Pawhuska First Podcast

We live in a world that pushes positive reinforcement in everything that we do. Everyone gets participation trophies. Everyone gets a title of affirmation. No one wants to point out faults, only highlight positives and make sure we are always coddled. But that is not how we are to address sin in our lives nor in the church! It’s okay to be grieved, as long as that grief leads us to repentance! God...

Far too often, we settle in our minds that the world around us is the way we experience it. That perception equals reality. But the truth is that our perception is limited and our reality is actually real. What is real, is God’s perspective. As Christians, God teaches us about reality and informs us about our lives and our world through His Word. This message explores the challenge to let God’s Wo...

The Bible is not just some religious book. It is God’s Word that has been divinely preserved for us through the Holy Spirit. All good and pleasing things come from God. This is especially true for His Word. God’s Word is an incredible blessing to us if we will seek to embrace His Word and grow closer to Him through His Word.

All too often we can be discouraged as Christians. We tend to let the culture, our circumstances, or our critics have influence on our lives. But as Christians we have new life. We don’t have to listen to the outside voices. We need to listen to Christ and be filled with the hope He gives. As we wrap up 2024 and enter into 2025, let us set our eyes on Christ and Let Go, Look Up, and Lean In so tha...

Sometimes it may feel like God is missing the memo on what we need in our lives, but from His perfect and holy perspective He is positioning us for where we need to be at just the right time. This message looks at the complicated birth of Jesus to show us the God really does know what He is doing and that we can trust Him!

Most reasonable people would prefer peace over calamity, serenity over strife. In Jesus, we find ultimate peace. Isaiah foretells of His coming and proclaims that He is the Prince of Peace. This message explores the reality of peace we find in Jesus and celebrates that peace we have in Him!

Life is often a grind. We often spend much time longing for things to get better. We long for a life that always seems to be just outside of our grasp. Is this what Jesus meant for us to experience in life? Is there more to life than just getting by? This message explores what it means to have life and to find gratitude in truly living!

As we continue our series looking at why we should be grateful for Jesus, we turn to one of John’s major themes: Truth. We can be grateful for Jesus being the truth. This message explores 3 of the reasons Jesus being truth evokes gratitude in our lives.

Testimonies from IMB Missionaries to Auckland, New Zealand. Anita (Couch) Jordan grew up in FBC Pawhuska!

As we enter into the season where we reflect on the many blessings we have and express our gratitude, we should always live in gratitude for Jesus. This message is part of a series that explores why we can be grateful for Jesus as expresses that He is Himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life!

There is nothing new under the sun. This coming Tuesday is election day in America. As Christians, our allegiance to Christ alone. Therefore, the question remains, how are we as Christians to approach all of life, including election day? This message explores the Christians role and responsibility to Jesus in voting, in government, and in being a citizen of heaven and a citizen of America.

For many in the Church today, giving is considered a next level act of generosity for God. But the reality is, giving is obedience to God. He is the One who calls us to give, provides for us to give, and blesses us with the chance to worship Him through giving. This message explores how God works and moves through His people to accomplish His purposes in and through His people.

Bro. Justin shares about the upcoming Chili cook off, business meeting, and Sunday Night Bible Study.

In our shifting world, where truth is under attack and people’s perceptions are reality, it is important to stay grounded in our source for solid truth and reality that stands the test of time. This message challenges us to stay firmly planted on the solid Rock of God’s Word!

The Church of Laodicea is most famously known as “the Lukewarm Church”. But what does it mean when Christ says, “I would rather you be hot or cold?” This message explores this passage and helps us to see that being hot or cold is a matter of dependence or self-reliance. Our ambition as Christians is not to make a name for ourselves or see what we can do for His name. Rather, our ambition must be t...

Nominal Christianity is a cancer in our culture. Many will claim the name of Jesus, yet few will actually let their lives be shaped by Him. One of the dangers of nominal Christianity is that Jesus will come against those who practice it. This message challenges us to wake up and be the people who He has saved us and made us to be!

We live in a world and a church culture that is filled with tolerance and compromise. Most people think from a limited, worldly perspective, but Jesus holds and pure and full perspective. Furthermore, He stance is firm, pure, and immovable. As His Church we must not tolerate tolerance and we must reject compromise. We do not have to go along with the culture around us. We can hold fast and trust J...

When Christ calls us out of darkness and into His Marvelous Light, He calling us to break ties with our old lives and live in glorious fellowship with Him in new life. This message explores the paramount importance of embracing all of life all for Christ!

In a post-Christian society, suffering for the cause of Christ and facing backlash for holding to biblical truth will become more and more real. Already, when you hold to truth and righteousness, pressures to change your mind and perception are growing...and that from others who claim the name of Jesus. This message explores the Sovereignty of Jesus, even in suffering, and encourages us to remain...

As we launch this new series on the letters to the seven churches in Revelation, it is important to really understand the impact of this letter. The very source of the gravity of this letter is found in the one who sends it. This message explores the magnitude of this letter by observing truths about the sender of this letter!

Freedom is largely celebrated in our country and in our lives. We all hold to certain freedoms that we enjoy, but is the freedom we experience really freedom? If this world is all there is, then we are certainly the most free people on this earth, but if there more beyond this world then freedom is more than what we experience in our country. Today's message explores the blessing of Abundant Freed...