First Christian Church Podcast Ministry

A promise made about Paul's life would be fulfilled more than 20 years later as he speaks with Agrippa. Agrippa's discourse with Paul gives us pause to consider areas of our life that need to be transformed by his power. In the end, we learn the tragic reality that 'close enough' isn't. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? We continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. Thi...

Our faith should have an impact on the way we live and the way we interact with one another. The way we live out our lives ends up being incredibly important because there is so many people that have heard of Jesus but don't know Jesus. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? We continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. This book records for us the acts of the apostles afte...

Paul is now being pursued by assassins. Since meeting Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus, Paul's life has had quite a few moments where his life was threatened. Yet here, as this assassination plot failed, we see Paul realizing a promise from God that was made twenty years earlier. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? We continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. This b...

Pentecost Sunday is the day in which we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit recorded in Acts 2. It happened 50 days after the day Jesus arose from the grave. It represents the fulfillment of the promise that Christ will indwell His followers by the presence of the Holy Spirit. Although we live with this promise, many of us, live without the power of the Holy Spirit. This Pentecost Sunday we'll...

The mob is ready to kill Paul. Paul is then given an opportunity to speak to the mob. And while he makes his defense, he begins to share his story. The scene then unfolds and we see listens abound: about how we come to God, about the impact of our circumstances to our witness, and what happens in the dark. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? We continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testame...

We come to the time when Paul is now arrested and is given the chance to address the crowd. Through this narrative over chapters 21 and 22 of Acts, we see what Paul relies on, the correlation between valleys and mountaintop experiences, and what Paul did when sharing the Gospel. In the end, we see him share his story which prompts a directive for us today. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? We contin...

Paul's about to say goodbye to the elders at Ephesus. He spent two years with them and now he is leaving them. Before he does, he passionately commissions them as elders and prays over them. And so will we. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? We continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. This book records for us the acts of the apostles after the resurrection of Jesus Ch...

Paul's 3rd missionary journey has many different movements. In chapter 20 we see Paul leave the chaos caused in chapter 19 to find a group of people that not only have been reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ - they are now reaching others with the Gospel. In this we learn that Paul was not exclusive when he shared the Gospel - everyone had the chance to hear it and live it out. That truth tak...

Paul's 3rd Missionary journey begins almost as fast as the 2nd Missionary Journey ends. What is the real evidence of a revival? What parts of our life would be impacted? ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? We continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. This book records for us the acts of the apostles after the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the formation of the first c...

Sunday, April 2, 2023 Palm Sunday - Jesus' Triumphant Entrance Pastor Darren Dickson

Paul's 3rd Missionary journey begins almost as fast as the 2nd Missionary Journey ends. Through this week's narrative, we see passion emerge from Apollos. We see discipleship in its purest form with Aquila and Priscilla. And we see disciples respond to the full Gospel of Jesus Christ. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? In 2023 we continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Act...

In Acts 18 we see Paul establish the church in Corinth, a city marked by sin and debauchery. In Paul's obedience to the leading of the Spirit of God, God gives him two reminders. The reminders are not loud or demonstrative reminders. Rather they are gentle reminders. The reminders are as beautiful and timely today as they were in Paul's day. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? In 2023 we continue our...

In Acts 17 we see Paul reason with the Epicureans and Stoic philosophers about the UNKNOWN GOD. In this discourse, we'll see how Paul makes the case that there is only one response that leads to a relationship with God. We, too, must respond in like manner. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? In 2023 we continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. This book records for us...

In Acts 17 we Paul in two communities: Thessalonica and Berea. In both communities he reasons with the community, explaining the truths of the gospel. In the record of Paul's journeys we see four compelling ways to describe the early church. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? In 2023 we continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. This book records for us the acts of the...

In February 2023 we host a month dedicated to sharing the Gospel locally, nationally, and to the ends of the earth. Throughout the month we will hear from our missionaries as we raise awareness in our local church family on how we can take an active part in our missions program. This week’s special guest speaker is Bob Wood, Executive Director of the Oregon Christian Evangelistic Fellowship. To vi...

In February 2023 we host a month dedicated to sharing the Gospel locally, nationally, and to the ends of the earth. Throughout the month we will hear from our missionaries as we raise awareness in our local church family on how we can take an active part in our missions program. This week’s special guest speaker is Joe & Carole Hoover who work with Pioneer Bible Translators. To visit our websi...

In February 2023 we host a month dedicated to sharing the Gospel locally, nationally, and to the ends of the earth. Throughout the month we will hear from our missionaries as we raise awareness in our local church family on how we can take an active part in our missions program. This week’s special guest speaker is Donna Stroop of the Hippo Valley Christian Mission in Zimbabwe. To visit our websit...

In February 2023 we host a month dedicated to sharing the Gospel locally, nationally, and to the ends of the earth. Throughout the month we will hear from our missionaries as we raise awareness in our local church family on how we can take an active part in our missions program. This week’s special guest speaker is Cory Lemke, Pastor of the Shasta Way Christian Church and Former Missionary to Ukra...

In Acts 16 we see the beginning of Paul's 2nd Missionary Journey. This is evidence of the amazing progress we see through the book of Acts embracing and fulfilling Jesus' words in Acts 1:8: they would be witnesses in Jerusalem, In Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth! As we witness the progress there are five timely reminders for us to remember today. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? In...

In Acts 15 we see a major disagreement emerge for the church around this question: How are we made right before God? As we see the disagreement take center stage we also see the church navigate the disagreement with truth and grace. The narrative leads us to three life lessons we can learn from disagreements. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? In 2023 we continue our verse-by-verse study through the...

In Acts 15 we see a major disagreement emerge for the church around this question: How are we made right before God? As we see the disagreement take center stage we also see the church navigate the disagreement with truth and grace. ACTS: What Makes Us Who We Are? In 2023 we continue our verse-by-verse study through the New Testament Book of Acts. This book records for us the acts of the apostles...

"A Day Full of Surprises" (Pastor Darren Dickson)

JESUS, BC Jesus, Before Christmas Our Advent series will embrace the reality that Jesus didn’t begin to exist on Christmas morning. He always existed. He is God well before Christmas morning came. Our study will help us to appreciate the beauty of what the Old Testament points us to and help us to understand what we are celebrating on Christmas. Because of Jesus' birth – we have life. Today, we st...

JESUS, BC Jesus, Before Christmas Our Advent series will embrace the reality that Jesus didn’t begin to exist on Christmas morning. He always existed. He is God well before Christmas morning came. Our study will help us to appreciate the beauty of what the Old Testament points us to and help us to understand what we are celebrating on Christmas. Because of Jesus' birth – we have life. Today, we st...

JESUS, BC Jesus, Before Christmas Our Advent series will embrace the reality that Jesus didn’t begin to exist on Christmas morning. He always existed. He is God well before Christmas morning came. Our study will help us to appreciate the beauty of what the Old Testament points us to and help us to understand what we are celebrating on Christmas. Because of Jesus' birth – we have life. Today, we st...