First Baptist Church of El Dorado - Sermons

Listen as Pastor Jonathan Kelley describes the perfect combination for impacting El Dorado: Love Your God & Love Your Neighbors. 

What allows the church to make an impact that far surpasses their position or education?  It is the habits that they practice.  OUR HABITS DECIDE OUR IMPACT.  These habits include faithful work, loving deeds, and enduring hope.  

Today we begin a new series called IMPACT El Dorado . As your life and our church’s life begins to normalize, this series will focus on God’s Design for the local church. This plan begins with identity. 

Pastor Jonathan Kelley leads us to see that Easter is the turning point of history. Easter is a specific historical moment that brings about the most significant change in all of human history.  When Jesus took those grave clothes and walked out of the tomb, that signaled the defeat of Sin and Death. Humans can invent some pretty amazing things, but only the intervention of God can defeat sin and...

No matter the sin the consequence is the same: SIN CRUSHES. Left by ourselves sin will crush every last one of us, but there is good news.  There is one who can bear the weight of the world. There is one who can carry and conquer our sin. JESUS CARRIES AND CONQUERS OUR SIN. 

Often in life we let a pretender sit on the throne.  For generations, in fact, this has been the habit of God’s people.  Who is on the throne? Today in the final message of our current series BEHOLD the invitation is simple BEHOLD THE KING. CHRIST IS KING . The invitation is to see the face of Jesus and realize he is king overall the earth. To see the face of Jesus and realize that he is the king...

At First Baptist Church we are in the midst of a series called BEHOLD . In this series we are learning to pay attention to God, in order to be transformed by God. In last week’s message, as we considered a story about the prophet Elijah, we beheld the reality that GOD IS SPEAKING. But, we also we asked ourselves the question AM I LISTENING? And, the God who you and I are listening for one of the m...

Today in the fourth installment of BEHOLD we will learn to listen for God’s voice. We must learn to listen for God’s voice, because his voice cannot only break down mighty trees it can break apart hardest hearts. We must listen for God’s voice, because his voice cannot only shake up creation, it can shake up our lives, waking us up from our slumber. We must listen for God’s voice , because not onl...

FBC Sr Pastor Jonathan Kelley guides us to the understanding that God is closer than we think.  Most of us struggle to truly grasp just how close God wants to be with each of his children.  Whether your impediment to this understanding is a season or suffering or sin – God is closer than you think.

FBC Sr Pastor Jonathan Kelley helps us answer the important question, “How does BEHOLDing lead to the transformation of our lives?”  BEHOLD is the word that addresses the spiritual consequences of our cultural ADD. Amidst all the distractions that vie for our attention, Behold summons us to pay attention. Pay attention to the one thing that truly matters, the holiness of the Lord. When it comes to...

FBC Sr Pastor Jonathan Kelley helps us answer the important question, “Are you settling for a faith that doesn’t come close to the “abundant life” that Jesus promises his followers?” A mediocre faith is a faith that speaks all the right words, but the words lack meaning. It’s a faith that neither impacts your life nor does it impact anyone else’s life. It’s a faith that, in the words of 1 Peter 1:...