How many of you here think I'm competitive? Now see, did you notice how fast some of the hands went up? People who've known me for a while know that I can be pretty competitive. In fact, probably the longer you've known me, the faster your hand would go up. I love competition, I love games, I love...

For the follower of Jesus, a "full" life is not about being full of worldly stuff and pleasures. The "full" part comes from walking with Jesus and trying to be more like Him in all our ways. Impossible? Sure, but..

Message by Rev. Wade Leonard

Throughout this series, we've been using symbols and word pictures to get a better understanding of what love is like with God, what friendship is like according to God, purpose/mission, even death… Well, perhaps the most powerful word picture God gives to us is at the end of the Bible in Revelation. God "reveals" to John what Heaven is going to be like...

If you've seen your outline, you may have noticed that today's topic is death. Not always fun but relates to us all because it's going to happen to us all. And my hope for us today is to see how in the scriptures, we are supposed to have, and to live, with a different perspective on death than the rest of the world.

We're in the middle of series called Five Fabulous Sundays, celebrating together and going deeper together on what I think makes being the church "fabulous". First week, defined "fabulous", comes from a French word for "fable", means fairy tale or fantasy… Is being a church full of fantasy talk, we talk about love and friendship (last two Sundays), but is that really possible?

Today, were going to read a section of scripture that is one of my favorites (all preachers, all scripture, all favorites), but the reason for this is because we have such detail about a specific moment. Other sections can be one scripture that can cover a whole week (from there they went to this town, later to another town). But as we read this passage in John 15, its actually just one part of...

Mauldin First Baptist is a loving multigenerational family where the love of God leads us to share Jesus, serve others and make new disciples. Only one word repeated in that statement... love (loving and love). Love is the most important thing about being Christ followers.

Message by Dr. Howie Ohman

Message by Rev. Gary Strickland