The Farmville Baptist Church Podcast

Episode 172 - Worship - Kingdom First (Luke 12:22-31)

In this week's message, Pastor Adam revisits one of the core commands of Jesus - to seek God's kingdom first - and explores how this frees us from the worry and anxiety that is part of how life operates far too often.

Episode 171 - Worship - Not His to Own (Luke 12:13-21)

Sometimes, Jesus addressed needs in the Gospels that are strange or unknown to us - but not in this passage.  Here, Jesus tells the story of a rich man who has received a windfall, an unlooked-for blessing, and plots to increase his own comfort and ease.  That path is not the path of life, Jesus says; rather, he encourages all who hear his words to think of those in need and share what God has blessed them with at every opportunity, because nothing that we have been given is ours to own.

Episode 170 - Worship - Loaves and Fishes: A Potluck Approach (John 6:1-15)

For four weeks, we will be looking at the only miracle Jesus performed in all four Gospels: the feeding of the 5000.  In John 6, we find that Jesus was expecting that there might be someone in the crowd that day that wanted to join him and his disciples in the work of the kingdom - because the way of Jesus is about partnership.

Episode 169 - Worship - Loaves and Fishes: Lean Into Compassion (Matthew 14:6-25)

For four weeks, we will be looking at the only miracle Jesus performed in all four Gospels: the feeding of the 5000.  In Matthew 14, we see how Jesus, despite his own grief and suffering, was keen to help those around him in need - and how it seems to have helped his own pain.

Episode 168 - Worship - Loaves and Fishes: What Makes a Messiah (Luke 9:7-20)

For four weeks, we will be looking at the only miracle Jesus performed in all four Gospels: the feeding of the 5000.  This week's text from Luke 9 looks at how Luke chooses to frame the story, and what that reveals about who Jesus actually is.

Episode 167 - Worship - Loaves and Fishes: Recognition and Compassion

For four weeks, we will be looking at the only miracle Jesus performed in all four Gospels: the feeding of the 5000.  This week's text from Mark 6 looks at how Jesus involved his disciples in his kingdom work, and how others started to recognize them as conduits of God's grace and look to them for the same compassion they found in Jesus.

Episode 166 - Worship - God's Troublemakers: The Infuriating Compassion of God

The stories of Elijah and Elisha - God's troublemakers - continue to inspire and challenge us!

Episode 165 - Worship - God's Troublemakers: Share the Load (1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; 2 Kings 2:1-15)

The stories of Elijah and Elisha - God's troublemakers - continue to inspire and challenge us!

Episode 164 - Worship - God's Troublemakers: Hearing God Amid Fears and Weariness

We hear the story of Elijah, God's troublemaker, and learn from 1 Kings 19:1-15a how God helped him endure through weariness and fear.

Episode 163 - Worship - Giver of Good Gifts (Luke 11:9-13, James 1:16-18)

On Trinity Sunday (and Father's Day), we pause to consider the gifts God gives as a good Father - and how he might just be wanting to make us his good gift to the world.