Making, Baptizing, Teaching - July 27, 2025
Sermon 7.27.25 – Rev. Luke Stehr Making, Baptizing, Teaching Matthew 28:16-20 Acts 1:8 Romans 6:3-4 Galatians 3:26-28
Jul 28, 2025•31 min•Ep. 209
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Living a Godly Life - July 20, 2027
Rev. Connor Torrealba Sermon: Living a Godly Life July 20, 2025 2 Peter 1:3-4 “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” What is a godly life? How did Peter get there? How do we get there? We are called ...
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Clarity and Community - July 13, 2025
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Jul 14, 2025•33 min•Ep. 207
The Problem of Worship - July 6, 2025
Ryan Chandler July 6, 2025 The Problem of Worship Scripture: Psalm 95 Psalm 95:7d-11 Psalm 95:1-7c When God is the focus of your worship, you discover your true meaning and purpose in life. The Call to Worship The Reason for Worship The Result of Worship The Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-2 The Reason for Worship Psalm 95:3-5 The Result of Worship Psalm 95:6-7c
Jul 07, 2025•23 min•Ep. 206
Flourishing Fruitfulness: Love Others! - June 29, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington June 29, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) SUMMER 2025: You Are Here! June 1 – August 2, 2025 Psalm 1 Flourishing Fruitfulness: Love Others! Matthew 22:34-40 Psalm 1 Tree – A Flourishing Person Two Questions from Human Flourishing Measure (One Slide) -Overall, to what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile? -I unde...
Jun 30, 2025•36 min•Ep. 205
Flourishing Formation: Seek God’s Kingdom! - June 22, 2025
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Jun 23, 2025•36 min•Ep. 204
Flourishing Foundation: Love God! - June 15, 2025
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Jun 16, 2025•37 min•Ep. 203
Humanity’s Glory - June 8, 2025
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Jun 09, 2025•34 min•Ep. 202
Creation Testifies! - June 1, 2025
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Jun 02, 2025•28 min•Ep. 201
Walk This Way . . . Together! - May 25, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington May 25, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) SPRING 2025: Walk This Way! April 27 – May 31, 2025 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus (Matthew 5:48) Walk This Way . . . Together! Colossians 3:1-17 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for 2026: Flourishing Together: Transformed on The Jesus Wa...
May 26, 2025•37 min•Ep. 200
Designer Fashions - May 18, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington May 18, 2025 High School Grads Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) SPRING 2025: Walk This Way! April 27 – May 31, 2025 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus (Matthew 5:48) Designer Fashions Colossians 3:1-17 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Spring 2025: Walk This Way! HUMAN FLOURISHING: On...
May 19, 2025•39 min•Ep. 199
Love is the Greatest! - May 11, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington May 11, 2025 Mother’s Day Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) SPRING 2025: Walk This Way! April 27 – May 31, 2025 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus (Matthew 5:48) Love is the Greatest! Colossians 3:1-17 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Spring 2025: Walk This Way! HUMAN FLOURISHING: One...
May 12, 2025•32 min•Ep. 198
Put Your Mind To It! - May 4, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington April 27, 2025 College Grad Sunday Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) SPRING 2025: Walk This Way! April 27 – May 31, 2025 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus (Matthew 5:48) Put Your Mind To It! Romans 12:1-2 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Spring 2025: Walk This Way! HUMAN FLOURISHING:...
May 05, 2025•37 min•Ep. 197
New Age Wisdom - April 27, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington April 27, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) SPRING 2025: Walk This Way! April 27 – May 31, 2025 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus (Matthew 5:48) New Age Wisdom 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Spring 2025: Walk This Way! HUMAN FLOURISHING: One of the domains...
Apr 28, 2025•35 min•Ep. 196
He is Not Here, He Has Risen!
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington April 20, 2025 Easter Sunday Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) LENTEN EASTER 2025: The Real Story Gospel of Matthew March 5 (Ash Wednesday) – April 26, 2025 He is Not Here, He Has Risen! Matthew 28:1-15 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Spring 2025: Walk This Way! Theme for the Lenten/Easter Season: The Real Story ...
Apr 21, 2025•38 min•Ep. 195
Jesus the Nazarene - April 13, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington April 13, 2025 Palm Sunday Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) LENTEN EASTER 2025: The Real Story Gospel of Matthew March 5 (Ash Wednesday) – April 26, 2025 Jesus the Nazarene Matthew 21:1-11 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for the Lenten/Easter Season: The Real Story HISTORY – The story of the Royal Entry of Jesus Chr...
Apr 14, 2025•30 min•Ep. 194
The Messiah’s Church - April 6, 2025
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Apr 07, 2025•36 min•Ep. 193
Transformed for Life in the Kingdom - March 30, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington March 30, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) LENTEN EASTER 2025: The Real Story Gospel of Matthew March 5 (Ash Wednesday) – April 26, 2025 Transformed for Life in the Kingdom Matthew 13:1-9 Theme for the Lenten/Easter Season: The Real Story FLOURISHING – Living life as God intended! Jesus Christ desires to absolutely, completely, and holisti...
