First Presbyterian Church (Dothan AL) Podcast

4/28/2019 Pastor Caleb Galloway "Following in the Footsteps of the King." Matthew 16:21-28 ESV Jesus' mission was to die to his comfort and self-glory. In Matthew 16, we see Jesus going beyond simply predicting his death and resurrection, but declaring that it was the foreordained reason he came to earth. Likewise, our mission is to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and push throug...

Pastor Caleb Galloway "Obeying God's Obedient Servant" Isaiah 50:1-11 ESV In Isaiah 50, God challenges Israel to recognize that their distance from him was due to their sin and unfaithfulness. In contrast, he foretells of the Messiah, who will come as an obedient servant. Rather than self-centered and iniquitous, like Israel, the servant is portrayed as attentive to God the Father,...

3/24/2019 Pastor Rusty Milton "Suffering Servant, Part 2" Isaiah 49:1-7 ESV In Isaiah 49, the prophet foretells Israel's national unbelief in the face of their Messiah's ministry. Despite this, however, God the Father assures his "suffering servant" that he will redeem not only many in Israel, but many from the nations of the world as the fruition of his ministry. In...

3/17/2019 Pastor Rusty Milton "Peace in Anxious Times" Philippians 4:2-7 ESV Peace comes when you look at very situation in life as being under God's sovereignty. In Philippians 4, Paul exhorts believers in the church to reconcile following conflict. Whatever the reason, dissension had sprung up in the Philippian church, and was robbing the believers of peace and unity (vs. 2) No ma...

2/17/2019 Pastor Rusty Milton 2 Corinthians 4 ESV "Beholding the Glory of Christ, Part 2" Any comfort for present trials, and all future blessing, come from fixing our minds on the glory of Christ. In the present, we view Christ by faith. In II Corinthians 4:3,6, Paul explains how the first work of the Spirit is to shine light and truth into our hearts, thus allowing us to see and unders...

Pastor Rusty Milton "Beholding the Glory of Christ, Pt. 1" 2 Corinthians 3:14-18 ESV How do we grow spiritually? How do we have everlasting joy? It's by exposing ourselves to God's glory. His glory--his nature and greatness-- is revealed through Jesus. The believer's greatest need, therefore, is to see, experience, know, and enjoy his glory, because it is THE mechanism of...

2/3/2019  Pastor Rusty Milton "God's Commitment to His Own Glory" Isaiah 48 ESV God's commitment to himself and his glory is our greatest assurance that he will also be committed to us. When Israel rebelled for years, there was on hope: that God's name was still upon them as promised in the covenants of Israel. In Isaiah 48, we see God portrayed as eager to defer his anger...

1/27/19 Pastor Caleb Galloway Isaiah 46 "The Folly of Idolatry" An idol is something that gives us great delight (above God) from which we derive significance and without which we have frustration and despair. It is worshiping the created rather than the Creator. Idols are counterfeit gods-- they promise much but cannot deliver. God calls us to repent of idolatry and to gaze at the perso...

Christy Keyton will speak on commingling of love, grief, forgiveness, and joy.   

Christy Keyton will speak on commingling of love, grief, forgiveness, and joy.