First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, LA

In this last sermon from the God Our Shelter series, Pastor Greg Whaley takes us to Hebrews 2 for a message entitled "Incarnation in an Instant World." When crises come, we would rather shrink away from the broken world around us rather than entering into the brokenness and sharing the Christ life in us with the world.  And yet, entering in (living incarnationally) is and always has been the will of the Father.  Jesus did not withdraw from becoming like us in His Incarnation and He calls each of us to live in the same way.  Where the mission meets the needs is the faith-filled soul.  This message was delivered on Sunday, May 31, 2020.  This podcast is a ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

From the God Our Shelter series, Pastor Greg Whaley takes us to Psalm 96 for this message entitled, "Beauty in a Blinded World."  We are called to live beautifully even in the midst of crisis because our God is beautiful beyond description.  Even when things are not going the way we planned, God is still worthy of beautiful worship. Who He is, what He does is always beautiful and inspires in those who love Him beautiful worship and beautiful lives.  And one of the most beautiful things about Him is that we are all the same before Him.  This teaching was shared on Sunday, May 24, 2020.  This podcast is a ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

As a part of the God Our Shelter sermon series, Pastor Greg Whaley returns to James 1 for this week's teaching entitled "Blooming in a Beat Up World."  When crises come, we are often thrown out of our comfort zone.  Crises can put us to the test, they can bring us low.  In those times, we can remember that it is the lowly who are best able to hear the good news of Jesus!  When trying times come, as they inevitably do, blessed are the steadfast who stand the test before them.  They are the ones who can receive the promises of God's heart.  This teaching was presented on Sunday, May 17, 2020.  This podcast is a ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, La.  Thank you for listening!

In the next installment of Pastor Greg's sermon series "God Our Shelter," we look again to the first chapter of James.  With so many trembling voices speaking around us, we need the truth of God to speak most loudly into lives.  The good news is when we ask God for wisdom, He loves to give out of His abundance generously!  In Christ, we are able to overcome doubt and be single-mindedly set on His living His life in and through us.  Double-mindedness makes us unstable, but a soul devoted to Jesus walks with purpose and truth when the world around us may be shaking. This message was shared on Sunday, May 3, 2020.  This podcast is a part of the teaching ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

In these uncertain days, the world is frantic.  All the news and all the inputs in our modern lives makes us even more frantic. What is the answer for the Christian to live in faith in days like these.  In this podcast, Pastor Greg takes us to James chapter one, where James invites us to not just be listeners but doers of the word of God. Obedience to what the Lord is saying in our lives helps us to rest in faith during frantic times.  This message was shared on Sunday, April 26, 2020.  This podcast is a part of the teaching ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

Pastor Greg begins a new sermon series after Easter entitled "God Our Shelter".  This week, Pastor Greg takes us to Romans 5 where the apostle Paul describes tribulations.  Problems come no matter who you are, but for the one who trusts in Christs, tribulations work to produce perseverance, and perseverance leads to proven character. God can work these sufferings we endure into blessed hope in Him, and His hope never disappoints.  This message was shared on Sunday, April 19, 2020.  This podcast is a part of the teaching ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

In the last episode of our Free Indeed sermon series, Pastor Greg brings us to Galatians 6 on this Resurrection Sunday. These last words of Galatians truthfully remind all believers the law doesn't save, Jesus does, and by His life, death, and resurrection, we are free from the law, alive in grace, and peaceful in truth.  This message was shared on Sunday, April 12, 2020.  This podcast is a part of the teaching ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

What is the freedom which God births in us through Jesus Christ?  The grandest picture of it is contained in the statement, "You shall love your neighbors as yourself."  In this teaching from Galatians 5:13-15, Pastor Greg reminds us how it easy it is to love ourselves.  The work of Christ's spirit in one's life draws us to loving others as easily, as fully, and as well as we love ourselves.  In this is the whole law and the prophets.  This message was shared on Sunday, March 22, 2020.  This podcast is a part of the teaching ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

Continuing in the Free Indeed sermon series, Pastor Greg returns to Galatians to explore Galatians 5:1-5.  While many voices tell us freedom is the ability to do what we want, true freedom in Christ is the freedom to do and be what God wants.  This passage shows us true freedom is Jesus living His life in us.  Slavery is only doing what you what.  Faith is the hopeful expectation of God's kingdom to come in our hearts and in the world.  This message was shared on Sunday, March 15, 2020.  This podcast is a part of the teaching ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!

Pastor Greg's journey through Galatians is entitled Free Indeed.  In this teaching, Pastor Greg takes us to Galatians 4:1-9.  As believers, we are heirs with Christ Jesus, adopted into God's family through faith.  True adoption means we receive the Spirit of God, we may cry ABBA, Father in a personal relationship with Him, and our inheritance is the child's share, not the slave, with Jesus Christ our brother.  This message was shared on Sunday, March 1, 2020.  This podcast is a part of the teaching ministry of First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Thank you for listening!