Fellowship Bible Church Sermons

Proverbs 6:1-5 April 1, 2026 PM. The wisdom of Proverbs turns our attention to the need to avoid sudden entrapment and ruin in financial matters. We learn not to become entangled in another person's debt by becoming surety or a pledge, or in today's terms "co-signing" a loan. The lessons here can be generalized to help us avoid generally risky financial decisions. We learn that if we have gotten o...

Various March 29, 2026 PM. In this message we complete a simple overview of the Hebrew and Greek text, various text families, and how we can decode the notes in our reference and study Bibles when those notes have to do with differences between manuscripts.

2 Corinthians 6:1-2 March 29, 2026 AM. In this message, we add another urgent plea to receive God's gracious offer of reconciliation because the time is today. We deliver this truth because now is the time when salvation is available. What God promised thousands of years ago is now. God will hear your penitent prayer and save you. The time is today. "Today" will close at some point in your future....

Various March 29, 2026 SS. Humanity faces only two ultimate destinations: life with God or eternal separation from Him. Though many believe that different religions or sincere efforts can lead to God, Scripture teaches that all people begin on the same path — one leading to death because of sin. Only God Himself provides the remedy through the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This messag...

Proverbs 5:15-23 March 25, 2026 PM. In the second sermon on Proverbs 5, we learn how to guard against infidelity. In short, verse 19 summarizes for us: always be enraptured with your spouse's love. Find sexual satisfaction only in your spouse. Find that kind of pleasure in the marriage relationship alone. Do not give yourself to any other person than your spouse (or future spouse) and do enjoy the...

Various March 22, 2026 PM. We continue our series about how the Bible came to us in the modern era with some background on the Hebrew and Greek text, various text families, and how we can "decode" the notes in our reference and study Bibles when those notes have to do with differences between manuscripts.

2 Cor. 5:20-21 March 22, 2026 AM. Paul draws this section of the letter to a close by calling for the readers to be reconciled to God and explains how that can happen. We set out to cover 5:20-6:2, but got only as far as 5:21.

Various March 22, 2026 SS. Our long-time missionary partners update us on their work and a recent trip to share the love of Christ and His message to those in need.

1 Samuel March 18, 2026 PM. The book of 1 Samuel recounts the story of Samuel, his relationship to the first two kings of Israel, Saul and David, and the history of the start of the monarchy. Samuel is the main character and has the roles of prophet (Acts 13:20, 1 Samuel 3:20), priest, judge, and de-facto leader of the nation as it transitioned from the anarchy of the judges to a monarchy first un...

Various March 15, 2026 PM. In this installment of "how we got our Bible" we learned about translation, publication, distribution, illumination, and interpretation. We also saw some interesting (and overwhelming) statistics about the reliability of the Scriptures in terms of manuscript evidence.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 March 15, 2026 AM. Paul is talking about reconciliation, specifically (1) that God through Christ accomplishes reconciliation, and (2) that God assigned Paul and his audience to minister the reconciling message to others. God has a tremendous thing in sending Jesus to be the reconciling mediator between us. And He wrote a whole bunch of letters to you about being reconciled....

Zephaniah March 15, 2026 SS. Our studies in Zephaniah are drawing to a close. This session, we walked through the book in an outline form, pointed out three verses that are representative of some of the teaching in Zephaniah, and then correlated those three verses with some New Testament verses that touch on the same subjects.

Judges March 11, 2026 PM. The book of Judges recounts the history of Israel between Joshua and Samuel, about 350 years until God chose Saul to be the first king of the nation. During the period prior to Saul and the Davidic monarchy, Israel was governed theocratically, without a human king but with God leading them through the Law and the priesthood, as well as specially chosen people who were cal...

Various March 8, 2026 PM. Our study in how the Bible came to us continues with how the simple formatting like spaces and chapters came into being, how canon was formed, and just a bit about translation from original languages into English or other languages.

2 Corinthians 5:16-17 March 8, 2026 AM. Verses 14-15 in turn have two consequences, denoted by “therefore” at the beginning of each of verses 16 and 17. The first consequence has to do with to how we regard people. The second consequence concerns anyone who in faith follows Jesus because that person becomes a new creation. I hope this message will encourage you to let these two consequences of the...

Zephaniah 1 March 8, 2026 SS. We continue the study of Zephaniah starting with 2:1-3 and how God calls for repentance BEFORE judgment breaks out. Then, we look at the various sins listed in Zephaniah, followed by the day of the Lord theme in the historical context of the Babylonian captivity, as well as some texts that point to the far future.

Proverbs 5:1-14 March 4, 2026 PM. Wisdom is skill for living in God's morally ordered world. In this message, Pastor Lorch teaches us how to respond wisely to sexual immorality. First, the author of Proverbs shows us the painful consequences of sexual sin, then later he highlights the joys of marital intimacy. This message addresses the first of those concerns by teaching us to guard ourselves fro...

Titus 2:11-14 March 1, 2026 PM. For our Lord's Table service, we reviewed Paul's teaching to Titus about the grace of God that appeared to all people for salvation, and that teaches us to deny ungodliness, to live righteously, and to look forward to the coming of Christ. God has explained through Paul the basis for living and doing church the way that was commanded in Titus 1 and 2. The basis is t...

2 Corinthians 5:11-15 March 1, 2026 AM. The central focus of this message is that we should fear the Lord, and His love should compel us to live for Him by persuading people to be saved. Are you willing to live for Jesus despite what other people think of you? We should refocus on persuading people to follow Jesus with us, living like we believe in following Jesus, and telling others that He loved...

Zephaniah March 1, 2026 SS. We continue our study in the book of Zephaniah. Zephaniah says that the LORD sent a word via Zephaniah, so we looked at what the name of God means about Him, the God who created and gave the Law, as a couple examples of His activity. We look at the "I will" statements of the book, which also connects to the idea of the Christian God as an active God, not passive or afar...

Ruth February 25, 2026 PM. Naomi lost her husband and two sons to death while fleeing from famine at home and living in the land of Moab. But she but gained a faithful daughter-in-law named Ruth. They found a kinsman-redeemer named Boaz who redeemed the land of Ruth's deceased husband by taking Ruth as his wife, and caused Naomi to move from bitter to blessed, from full to empty and back to full....

Various February 22, 2026 PM. We continue our study of how the Bible came to us by looking at the doctrines of inspiration and preservation.

2 Corinthians 5:6-10 February 22, 2026 AM. This passage has to do with being at home or away with respect to the human spirit's location relative to the human body. But what is Paul saying about being at home or away? He states that he is certain about being in one or the other of these two states (with no other possibilities). He expresses his desire to be with the Lord. And he gives his life goa...

Zephaniah 1 February 22, 2026 SS. We focused on three themes this morning: seeking the Lord, the universality of judgment, and how inattention can lead to disaster.

Acts February 18, 2026 PM. The book of Acts is a letter from Luke to a man named Theophilus. Acts records how the Lord Jesus Christ worked to build His church in fulfillment of His promise in Matthew 16:18. It is the continuance of Luke’s carefully researched history of the events of the Lord’s birth, ministry, death, and resurrection in the Gospel of Luke. Those things recorded in Luke’s gospel c...