Litchfield First Baptist Church

In this message, Pastor Brent Stille opens 1 John to show us a command to follow (abide in Him) and a truth to cling to (we have a new identity). Open the Scriptures with us to see the glory of being called children of God!

Join us as we open the Word at Litchfield First Baptist Church to discover how we are called to be people who are substitutes because Jesus Christ has been our substitute. Since we have the righteousness of God, we can go and do righteous deeds to the glory of God!

What will your life be remembered for when it is finished? Paul answers that question in two verses of Colossians. In this message on Colossians 1:28-29, Daniel Smitley reveals the message Paul proclaimed, the means he used in warning and teaching with all wisdom, as well as the motive driving Paul's mission of presenting everyone mature in Christ. The labor is real, involving toil and struggl...

In this final message in his series on the Lamb of God, Pastor Brent Stille walks us through the glory of the worthy Lamb who opens the scroll.

Every church has people who know the language, sing the songs, and then disappear. The apostle John writes about that reality in 1 John 2:18-27, and he startlingly calls them antichrists. John applies the term to anyone who stands in the place of the true Christ by denying who He is, and he warns that such people often rise up from within the assembly itself. Pastor Brent Stille walks through why...

John writes that those who love the world system can't love god. Instead, they hate God and pursue what the world offers. In this message, Pastor Brent Stille shows us the destructive power of sin while pointing us to satisfaction in Christ.

In this message, Pastor Brent Stille opens the Word of God and shows how the apostle John encourages believers at differing stages of spiritual maturity to continue on their journey of faith and grow in the Lord.

Every inner circle has a center and an edge. Most Christians worry about both: whether we are close enough to the middle, and whether the wrong person is getting in. In Luke 9:46–50, the disciples argue over which of them is the greatest, and minutes later they try to shut down a man casting out demons in Jesus' name because he was not one of them. Pastor Daniel Steeves walks through Jesus&#39...

In this expository message from 1 John 2:3-6, Pastor Brent Stille voices three traits of genuine believers. These three traits help a Christian know that he is truly a believer. Be Obeying Be Treasuring Be Imitating

Join us in this message, as Pastor Brent Stille describes the wonder of Jesus being the believer's advocate!

God is light, and in Him there is no darkness. In this sermon from 1 John 1:5–10 , discover how believers should respond to sin, not by denying it, but by confessing it and resting in Christ's finished work. Learn why walking in the light leads to forgiveness, cleansing, and deeper fellowship with God.

In this communion message from Litchfield First Baptist Church, Pastor Brent Stille walks through John's opening testimony and asks what it means that the eternal Word was manifest in human flesh. Along the way, we explore the Gnostic error John writes to correct, why Christology deserves our careful attention, and the three "L's" that frame the whole letter — God is light, God i...

This Sunday, Pastor Brent Stille began a new series in 1 John. Join us for this introductory sermon that orients us to the whole book as we prepare for the journey of understanding John's point that we can know that we are in Christ!

Mark 2:1–12 shows four friends tearing through a roof to carry a paralyzed man to Jesus, and what Jesus does next surprises everyone in the room. Instead of healing the man's legs first, he forgives his sins, and that single sentence proves who Jesus really is. This expository sermon on the healing of the paralytic walks through Jesus' authority to forgive, the scribes who called it blasph...

How does God expect parents to raise their kids? Join us as we explore Deuteronomy 6 and Ephesians 6 to see how we can raise children who love the Lord their God!

In this message, Pastor Brent Stille opens Scripture to paint a picture of what God expects of men in marriage. Listen along as we learn about God's plan.

In this message, Pastor Brent Stille provides an overview of what it means to "act like men" by examining Adam, Joshua, Ezekiel, and Jesus. Listen along to learn what God expects of men!

Hurt finds all of us eventually. What we do with it is what makes the difference. Pastor Brent Stille opens Hebrews 12 to show what unresolved resentment does to a person, and how God's grace offers a way out. In this message: What bitterness is, and the two roots it grows from The damage it does physically, spiritually, and to those around us The shift from pursuing revenge to pursuing peace...

In this message from Hebrews 12:14–16, Pastor Brent opens a two-part series on the blight of bitterness: where the root grows, why it spreads, and how the grace of God meets us before the harvest. You'll hear the diagnosis behind the warning, the two soils (lust and loss) that almost always grow it, and the truth that none of us is past the temptation.

Join us as we explore the concept of being ransomed from our sin! Pastor Stille explains this passage with the following outline: What did God ransom us from? What did God ransom us with? By whom did God ransom us? For what cause did God ransom us?

When everything you stand for feels like it's being torn down, why keep showing up? Why not just step back, soften your convictions, and quit? In Psalm 11, David faces that exact temptation. Saul is hunting him, the wicked have arrows notched in the dark, and his closest friends are telling him to flee to the mountains. The voice in his ear sounds reasonable: the foundations are destroyed, wha...

How do you actually pray for the people in your life who don't know Christ? In this message from our prayer series, Pastor Brent Stille walks through a simple but potent biblical pattern drawn from Paul's letters: praying for open doors of opportunity, open mouths to speak with boldness, and open hearts that can finally hear the gospel as good news. Rooted in Romans 10, Colossians 4, Ephes...

Drawing on Jesus' prayer for his disciples, his spiritual children, Pastor Stille encourages us to pray for our own children and grandchildren with the same priorities.

What does it look like to express thankfulness in prayer? In this message, Pastor Brent Stille opens to Philippians 4 and encourages us not to fear anything, to pray about everything, and to give thanks in all things.

How do we ask God to work on our behalf? We prioritize our relationship with Him, we present our needs and desires, and we wait for His answer. Join us as Pastor Brent Stille walks us through John 15:7 to help us grow our prayer lives!