Fellowship Baptist Church Podcast

If ten percent of a church is carrying ninety percent of its burdens, something's broken. Pastor Bobby Bosler doesn't let that number slide by in this message from Galatians 6:2, pressing the church toward a different way of walking together — one where weight gets shared, not stacked on a few. He contrasts the law that loads people down with the law of Christ that lifts them up.

What if "bad fruit" doesn't mean what you've always been told? In this study of Matthew 7:16–20, Pastor Bobby Bosler challenges the popular "fruit inspector" mindset — the idea that struggling with sin proves you were never saved. Instead, he unpacks Jesus's real target: false prophets, bad ideas, and self-ruled lives. Rotten fruit isn't a salvation test; it&#39...

Can God bless you and still be displeased with you? Paul shocks a confident, gifted congregation with a hard truth: an entire generation of Israelites experienced every wilderness blessing imaginable — God's guidance, rescue, provision, and presence — yet most of them never made it to the promised land. In 1 Corinthians 10:1-5, Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks the lethal assumption believers keep m...

Sometimes the greatest sin isn't what you did—it's what you walked past. In this message from Romans 12:13, Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks the story of the Good Samaritan to reveal an uncomfortable truth: the priest and the Levite didn't hurt the wounded man, they just ignored him. That's the flesh. But love moves toward need. Through the twin callings to "share the burden"...

Paul and Barnabas didn't just leave the church at Antioch — they came back to it. Missionary Dwight Talbot traces that full-circle pattern from Acts 13–14: a church that sent them out in prayer and fasting, and a church they returned to with a report of all God had done. From that model, Talbot lays out nine things missionaries need from their sending churches today — ongoing prayer, faithfuln...

He found a sheepskin—cast aside and forgotten—and strolled into the flock like he belonged there. That's Aesop's wolf. But Jesus uses the same image to warn of something happening in every generation: false prophets who look exactly like the real thing. In this 50th episode of  Upside-Down Kingdom , Pastor Bobby Bosler walks through Matthew 7:15–16, exposing how wolves hide in wool—and why...

You can have every right answer, defend every right position, and still end up junk mail. Paul called it being a castaway — not someone who failed the theology test, but someone who never stopped running for themselves. In 1 Corinthians 9:24–27, Pastor Bobby Bosler brings chapters 8 and 9 to a point: are you running to win your rights, or to win the people around you? Because you can cross the fin...

Tribulation doesn't just pressure you — it runs propaganda. It whispers that your hope is naive, your patience is pointless, and your prayers aren't working. Romans 12:12 fires back with three commands: keep hoping, keep going, keep praying. In this message, Pastor Bobby Bosler shows why waving the white flag in your relationships is never the answer — and why relentless optimism rooted in...

A foot fault. Not a moral collapse — just a misstep. When a fellow believer stumbles out of step with the Spirit, Paul's answer in Galatians 6:1 isn't to ignore them, shame them, or blacklist them. It's to restore them. Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks what it means to be "overtaken in a fault" — and why true restoration isn't just pulling someone out of the muck. It's put...

The gate is narrow enough for one. No entering shoulder to shoulder — no spouse, no pastor, no church crowd to carry you through. In Matthew 7:13–14, Pastor Bobby Bosler closes the Sermon on the Mount with its sharpest edge: two gates, two destinations. The wide road is convenient and crowded. The narrow way demands a personal choice. Only one leads to life.

Paul didn't want cash. He wanted converts. In 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, the apostle who had every right to demand support chose instead to become a servant — a prince stepping into a pauper's place. On Father's Day, Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks Paul's three-word strategy — understand, adapt, win — and challenges every dad and disciple to ask the hard question: are you winning your miss...

The FIFA World Cup is in America right now — and those players didn't cross an ocean just to experience air conditioning and ranch dressing. They came to win. In Romans 12:11, Paul delivers a three-phrase charge that cuts to the heart of every relationship we're in: no holding back, light your soul on fire, and live entirely for Christ. If Fellowship Baptist is going to be the team God cal...

Try putting soup between two pieces of bread. You know what you get? A drippy, sticky mess — and a perfect picture of a church out of step with the Spirit. In Galatians 5:25-26, Pastor Bobby Bosler notes a striking shift: Paul stops talking about  your  walk with the Spirit and starts talking about  ours . The Spirit doesn't just set the cadence for individuals — He leads the whole formation....

