First Baptist Church of El Dorado - Sermons

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Tune in each week as Pastor Taylor Geurin leads us into a study of God's Word.

  1. 3d ago

    A Good Soldier of Christ: How to destroy a Healthy Church in Two Simple Steps | 2 Timothy 2:14-26

    A church can look unshakable right up until the moment it isn’t. We start with a surprising business story and use it to ask a harder question: if organizations can collapse by ignoring what matters, what about a local church that slowly trades faithfulness for comfort? From 2 Timothy 2:14-26, we walk through a direct warning about how a healthy church gets destroyed in two simple steps and how to resist that drift before it becomes normal.  We talk about why treating the Bible like a “good suggestion” is not a harmless preference but a church-wide vulnerability. Paul’s call to “rightly handle the word of truth” means cutting straight, not swerving around hard texts, not letting false teaching spread, and not getting pulled into word fights that ruin hearers. Along the way, we use vivid pictures of precision and training to ask whether we actually know Scripture well enough to spot error and stay ready to proclaim the Word in season and out of season.  Then we move to the second step: treating personal holiness and sanctification like optional advice. We unpack Paul’s image of honorable vessels, the command to flee youthful passions, and the hope of pursuing righteousness, faith, love, and peace alongside other believers. Finally, we look at how gentleness, patience, and forgiveness even in real conflict can become evangelistic, showing the world a kind of unity it can’t explain.  If you want practical clarity on biblical authority, spiritual maturity, and church unity that lasts, listen now, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation.

    A Good Soldier of Christ: How to destroy a Healthy Church in Two Simple Steps | 2 Timothy 2:14-26

  2. Jul 12

    A Good Soldier of Christ: Remember Your Foundation | 2 Timothy 2:8-13

    Paul is sitting in a prison cell, chained like a criminal, and he still sounds unshakable. That’s the tension we lean into as we walk through 2 Timothy 2:8–13 and hear the command that keeps everything centered: “Remember Jesus Christ.” Not a vague spiritual reminder, but a clear fixation on the risen Savior and promised King, the offspring of David who fulfills God’s plan and defeats death itself. We talk about why the resurrection is not a footnote to the cross, but the engine of Christian hope. If Christ stayed in the grave, the gospel collapses. Because he is risen, the story is different, and it changes how we face suffering, disappointment, and seasons where life feels confined. Paul’s line lands with force: “the word of God is not bound.” Our circumstances can shift overnight, but Scripture stays living and active, and God keeps moving his mission forward through ordinary people in ordinary places. We also dig into why endurance has a purpose: “for the sake of the elect,” so that others may obtain salvation with eternal glory. That’s why believers give, go, pray, and live in ways the world may call strange. The passage ends with a trustworthy saying that comforts us with a sure promise and sobers us with a real warning, all rooted in God’s steady faithfulness. If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find this message. What’s one place you need to live like the victory is already sure?

    A Good Soldier of Christ: Remember Your Foundation | 2 Timothy 2:8-13

  3. Jul 5

    A Good Soldier of Christ: Remember Your Duty | 2 Timothy 2:3-7

    We open 2 Timothy 2:3-7 and face Paul’s blunt call to share in suffering as we follow Jesus. We walk through three vivid pictures that shape real discipleship, then we end with hope that the hard road is worth it because God is faithful now and for eternity.  • strength to endure coming from grace in Christ Jesus  • suffering and persecution as a normal part of a godly life  • the soldier’s commitment, resisting distraction and aiming to please the One who enlisted us  • Jesus’ call to deny self, take up the cross, and follow  • the athlete’s discipline, training and living by God’s rules  • spiritual disciplines like Scripture, prayer, family leadership, and killing sin  • the farmer’s work ethic, slow faithfulness and “a long obedience in the same direction”  • joy and fruit now, and fuller reward in the kingdom to come  • the mission to a lost world that needs hope, truth, and steady workers  Would you stand now? I’ll be down front. If you’d like to come in any kind of response, I’ll be down front.

