Pastor Sherman Burkhead

It is God's plan for people and for churches to grow toward spiritual maturity. With growth comes change. We may fight change and we may resist it but change is part of growing up. And change is even necessary for healthy people and healthy churches. Listen to Vision Sunday 2017 to find out more about where we are going at First Baptist Church.

When Jesus said the meek are blessed, was Jesus saying the Christian life is about being powerless and afraid? Not at all! What Jesus is talking about is much more profound and much more important. He is talking about a way to glorify God in our lives that demonstrates that our hope is Him and not the world. Listen to Part 2

We all want to be happy. But all of the things that we pursue to find happiness seem to only give us temporary happiness. It never really lasts. It seams we are hardwired for something deeper, something more profound. Something that truly brings joy and satisfaction.

Jesus tells us about that kind of happiness and tells us where we can find it.

Listen to part 1.

#1 Faith in God is always a response to truth. #2 Our faith is solid because the object of our faith is rock solid. #3 Our faith in God not only frees us from sin but it ushers us into the very presence of God. And today we talked about #4 our faith urges on toward action. Listen to part 4 as we discover what the book of Hebrews shows us about faith in action.

For thousands of years the tabernacle and the temple stood as a reminder that there was a barrier between God and man. The very architecture of the temple demonstrates that man and God are separated. But when Christ died on the cross something amazing happened. That barrier was permanently destroyed. Where once high priests entered into Gods presence with fear and trembling once a year, as followers of Christ we are called to confidently go into the holy places.

Listen to Part 3

A lot goes in to VBS each year. Lots of time, energy, and resources. But why do we do it? Why do we work so hard and go all out every year?

It really comes down the fact that we care about kids. The world tells the kids that truth is not real, reality is not real, and life has no ultimate purpose. But we work hard at VBS to tell kids the truth about who they are and about the God that made them.

Listen to this years Parent Sunday Message.

In the first century there was a lot of pressure on Christians to either deny Christ or at least deny the central truth about who He is. In Hebrews Chapter 1 the author gets right to the heart of the issue and offers up 14 truths about who Christ really is.

Listen to part 2

When I was a young adult the idea of faith seemed to me to be wishful thinking, a desire for something to be real that was not real. Faith seemed to me a willingness to believe something in-spite of the evidence. But this this what faith is? NO! Not even close.

“Faith in God is always a response to TRUTH and REALITY.”

Listen to Part 1

John Piper once said “One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but God’s kingdom will never end.” This is a message of hope but also a hard truth. No nation on earth is eternal and all greatest nations descend from their pedestal and another take its place. Is there where we are today? Is the time where our beloved country goes quietly into the night? Or is this a time of great revival?

Listen to today's Independence Day Message.

There are some temptations that come into our lives that we are not to wrestle with or to fight against or to try to exercise will power over we commanded to run. To flee from danger.

As Pastor Trent Hunter wrote "We're supposed to flee from things that can kill us. Active volcanoes, oncoming traffic, and snakes come to mind. So should sexual immorality."

Listen to Part 4