Tallowood Baptist Church

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

John 8:12, 9:1-5 How do you read the Bible? Is it a reference book like a dictionary? Or is it a rule book for you? What if we read it as revelation about God? Good news: Jesus wants us to know who he is! In the second “I am” saying, Jesus shows us that he is the Light of the world. As we walk with him we become more like him. Our world could use a little more light. Quotes: Dallas Willard:  “God...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Message on John 6:35. What do we most want from Jesus? Hungry people hoped Jesus would renew the manna program of Moses. Jesus fed them and asked them to believe in him as the Bread of Life. He is more than just provider of our physical needs. Jesus is life itself! Is he enough for us? Quotes: Prayer of Humble Access: We do not presume to come to this your table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our o...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Message based on Psalm 27. If you could ask God for anything, what would you ask? Our answer likely reveals something about who we think God is. Knowing who God was enabled David to live with singular focus in worship. The Psalmist lived in a frightening world with a fearless faith. So may we! Quotes: Jill Briscoe:  You can worry or you can worship. Strangely busy people find it a whole lot easier...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Message by Duane Brooks from John 9:24-38. As we commit ourselves to “this one thing,” how do we know if we are authentic followers of Jesus? Transformation. Like the Apostle Paul, when we enter relationship with Jesus Christ, he begins to change us. None of us has arrived, but we have been changed. After stories from the gospels of Mark and Luke, Sunday we come to the gospel of John. Here, the bl...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Philippians 3:10-11 Luke 10:38-42 Are we human beings or humans doing? For all the talk about technology slowing us down and adding time to our lives, we spend less time disconnected than any generation in history. The new mantra is: I am busy, therefore I am. Paul suspended every other activity to pursue relationship with Christ. What if being precedes doing? Who are we? Jesus taught in his favor...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Philippians 3:3-9; Mark 10:17-27 As we come to the feast of forgiveness today, we examine ourselves and ask God to show us what we need to release and leave behind. We know that we repent of our sins. But what about our own self-sufficiency? Paul repented of his false self-righteousness. The rich young ruler did not. Will we? God loves us. Grace is here. Quotes: Louisa Fletcher wrote, “How I wish...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Philippians 3:7-15  A new year invites us to do new things. So what will we do in this new year that God has given us? How will we use our time? In his letter to the Philippians the Apostle Paul articulates his vision for life with the simple expression, “This one thing I do . . .” What was Paul’s one thing? What if Paul’s one thing became our one thing? To discover more messages of hope, go to ta...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Message by Shawn Boyd.  Romans 5:1-13 To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Isaiah 9:6-7 What is the point of Christmas? Why are believers around the world awakening early and attending worship? As we celebrate the coming of our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace, we remember that Christ’s coming fulfilled God’s grand design of redemption. For God so loved, he gave, so that we might believe. The cradle led to a cross. The cross showed...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Isaiah 9:4-7; John 14:27; Ephesians 2:14-18 As we light the fourth candle Sunday, I wonder are we at peace? Who vandalized our shalom? The supply chain for peace has been disrupted in our world. Judah faced the same problem with Israel and Syria trying to force them to fight against Assyria. What price would they be willing to pay for peace? Isaiah saved the best for last, as he pointed to a child...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Isaiah 9:2-7, John 14:9-14 How did you get your name? My parents decided to stay with the theme of “D,” naming my brothers and me David, Dan, Duane, and Darin. Duane is also my dad’s middle name. My dad told me my first name came from an actor in a movie he had just seen. 740 years before Jesus was born, the prophet Isaiah envisioned a child with the titles, “Planner of Wonders, Mighty God, Everla...

Explore the Bible with Pastor Larry Bertrand. To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/ . Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbc Follow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptist Follow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist

Isaiah 9:6-7, 46:9-10 Someone said, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” How about our plans? Do we have the ability to make them happen? Isaiah knew the people of God needed to know God’s plan for their lives. He prophesied and predicted the birth of a baby who would be a “Planner of Wonders,” or Wonderful Counselor. It is one thing to plan wonderful things, but another to bring...