First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge

First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge

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First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge episodes

  • Christ Our Brother
    When we gather for worship in Jesus’ name, we are not the main actors. Jesus is speaking to his Father about us. And Jesus is speaking to us about his Father. Like a good big brother, he puts us on his shoulders and carries us before his Father. “Here’s my little sister. She’s all right.” Every worship gathering, when two or more invoke the name of Jesus, they participate in this divine love story. Does that not change how we feel about whether or not to come to worship? I want to show up, because I want Jesus to show me off to his Father. I want to sing, because Jesus is already singing. I want to hear what he is telling me of his Father, because in Christ it is all good.
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  • Christ Our Brother
    When we gather for worship in Jesus’ name, we are not the main actors. Jesus is speaking to his Father about us. And Jesus is speaking to us about his Father. Like a good big brother, he puts us on his shoulders and carries us before his Father. “Here’s my little sister. She’s all right.” Every worship gathering, when two or more invoke the name of Jesus, they participate in this divine love story. Does that not change how we feel about whether or not to come to worship? I want to show up, because I want Jesus to show me off to his Father. I want to sing, because Jesus is already singing. I want to hear what he is telling me of his Father, because in Christ it is all good.
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  • In These Last Days

    Does Moralistic Therapeutic Deism work? Is it true? When we get trapped in making up a god who exists mainly to assist us in living our dreams and being nice to people, we can reach a point of desperation. Like we want to blow up our routines. Shatter the shiny, shallow surface of the good lives we lead. We want to set it all on our fire and we don’t even know why. When we enter a relationship with the God who has spoken to us through his Son, though, he sets our lives on fire. His fire, however, doesn’t destroy us. Rather, he burns up our fantasies of self-determination. He incinerates the idols of ourselves. And then places the flame of his love inside our hearts. He lights us with a purpose bigger than ourselves. He shines through us.

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  • In These Last Days
    Does Moralistic Therapeutic Deism work? Is it true? When we get trapped in making up a god who exists mainly to assist us in living our dreams and being nice to people, we can reach a point of desperation. Like we want to blow up our routines. Shatter the shiny, shallow surface of the good lives we lead. We want to set it all on our fire and we don’t even know why. When we enter a relationship with the God who has spoken to us through his Son, though, he sets our lives on fire. His fire, however, doesn’t destroy us. Rather, he burns up our fantasies of self-determination. He incinerates the idols of ourselves. And then places the flame of his love inside our hearts. He lights us with a purpose bigger than ourselves. He shines through us.
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About First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge

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First Presbyterian Church Baton Rouge is a church passionately committed to Christ Jesus our Lord and ardently engaged in studying the Scriptures. We love reaching out to our city and world with the…