August 27, 2017 Text: Matthew 16:13-20
The Community of “As Is” - August 20, 2017
August 20, 2017 Text: Colossians 3:12-17
Faith to Leave the Boat - August 13, 2017
“Do you want to know what your “boat” is? Your fear will tell you. Leaving it may be the hardest thing you ever do. But out on the risky waters of faith, Christ is waiting to meet you in ways that will change you forever.“
Text: Matthew 14:22-33
Going to the Mat with God - August 6, 2017
Text: Genesis 32:22-31
All Things…For Good? - July 30, 2017
July30, 2017 Text: Romans 8:28
Learning to Sing - July 23, 2017
July23, 2017 Text: Psalm 86:11-17
Loving and Knowing Our Neighbors- July 16, 2017
July16, 2017 - Text: Matt. 22:34-40
Amanda Tyler, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (and a member of FBCDC) brought the message while Pastor Julie was on retreat. In 2016, Amanda became the sixth executive director in the organization’s 80-year history. She earned her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her law degree from The University of Texas.
The Balcony - July 9, 2017
July 9, 2017 Text: Proverbs 31:1-9
Countercultural Hospitality - July 2, 2017
Radical Hospitality: The Broadest Love - June 25, 2017
June 25, 2017 Text: Hebrews 12:28-13:2
Radical Hospitality: The Bravest Love - June 18, 2017
“Cultivating an empathetic imagination isn’t all that complicated. It’s simply asking, in some intentional way, ‘What does it feel like to be you, and how can I join you there?’”
Text: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Radical Hospitality: The Buried Seed - June 11, 2017
June 11, 2016 Text: John 12:20-33
Spirit of God, Honey - June 4, 2017 - Pentecost Sunday
Pentecost Sunday
June 4, 2016 Text: Acts 1:1-8
E Pluribus Unum - May 28, 2017
May 28, 2016 Text: John 17:1-11
Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself - May 21, 2017
Alyssa Aldape
May 21, 2016 Text: John 14:15-21
Matters of Life & Death: Faith in the Second Half of Life - May 14, 2017
“The prevailing task of the second half of life is to let go of anger and forgive. To forgive everybody--your family, your church, your nation, your enemies, yourself...and ultimately, to forgive God because life isn’t fair.”
May 14, 2016 Text: Luke 15:11-31
Matters of Life & Death: Faith in the First Half of Life - May 7, 2017
May 7, 2016 Text: Luke 15:11-31
Matters of Life & Death: To Live on Purpose - April 30, 2017
April 30, 2016 Text: Psalm 90:1-6, 10, 12
Matters of Life & Death: Why We Hate Death - April 23, 2017
“The first word about death must be the one we already know to be true in our gut, and the truth Scripture affirms: Death is our enemy. And yet, we have a Friend...”
Text: 1 Cor 15:20-26
Matters of Life & Death: The Death of Death
“Death isn’t finished hurting us down here. But the news of Easter is that no tomb you ever enter—least of all the one with your name on it—will be able to hold you in the end, because death cannot keep what Jesus Christ holds in his hands.”
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, 51-57