First Baptist Shreveport
This is the official podcast channel of First Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA.
Episodes
128 episodes
Sermon - Jeff Raines - A Delicate Situation [2 Samuel 14]
Difficult relationships are not healed by avoidance. In 2 Samuel 14, David encounters a delicate situation with his son Absalom.Do we deeply see others we're in relationship with? Some reasons we fail in this:- we're ...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - The Path of Repentance [2 Samuel 12]
2 Samuel 12There is a temptation in life to live like we are God- functional atheism. This is the oldest temptation in all of Scripture (Genesis and satan tempting Jesus)David finds himself in a place he did not mean ...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - David's Wreck [2 Samuel 11]
“Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8If you heard that there was a man eating lion roaming around South Highlands or Spring Lake ...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Gifts and Grace [2 Samuel 7]
In this passage, King David is at the pinnacle of his power and wealth. He considers building a house for God. God then appears to David and emphatically says no. God has a different, greater plan.Sometim...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Danger! [2 Samuel 6]
The movement of the Ark of the Covenant in this story was a human centered effort with disastrous results. David learns that worship can be dangerous and we should approach God on God’s terms. We do not have a domesticated God that ...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Death and Life [Matthew 28:1-7]
Are you in Christ today? And how do you know? Romans 10:9 says that “If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” That’s how we join in this explosion ...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Looking Into the Well [John 12]
This is the week that we remember Jesus’ passion - Holy Week. Today we’re looking at Judas and the role that he played in the story of this week. Judas was trusted and considered trustworthy as he was the keeper of the mo...
Sermon- Jeff Raines - Good Grief [2 Samuel 1]
In 2 Samuel 1 we see David dealing with grief and loss when Saul dies. Almost half of the Psalms, many written by David, are Psalms of LAMENT.What does grieving well look like? - If we live in denial of death, we cann...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - The Power of a Beautiful Life [1 Samuel 25]
Are we pursuing what is good, beautiful, and true in our lives? In 1 Samuel 25, we see Nabal, an independent, self-made and self-interested man reject a request for generosity, insulting David. David doesn’t take i...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Forgiveness [1 Samuel 24:4-7]
Maybe the comfort and security that we all crave is actually spiritually dangerous for us. In 1 Samuel 24:4-7, we see David in a cave in the wilderness of En Gedi showing great restraint and honor to Saul when it would have been so...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - The Power of Friendship [1 Samuel 17:57-18:5]
In 1 Samuel 17:57- 18:5, we see David go from a solitary man to a man with a friend. Today's technology has us more connected than ever but at the same time, we have become more isolated than ever before. We are experiencing ...
Sermon - Ryan McCoy - Special Delivery [I Samuel 17]
In the story of David and Goliath, we see that fear had become the common currency of Israel. They become immobilized by the taunts of a single man. Enter David. Eugene Peterson says of Israel- they have a "failure of imaginat...
Sermon - Ryan McCoy - Not As Mortals See [1 Samuel 16:1-13]
As we continue our series in 1 Samuel 16, we see that Saul's lack of leadership had consequences. In today's passage, Samuel went out on priestly business to anoint a new king. At first look, he thought he might be replacing one obv...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Between a Rock and a Hard Place [1 Samuel 14]
It's amazing what the Spirit of God can do with willing hearts!The story of Saul's son Jonathan in 1 Samuel 14 shows us that faith requires overcoming paralysis and taking a step. We can always put off decisions to serve...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Chasing Donkeys [1 Samuel 9]
Sometimes things and events are not what they seem. In 1 Samuel 9 we see that a story of lost donkeys actually turns out to be the appointing of a king! Sometimes God sets up divine appointments for us. Sometimes ...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - A Very Good Day [1 Samuel 7]
What would you do on an ideal day? This week's sermon explores 1 Samuel 7 as Jeff preached from his office on a livestream while the FBC Shreveport campus was covered with snow and ice!
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Do We Put God in a Box? [1 Samuel 4]
If we let politics lead and shape us, if we barter for blessings, or if we treat God like a vending machine, we may be putting God in a box. He doesn't belong to us, we belong to Him. Do we obey only when it's convenient? Is t...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Here I Am [1 Samuel 3]
In our second week of looking at the book of 1 Samuel, we take a look at Samuel's calling. He didn't recognize God's voice at first, but came to understand that God was indeed calling him. Like Samuel, when we're in close proximity ...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Starting Small [1 Samuel 1:1-10]
In 1 Samuel, Hannah brought her heart before God in an honest way. As we work through 1 and 2 Samuel in the coming weeks, we’ll see that God often bypasses the powerful and the impressive and instead will work through the faithful, the ov...
Sermon - Ryan McCoy - What Now? [Luke 2:20]
Christmas is the culmination of a long season of waiting. After Advent, the world settles down and we ask, “what’s next?”In Luke chapter two, we hear again the story of the shepherds- ordinary, lowly, workers that we don’t know a lot abou...
Christmas Reflection - Jeff Raines
Immanuel, "God with us," has come to speak to the deepest longing of our hearts. May you find rest in the hope, peace, joy and love of Jesus this Christmas!
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Vibrant Praise - [Luke 1:46-56]
Sometimes we silence ourselves and feel like our voices don’t matter. We may even feel like we don’t have a voice. Zechariah was silenced, but sometimes Advent calls for us to speak and maybe even to shout about wh...
Sermon - Jeff Raines - Speechless Wonder [Luke 1:8-17]
How do you feel during a pause? Do you always try to fill the silence? What are we afraid of? What do we think we will find in the silence? When Zechariah was told by the angel that Elizabeth would becom...