First Church, OK

For most of us, our biggest problem isn’t that we reject God, we just get so busy we forget about Him. The Bible teaches the secret to living a life with meaning is remembering your Creator. If you really want to live a satisfied and content...

Message from Chad Broaddus on April 1, 2018

Message from Chad Broaddus on March 25, 2018

Message from Chad Broaddus on March 18, 2018

Message from Chad Broaddus on March 11, 2018

The church is to be a community where God’s people do life together. There are different levels of friendships: 1) Cosmetic Friendships; 2) Casual Friendships; 3) Committed Friendships; 4) Covenant Friendships. All of us need the last three...

God wants us to be intentional about investing in the next generation. Whether it’s your kids, grandkids, or other children/students you come in contact, it’s our responsibility to let future generations know they matter to God.

God created us for relationships, but not all relationships are good for us. We need godly friends in our lives we can trust who will hold us accountable. Don’t just give the friends you trust permission to speak truth to you, commission them to...

Whether it’s in marriage, while we’re dating, or even a close friendship… in God’s eyes, holiness is the goal of every relationship. That’s not what our culture teaches. Our culture teaches happiness is the goal. Relationships struggle when...

Have we made God’s purpose (vision) for our lives, for the church, too complicated? Jesus teaches that all of God’s commands hang on two instructions: Love God and love people. As Christians, everything else

A fresh start begins and ends with what we believe. What we believe has power over us, even if we what we believe isn’t true.

Zacchaeus had everything and yet he had nothing. Many people spend their entire lives searching, moving from one temporary pleasure to the next… never finding what they’re really looking for. Only in Jesus can we find the life for which we long.

Nobody’s a nobody to God. Everyone’s a somebody to God. What would our world look like if more people realized this? There’s a cross in history that speaks to our value, that defines our worth and identity.

2017 may have been a great year for you, or perhaps it was a year that brought you many trials. Either way, we now begin a new year with new opportunities and promises. Just as in every other area of our lives, the new year gives us a chance at a...

Message from Chad Broaddus on December 24, 2017

Life is messy. We aren’t perfect. There are messes in our lives. Sometimes we try to hide them. Sometimes we pretend they’re not there. But we’re not perfect and messes often cause problems for us. There’s good news, though. Jesus saves us...

When Jesus lives in you, joy comes out of you. Jesus came to live in us. Yes, He didn’t come to live in us the same way He did Mary for nine months, but still… He came to take up residence in our hearts. Mary’s song gives us some reasons why...

Joy to the world! It is Christmas season and for many it is the most wonderful time of the year! People prepare for family traditions, Christmas decorations, and everything that the season brings. There are sights, sounds and smells that put us in...

The holiday season is in full swing! With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas ahead, it is a time for gratitude and giving. But as we fill up on pie and search for all the Black Friday deals, it’s important that we don’t get lost in the...

We live in a world of celebrities and social media where people’s lives are often lived out in public. We can know a lot about a person without ever even having a real conversation with him or her. But is that really a relationship? Where is the...

At First Church, we have a long history of being a sending church. We take the Great Commission seriously and recognize that we are called to make disciples among all the earth. Sometimes, however, as individuals it can be easy to allow the...

As we read through Proverbs there are some very stark contrasts between the life God desires for us and the way of the world. This theme is consistent all through scripture, and yet, we often see little difference today between the church and our...

We see pride everywhere. Muhammad Ali famously claimed, “I am the greatest!” Yet we have phrases like “pride comes before the fall,” and there is something in us all that roots for the underdog. How is it that our culture both teaches...

We see pride everywhere. Muhammad Ali famously clamed, “I am the greatest!” Yet we have phrases like “pride comes before the fall,” and there is something in us all that roots for the underdog. How is it that our culture both teaches...

We live in a world of contrast. We are confronted it seems with ever-increasing polarities. Religious or atheist? Conservative or liberal? Cowboys or Sooners? QT or Kum and Go? In the Bible we find contrasting themes as well, such as light and dark,...