First Baptist Church of Jackson, Michigan - Sermons

The Replacements (Luke 1:15-26)

Have you ever felt incapable of accomplishing the task ahead of you? What do you do when you feel that way? In Acts 1, the disciples first activities after Jesus’ ascension say a lot about how prepared they felt to face the new challenges ahead of them. This week we’ll talk about what it’s like trying to replace a powerful leader and replace a friend who let you down.

Series: Empowered

Have you ever felt powerless? Have news stories about the problems of the world disheartened you because there doesn’t seem to be anything you can do about it? Powerless is not how God describes us or created us.

Jesus told his disciples that God would give us power and then the disciples lives were forever changed. Exploring stories of power in the book of Acts, we’ll describe how God wants to empower you to be a changemaker in the world today.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Have you ever felt powerless? Have news stories about the problems of the world disheartened you because there doesn’t seem to be anything you can do about it? Powerless is not how God describes us or created us.

Jesus told his disciples that God would give us power and then the disciples lives were forever changed. Exploring stories of power in the book of Acts, we’ll describe how God wants to empower you to be a changemaker in the world today.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Did you see what just happened? How does this look? You saw that too, right? Each of us have an important vantage point in the world. Our lives have different experiences, expectations, and imaginations. At the end of the Gospel of Luke, Luke finishes by turning the story over to the audience. You are called to be witnesses to what has happened, what is happening, and what will happen. In the conclusion to our “Write Your Own Headlines” sermon series, we talk through the blessing of sharing God’s story.

Sermon Series: Write Your Own Headlines

This Easter, we begin a series investigating the stories we notice and share. We're reading from Luke 24, paying attention to the news that the early church shared about Easter. The good news changed their world, and can change ours too.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Have you ever felt something was too good to be true? Luke tells us about some of the disciples’ first experience of the risen Jesus. They didn’t immediately believe. Some doubted. Others thought Jesus was a ghost. This week we talk about the the reality of our hope here and now.

Sermon Series: Write Your Own Headlines

This Easter, we begin a series investigating the stories we notice and share. We're reading from Luke 24, paying attention to the news that the early church shared about Easter. The good news changed their world, and can change ours too.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Have you ever had a friendship that you didn’t appreciate enough until it was gone? This week, we’re reading about some of Jesus’ disciples who were sad because they missed Jesus. Jesus shows up to them in the story, but they didn’t realize it was him. When they finally realized Jesus was with them –POOF!— Jesus was gone. How the disciples responded to Jesus’s presence and disappearance can change how we live.

Sermon Series: Write Your Own Headlines

This Easter, we begin a series investigating the stories we notice and share. We're reading from Luke 24, paying attention to the news that the early church shared about Easter. The good news changed their world, and can change ours too.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Have you ever been stuck telling negative stories about your life? Maybe the story doesn’t end as negatively as you’ve been telling it. Luke writes about some people traveling to Emmaus who encounter the risen Jesus. They are shocked that Jesus doesn’t already know why they’re sad. They tell Jesus all about the sad news of Jesus’ crucifixion. What they didn’t realize is that they were standing in front of good news, but they just couldn’t see it yet.

Sermon Series: Write Your Own Headlines

This Easter, we begin a series investigating the stories we notice and share. We're reading from Luke 24, paying attention to the news that the early church shared about Easter. The good news changed their world, and can change ours too.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Many people get frustrated with the negativity of our news sources, but we often do the same thing. If someone kept track of the stories you share throughout the week, would the news be filled with positivity or would it focus on the negative things happening around you? Are your personal headlines filled with health crises, with fear of violence in the community, and economic gloom? Or are your personal headlines filled with stories of bravery, hope, and love?

This Easter, we begin a series investigating the stories we notice and share. We're reading from Luke 24, paying attention to the news that the early church shared about Easter. The good news changed their world, and can change ours too.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, April 17, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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We all face different temptations, seductions, and traps. Temptations grow in wilderness places, where people aren’t around to see. For Maundy Thursday, we’re reading the stories of Jesus facing his own temptations. You don’t have to face your temptations alone. Join us as we seek God’s strength to be faithful as Jesus was faithful.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Sometimes in the midst of surviving we lose sight of our goals. Jesus once reminded religious leaders that their ancestors survived the wilderness because of miraculous manna. Even though they received that miracle for survival, they never accomplished their goal of reaching the Promised Land. This week, we’ll reflect on desiring for more than survival and manna from God.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, April 10, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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Sometimes in the midst of life’s struggles we get used to life in the chaos. Have we lost sight of our hope for a better tomorrow? If you could enter into a new chapter, would you take those steps into the unknown or would you be too afraid? This week, we read from the opening chapter of Deuteronomy, where the people of Israel are invited into the Promised Land, but hesitate.

Sermon preached by Pastor Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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