Faith Bible Church Sermons

What is it you’re hoping for right now? When we talk about hope we’re usually thinking of things we want now or something we think might happen. When you’re young and it’s Christmas your hope is in getting that thing you really want on Christmas. As get older we start to hope for different things in our lives. We hope certain things happen or we hope certain people come through for us. Unfortunate...

Sometimes in life, we take our stuff for granted: finances, friends, marriage, kids. The same struggle applies to following Jesus. It’s easy to lapse in to spiritual lethargy when it looks like Jesus is a long way off, because we take it for granted that we can get it back. But what if we can’t? What if time runs out? As we finish the book of 2 Peter in this sermon, Peter said there’s a day coming...

Most of us are looking for permanence. By that I mean we have a picture in our minds of what it will look like when we’ve arrived, when we’ve finally achieved what we want, so that life really can’t get any better. Intuitively we long for what’s best, for stability, for consistency, for reliability, for genuine happiness, for life to be the very best it can be. And, if we were honest, we’d like it...

Why is it that we are so easily lured by the world’s overpromising? Usually, it’s because life is hard, and we are constantly looking for an escape from the pain and suffering anywhere we can find it. Like drug addicts looking for the next hit, we have become gluttons for escape! But the problem is that the very things offering us freedom usually end up enslaving us. Like a hamster on a wheel - in...

Here, on this Sunday before Thanksgiving, are you truly thankful? Your answer to that question probably hinges on this: are you content? In your troubled heart, don’t you yearn for the God of peace to be with you? It all begins with gratitude. Wouldn’t it be great if we really could have a genuine season of Thanksgiving? 

What do you do when you something wrong starts happening on your watch? Maybe you see someone being bullied and picked on at school or being made fun of at the office—wrong is happening on your watch. Someone at the office is taking credit for someone else’s work—wrong is happening on your watch. When you hear people gossiping about someone else or a situation–wrong is happening on your watch. Wha...

If you’re trying to follow Jesus and live the way he lived you might start to wonder what’s the point of all this? Why make every effort to follow Jesus when it’s hard to see the reward? As the culture and even some in the church grow more and more opposed to living that way why suffer and endure for Jesus when there seems to be a way that’s easier and more pleasant? Is life without consequences r...

It’s hard to stay focused on what matters most. And this has implications for following Jesus. Getting distracted contributes to the struggle to follow Jesus. Forgetting makes it easy to be captivated by things that don’t last. So how do we remember to use our time, energy, and resources to make the most of our lives when it’s so easy to forget? How do we keep our lives rooted in and attached to w...

What has captivated your attention? To what or to whom are your Eyes Wide Open? Peter knew this question matters because he knew that there is a real struggle, a real tension as Jesus Followers. On the one hand we desire to follow Jesus as the organizing principle of our lives. We don’t just want to be curious followers that hang out on the edges. We want Jesus to captivate us with our Eyes Wide O...

At the transfiguration Jesus took Peter, James and John on a rocket ride into eternity that opened Peter’s eyes wide to who Jesus is, and he said it confirmed that the prophetic scriptures are true. Peter never got over it. It’s why he wrote 2 Peter. We can sell sugar water or we can take a rocket ride with Jesus into eternity with our Eyes Wide Open. Peter hoped you and I would do the latter.

We all have limited time, energy, and resources and in those limitations we have to figure out how to get everything to sync in together. The challenge we face is balancing everything. We have baseball games to go to, band events, date nights, church, small group, time with God, things with kids. How are we supposed to balance all of that with a 40-50 hour a week job? Not to mention exercise and s...

Maybe today you are in the middle of a storm and know your life is out of rhythm. Maybe you are disappointed in your marriage because it’s flawed and imperfect and can’t possibly be the Operating Principle of your life. A life of rhythm – fulfilling lives and solid marriages are not built on wisdom, theology, or any other human effort. They are built on the living Jesus, alive in our hearts, livin...

Last week we left you hanging a little bit. Witte identified the problem for us but we didn’t offer much in the way of a solution. When following Jesus is your organizing principle, what you’re looking for in your own life is submission to God and selflessness toward others. When those two things are the driving force for how you live it changes everything. It changes your motivations for the thin...

In this series called Rhythms, we are going to ask the question, how does being a Jesus Follower help us bring order to the chaos of our lives? In week one we are going to identify the problem that makes life chaotic. In week two we are going to propose the solution. Then in weeks 3-5 we are going to apply the solution to the areas of finances, family, work. Our goal is to try to help you manage l...

We live in a day and age when it can be hard to find dependable people. Not that they aren’t around. All of you know someone you can count on. If you need help they’ll be there. You know who you can call. But if you’ve ever dealt with someone who isn’t dependable, it can leave a bad taste in your mouth. People who can’t be depended upon constantly cause hardship and heartache for others. So let’s...

We are in week three of our NEXT series, and we’ve been talking about our unique mission and purpose at Faith Bible Church - We build generations of Jesus Followers who take grace to our world. Though it may sound simple, we believe this is why we exist as a church. This week, we’re going to wrap up our series talking about taking grace to our world, which is really the ultimate goal of building g...

Last week we focused our attention on the fact that FBC is heavily invested in building the next generation. A significant number of staff and budget are focused on your children, grandchildren and students, because what we do today matters tomorrow. We want to build them into Jesus Followers. And you’ll notice that Jesus Followers is capitalized and in bold in our mission statement, and that’s on...

Our mission statement of Faith Bible Church is: We build generations of Jesus Followers who take grace to our world. This at the core is why we are here in the Woodlands, TX. And In the next 3 weeks we will break down the 3 major points of this statement starting with today and understanding what it takes to build generations. If we want to build generations we better concentrate on how we hand of...

Trials that linger are like one continuous long ride home from the hospital, suspended in mid-air, with no hope of rest or relief. It’s so easy to end up angry, bitter, depressed, selfish, even mean, and to be so consumed with the trial that we lose all sense of normalcy. What are we suppose to do with trials that linger? How do you move on with your life when your life will never move on from tha...

What do you do when life goes wrong?! What do you do when frustration wells up, anger sets in, anxiety overwhelms, and complaining comes out? How are you suppose to respond when your good life goes bad? In our text for today James answered this question. He answered it very simply and succinctly, "Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord."

Money is one of the ways we measure our significance. We often compare ourselves to others based on our money. What if our good feelings about money are false? Because let’s admit it, if you have money, you probably feel pretty good about it. But what if our attitude toward it is all wrong? What if you and I aren’t thinking accurately about our money and wealth? The key to living out the book of J...

We think of independence as the Great American Dream, where our goal is independence and self-reliance. This isn’t new. It’s just age-old low-grade arrogance wrapped up in practical atheism. A Godly life seeks God’s glory as the aim of every decision. Work and career are a function of our place in the body of Christ, where we are stewards of everything God blesses us. The longer we live, the more...

What is it that makes us so quick to be critical of others? Why do we find it so easy to question our authorities, speak ill of people behind their backs, and criticize anyone we disagree with? We don’t know what God has planned for the people sitting around us today. We don’t know what will become of the person at the cash register, the waitress serving our table, or any of the people we interact...

Pride gives us a false picture of ourselves, but in humility we see ourselves as we truly are, creatures totally dependent on God’s grace.

What makes us angry? Where does it all come from? Why do we get so angry about not getting that promotion? Why does it frustrate us to no end when our kids won’t listen? Why did COVID make us so angry? Why did we get so angry when our house flooded? Why can’t we get over someone cheating on us? Where does it all come from? And why can can’t we seem to get a grip on our anger? Is there something de...