What if the Golden Rule started with a pair of Pumas — and ended with someone's socks blown clean off? In this Upside-Down Kingdom message from Matthew 7:12, Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks Jesus's call to love others as we love ourselves — not as license for self-focus, but as a measuring stick for genuine care. Discover why self-love makes a terrible master but a powerful guide, and how step...

Did you know you can trap a monkey without a cage—just a jar, a nut, and a fist that won't let go? In this message from 1 Corinthians 9, Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks why the Apostle Paul walked away from rights he'd already proven were his. Paul's secret wasn't willpower—it was open hands. Whether it's a grievance, a preference, or a right you're owed, this episode asks what...

Every year in Gloucester, England, people throw themselves down a steep hill, tumbling and crashing, all to chase a single wheel of cheese. Sounds ridiculous, right? But Pastor Bobby Bosler says Romans 12:10 calls us to a race just like it — except the prize isn't cheese, it's honor, and the goal isn't to win, it's to lose... on purpose. Discover what it means to outdo one another...

They prayed without ceasing — and then left Peter standing at the gate. In this devotional from Acts 12, Jason Lacy draws a timely lesson from the early church's prayer meeting: they gathered, they persisted, God answered miraculously… and they were astonished when He did. From Spurgeon's prayer room to Rhoda's breathless sprint across the courtyard, Brother Lacy unpacks the power of c...

Most of us talk about revival like it's a historical event — the Welsh Revival, the Great Awakenings — something that happened somewhere else to someone else. Austin Brownlee asks a harder question: What if revival is just the  normal Christian life? Drawing from James 4, he walks through six practical steps — from naming your fleshly tendencies to drawing near to God — and lands on the simple...

A soldier doesn't fund his own campaign. A farmer eats from his own vineyard. A shepherd drinks from his own flock. Paul's case in 1 Corinthians 9 is airtight — and he walks away from it anyway. Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks Paul's three-layered argument for ministerial provision, only to land on this: the stronger your case, the more powerful its surrender. The real question isn't w...

You don't need to throw a punch to shove someone. A cold shoulder, a pointed comment, a little distance — and brotherly love quietly descends into brotherly shove. In Romans 12:10, Paul steps into the room like a spiritual referee and blows the whistle. Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks what it looks like to stop shoving and start loving — through shared time, genuine acceptance, and the kind of loy...

Every yes is a no in disguise. In Galatians 5:24, Paul says those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh — sent it to the gallows. But what exactly gets executed? Pastor Bosler unpacks two categories: your  leanings  (the passive drifts of propensity and preference) and your  longings  (the active cravings and plans you've already mapped out and protected). If Christ owns your life, the...

Your parents weren't perfect — and that's actually the point. In Matthew 7:9–11, Jesus draws on the love of flawed, imperfect parents to argue something stunning: if even broken, selfish people know how to give good gifts, how much more will your Father in heaven? Whether your parents were mostly good, mostly absent, or somewhere in between, Pastor Bobby Bosler shows how even the weakest g...

You have rights. Real ones. Paul doesn't argue otherwise — he spends most of 1 Corinthians 9 proving exactly how many he had. But then comes the turn:  nevertheless, we have not used this power.  In this week's message from 1 Corinthians, Pastor Bosler traces Paul's case for the rights worth refusing — and brings it uncomfortably close to home. What are you holding onto in the name of...

Bitterness has a superpower — it makes you an expert in everything that's wrong. But what happens when the hurt convinces you to let go of what's actually good? From Romans 12:9, Pastor Bobby Bosler unpacks what it means to  cleave  to the good — not a casual nod, but a white-knuckled grip. Name it. Value it. Join it. Because two wrongs don't make a right, and the only way to overcome...

What if the most spiritual thing you could do is stop trying? In Galatians 5:23, Paul drops a phrase so small it's easy to miss — "against such there is no law" — but the implications are staggering. The fruit of the Spirit doesn't just avoid breaking the law; it leaves the law with nothing to say. Pastor Bosler unpacks what it really means to walk in the Spirit: not striving har...