Sermons from First Baptist Church of Sherman, NY

Send us Fan Mail God sovereignly exercises power over all things to accomplish His plan while also showing kindness and mercy to people who don't understand or deserve it. (Text: Genesis 41)

Send us Fan Mail Though God revealed part of His plan through dreams, Joseph still didn’t know all that God was doing.  We must follow God’s plan and trust Him even when we don’t fully understand. (Text: Genesis 40)

Send us Fan Mail Because God was faithful to Joseph, Joseph could and should be faithful to God. And we can and must be faithful against temptation. (Genesis 39.6-20)

Send us Fan Mail God is always with us, accomplishing his will for our good. (Genesis 39.1-23)

Send us Fan Mail While we witness Judah’s failures to his own family, we witness Tamar’s faithfulness and loyalty to it. Power and position are meant and should be used to serve and protect others. (Text: Genesis 38)

Send us Fan Mail This story highlights very serious problems within Jacob's family and how sinful behavior brought trauma into their family. God’s people are called to help the wounded and hurting like Jesus did. (Text: Genesis 37.12-36)

Send us Fan Mail God’s goodness and power are greater than your mess. (Genesis 37.2-11)

Send us Fan Mail Guest Speaker Leon Ben-Ezra (Text: Matthew 5.4)

Send us Fan Mail Guest Speaker Daniel Benedict (Ephesians 4.25-32)

Send us Fan Mail Believers must display Christian love for one another and continue in it. (Text: 1 Thessalonians 4.9-10)

Send us Fan Mail A sermon on God's love for His people (Text: Isaiah 40.9-11)

Send us Fan Mail It’s not necessarily the religious who worship Christ but the wise who do so with reverence, joy, and eagerness. Like the Magi, seek Christ with humble, joyful, sacrificial worship. (Text: Matthew 2.1-12)

Send us Fan Mail Christ came as promised but not as expected; that should make us wonder, believe, and ponder.  (Text: Luke 2:15.20)

Send us Fan Mail Advent teaches us not to base our joy on present circumstances but on the future promises. (Text: Luke 2.9-10)

Send us Fan Mail Advent reminds us that God is still accomplishing his plan according tHiHis purpose and His timing.  (Text: Ephesians 1.9-10)

Send us Fan Mail Advent teaches us to wait in the mess for Christ’s return with patience and hope. (Text: Romans 8.18-25)

Send us Fan Mail The Church must be a place where compassion, kindness, patience, love are given and received because they are the people whom God has chosen, sanctified, and dearly loves. (Text: Colossians 3.11-17)

Send us Fan Mail God uses His Word to teach and encourage His people to live in harmony with one another and so give Him glory. (Text: Romans 15.4-7)

Send us Fan Mail Seek to please your neighbor for his spiritual good, for the building up of the Body, and for the glory of God.  (Text: Romans 15.1-7)

Send us Fan Mail We do damage to the Body of Christ when we force our Christian liberty in non-essentials on those who have no faith. (Text: Romans 14.13-23)

Send us Fan Mail We build up the body by welcoming the members and not passing judgment on them for being different. (Text: Romans 14.1-13)

Send us Fan Mail Genuine love is measured by our actions not our feelings.   (Text: Romans  12.9-10; 1 Corinthians 13)

Send us Fan Mail You need the body, and the body needs you. (Text: Romans 12.3-8; 1 Corinthians 12.14-27)

Send us Fan Mail Guard the sacred trust and keep it just as it was entrusted to you. (Text: 1 Timothy 6.20-21)

Send us Fan Mail View your wealth as a rich blessing and a great opportunity. (Text: 1 Timothy 6.17-19)