First Family Church Sermons

Because I’m spiritually alive, gratefulness flows out of me because of Christ’s presence in me. Listen as Pastor Todd closes out this section of Colossians on being raised with Christ and dead to sin. Learn more about our Christ Alone series here.

Because we’re alive spiritually, we can live graciously and generously. Listen as Pastor Travis unpacks the Christian’s identity, virtue, community, and challenges in this sermon from Colossians 3:12–14. Listen as Pastor Travis unpacks the Christian’s identity, virtue, community, and challenges in this sermon from Colossians 3:12–14. Learn more about our Christ Alone series here.

Because you’re alive spiritually, practice your position horizontally by slaying sin and savoring Christ!​ Dive into this first part of this section in Colossians 3 with Pastor Todd. Learn more about this series at firstfamily.church/christ-alone.

Because you’re alive spiritually, position your perspective vertically — in the past, present, and future reality of Christ.​ Listen as Pastor Todd unpacks this rich text as we start Colossians 3 in our “Christ Alone” series. Learn more about the series at https://firstfamily.church/christ-alone.

Because you’re “dead,” don’t search the graveyard of man for continued life from God.​​ Listen to the final sermon from Colossians 2 from Pastor Todd and learn more about our “Christ Alone” series at https://firstfamily.church/christ-alone.

“I will live Christianly in this politically charged culture by worshipping only God, not excusing sin, and enduring whatever price I may pay for remaining faithful to Christ Jesus the Lord.” Listen to this special standalone sermon from Pastor Todd in light of our current political climate.

Act dead — because you actually are — to “secret substitutes” for Christ that actually separate you from true spiritual nourishment in and through Christ.​ Listen to Parts 2 and 3 from this section of Colossians 2 from Pastor Todd and learn more about our series in Colossians at https://firstfamily.church/christ-alone.

When I recall my testimony and rehearse gospel truth, it protects me from the influence of fleeting spiritual currents that ultimately lead to spiritual captivity. Listen to this sermon from Colossians 2:8–15 as we continue our series “Christ Alone.”

Christ’s preeminence means I will live​ vertically relational​, verifiably doctrinal​, faithfully generational, and abundantly thankful.​​ Listen to this practical message on being rooted in Christ from Colossians 2:6–7. Learn more about our Colossians series at firstfamily.church/christ-alone.

In Christ, we possess all we need, and we’re protected from all we don’t need. ​Listen to part two of “Christ in You and You in Christ” from Colossians 2:1–5. Learn more about our Colossians series at firstfamily.church/christ-alone.

Paul embraced suffering joyfully, knowing it was the avenue by which his life would serve the church and its mission to advance the gospel of Christ.​ Listen as Pastor Todd explains a passage that can be hard to understand in Colossians 1:24–29.

Pentecost is the grenade of God’s new covenant mission exploding, the beginning of the Spirit-empowered expansion of the gospel to every nation. Listen to part two of our Community Outreach Week series from Acts 1–2. Learn more at firstfamily.church/co-week.

Listen to this bonus CO Week message and learn more at firstfamily.church/co-week.

The Ascension is the “pulling of the pin” on the grenade of God’s New Covenant mission. Listen to part one of our Community Outreach Week series by Pastor Todd from Acts 1:1–11.

For the believer in the gospel, the cross of the gospel is the place of our restoration and the place our attention returns.​ Dive into this cross-centered text with Next Gen Director Adam Bailey from Colossians 1:21–23.

When we know Christ truly, we will worship Him supremely. ​Listen as Pastor Travis unpacks one of the greatest passages of Scripture on the preeminence of Christ: Colossians 1:15–20.

We pray continually for you to know Christ increasingly so that you will obey fully as a response to God’s gospel given freely.​ Listen as Pastor Todd unpacks the second portion of the Apostle Paul’s masterclass on prayer from Colossians 1:9–14.

We pray thankfully because we know the gospel works powerfully. Listen as Pastor Todd breaks down the opening verses in Colossians in our new series “Christ Alone.”

Christianity is only Christianity when Christ is the head. A church is not a church if Christ is not the head. Listen to the opening sermon in our Colossians series from Pastor Travis.

The final word of the grave means a forever life.​ Listen to Part 2 of our Passion Week series based in Luke 24:1–9 from Pastor Todd.

The final word of the cross means a forgiven life.​ Listen to Part 1 of our Passion Week series based in John 19:28–30 from Pastor Todd.

Are all versions of Christianity created equal? In this one-week message designed to prep us for the eight days of Passion Week, Todd unpacks 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 in order to help us delight in biblical Christianity—the true gospel—and put to death any and all forms of cultural Christianity’s false gospel.

You are—must be—and we can be walking by, led by, and keeping in step with with the Spirit so that his fruit is consistently being grown and shown in us.​ This is living proof we belong to the kingdom of God.​ Listen to the final message in our Living Proof series from Pastor Todd.

Gentleness is power outwardly under control for God’s glory; self-control is power inwardly expressed for God’s glory. Listen as pastors Todd, Scott, and Brett lay out the last two fruit of the Spirit for us from Galatians 5.

Goodness and faithfulness: rightly motivated obedience over a long period of time.​ Listen as pastors Todd and Dale expound on this fruit from Galatians 5.