Fork Union Baptist Weekly Sermon Podcast

Matthew 23: 37-39 ”Love Rejected”

Sermon date: 9/18/2022

In the final days of Jesus’ life, He grieves over Jerusalem.  He tells us that God’s main concern for them is to correct their hearts and sinful nature of this world.  He points out that God desires to care for and look after His people because He loves them.  Pastor Anthony breaks down these passages for us so we can fully understand God’s love for us, His desire to protect us and His promise to return one day.

Psalms 42: 1-11 “What Do You Want?”

Sermon date: 9/11/2022

Youth Pastor Will Hall delivers a powerful sermon today and starts with asking each of us a question, “What Do You Want?”  We know that God wants us to desire Him above all else.  In this psalm, the psalmist details the how, when and why we should all want this too.  Listen to Pastor Will to understand what was written so long ago and is still relevant to believers today.

Ephesians 1: 15-18 “Paul’s Prayer for the Church”

Sermon date: 9/4/2022

The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the church of Ephesus while he was in prison. He prayed for Spiritual Wisdom for the church that they might know God, that they might know God’s calling for their lives and that they might know God’s riches.  Pastor Anthony takes us through multiple bible verses to illustrate that God is concerned about our future.

Matthew 23: 13-36 “The Great Accusations of False Religion”

Sermon date: 8/28/2022

Today’s message is a stern and tragic warning that involves the souls of people.  Jesus wants us to repent and humble ourselves and to follow Him.  Pastor Anthony identifies the nine accusations about false religion detailed in these passages.  Listen to learn what they are and how we need to recognize and avoid them.

Matthew 23: 1-12 ”Three Signs of False Religion”

Sermon date: 8/21/2022

This is the last Tuesday of Jesus’ life.  Jesus speaks to the crowds and his disciples and addresses the spiritual failure of the Pharisees and teachers of religious law.  Jesus points out their hypocrisy and how they didn’t practice what they preached.  They also burdened people with too many rules and forced obedience to them.  Thirdly, the Pharisees suffered greatly from pride and felt they were more religious than others. 

Listen to Pastor Anthony go into more detail on these verses, he reminds us that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ and that greatness is measured by our service, we are called to serve not to rule.

Matthew 22: 41-46 ”What Do You Think?”

Sermon date: 8/14/2022

This is the last week of Jesus’ life.  In these passages, Jesus turns the tide and asks the Pharisees this question: “What do you think about the Messiah?”. 

Pastor Anthony teaches us that Jesus wanted to stir their hardened hearts and to help them realize that eternity boils down to what we believe about the Messiah, that we need to reveal our hearts to God. 

Some questions we should reflect on are:
What do I think about Jesus? 
What has He done and where has He delivered me from? 
What is my testimony?

2 Timothy 3:16 ”Leading By Example”

Sermon date: 8/7/2022

All scripture is God breathed and inspired by God, scripture is a guidebook for us to do God's work on earth.  Follow along with guest speaker Corven Flynn as he shares examples from the bible on leading with God's word.

Matthew 28: 18-20 ”Youth Retreat Testimonies”

Message date: 07/31/2022

This biblical passage mandates that we invest in our youth because they are the future leaders of the church, by doing this investing we make new disciples.  Today’s message features testimonies from our youth about what they learned from the retreat they attended.

Matthew 22: 34-40 ”How to Obey the Law”

Sermon date: 7/24/2022

This is the last occurrence in the bible where the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus by asking Him which commandment is the most important.  Jesus' reply was to love God with all of your heart, soul and mind and secondly to love your neighbor as yourself.  Pastor Anthony guides us through these passages by revealing what God wants from us.

Matthew 22: 23-33 ”The What Ifs”

Sermon date: 7/17/2022

Once again Jesus is questioned about resurrection, this time by the Sadducees.  They were trying to trap Him into their nonbiblical version of the truth.  They scoffed at the idea of resurrection because it could not be explained by rational thoughts.  Pastor Anthony instructs us about the importance of knowing the scriptures and helps us understand that the resurrection will far exceed anything we have in life.