passage, we see worlds collide. Jesus and his disciples have dinner, and present at the dinner were the religious folks, as well as the "Sinners and Tax Collectors", whom had little use for religion. Let's see what happens when they interact.
Mark 2:13-17
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32min
February 24, 2020 Come to Jesus...and Bring Your Friends
Jesus heals us. He makes us clean. He makes us right before the Father.
It's ONLY through Jesus that our sins can be forgiven. He's able to heal us physically, but more important, spiritually.
Today's message is the story of him healing and forgiving a paralyzed young man. And the story of 4 friends that went above and beyond to help him get to Jesus.
Let's open to Mark 2 and see.
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31min
February 18, 2020 He Makes Me Clean
Did you know that we have God that loves us and cares for us completely and wholly?

In our text today we see that.

Jesus cares about our WHOLE being.

In today’s text, we read that a leper approaches Jesus.
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28min
February 11, 2020 Why we pray
Prayer is important to God. Did you know that?

Jesus demonstrates it in today’s text.

Remember what happened in the last week’s passage?

Last week we read verses 29-34.

We read that after worship at the synagogue, they went back to Simon Peter’s house to eat.

While there, Jesus healed Simon’s mother-in-law, and we read that then a few hours later, about sundown, when the Sabbath was over....

people began showing up at the door.

So many people came out that Mark describes it as the “whole city” coming out to see Jesus.

There were likely a lot of people there....

Jesus healed more people, and he cast out more demons.

And by the time he got done…it was likely pretty late on into the evening.

But look what happened the next morning....
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35min
February 05, 2020 Jesus Is...
A few weeks ago, while talking with someone that was not a part of our church, I was asked a question. This person was going through some tough times, and they asked me “What did I DO to deserve what is happening?”

This person had indeed suffered some hardship. The thought was that surely they had DONE SOMETHING that made God want to punish them.

The question that we often think when it comes to suffering is “WHY?”

Why do bad things happen to us?

My response to this particular person was simple: Nothing. The result of this person’s suffering was not necessarily the result of God being angry, or God punishing them, in all likelihood.

The reason that bad things happen in this world is not necessarily God cursing us, as much as it is a general effect of sin in the world.

When Adam and Eve at the fruit, sin entered the world. Sin has corrupted the world, and because of sin, we see death, and sickness. People sin and do horrible things to each other.

And today…we see one MORE example of this. Sin in the world caused sickness, and we see demons inflicting others that are set free by Jesus.

We see that in today’s text. And we see Jesus deal with that.
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30min
January 28, 2020 Jesus in Charge
Years ago, I began working in a telephone call center. As part of my orientation, I had a couple of weeks of instruction in the classroom, followed by what was referred to as OJT.

It stood for “On the Job Training”.

On the Job Training consisted of a new hire sitting down next to a seasoned veteran. Both parties would wear a headset, and be able to speak to a customer when they called in. At first, only the trainer did the speaking, with the trainee sitting back and watching. He or she would listen. By listening only, one could gain an understanding of the type of phone calls that they would receive, and how to help the customer. Gradually, the trainee would begin to talk to the customer. Eventually, the idea was that if all worked as planned, only the trainee would do the actual talking.

Today, we’re going to read about Jesus doing some On the Job Training with his disciples. Last week we read about him calling his first 4 disciples — Andrew and Simon Peter, along with James and John. He plans to use these men as 1/3 of his inner 12, and we see today about him starting to train them to do ministry.
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31min
January 21, 2020 Follow Me
What is a disciple?

Today, we will see in our text, the story of Jesus calling his first four disciples. Last week we read of him coming into the area of Galilee and he began to announce that the Kingdom of God is near. The Old Covenant is over, and now a New Covenant was set to begin. Jesus challenged the people that heard him to repent and to believe in the Good News.

So…we have to ask the basic question: “What is a Disciple?”

Our English word for disciple means “follower or student of a teacher, leader, or philosopher”.

The Greek word that Mark used to describe the followers of Jesus is “mathetes”. It’s translated to English as “disciple”.

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31min
January 14, 2020What is the Gospel? And why should we believe it?
“Gospel Truth”
Someone might use the phrase “It’s the Gospel truth” when they want to emphasize their point.
Or....the word “Gospel” is used to describe a book in the Bible.
Or…the word “Gospel” is often used to describe a type of music....
We might talk about how we “shared the Gospel” with someone.
We read in Scripture about how someone “proclaimed the Gospel” — that phrase appears in today’s Scripture text.
Or some might call a church “Gospel-preaching”.

But…what does that MEAN?

What do we MEAN by “the Gospel”?

The word gets used to mean a lot of things…it can be sometimes a bit confusing.
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31min
January 07, 2020 Who is Jesus?
A few years ago, we gave a Christmas gift to one of our daughters. It was a little box. The box contained a little vial that she was to fill with saliva. It was kind of disgusting to watch, really…but she had to fill this vial, and then she dropped it in the mail.

Some time later she found out that her ethnic background.

It’s interesting, my parents had always told me that we were about 90% German…but we found out that we are actually probably Bohemian....

I have no idea if there is a difference, when it comes down to it.

But it’s fascinating, nonetheless.

I think that’s something we all want to know....who we ARE.

Today’s text addresses the question of “Who is Jesus?”

It’s something that we each need to figure out for ourselves. Let's open our Bibles to Mark, Chapter 1.
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33min

FAQs about Albion First Baptist Church:

How many episodes does Albion First Baptist Church have?

The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.