Sermons from First Baptist Church of Sherman, NY

Send us Fan Mail In Genesis 14, Abram has just accomplished something that no other king in the area could do. He achieves the highest level of victory and has three very important encounters with three different kings. The question to answer in the message is: If we were to ever achieve success, do we know what to do with it? (Text: Genesis 14)

Send us Fan Mail In Genesis 13, we see two men make a decision. One made his decision based on what he could see, and the other man decided by faith. In this message, we'll look at what faith is and see Biblical examples of what it means to walk by faith? (Text: Genesis 13:10-12)

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look at two specific examples of giving and the motives behind each. In one example, we see pride and hypocrisy is the motivation. These are still issues we must deal with today. (Text: Acts 4:32-5:11)

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Send us Fan Mail In Acts 4, Peter and John find themselves standing before the Jewish Council defending their healing of the lame man. In this story, we see the beginning of the persecution that would come on the early church. Most importantly, we see the church's reaction to opposition. (Text: Acts 4)

Send us Fan Mail It is good when people get along with each other. In fact, God's Word even says so, but it doesn't always happen. The truth is that we’re going to disagree with people on both minor and major issues. When it comes to trivial matters, we can agree to disagree, but what do we do about those major disagreements, specifically disagreements that lead to fighting and strife? W...

Send us Fan Mail Abraham’s decision to go to Egypt is a lot like our own lives. Many times, we must make decisions without the benefit of hindsight. Abraham’s story teaches us more about responding to bad decisions than avoiding them. (Text: Genesis 12:10-13:4)

Send us Fan Mail As Peter and John head to the temple to pray, an opportunity appears to help a man and share Christ. (Text: Acts 3:1-26)

Send us Fan Mail As we are introduced to Abraham in Genesis 12, we see a regular guy who simply trusted God and followed His plan. Though Abraham didn't know the whole plan, He had faith that God did and would work everything out exactly as it should be. (Text: Genesis 12:1-9)

Send us Fan Mail In one day, about 3,000 people received Christ and were added to the church. Acts 2 describes one of the most powerful sermons ever preached and the response to it. This passage also describes the early church's qualities that are necessary to the church today. (Text: Acts 2:14-47)

Send us Fan Mail John describes a man, Diotrephes, who greatly abused his position and influence within the church. As leaders and people of influence, we can learn from Diotrephes' example to strengthen our own church. (Text: 3 John v9-14)

Send us Fan Mail As the early church assembled together, waiting for the arrival of the Holy Spirit, there were some specific qualities they possessed that are vital to every church. (Text: Acts 1:12-2:13)

Send us Fan Mail What would our relationships, financial condition, and physical health look like if they all matched the health of our souls? In writing to his friend, Gaius, John gives us a glimpse into the characteristics of a healthy soul. (Text: 3 John v1-11)

Send us Fan Mail In this first look in the book of Acts, we get a brief introduction and look at its place in the Scriptures. Acts begins with Jesus' ascension into Heaven and the promise of the Holy Spirit's coming. (Text: Acts 1:1-11)

Send us Fan Mail In John's letter to this anonymous lady, he expresses the importance of Christian love characterized by truth. He gives instruction regarding the treatment of false teachers who were trying to influence the local church. (Text: 2 John v. 1-13)

Send us Fan Mail In the final chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul gives specific instruction on the collection of money for needy saints as well as the receiving of visiting preachers. (Text: 1Cor 16)

Send us Fan Mail In the fourth and final original Christmas song, we listen to Simeon's expressions of joy and satisfaction as he gazed into the face of Jesus. He was saying, "You're finally here, and You are everything we hoped You would be." (Text: Luke 2:29-32)

Send us Fan Mail Quite often an account or viewpoint of Christmas is limited to human perspective. Luke chapter 2 gives us a small but fascinating account of Christmas from the angel’s perspective, those creatures who witness the activities both in Heaven and down here on Earth. (Text: Luke 2:8-14)

Send us Fan Mail Paul uses a farming illustration to explain how the resurrection will take place (Text: 1Cor 15:35-38)

Send us Fan Mail In this first Christmas "song," Mary sings about God's goodness. In every circumstance of life, we have a choice to see only a problem or the goodness of God. (Text: Luke 1:46-55)

Send us Fan Mail In the final message of this series, we see a summary of the main lessons of the letter as well as 7 things we know because we know who Jesus is. (Text: 1 John 5:13-21)

Send us Fan Mail Paul warns us of the foolishness and dangers of denying Christ's resurrection. (Text: 1Cor 15:29-34)

Send us Fan Mail As John nears the end of his letter, he places a final emphasis on the truth about Jesus. With the knowledge that Jesus is the Son of God, John lists 5 things we gain. (Text: 1John 5:1-12)

Send us Fan Mail John's message to Christians is this: "Beloved, let us love." The word "beloved" means "one who is loved." Since we are loved by God, we now have the ability and responsibility to show God's love each other. (Text: 1John 4:7-21)

Send us Fan Mail Paul draws a connection from Christ's resurrection to the Jewish Feast of Firstfruits in Leviticus 23. (Text: 1Cor 15:20-28)