Houston's First Baptist Church

Pastor Gregg shares truths from Paul’s letter to Rome to answer questions about salvation. How do I love people who don’t know Jesus? Pray consistently for them. Your heart’s desire and prayer to God should be for that person’s salvation. How should we respond to the Gospel? Personally, eternally, and internally. How does our life have impact? Persistently point to Jesus. Everyone is welcome to re...

Pastor Gregg Matte shares questions found in Romans 9 as we continue our study of Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome. Do we have a burden for those who don’t know Jesus? We should have a heart for lost people to know Jesus Christ. Has the Word of God failed because Israel rejected Jesus? God is faithful and God’s Word is true. Is there injustice with God? God is always just in what he does. Wh...

Pastor Gregg Matte shares truths from Psalms 34 about committing this new year to the Lord. There will be both joy and pain in this year so we need to live in the both/and. Both bless and praise Him at all times. Both boast and proclaim Him. Both seek Him in prayer and trust Him in the trials. We also need to celebrate Him as we both taste and see the Lord is good in 2023!

Cypress Campus Pastor, Jason Swiggart, shares truth from the book of Matthew about our identities in Christ. Identity theft is satan's oldest and most effective plan. The "who" in "who am I?" informs how we think and thus how we live. Jesus' greatest weapons are His identity and the word of God.

Pastor Gregg Matte shares truth from the book of Romans about our Christmas gifts from heaven. Be amazed at the gift of God for you. Behold the gift of God with you. Believe the gift of God's love toward you. The love of god is unstoppable, constant, and unlimited.

Pastor Gregg Matte shares four heavenly gifts this holiday season from the book of Romans. We have a heavenly helper: The Holy Spirit. We are freed from the pressure of perfect prayer. Our perspective of God's activity is reframed through understanding that God's good might not be our idea of good. God works things out, not us. God's purpose is to conform us to the image of Christ. The final heave...

Pastor Gregg Matte shares truth from the book of Romans about embracing the gift of perspective, letting frustration become a gift that leads us to a greater anticipation of heaven, and celebrating the gift of hope in our Savior named Jesus in part one of Christmas Gifts from Heaven!

Dr. Stephen Trammell shares truth from the books of Genesis and John, and guides us through a few of the realities from ​"Experiencing God" by Henry Blackaby. God is always at work around us! God pursues a continuing love relationship with us that is real and personal. God invites us to become involved with Him in His work. We come to know God by experience as we obey Him, and He accomplishes His...

Pastor Gregg shares truth from the book of Romans about our adoption in Christ. We don't have to make bad choices anymore, we can walk away from our sin and choose life over death. A true believer desires to willingly follow Jesus. We shouldn't come to the things of God and feel like He's twisting our arm. We are adopted into God's family, and now have a great relationship with Dad (Abba, Father)!...

Pastor Gregg Matte shares truth from the book of Romans about our identity in Christ. We have a new identity and are free in Christ! There is a struggle to live the Christian life due to sin. As believers, our desires have changed and we allow Jesus to live through us. We are grateful for our savior! The war is over but the battle continues. Jesus has already won the victory!

Pastor Gregg Matte shares truths from the book of Romans about choosing righteousness over sin. We are to make righteous choices backed by God’s eternal power. Sin grows greater and greater. Sin is enslaving and produces shame and death. True freedom is found in righteous living for God!

Pastor Gregg Matte shares truth about grace found in Paul's letter to the Romans. Abundant grace is motivation to sin less, not sin more. Through grace, we are united with Christ. Our old self has been crucified and now we live in resurrection power. If you are in Christ, you are new. You are Kainos!

Downtown Campus Pastor Leon Brooks III shares truths from the book of Romans about the sacrifice that Jesus made for our sins. Jesus died for the weak, and the ungodly. Jesus died for the sinner. The result of Jesus’ sacrifice is our reconciliation with the Father as Jesus is the only way to the Father. Jesus did much more for us than we can even imagine!