Mar 31, 2025•26 min•Ep. 192
Heavenly Construction Instructions - March 23, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington March 23, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) LENTEN EASTER 2025: The Real Story Gospel of Matthew March 5 (Ash Wednesday) – April 26, 2025 Heavenly Construction Instructions Matthew 7:24-29 Theme for the Lenten/Easter Season: The Real Story Matthew records 5 major sermons from Jesus: Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) Commissioning of the Dis...
Mar 24, 2025•27 min•Ep. 191
A Servant King - March 16, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington March 16, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) LENTEN EASTER 2025: The Real Story Gospel of Matthew March 5 (Ash Wednesday) – April 26, 2025 A Servant King Matthew 3:13-17 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for the Lenten/Easter Season: The Real Story FLOURISHING – Living life as God intended! EXAMPLE – The best examp...
Mar 17, 2025•40 min•Ep. 190
Born A King! - March 9, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington March 9, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) LENTEN EASTER 2025: The Real Story Gospel of Matthew March 5 (Ash Wednesday) – April 26, 2025 Born a King! Matthew 1:1-17 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for the Lenten/Easter Season: The Real Story Matthew! Photo: The Calling of St. Matthew RE-BIRTH OF HISTORY ROYAL RE...
Mar 10, 2025•27 min•Ep. 189
Flourishing in Persecution - March 2, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington March 6, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Flourishing in Persecution Matthew 5:10-12 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for the Lenten/Easter Season: The Real Story Theme for Winter 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Apostles demonstrated their willingness to die for their faith. Photos: St. Peter in Cha...
Mar 03, 2025•43 min•Ep. 188
Flourishing in Peacemaking - February 23, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington February 23, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Flourishing in Peacemaking Matthew 5:9 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Winter 2025: Happiness Is . . . Alfred Nobel World Peace: According to the United Nations, humans have been at peace for 268 of the last 3,400 years, which is about 8% of reco...
Feb 24, 2025•38 min•Ep. 187
Flourishing in Pity - February 16, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington February 16, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Flourishing in Pity Matthew 5:7 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Winter 2025: Happiness Is . . . Vocabulary Work The Greek Translation on the Hebrew Bible translates the Hebrew word, hesed (love, lovingkindness, steadfast love, loyal love, goodnes...
Feb 17, 2025•39 min•Ep. 186
Flourishing in Pursuit - February 9, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington February 9, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Flourishing in Pursuit Matthew 5:6 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Winter 2025: Happiness Is . . . Happiness and Life Satisfaction 1. Overall, how satisfied are you with life as a whole these days? 2. In general, how happy or unhappy do you usuall...
Feb 10, 2025•38 min•Ep. 185
Flourishing In Poverty - February 2, 2025
Ryan Chandler February 2, 2025 Flourishing In Poverty Matthew 5:3-5 Main Idea: It’s blessed to be poor in God’s kingdom. “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” The poor in spirit are: Those who recognize their dependence on God. People of grace. The consequences of not recognizing our spiritual poverty are: We lose the ability to offer grace to others. We lose the blessing of doing the Lord’s work. “Blessed are those who mourn.” Permission to mourn Mourning as an act of faith “Blessed are the meek.” ...
Feb 03, 2025•31 min•Ep. 184
Flourishing in Purity - January 26, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington January 26, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Flourishing in Purity Matthew 5:1-2, 8 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Six Domains of Human Flourishing Happiness and Life Satisfaction Mental and Physical Health Meaning and Purpose Character and Virtue Close Social Relationships Material and Financial Sta...
Jan 27, 2025•35 min•Ep. 183
Don’t Worry, Be Happy! - January 19, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington January 19, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Psalm 68:3-6 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ The creation narratives the Scriptures begin with are an important source for discerning God’s intent for the human person. There it seems that God’s intent for each person and for all crea...
Jan 20, 2025•34 min•Ep. 182
The Playlist for Life - January 12, 2025
Rev. Oza Jones Director of Evangelism for Texas Baptists The Playlist for Life Psalm 1 Deny The World Watch Where You Stroll Watch Where You Stand Watch Where You Sit Delights In The Word Desire The Word Digest The Word Declare The Word Depiction Of The Word The Tree Is Planted The Tree Is Purposed The Tree Is Productive Are Your Flourishing or Floundering? "IN RESCUING OTHERS FROM AN UNNECESSARY DEATH, WE RESCUE OURSELVES FROM A MEANINGLESS LIFE" - EVANGELISM Destruction of the Wicked Bitter Tr...
Jan 13, 2025•37 min•Ep. 181
Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ - January 5, 2025
Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington January 5, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Winter 2025: Happiness Is . . . CORE CHALLENGES -Managing Appetites -Encountering Emptiness -Limited Horizons CALLING OF GOD -An Invitation to Deep -Wisdom ...
Jan 06, 2025•36 min•Ep. 180
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