First Baptist Church of Salem, MA

Is suffering the worst thing in our lives, or perhaps the most important thing in our lives? While often our pain, trials, and sufferings are the hardest things about our life, listen in today to learn how God restrains and uses our sufferings for more than we could ever imagine.

What is the purpose of our tears? Who causes them? Why do they exist? Listen in today as we learn how even our tears point to our greatest hope.

What is your ultimate hope in life? What do you wish to see the most? Listen in today as we learn together about our greatest hope (for every creature!) and how our souls can find everything we've ever wanted.

The church is the beautiful creation of Jesus Christ. He loves the church. But for every generation, sin and dangers exist in the church. Listen in today to the powerful teaching of Jesus to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3.

Is everything okay in our world? While it may seem like the world is getting worse and worse, and darker and darker, as we listen to Revelation 1 we see another Story. It's the Story of Hope and confident trust in the plans of God. Listen in today as we being our journey into the book of Hope, the book of Revelation.

As we step into the fall together, this is a good time to remind and encourage one another. Listen in today to a special message from Paul McPheeters on what the Christian life really practically is.

The only way to conclude a summer in the Psalms is to close in praise! This is what the Psalms really are all about, because that is what all of life - from beginning to end - is all about. Listen in to learn the ABCs of praise from Psalm 145.

As we approach the fall and a new season, where are you looking for your help? Psalm 121 is a beautiful, well-known Psalm that talks about looking up to the mountains for help. But the Psalm is really directing someplace further. Listen in today to discover more about where our true help is found.

What does it look like to really trust in the Lord? Listen in today as we learn from David in Psalm 20 and hear practical applications for our current times.

“When will things be normal again?” All of ask this question at some point in our life. What are we to do in times like this? Listen in today to David in Psalm 11 and learn what he did during a foundation-rocking time in his life.

We live in an anxious world and many of us live anxious lives. How do we practically walk through anxiety and find real peace? Listen in today for 7 practical steps that point us to Jesus.

We live in a shifting world of instability. As we walk into the summer, we are looking for the anchor to give us stability amidst instability, hope amidst hopelessness, and confidence amidst fear. Listen in today as we begin our summer series in the Psalms and learn practical ways to find confidence when facing opposition.

Guarding is not just a defensive posture. The best way to keep something is by sharing it. Listen in today as we learn this valuable lifelong truth as it applies to the most important treasure we possess - the gospel of Jesus.

What is true generosity? Listen in today to learn about how generosity is always more than simply material riches or money, but how it deeply reflects our heart.

As we come to the end of 1 Timothy, Paul gives Timothy a final commission to godliness. Listen in today as we learn the specifics of that commission and commit to it ourselves in our time.

Life is more than simply being godly. While this may sound completely contradictory to our whole sermon series, as we hear from Paul today in 1 Timothy 6, godliness must be combined with a deeper reality. Listen in today to discover the power of contentment.

As we finish the last of our three part series on biblical honor, today we look at how we are to honor our bosses. Why does God places such a high priority on authority, and honoring those who are “over us”? What does it mean for us today? How is it relevant? Listen in today to see how we can learn to honor in the way of Jesus.

As we continue our second part of our three part series on honor, this week we consider how to honor church leaders. What does it look like to be a healthy church where the leadership is honorable and the congregation is honoring? Listen in today for a pretty honest and vulnerable account of how this can look.

Honor is one of the highest aims of the Christian life and one of the greatest treasures of the Christian church. Listen in today as we hear about the place of honor specially reserved for widows in the life of the church.

Because Jesus has raised from the dead, everything is changed. But what can we do? What can we build? How does our doing and our building help break the curse of brokenness in our world? Listen in today and learn the motivating reality of being a builder for the Kingdom of God.

Because Jesus is raised from the dead, not only is the curse of sin and death broken, but we now as His followers today are used as curse=breakers alongside Him, through the Holy Spirit. Listen in today to the first part of a short 2-week series on how we can be reconcilers and builders with Jesus in our world that still has shards of the curse that are prevalent.

On Easter Sunday, the church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The ancient curse of sin and death is forever defeated. Listen in today to learn why this is both a trusted and verifiable act of history, and what it means for our weary world. Video referred to in the sermon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vvN5DGe50

What was the target of Jesus and his actions during Holy Week? Listen in today as we learn about Jesus as our "Curse Breaker" and how he came to un-do all the works of the ancient curse of sin.

Life on earth is simply a dress rehearsal for our true Life with God in eternity. Listen in today as we learn together how to train ourselves for godliness and why that can transform our lives in a deeply practical way.

How does thankfulness connect to a life of godliness? Listen in to 1 Timothy 4:1-5 and discover how we can cultivate a heart of thankfulness.