First Presbyterian Church (Dothan AL) Podcast

Controlled by the Love of Christ 21.01.2024 37:23 ↓

Pastor Rusty Milton 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 ESV "Controlled by the Love of Christ" Your life should not be controlled by your feelings but Christ's feelings for you. Your feelings come and go; his feelings are steady and unchanging. His love for us should be our motivation for why and how we do everything we do. The Christian can be motivated by two different things: Appearances throu...

The Judgment Seat of Christ 14.01.2024 31:49 ↓

Pastor Rusty Milton 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 ESV "The Judgment Seat of Christ" Because of what Jesus has done for us, let our aim be to please Jesus for all eternity. All believers are sealed by the Holy Spirit, and must live to please Jesus in order to receive the fruit of our labor.  When we read about Christ judging the world, it can often be difficult to reconcile it with the grace we ha...

Celebrating the Name of Jesus 07.01.2024 49:08 ↓

Pastor Rusty Milton "The Place Where Greatness Is Found" Luke 7:19-35 ESV What does it mean that the least in the kingdom is greater than John the Baptist? Jesus is not saying anything negative about John; he's saying that the things of the world don't compare to the things of God in value and greatness. In other words: worldly greatness is too small a goal for the child of God...

Two Ways to Live 31.12.2023 29:41 ↓

Pastor Caleb Galloway Psalm 1 ESV "To Ways to Live" We are finite and cannot know what's in store for the future. When seeking the right path forward, it can be difficult to know with certainty what choices we should make. Our spirit longs for the way of God, but our flesh is easily tempted by the world. So, how can we know whether we are on the path of righteousness or the way of w...

The Word Became Flesh 24.12.2023 29:03 ↓

Pastor Rusty Milton "The Word Became Flesh" John 1:14-18 ESV Before John tells us about Jesus taking on flesh, he gives us a preface about who he was before that: the eternal Word of God. There are two things to understand from this passage: the Word was eternally with God as God (v. 1), distinct from the Father, not created but pre-existent; and the Word then took on flesh, which was ne...

Behold the Lamb 17.12.2023 12:37 ↓

Pastor Rusty Milton "Behold the Lamb" John 1:29 ESV God will provide a sacrifice for us as he did for Abraham and Isaac. Many FFS try to cover up our sins through good works or self deprecation. But we can’t atone for our sins. This is what John the Baptist says in John 1:29. Jesus is God‘s sacrificial land to take away the sense of the world. When you feel guilty and unclean, therefore,...

Peace I Leave with You 10.12.2023 28:23 ↓

Pastor Rusty Milton John 14:25-27 ESV "Peace I Leave With You" Any gift that Jesus gives you--his grace, salvation, peace, his word, etc--the Enemy will relentlessly attack. And he wants you to seek it in the wrong place and to discredit the power of God in your life. Satan loves to steal our peace. One way is to turn you toward the sin of your past, reminding you of how you do not deser...