Woodburn Baptist Sermons

Proverbs 6 gives a list of the 7 things God hates. Lying and murder are there, but what's at the top of the list? Looking down on other people.  If your attitude toward people is wrong, you can't be right with God.

So there's a rich man, who loves his wealth, drops dead, and his poor naked soul enters eternity. When Jesus tells the story, he calls the man a fool, and it makes you wonder: What make a person rich? and Who's Jesus calling a fool?

The Farmer-Guest Preacher Jason Dunbar

Most New Year's resolutions are  abandoned by the second Friday of January. We want change. We hope to change. But we never change. What's our problem? Why can't we make changes that stick?

Does faith seem easy for others but not for you? They have faith that burns like a fire while you are rubbing two sticks together with barely a spark?  But even a spark of faith is enough when you put your faith in Jesus.

When Life and Death Collide

One of the devil's biggest lies is, "You will never change." In Christ,  you're a new creation, full of freedom and possibility, but the devil tells you otherwise. So step out of the rut. God's about to do a new thing in your life!

Something must change, if 2023 is going to be different. You must change. The world says, "Be true to yourself." But what if being true to yourself is the worst thing you could possible do? Is there a better way? You bet.

Do This First

The Most Terrible Christmas Song Ever

Your prayers have no expiration date. Every prayer is answered in God's own time. He even answers the prayers you've prayed and forgotten. He'll still be answering some of your prayers after you're gone. So pray. Trust. And be amazed at God's faithfulness.

When I read the story of the Christmas shepherds, the passage raises a hundred questions. In this Sunday's message, I am going to ask all 100 of them. 

The Messiah was promised throughout the Old Testament, then it took 400 years before Jesus came. Why does God do things so slowly? He dwells  in eternity; time can't constrain him. Yet he's never late. Trust him even if you wait.

Jesus says if you're ashamed of him and his message now, he'll be ashamed of you when you meet him in the glory of his Father. In other words, don't worry about being embarrassed. Worry about being an embarrassment.

In the children's fable, Chicken Little ran through the yard, saying that the sky was falling when it wasn't. The story teaches us not to be prophets of doom. But what if the sky is falling? What if we must be prophets of doom?

A New Joy-By Rod Ellis

They're commanded to walk around Jericho 6 days without saying a word. Why? If talking were allowed they'd say, "Why are we doing this?"  You can talk yourself right out of everything God's trying to do in your life.

After years of defying gravity on the tightrope, Karl Wallenda became obsessed with the idea that he might fall. In 1978 before an audience of thousands, he fell to his death. Fear makes you focus on the terrible what-ifs.

Daytime Revival Day 3

Daytime Revival Day 2

Daytime Revival Day 1

They say since COVID many have "quiet quit" their jobs, returning to work only to do the minimum. At the same time, many have come back to church unwilling to share in the church's work. Have we become "quiet quitters" at church, too?

Daniel 3:8-30

God always gives everything you need to do everything he wants you to do. If you don't have time or money or energy to serve him, then you must be involved in things he never intended. You've got to choose.

We like to leave our options open. We don't like feeling obligated, so we've learned to avoid personal commitments. But what if real happiness isn't in protecting your freedom but in keeping your promises? What if commitment is what life's all about?