First Presbyterian Church (Dothan AL) Podcast

Pastor Rusty Milton 1 Kings 22:13-28 ESV "The Three Marks of False Prophets" God is good and he reigns supreme, no matter what circumstances may surround you. Often, there is a general rejection of God's truth when it tells the world what it doesn't want to hear. We see this in 1 Kings 22:8-9, with Ahab's attitude toward Micaiah's prophecies from the Lord. We live in...

Pastor Rusty Milton 1 Kings 22:1-13 "False Prophets" How can we discern God's will and direction from the false messages of the world. In 1 Kings 22, Ahab and Jehoshaphat seek divine wisdom from the nation's prophets. Jehoshaphat notices, however, that no true prophets of the Lord are present. Ahab offers to summon Michaiah, but despises his prophecy because it doesn't tel...

Pastor Rusty Milton "Christ Satisfies the Dissatisfied Heart" 1 Kings 21:1-16 ESV Contentment is found when you set your desires to be satisfied by Christ. In 1 Kings 20, we see Ahab sullen and pouting when Naboth refuses to sell his vineyard. He and Jezebel then conceive a plot to have him slandered and unjustly executed, all because Ahab was discontent. In this passage, we see that a c...

Pastor Rusty Milton Hebrews 6:4-9 ESV Repentance is a work of God's grace in our life that's not to be taken lightly; it is a grace God does not give to some.  In Hebrews 6:4-9, the author addresses the question of seeming believers who fall away from a relationship with God. How are we to understand this? In vs. 4-6, this falling away was the result of a calculated step away from God de...

4/4/21 Pastor Caleb Galloway "Resurrection Hope" 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 ESV We all desire for there to be something more than the world we live in. This longing is fulfilled in Jesus' kingdom. He has accomplished what humanity never could, bringing deliverance from the dominion of evil, freedom from death and judgment, and freedom to live in eternal delight. His kingdom has broken int...

Pastor Rusty Milton "Before Abraham Was, I AM" John 8:49-58 ESV Who did Jesus claim to be? Many believe that he never actually claimed to be God, but is this accurate? In John 8:56, Jesus declares that he is the fulfillment of the promise of redemption made to Abraham. In vs. 57-58, he declares that he is EGO EIMI, the great I AM (Jehovah) who can forgive sins, who sends the Spirit, God&...

Pastor Caleb Galloway "Embracing Exclusive Truth" John 14:6-11 ESV Many in modern culture believe that Christianity is about living a moralistic life, seeking God because he will make us happy, and that God is removed from everyday life. But none of this is accurate. The heart of Christianity is the person and work of Jesus. Jesus is the Way to God; the Truth about God (vs. 7); and the L...

What is a good shepherd? In John 10 Jesus shows us the difference between a good shepherd and mere hireling. A hireling will flee in times of trouble in stead of caring for the sheep. But a good shepherd is will to lay his life his life down because he knows and cares for his sheep. John 10 gives us the reason we can trust Christ as our good shepherd.

Pastor Rusty Milton 1 Kings 8:21-29 ESV "The Favor of God" We can't earn by effort what we already have by grace.  In 1 Kings 18:21, Elijah challenged the people of God to choose between God and Baal--effectively, to "get off the fence" (vv.20-21). All throughout Ahab's reign, the leadership of Israel had waffled between worship of Baal and a half-hearted belief in Go...

Pastor Caleb Galloway 1 Kings 18:1-19 ESV "Pursuing Godly Courage" No matter how bad our culture gets around us, we are called to have Godly courage and confront evil wherever it appears. In 1 Kings 18, we see Godly courage manifested differently through two characters: Obadiah, King Ahab's servant; and Elijah, the prophet of God. Through his quiet obedience to God, and rebellion ag...