Fellowship Bible Church Sermons | Palmyra, WI

Fellowship Bible Church Sermons | Palmyra, WI

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  • Onlys: An Overview of Galatians

    Paul’s primary objective is in defining the New Creation community: “the only thing that counts is the New Creation.” (6:15) He concludes the book by describing this beautiful New Creation community, in 5:25-6:10.

    Where does this beautiful New Creation community come from? How does it come to be?

    It comes to be through a series of “onlys.”

    Series: Paul's Letter to the Galatians: The Only Thing That Counts

    Photo by Beth Jnr on Unsplash

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    37 min
  • When stoning make sense: The Story of Galatians

    This is the first sermon, a preparatory sermon, in a new series on Paul’s letter to the churches he planted in Galatians. We look at the backstory of Paul’s work with the Galatian churches. This helps us understand the tone of the book—a bit angrier than usual for Paul—and the significance of the subject matter.

    Galatians is about identity and politics, sensitive, volatile issues. (In Paul’s words, Galatians is about justification, new creation, Abraham’s people, who gets the inheritance, the life of the Spirit, and who gets to eat with who.)

    To prepare us for this study, we concluded by praying the following, based on Galatians 2:20:

    “Lord, I have been crucified with Christ. So may it be Christ who lives in me; and no longer I who live. Spirit, form Christ in me. And may the life I live here and now be a life of faith in Jesus, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Jesus, I give myself to You. Amen.”

    Series: Paul's Letter to the Galatians: The Only Thing That Counts

    Photo by Beth Jnr on Unsplash

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    44 min
  • Stand Firm and Rejoice: Philippians 3

    Bryan Schwichtenberg outlines Philippians 3 and the path Paul lays out for stability and joy in the Christian life: disicpleship.

    That is, look for people, find a community of people, who’ll lead you in the way of joy despite suffering, and of honest spiritual growth.

    Because the reality is that we’re being mentored and formed by someone and some community always anyways.

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    34 min
  • The God of Faith: 2022 Pastoral Sabbatical Reflections

    The Question of Faith puts us on the Path of Faith. On the path of faith, Jesus meets us where we are and leads us to where we want to be—closer to Him.

    But what will that be like? Will the view be worth the hike? Will the story be worth the suffering?

    That depends on what God is like and what His plan is like. And that’s what 1Kings 19 addresses in order to help Elijah, and us, continue to follow the Lord.

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    31 min
  • The Question of Faith: 2022 Pastoral Sabbatical Reflections

    Sabbaticals, if they are good, return me to the essential truths, to basic, core, key matters of faith. And so it is no surprise that what I thought about most this Sabbatical was the Question of Faith.

    The Question of Faith, as shaped by Isaiah 30:15, is, “Am I willing to trust the LORD, again, today?”

    The story of Elijah in 1 Kings 18-19 guided my reflections, as did conversation about these things with my sabbatical coach.

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    37 min

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