First Lubbock Sermons

TO PASS THE TEST- John 6:1-15 07.03.2024 33:21 ↓

Dr. Jerry Carlisle

THE PULL OF LIFE’S UNDERTOW - Isaiah 43:1-19 29.02.2024 37:05 ↓

While life is filled with  swirling waters  the ever present undertow need not pull you under. #UndertowWarnings

CAN THE CHURCH MAKE A DIFFERENCE? - Ephesians 3:1-13 22.02.2024 37:41 ↓

The church has a unique identity, and only when it understands itself as such will it make difference in the world. #TheChurchInTheWorld

THAT HAUNTING DAY - Job 1:1-12 15.02.2024 43:38 ↓

Every person will experience being haunted by one particular day that forever impacts their life. #ThatDay

FAILING SUCCESSFULLY - Luke 22:31-34 06.02.2024 34:48 ↓

Because failure is endemic to the human experience, of greater import is our response to it. #FailingSuccessfully

RECKLESS KNOWLEDGE - Luke 7:36-50 28.01.2024 41:13 ↓

The familiarity of the gospel is something easily taken for granted; a knowledge that can result in it being both missed and misunderstood. #RecklessKnowledge

MORE IN 2024 - Philippians 1:9-11 21.01.2024 43:34 ↓

With Guest Speaker Mark Turman

REALIZING YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL - Matthew 14:22-33 14.01.2024 38:38 ↓

Perhaps there is no more haunting thought than unrealized potential; what might have been if I had only tried.  #RealizedPotential

GETTING SATISFACTION OUT OF OUR HEADS - John 16:16-33 07.01.2024 37:02 ↓

While satisfaction is what the masses seek, in the life of faith its something you don’t really want. #RollingStonesFrustration

Joy: The Ultimate Vocation (Evan Henson) 17.12.2023 33:19 ↓

Isaiah 61:1-11 #theultimatevocation

IMPERATIVES FOR PEACE - Philippians 4:4-9 10.12.2023 38:48 ↓

In the most adverse of circumstances, Paul offers imperatives resulting in a peace that surpasses all understanding. #PeaceImperatives

BEHOLDING HOPE - Jeremiah 32 03.12.2023 38:08 ↓

Throughout the entirety of scripture the word “behold” is held forth as an assurance of hope for the people of God #BeholdHope 

THE PUNCHLINE OF FORGIVENESS - Matthew 18:21-35 19.11.2023 36:18 ↓

The punchline of forgiveness is no laughing matter. #AHauntingDestruction

LIVING UP TO EXPECTATIONS - Matthew 13:1-23 12.11.2023 38:54 ↓

Though many have sought to reduce faith down to nothing more than the intellectual belief of certain truth claims, we hauntingly aware of the expectations of true belief. #Expectations

THE HIGH PRICE OF WORRY - Luke 12:22-30 05.11.2023 34:08 ↓

Some are so haunted by constant worry, it’s as if all of life is about waiting for bad things to happen. #ExpensiveWorries

FAITHING YOUR FEARS - 1 Samuel 17 29.10.2023 39:36 ↓

What are the giants that haunt your fears? There is another reality in which your life can exist. #FaithYourFears

SALVATION WITH CERTAINTY - 1 John 5:6-13 22.10.2023 40:21 ↓

Of this you can be certain, the salvation God offers is eternal life, not temporary, momentary, or conditional life. #SavedAndCertain

THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE… - John 13:31-38; 18:15-17, 25-27; 21:12, 15-22, 25 15.10.2023 35:26 ↓

Whether the baseball diamond or Federal court, one maxim remains constant, “Three strikes and you’re out.”  #Graceball

THE COMPANY OF THE DENIED - Mark 14:32-36 08.10.2023 40:08 ↓

The disappointment that God often says “No” to our prayers, can easily cloud the miracle that he answers at all. #RequestDenied

COMPETING WITH A COMPLEX - Jeremiah 1:1-19 01.10.2023 38:39 ↓

What could you possibly have in common with a prophet like Jeremiah? At one time or another, we have all been riddled with feelings of inferiority. #ANewSelfPerception

THE OTHER SIDE OF “IF ONLY” - Acts 12:12,25; 13:5,13; 15:36-39 24.09.2023 35:18 ↓

If it were possible to move beyond the regrets of the past, would you be interested? And all the people said, “Amen!” #FlippingTheScript

THERE’S A WAR ON - 2 Timothy 2:3-4 17.09.2023 39:33 ↓

Christianity is not a religion of sanctuary decorum but a warfare for the soul of every person in the trenches of life. #BootCampMentality

HIGH FASHION - Galatians 3:23-29 (Evan Henson) 10.09.2023 33:08 ↓

#fitcheck

LIFE’S ULTIMATE QUESTION - Matthew 16:13-18 03.09.2023 30:44 ↓

Out of all the major questions you may anticipate having to answer in the course of your lifetime, there is only one that carries the weight of eternal consequence. #TheUltimateQuestion