Vernon First Baptist Church

What is this talk about Covenant? And how is it tied to the High Priest and Jesus? Our authors have a point to prove and its coming to a main point in our passage today!

The Book of Hebrews keeps coming back to the theme of the Law, the sacrificial system, and how Jesus compares to it, arguing for His superiority. Based on the idea of the Order of Melchizedek, the author wants us to see how Jesus is the true High Priest and we'll explore what that means for us.

We're back into Hebrews after our Advent/Christmas break, and we're excited to keep going through this great book. May we be reminded that It's All About Jesus, even though it seems that it's all about Melchizedek right now in Hebrews! Who is this guy? What does he have to do with Jesus? Join in to find out!

Chaplain Chuck has a challenge for us from our final Christmas sermon of the season and the first sermon of the New Year! 

Celebrate Christmas and enter deeper into the story of what God had promised! 

The first Christmas is a time of unexpected love. Enter into this first Christmas once again and hear a story from Phyllis about an unexpected love that transformed two at once!

What brought Mary Joy that first Christmas? It might just surprise you to find out.  May we also find the Joy she did in the midst of our uncertain times.

We all long for peace and try to get it in various ways. But what truly is Peace? And how do we get it? LIsten in on the very first story of Luke's Gospel and we might just find out.

As we begin our Advent series, today we look at the Hope that Isaiah had promised the people of God. Ray Parker leads us thru this passage and encourages us to focus on the light in the midst of the darkness we are in.

Join us as Dan shows us how the author of Hebrews takes us back to Abraham in order to show us how to firming place the anchor of our hope in Jesus.

Enter into the third warning of Hebrews in chapters 5:11-6:10. We'll see that we aren't to stay merely on the basics, but that Jesus has so much more for us. We also see if we can understand this challenging passage that calls us to always Go Deeper with Jesus.

Laurie takes us deeper in Hebrews, exploring what it means for Jesus to be our Great High Priest!

Grace Wulff is our hospital chaplain in Vernon, so who better in the midst of such a tumultuous year + in healthcare to speak to us about the need of rest? Please listen in with an open heart to all that God has for you through this message. And if you'd like to leave us a message - you can do that at the link below - perhaps a note of encouragement for Grace or a question regarding the sermon or...

Everywhere we turn today it seems that people have hard hearts towards each other and perhaps toward God! What does Hebrews say about this hardening? Are we to be held responsible when others make us upset? What can we do about? Is it even possible to have a soft heart today? Enter in to this passage with us today and find out!

Where do we place our loyalties? Who do we follow? Our passage today challened the early church in these areas. Its a challenge we could use today as well as we continue to find Hebrews teaches us that It's All About Jesus.

We're taking a short break from our Hebrews series to focus in on Thanksgiving during a time when it can be very hard to be grateful. What does scripture say about gratitude? Join with Randy and Laurie for a homiletical dialogue (a sermalogue?) and let's find out together!

The author of the book of Hebrews has focused pretty hard on ensuring that we understand who Jesus is, greater than the angels, the divine Son of God. But now there's a pretty abrupt switch as we consider another aspect of who Jesus is and why. Enter in as we look at the ramifications of Jesus being Fully Human.

The author of Hebrews tells us that we MUST pay attention to what we've heard - to ensure that we Don't Drift! Join in as we look at what it means to not drift from Jesus and all that Jesus is about!

Come and explore our new sermon series as we delve into the book of Hebrews.  Why would the author have such a focus on angels and need to spend so much time talking about them? Does it have relevance to us today?  Dive in as we continue to see It's all about Jesus!

We are excited to start a new series for this year as we ask God how we can best respond in these unprecedented times. We've been led to dive into the book of Hebrews, an often overlooked and challenging portion of Scripture - perfect for a challenging time.  Enter in with us and see why Hebrews is what we need right now.

Enter into the past 18 months with us as we look at how we are doing and the encouragement we can receive in our honesty from the Word of God.

Our regional ministerial Larry Schram is preaching this week for us on Persistence from the persistent widow parable Jesus teaches us. In a time when we are tired and perhaps confused, here is a message to encourage us to keep going.

We're nearing the end of our summer series of Seeking Justice Together and today we look at an incredible story of  God's heart for justice lived out in a leader who had a lot going on, but took time to address injustice in the midst of it all!

There is so much going on in this action of Jesus! Was He going of the handle? Angry?  What was this all about? Listen in and see.

Pastor Laurie helps us see what its like to make amends in the story of Zacchaeus, as we continue Seeking Justice Together through the summer.