First Presbyterian Church (Dothan AL) Podcast

Pastor Rusty Milton "God's Work of Grace and Purpose In Our Affliction" 2 Corinthians 1:3-8 ESV One of the greatest harms to the modern church is that when you come to Christ, he promises to give you health and wealth and keep you from affliction and hardship. Many teach that problems are a result of lack of faith. The truth is that we will experience these things for righteousness&...

Pastor Rusty Milton "A Call to Serve" John 13 ESV A vertical knowing of Christ leads to a horizontal display of God's grace. Through faith in Christ, we go from unclean to clean, from enemies to adopted children, from led by the flesh to led by the Spirit. As we experience Christ's love and grace toward us, these internal changes empower us to become vessels for that love and g...

Pastor Rusty Milton Leviticus 19:1-2; 9-17 ESV "Love Your Neighbor As Yourself" You cannot love God without doing justice and loving mercy. If you want to know how to live a holy life, then love your neighbor as yourself; have compassion on the poor; help the homeless, widows, orphans, sojourners, and the poor. To not care for the needy is to hide God's holiness to the world. The pr...

Why is the church hesitant to address the doctrine of election? Whether it's in personal evangelism or from the pulpit, we tend to shy away from the doctrine of predestination. But in John 10 Jesus doesn’t shy away from it. In today’s sermon, Pastor Joye will show us the beauty and the duty of the doctrines of grace. He will show us how this doctrine is actually a wonderful doctrine and not o...

 The sermon today comes from Hebrews chapter 4. We are reminded that we can come boldly to throne of Christ, not because are worthy in and of ourselves. To attempt to approach God on our merit would be futile. We can come boldly because, in Christ, we have a Great High Priest who is our advocate before the Father. Jesus presented himself as the perfect sacrifice for us. Christ also sympathizes wit...

Pastor Rusty MIlton "The Darkest Days" Judges 19 ESV There is a battle in every relationship that's affected by sin. When there is no forgiveness, darkness within relationships ensues. But forgiveness penetrates the darkness, freeing the heart to know and worship God. In Judges 19, a Levite and his wife separate due to conflict within their relationship. When they are reunited, ther...

Pastor Caleb Galloway Psalm 103 ESV "Moving Out of the Fog" Who is God? What is he like? What are his motives? What does he think of you? The answers to these questions are crucial for us to understand if we are to truly be in relationship with God. But Satan's strategy is for you to forget God, or what God wants. He plants seeds of doubt. We must, therefore, remember and rehearse G...

Pastor Rusty Milton Judges 16 Samson went from being a church of Israel, filled with power, it’s being light and powerless. We, too, are blind, enslaved, and powerless without the power of God. Throughout Judges 16, we see Samson slowly ensnared, manipulated, and finally defeated by the Philistines’ plan to use Delilah to take away his power. He eventually gives in to the deception, and breaks his...

 Today, Pastor Caleb is preaching from Judges 15 about the story of Samson. This story reminds us that while we are tempted to take the easy route, life is actually very hard. Jesus promised us this much, but we must be willing to stand firm. 

Pastor Rusty Milton Judges 14 ESV "Samson: Part 2" One of the most difficult things for believers is to have faith in God, when everything seems to be falling apart around us. Often, the stories of God's people seem messy, and we aren’t sure what’s going on. But God's means of accomplishing things are sometimes difficult to understand; he is always working behind the scenes. If...

Pastor Rusty Milton "Samson" Judges 13 ESV Often we have callings, that we may feel in the dark about how God wants us to accomplish these things. The character, power, and revelation of God are what we must look to in the midst of the unknown. In Judges 13, Manoah experienced this kind of uncertainty after an angel announced the birth of his son, Samson. It was foretold that Samson will...

Pastor Rusty Milton “Triumphal Entry” Luke 19:28-40 ESV In Luke 19, we read of Jesus, entering the city, while his followers praise him. The Pharisees panic, correctly interpreting their praise as implying that Jesus is the Messiah. Jesus informs them that if the people did not praise him, the very rocks would cry out. What is so important and crucial about the triumphal entry that the people need...