Pastor Gregg shares truth on how justification declares sinners righteous on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ alone. There are five benefits that come from the overflow of justification. Having peace with God, obtaining access to God, learning to rejoice in hope and affliction, cultivating God-honoring character, and possessing God's love within. We have every benefit of justification because wh...

Pastor Gregg share truths about how to live out our Christian faith found in Paul’s letter to the Romans. Even the best are saved by belief. Faith humbles. Faith receives salvation as a gift, not a wage. We need to place our faith in Christ first then walk in obedience in His works. It is a simple faith and it is a faith in which we can be saved by faith, too.

Pastor Gregg shares how the bad news that Paul shared in his letter to the Romans turned to good news. The bad news is that no one can attain righteousness before God. We all fall short of the glory of God. There is no exception, no distinction, and no comparison. God cannot ignore our sin. The good news is that the guilt of sin is gone, the debt is paid and the wrath of God was satisfied. Salvati...

Pastor Gregg leads us through Paul’s letter to the Romans and looks at a topic at Paul addressed – homosexuality. Paul explains that sin turns God’s created order upside down and that man’s negation of creation removes accountability. The Romans are active in and applauding of sin. Paul sets homosexuality apart from the list of other sins and so has our society. The biblical view of sex is abstine...

Pastor Gregg Matte shares how Paul writes in his letter to the Romans about the unrighteousness of humankind and the wrath of God. Suppression of God’s truth, negation of creation, and negation of gratitude to God all lead to a place of sin. The results of sin includes darkened thinking and exchanging heaven for earth. The effects of sin include physical, spiritual and eternal death. Jesus died fo...

Stephen Mackey shares truths on how to encourage a discouraged world. The way we speak to people matters and our words should be helpful, not hurtful. We should see the best, not the worst, in people. We should serve people with the best of ourselves. We should allow people to serve and encourage us as well. We can also encourage others in the way we point them to Jesus through our words and actio...

Pastor Gregg shares lessons from Paul about being unashamed of the Gospel. Simply put, the Gospel is “Good News.” One may be ashamed to share the Gospel because of inadequate, inaccurate and incomplete information. The Gospel holds God’s power and God’s power is what frees us from being ashamed of the Gospel. Being unashamed is rooted in the greatness of of the Gospel. The Gospel welcomes everyone...

Pastor Gregg shares lessons on how to love others well in Paul’s letter to the Romans. Make showing gratitude to others a priority. Make gratitude personal and make it happen. Pray for and with the people in your life. Be impactful and impacted with the Gospel. Wherever you are, whatever you are and whoever you are with, strive to make an impact and make a difference for the Gospel. Grateful leads...

Pastor Gregg begins our journey through the book of Romans, Paul’s love letter to Rome. The book starts off with the truth that God’s people are called and set apart. A believer in Christ is strategically placed for a significant purpose. A key to fulfilling your calling is the courage to be set apart. It is through Christ’s power that we can live the Christian life. This letter was to the people...

Pastor Gregg shares wisdom from Paul’s Baptism. Baptism was Paul’s first priority as a believer. He became a Christian and then he was baptized. It is your personal decision as a believer to be baptized by immersion. It is an outward expression of an inward change. It is a significant symbol of the salvation that you received in Christ. Baptism shows a beautiful picture of the death, burial, &...

Pastor Gregg Matte shares wisdom from Paul’s time in the desert. The desert is a place of preparation. The desert pushes us from self to service, cultivates trust in God’s power, calms our hearts and increases our faith. If you are in a desert, keep the faith and keep walking, drink the living water of Jesus and realize that God uses the desert to blossom fields of His Glory.

Paul's past was filled with misdirected passion. But when God showed up, Paul was radically changed. God forgave Paul and used him to be one of the greatest Christians in the history of the faith. If God forgave Paul and set him apart in his mother's womb by grace, God can forgive anyone and give them purpose. Paul changed the world because he allowed God to change him.