Falling Waters Bible Church

What’s required to pass the faith from one generation to the next? In Judges 2, we find a warning for every generation: secondhand belief leads to spiritual collapse. Tune in as we examine Israel’s failure to pass on their faith and uncover how God calls us to live, teach, and embrace a genuine faith that lasts.

What happens when leadership falters, promises are unmet, and hearts wander from God? In this sermon on Judges 1–2:5, we explore Israel's crisis of leadership, inheritance, and spiritual significance. Listen as we uncover how this narrative points us to Christ, the ultimate Deliverer, who brings lasting victory and a better inheritance.

When God calls, what should our response be? From Joshua 24, we learn how God’s grace meets human failure and calls us to trust Him fully. Today, we’ll consider what it means to answer God’s call with faith and obedience.

This week we explore how God, in His providence, orchestrates the activities of people and circumstances to bring about His promise of redemption in the book of Ruth. Listen to find out how God acts on our behalf to accomplish something we could never achieve on our own.

This week we explore how God’s call to Ruth prevails over human wisdom, together with the enduring faith of Naomi despite bitter circumstances. Set against a backdrop of grief and loss, Ruth chapter 1 demonstrates how God uses ordinary, broken people to bring about His sovereign purposes in the world.

God is the greatest gift giver and he gave us the greatest gift of all time: his son. What good news! Merry Christmas!

The Christmas story is full of angels--the messengers of God. But how do we know when a divine message, angelic or not, is trustworthy? Listen in to learn how to test a messenger's faithfulness. Then glory in the wonderful truth that our God does speak to us, and worship Him for it.

Feeling anxious, uncertain, or overwhelmed? There’s a message you need to hear. In this week’s sermon, we unpack the powerful truth that “God’s favor is the antidote to our fear.” Using the story of Mary from Luke 1:26-38, we explore: How God’s favor brings peace in the midst of uncertainty Why His favor is not material wealth, but something far greater What it means to be blessed even when life g...

Have you ever felt interrupted by God? Mary did. This Advent sermon, part of a series on the Annunciation, reflects on how divine interruptions align our plans with God’s and reveal his glory. Listen to Pastor Wally’s sermon, ‘The God Who Interrupts’, and discover how to embrace His plans, even when they are unexpected. #Advent #FaithfulInterruptions”

What does it mean to live and leave a legacy for Christ? In Acts 20:17–38, Paul offers a powerful example in his farewell to the Ephesian elders. Join us as we explore how Paul’s Spirit-led life and parting words challenge us to live for Christ, leaving a lasting impact for the gospel.

Can faith alone truly save us? Acts 15 reveals how the early church settled this controversial debates about salvation. The answer is clear—salvation is not by doing but by believing.

In Acts 12, the apostle James is dead. Peter is in prison awaiting execution. The evil Roman ruler Herod is on the war path against the church. What happens when the world's rulers turn against the church? Listen and be encouraged that man's evil intentions cannot stop the Kingdom of Heaven as it advances on earth.

If we live a life faithful to Jesus, we will at some point come up against the condemnation and disdain of this world. How do we handle this opposition to our faith? Learn from the patterns and principles we see in Acts with Peter and John's response to persecution.

When the watching world takes note of our faith or its fruit, what should we do? The book of Acts is more than a mere historical record of the early church. It contains principles that apply to our lives today. And chapters three and four guide us in our public witnessing for Christ.

One of the things the Scriptures teach us is this: We're all in need of godly examples to follow. In John’s third letter, we see three examples, but only two that we ought to emulate.

Love and truth are inseparable and essential for true Christian love and fellowship. In 2 John, we learn 5 important lessons about living in biblical Christian community.

In 2 Corinthians 3 and 4, Paul uses the metaphor of veiled and unveiled faces to help us comprehend the glory of God. To see this glory is to see Christ clearly because this vision is more than transforming human expectations or rule making.

Whether it’s your doctor, teachers, or other experts, you simply can’t go through life without trusting in the testimony of others. And yet many in the world refuse to trust the testimony of God. In these verses, John challenges his readers to take God at his word and trust the testimony he has given concerning His Son, Jesus Christ. And John warns us: to mistrust God and his Word is to call him a...

The Bible paints a bleak picture of the world as a place marked by people enslaved to sin and self-concern. If that's true, then what hope could we ever have of gaining victory over these forces that are ingrained so deeply in all of us? In chapter five of his first letter, John tells us how the Christian gains victory over the world: through faith, love, and obedience.

In his first letter, John was trying to put a hurting and divided church back together following a rift caused by false teachers. Part of his strategy throughout the letter was to enumerate various marks of authentic Christian faith compared to counterfeits. In chapter four, he continues with four things that are true of genuine Christians.

Love is the defining mark and highest command for the Christian, but what does love really mean and how do we practice it? God has demonstrated love perfectly in Christ Jesus. When our hearts are cold, the cure lies in a renewed reflection upon the cross. 

Parents often tell their kids, "Don't believe everything you hear,” because they recognize there is a certain amount of discernment that is good and prevents harm. It's no different in the church. Christians need to exercise discernment in what they listen to. Explore John’s two tests for Christian teachers and learn how to discern whose teaching you should follow.

Where is God in the midst of sorrow and suffering? The story of a dead man being raised gives us hope and insight into how God works all things for His glory.

What is the depth of your faith? The story of the Roman Centurion gives us a poignant example of what it looks like to trust in Jesus as the Lord of all, and challenges us to examine ourselves as grow in faith.

When Jesus calmed the storm, He showed His divine power over the created world. How then can we demonstrate faith rather than fear when storms arise in our lives? We must ask ourselves: why do we face storms in the Christian life, and who is steering our boat?