First Naples Podcast

In today's episode we discuss Pastor Ed Upton's sermon on Luke 23 and the promise that Jesus saves those who put their faith and trust in Him. 🗒️Additional resources from this week: YouVersion notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49578087 Sermon video replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsRO9zPPLKs To Connect with us, please visit us at firstnaples.org The vision of First Naples is to glorify G...

Luke 23 The Man on the Middle Cross

Father, Forgive Them! Luke 23:33-34, 19:10

Pastor Alan, Pastor Ed Upton, and Mark Herzlich discuss Exodus 33–34, exploring how we can find courage in knowing that although our sin separates us from God, His grace—through a perfect mediator—restores what our sin has destroyed.  

In Exodus 33-34, we can have courage to see that even though our sin separates us from God, through a perfect mediator, His grace restores what our sin destroyed.

Pastor Alan, Pastor Thomas Eugene Keys III, and Mark Herzlich discuss Exodus 19-20, where we learn that courage to obey comes from a relationship with God who has rescued us. 

In Exodus 19-20, we learn that courage to obey comes from a relationship with God who has rescued us.

Join Pastor Alan and Mark Herzlich as they dive into the NEXT vision for First Naples. Here you will find clear discussion on what NEXT means for our church and future generations. 

In Exodus 16, we find the courage to trust as we confront our discontentment, depend daily on His grace, and delight in resting in Him.

Join Pastor Alan, Pastor Thomas Eugene Keys III, and Mark Herzlich as they discuss this week’s sermon from Exodus 13-14, focusing on the courage to move forward because God’s presence guides us and His power saves us.

We can have courage to move forward because God’s presence guides us and His power saves us.

Join Pastor Alan, Pastor Thomas Eugene Keys III, and Mark Herzlich as they discuss this week’s sermon from Exodus 11–13, focusing on the Passover and how it relates to the death Jesus died in our place through substitution.

In the Passover, we learn how to have courage in the gospel, because we see that Jesus died the death we deserved to die through substitution, so that we could receive a deliverance we don’t deserve through His salvation.

Join Pastor Alan, Pastor Thomas Eugene Keys III and Mark Herzlich as they discuss this weeks sermon from Exodus 5-11 - Courage in Confrontation. 

In Exodus 5-11, God confronts the evil in the world and the idols in our hearts through His justice and kindness.

Join Pastor Alan, Pastor Thomas Eugene Keys III and Mark Herzlich as they discuss this weeks sermon from Exodus 3 as we learn that the courage to step into your calling comes from knowing that God has not forgotten you, God has forgiven you, and God will never forsake you.

In Exodus 3, we learn that the courage to step into your calling comes from knowing that God has not forgotten you, God has forgiven you, and God will never forsake you.

In Chapters 1 and 2, we see how God is moving through the crisis and the courageous to set His people free.

Biblical courage is not the absence of fear in your life, but it is faith fueled obedience in the presence of God.

In Jesus, our Prince of Peace, we see the peace that desperately need and that He decisively gives.

A new year is often viewed as the start of new beginnings, new possibilities, and new challenges. This Sunday, Pastor Steve led us through the story of Joseph in Genesis 37. As we start 2026, we start it with a reminder of three promises: that God is good, God is with us, and God is for us.

Jesus is our Everlasting Father who founded our salvation and will be forever faithful in our lives.

Jesus is our Mighty God who fights for us and sets us free by His ultimate victory at the Cross and the Empty Tomb.

Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor who gives us hope we can hold on to when we do not know what to do. For us to understand the glory of His Wonderful Counseling, we need to see the gloom of the world’s darkness.

The Lord's Supper is more than just eating bread and drinking juice. The Lord’s Supper is a way that we give thanks for our freedom purchased by Jesus’ crucifixion and how we give thanks for our future promised by His resurrection.