First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge

First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge

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  • Belonging Body and Soul
    It is a matter of trust. By no means easy. For if I release my will to this Jesus, will he turn out to be a tyrant? Or an abuser? A controller? A stifler? Or will he turn out to be the one who died and rose to everlasting life and wants to share that life with me? Am I willing to trust the one who pre-paid his love for me? He already expended himself entirely on my behalf. Can I not now trust that his way is the way to life?
    If you are on the outside looking in today, you know what a risk this is. To give up ownership claims to your life. To entrust yourself to a faithful Savior. Might he turn out to be a harsh Master? It’s a risk. But you sit surrounded by people who will testify to you that Jesus is good. That he is love. That we found comfort in life and in death when we submitted to the truth that we belong not to ourselves. We are not our own, but his. And paradoxically, in his service we find freedom. In dying with Christ to self, we find that we live, more alive and more ourselves than ever before.
    If you are a Christian who’s been hedging your bets, compartmentalizing Christ in your life, holding back areas you’d like to keep, here’s a simple word. You know better. You know why you’re not feeling the comfort and experiencing the life. Because you’re trying to still belong to yourself and to Christ. Only you know what it is you’re grasping that he wants. Isn’t it time to let it go today?
    "Belonging Body and Soul"
    Gerrit Dawson
    1 Corinthians 6: 19-20
    Romans 6: 4-5, 8-9, 11
    2 Corinthians 5: 14-15
    28 min
  • Let It Out!

    Palm Sunday is the preview before the crucifixion that the powers of hate do not have the last word. Joy is ours. It is not a shallow joy, but joy from the very wells at the heart of creation. For in the joy of Jesus, no tear will be unaccounted for. They are each numbered and kept in the Lord’s bottle, as the Psalm says. Yet, joy will catch up and transforms all sorrow. Palm Sunday assures us that Jesus will be seen to be the center of a teeming, intimate and glorious new humanity enfolded into the everlasting life of the Triune God, ruling with him over a restored creation.

    "Let It Out!"
    Luke 19: 28-40

    23 min
  • Let It Out!
    Palm Sunday is the preview before the crucifixion that the powers of hate do not have the last word. Joy is ours. It is not a shallow joy, but joy from the very wells at the heart of creation. For in the joy of Jesus, no tear will be unaccounted for. They are each numbered and kept in the Lord’s bottle, as the Psalm says. Yet, joy will catch up and transforms all sorrow. Palm Sunday assures us that Jesus will be seen to be the center of a teeming, intimate and glorious new humanity enfolded into the everlasting life of the Triune God, ruling with him over a restored creation.
    "Let It Out!"
    Luke 19: 28-40
    23 min
  • The Red New Deal

    God has provided a mediator for us. The mediator has a plan for making peace. But we are required to submit to the mediation. We have to waive our right to a trial. We have to enter binding arbitration and accept whatever outcome the mediator gives. There can be no recourse after that.

    25 min
  • The Red New Deal
    God has provided a mediator for us. The mediator has a plan for making peace. But we are required to submit to the mediation. We have to waive our right to a trial. We have to enter binding arbitration and accept whatever outcome the mediator gives. There can be no recourse after that.
    25 min
  • The Shepherd Leads Us

    Jesus is the Shepherd who cares deeply for our well being. And more. Jesus is the very entryway from the wild night into the safety and peace of the fold; he is the morning passageway from the fold back to the green pastures. His motivation as the Door and the Shepherd is that we, the sheep, might have fullness of life. His desire is that we find in him a life of peace and safety, of abundance and satisfaction. Jesus is the soul’s comfort and the heart’s treasure. What we have been looking for all along. The voice we most long to hear.

    24 min
  • The Shepherd Leads Us
    Jesus is the Shepherd who cares deeply for our well being. And more. Jesus is the very entryway from the wild night into the safety and peace of the fold; he is the morning passageway from the fold back to the green pastures. His motivation as the Door and the Shepherd is that we, the sheep, might have fullness of life. His desire is that we find in him a life of peace and safety, of abundance and satisfaction. Jesus is the soul’s comfort and the heart’s treasure. What we have been looking for all along. The voice we most long to hear.
    24 min
  • Meet the Humanizer!

    More than 80 times in the gospels, Jesus refers to himself as “the Son of Man.” Do you think that’s odd? The other New Testament writings almost never use that title. It seems particular to Jesus himself. He preferred Son of Man. But what kind of title is Son of Man? Is it humble or exalted? Is it clear or is it mysterious?

    23 min
  • Meet the Humanizer!
    More than 80 times in the gospels, Jesus refers to himself as “the Son of Man.” Do you think that’s odd? The other New Testament writings almost never use that title. It seems particular to Jesus himself. He preferred Son of Man. But what kind of title is Son of Man? Is it humble or exalted? Is it clear or is it mysterious?
    23 min
  • French Baptismal Prayer

    For you, little child, Jesus Christ has come,
    he has fought, he has suffered.
    For you he entered the shadow of Gethsemane and the horror of Calvary. For you he uttered the cry, “It is finished!”
    For you he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven and there he intercedes — for you, little child, even though you do not know it.
    But in this way the word of the Gospel becomes true.
    “We love him, because he first loved us.”
    James Torrance, Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace

    2 min

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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…