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This Sunday we are looking at the small letter of Jude. This letter might be small but it packs a punch. Jude is calling us to defend our faith against those who deny Christian morality. Jude also encourages us to stand firm in the faith and fight for the truth of the gospel.

Over Coffee, episode 7. Pastor Alex White and summer student Jalen Carter talk about this past Sundays sermon. Also, Alex and Jalen touch on the book they will be reading over the summer, "The New Pastors Handbook" by Jason Helopoulos.

1 Thessalonians 4 - HOPE Are we forgetting why Jesus died for us? It certainly can look that way sometimes, and even feel that way. When we are watching loved ones dying, or feeling defeated in our mundane world, we need to look to our hope! This Sunday we remember the hope we have in and from heaven!

Paul wrote a personal letter to Philemon, to address an important personal matter. It’s the only letter like it in the whole Bible. Paul wrote it under inspiration of the Holy Spirit so it is really a letter from God to Philemon. If God wrote you a letter, what would He say? God has been speaking into your life, especially through the Scriptures, but also through your hopes, the people, and the circumstances of your life. What has He been saying to you all these years?

The dangers we see are not the great dangers. The things that are plain to us, right in front of us, fixating and obsessing us most of the time, the things we worry about and steer well clear of; those things aren’t the great danger. The great dangers in life are often the things we don’t see; the subtler things, the hidden things, the things that surprise us. The great danger is that we allow our hearts, our devotion, our affection, our allegiance, our confidence to be shifted away from a singular devotion to Christ, and what we have in Him; the ‘treasure’ and the ‘riches’ and the ‘inheritance’ that is ours in Christ because of Who He is and what He has done.

Joy in Adversity - Philippians 1:12-30 When we read about Paul singing in prison, we know we don’t often respond to adversity that way. The Apostles believed suffering for Christ was a gift. Do we really believe that? Facing adversity is a journey, and seeing God’s higher purpose in it is the key step to finding joy in it. And what is God’s higher purpose? The Cross of Jesus provides clarity about what God is always up to in the lives of His people. Being reminded and focused on what the Cross promises can bring joy to any adversity.

Storms and shipwrecks are inevitable. Learning to trust God through the difficulty - That is the key!

Paul defends himself and shares the gospel with 3 different rulers, and gets 3 leaders different responses.

Paul said in Acts 23 that the gospel stands on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead. Why does the subject of heaven and hell arouse such strong emotions? Maybe some people think the gospel messengers believe they are somehow better than others and so are deserving of going to heaven. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It’s more likely that the audience feels threatened, because the gospel in a way puts all of us on trial for what we believe. Our initial response is usually to put God on trial. The gospel offers us the hope of Heaven because Jesus died for us. That is the grace-filled plan of God to save us and give us eternal life. The gospel also gives us the warning about Hell for those who will not repent from sin. It is the plot of the devil to keep us from hearing and believing the truth. The greatest spiritual battle ever fought is the one waged for the saving of your soul. Evil has much plotted against you – but remember, God offers you hope.

Welcome to Episode 6 of Over Coffee, this week we take a look at Hebrews 11 and discuss some of the questions we had coming out of this Sunday's message. Did God break his promises to his people? Why did Doug focus on Abraham in his message? Find out whatelse we had to say about this weeks message.

Most of us love to make plans. We plan for summer vacations, road trips and perhaps holidays south. We plan for our careers, our finances and retirement. Our hearts conceive plans for the ideal life, the ideal spouse and having the ideal family life. The only problem with making plans is that we don’t control circumstances, answers, or outcomes. Hmmmm - that’s huge. Scripture says our plans succeed when we commit our way to the Lord. We may weave or calculate our course, but the Lord directs our steps. We make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose prevails. This Sunday we look into Hebrews 11 and the “Heroes of the Faith.” These disciples experienced major upheavals in their lives and plans, just as we all do. What they teach us is that rather than chafing against unforeseen difficulty, we would be wise to Embrace God’s Plan for our lives.

Amazing Grace - everyone knows the song and you’re guaranteed to hear it when there’s a major crisis happening in our world. But do we understand what grace is and what it means practically in our lives? The essence of what grace means is giving. Scripture says, “God so loved the world that He gave…”. Even as Christians we can sometimes miss this or lose sight of it. When we think of giving, we always tend to think about money or things. But what if it’s about so much more than that? What if giving is the very essence of what it means to live as a Christian in the first place?

Join Pastor's Steve, Doug and Alex over coffee as they discuss last Sunday message. As well as personal study habits that helps them place the armour of God on daily.

Conflict is everywhere - in nations, politics, cultures, religions, personal relationships - it’s all around us. Do you have any conflict in your life? Of course, we all do. The Bible teaches our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of evil. In other words, our enemy is not other people. We have a spiritual enemy, who uses the corrupt world system and our own inner corruption and weakness to fuel conflict and our response to it. So, in the midst of our own conflict, we must put on the armour of God so we can respond in a godly way, standing firm on Holy Ground.

May 11, 2018, Episode 4 of Over Coffee. Pastor Alex White interviewed Andrew Shannon about his experience at summer camps. Also, they discussed the message the Mark Taylor shared with the church last Sunday.

Mark Taylor is ‘bringing the message’ from Galatians 5 – the battle is real and so is the power of the Spirit of God in us who believe. “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

May 4, 2018, Episode 3. (Sorry about the quality) This week we took the opportunity to talk with a few of our Sr High teens on the way back from a youth conference. We discussed some of the key takeaways they had, as well as why they feel the church is so important at this stage of their lives. So, please take the time and join Bethany MacKinnon, Nick Munden, Serena del Mastro, and Camryn Adams as we discusse these topic over coffee.

Christians are called by God not to be conformed to the ways of the world. But that doesn’t mean we can simply cocoon ourselves from the world’s influence and be OK. In the natural way of thinking, our minds are already corrupted. So, we need to have our minds transformed by the gospel. As we allow the gospel of Jesus Christ (the ‘mercies of God’) to change the thinking of our hearts, it will dramatically transform the way we live with one another, as well as the way we respond to the world around us. What does that look like? That is what Romans 12 is all about.

Who and what defines you? We draw our personal identity from our face, our family and friends, plus our dreams, longings and hopes. But at your very core, who are you? Do you live out of an accurate settled identity, or are you uncertain of yourself, where you fit and what you can contribute? If our identity flows out of how the world defines us, or our past failures, our changing looks, or our fears for the future, we will miss the full life God has for us. This Sunday we are considering Romans 8 and the identity God gives us as the Children of God. It is perhaps the most liberating chapter in the whole Bible. Join us as we seek to get our GRIP on this!

Pastors Alex White and Doug Campbell talk about what it looks like to be called into ministry, what 1&2 Timothy and Titus say about what a leader in the church should look like. As FBC is looking for a new pastor in the near future they seek God's word as the structure of what the church should be looking for.