First Baptist Church Las Colinas

Part one of a study on 1 John 5:9-21, on knowing you are saved rather than hoping so. John says that God has testified about His Son, that the testimony of God is greater than the testimony of men, and that the one who has the Son has life. Pastor Robert Rohlin lands on verse 13, where John states his purpose for writing, so that you may know that you have eternal life. From there the passage turn...

A study of 1 John 5:1-8. John says that everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and that His commandments are not burdensome. Pastor Robert Rohlin works through what belief means here, which is ongoing trust rather than a one-time agreement, and quotes Augustine, that faith is to believe what you do not see, and the reward of that faith is to see what you believe. The victo...

Pastor Robert Rohlin leads into a an examination of a broken chronology in 1 John 3:11-17 and also discusses the nature of a Christian's 3 great enemies.

Pastor Robert Rohlin on Resurrection Sunday reminds us of 4 key proofs that the resurrection of Christ is real. And that is important, because the resurrection is the key focal point of the Gospel. It is the reason we worship Christ in church, the reason we have hope of eternal life, and the only reason for spending time focused on our relationship with Jesus. This sermon concludes with the powerf...

Pastor Dale Thornton and his wife Barbara served as missionaries spent 40 years as misisonaries to Taiwan. They saw God provide in marvelous ways to be able to plant churches there. He shares their journey and encourages us from Acts 1:4-9.

Paul really loves the Tessalonians. So, with fatherly concern, he encourages them repeatedly to hold on to the truth and stand firm. One of the problems today though is that so few church members are skilled at identifying truth. They get deluded by religions that incorporate human tradition and trust that equally or even more than the Word of God. But only the written revelation of Scripture can...

One of the most often-argued theological concepts is the role of God's election and man's free will in determining who will go to heaven. Some people go to one extreme of claiming that man's free will has no role and that if God choosed you to be saved, you will be saved. Another group claims it is all about the free will of man and that God's calling has nothing to do with it. However, the fact i...

Exodus 15:22-27 gives an account of Jochebed, the mother of Moses. Pastor Robert Rohlin combines the insights from her life with his own experience of some godly mothers in his life to describe the profound effect that a godly mother can have on her family.

This Mother's Day sermon is a bit unique. Yes, we start with Scripture, but the main points were taken from the life of a godly mother whom I called "Miss Margie." As I thought about Mother's Day, it encouraged me to remember her life and the example that she set.

When Israel was wondering whether God would destroy them or save them, God answers by sending comfort to His people. What does God do that gives us comfort? Pastor Dale Thornton explains how God comforted His people with the promise of the Messiah and then perfectly set up the circumstances of history for the coming of Jesus Christ.

Someone once said, "Man proposes, but God disposes." Another has said, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." We make lots of plans, and most of them fail. One of the reasons is that our plans fail to include God's perspective. So how do we plan as Christians? After all, to fail to plan is to plan to fail. We have to keep God as part of the decision-making process. Pastor Robert Rohl...

We all have conflict. But James tells us how to deal with conflict. This is the second of 2 sermons looking into what James tells us that we need to do to resolve conflict in our lives. Make sure you hear both sermons as his counsel will come in handy! Pastor Robert Rohlin is the teaching pastor at First Baptist Church Las Colinas, a family-integrated church in the Baptist Missionary Association....

If you never have conflict with others, then skip this sermon. But if you are actually breathing enough to fog up a mirror, you need to hear what James has to say about how to resolve conflicts. Pastor Robert Rohlin is the teaching pastor at First Baptist Church Las Colinas, a family-integrated church in the Baptist Missionary Association. This church focuses on expository preaching to equip fathe...

Eternal life is not achieved by getting sacraments from a church. It is not about doing more good works than bad works. It requires accepting the only payment for our sins. It requires a singular focus on Christ to save you. Pastor Dale Thornton explains in simple fashion these truths and ends with a testimony by a prominent pastor of his own salvation experience.

So much of what Christians "know" about Christmas is not from the Bible. We've allowed a lot of assumptions and myths to creep into our Christmas understanding. The realy Christmas story is far more miraculous than the one portrayed in church plays and in nativity movies. This is a 2nd of 2 messages.

So much of what Christians "know" about Christmas is not from the Bible. We've allowed a lot of assumptions and myths to creep into our Christmas understanding. The realy Christmas story is far more miraculous than the one portrayed in church plays and in nativity movies.

Pastor Robert Rohlin on the Sunday before Thanksgiving preaches a somewhat-unorthodox sermon on Thanksgiving. He focuses in on the meaning in Numbers 11:1 where God judges the sin of complaining. There are a lot of words for that sin: murmuring, whining, griping, belly-aching, being a sore-head. Basically complaining is a sin for 3 reasons which Pastor Rohlin explains. Complaining prevents Thanksg...

Pastor Dale Thornton teaches from the life and ministry of Apostle Paul about how to live a life that pleases God. Paul was in Thessalonica for only a short time but had a fruitful ministry there.

It is somewhat odd that a sermon on marriage should be preached on October 31 -- the day that shares 2 important connotations. The world celebrates Halloween which in its most innocent form has children wearing masks and begging for candy. But in marriage, we often wear masks to either manipulate a spouse or to fool those outside the marriage into thinking everything is OK when our spouse knows be...

Sometimes we get weary about praying for a particular thing. But Pastor Dale Thornton shows from Scripture and his experience as a missionary and pastor and father of 5 how prayer changes things.

Every marriage has challenges as 2 people with different personalities, key words, attitudes, backgrounds, and a plethora of other differences try to live together. For Christians who have entered a marriage vow, we can really struggle if we think that marriage should always be roses and candlelight dinners and then the reality of living slaps us in the face. We need to understand the real reason...

If you never have conflict with others, then skip this sermon. But if you are actually breathing enough to fog up a mirror, you need to hear what James has to say about where our conflicts originate. Then, you can learn how to prevent problems before they occur. Pastor Robert Rohlin is the teaching pastor at First Baptist Church Las Colinas, a family-integrated church in the Baptist Missionary Ass...

Pastor Dale Thornton shows how God is faithful to all who are serving Him so that their labors are not in vain.

A lot of people proclaim themselves to be wise whereas truly wise people probably never make that claim. And some people follow after a human wisdom which corrupts their worship, their relationships, and their future. James gives us a checklist to help us discern Godly wisdom from heaven. Use this checklist to evaluate your relationships and your heroes. Pastor Robert Rohlin is the executive pasto...

2006-06-04 sermon at South Park Baptist Church in Fort Worth from 1 Chronicles 16:28ff.