    A Good Soldier of Christ: Remember Your Duty | 2 Timothy 2:3-7

  4. Jun 28

    A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus: Remember Your Commission | 2 Timothy 2:1–2

    We are all tempted to treat spiritual growth like a creativity problem. If we just find the newest program, the smartest strategy, or the flashiest outreach idea, then the church will finally “work.” But Paul, writing from a prison cell in 2 Timothy, points Timothy and us back to something far simpler and far more powerful: the method is already written, and the strength to live it comes from grace. We walk through 2 Timothy 2:1-2 and talk honestly about what it looks like to keep serving when ministry feels costly, when fear shows up, and when you are tired of trying to get it right. Paul’s command is not “try harder.” It is “be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” That single line reshapes discipleship, spiritual formation, and Christian leadership because it anchors our obedience in identity. Then we move to the multiplication model of disciple making: what you receive, you entrust to faithful men and women who will teach others also. Four generations in one verse. To prove this is not theory, we trace how the Great Commission reaches “the ends of the earth,” tell a surprising chain of influence that runs from Puritan writers to Prison Fellowship, and even run the numbers on why personal discipleship outpaces big events. We also give practical next steps for finding someone to pour into you and for starting to disciple someone else in everyday life. If this challenges you, share it with a friend, subscribe so you do not miss the rest of A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus, and leave a review to help more people find biblical discipleship that actually multiplies.

    A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus: Remember Your Commission | 2 Timothy 2:1–2

  5. Jun 14

    Stories from Above: The Older Son | Luke 15:11-32

    The prodigal son story doesn’t end with the younger brother coming home. The real tension shows up when the “responsible” sibling hears the music, sees mercy poured out, and decides he’d rather stay outside than celebrate grace. We open Luke 15:25-32 and focus on the older brother, the one who never left the field, never stopped working, and still somehow missed the Father’s heart. We talk about how self-righteousness can look like obedience on the outside while turning our relationship with God into a transaction on the inside. Along the way, we lean on the insight that there are two ways to be lost: in obvious rebellion and in impressive rule-keeping. Either way, the problem is the same: wanting the Father’s gifts without wanting the Father. We also bring it down to everyday church life. What happens when sinners walk in before they have it together? What happens when a prodigal returns and the room gets messy? From a Nicaragua trash-bag moment to the very practical reality of VBS chaos, we ask whether our church feels like the Father’s house or the older brother’s field. If you’ve ever felt like you have to earn God’s smile, this message is for you. Listen, share it with a friend who needs grace, and then subscribe and leave a review so more people can find hope in the gospel.

    Stories from Above: The Older Son | Luke 15:11-32

  6. May 31

    Stories from Above: The Prodigal Son | Luke 15:11-24

    The most offensive line in the prodigal story isn’t the partying, the pigs, or the famine. It’s the sentence hiding inside the inheritance request: “Dad, I want your stuff more than I want you.” From there, everything spirals until the son hits a kind of rock bottom that feels painfully familiar, and that’s exactly where the gospel starts to sound like good news again.  We open Luke 15:11-24 inside our “Stories from Above” series on the Parables of Luke, and we keep the camera fixed on the Father. Jesus tells this parable to Pharisees who are furious that He welcomes sinners and tax collectors, and He answers their outrage with a kingdom picture they don’t expect: a Father who watches the road, runs toward the mess, and restores sonship before the speech is finished. Along the way, we talk about the “far country” we all know, how sin sells freedom and delivers slavery, and why trials sometimes stack up until we finally admit we need help outside ourselves.  Then we slow down over the details that preach grace: compassion, embrace, kiss, the best robe, the signet ring, shoes for dirty feet, and a feast that was ready. The question that lands on all of us, religious or rebellious, is simple and searching: do we understand the grace of Jesus in a way that makes us smile and live differently?  If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend who feels too far gone, and leave a review so more people can find this message on grace, repentance, forgiveness, and the Father’s welcome.

  7. May 24

    Stories from Above: Lost Coin | Luke 15:1-10

    The complaint that sparks Luke 15 is as sharp as it is revealing: “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” We slow down and sit in that moment, because it exposes two kinds of hearts in the room. The tax collectors and the publicly broken are drawing near to Jesus, while the religious experts are grumbling that grace is being handed to the wrong people. From there, we follow Jesus as he answers not with an argument, but with stories designed to reshape what we believe God is like. We connect Luke 15 to Ezekiel 34, where God condemns leaders who act like wolves instead of shepherds and promises to rescue his scattered sheep himself. That backdrop makes the parables hit harder: the shepherd who leaves ninety-nine to pursue one lost sheep “until he finds it,” and the woman who lights a lamp and sweeps her home until one lost coin is recovered. The searching is relentless, the rescue is personal, and the tone is unmistakable: God is not embarrassed by lost people, and he is not passive about bringing them home. Then comes the detail we tend to miss: the parties. Jesus says heaven erupts with joy over one sinner who repents, even when the moment on earth is quiet. We talk about why “extravagant grace” can look unreasonable, why no one is a lost cause in the kingdom of God, and how this changes the way a church treats the very people many would rather avoid. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review.

    Stories from Above: Lost Coin | Luke 15:1-10

  8. May 17

    Stories from Above: The House on the Rock | Luke 6:46-49

    “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and not do what I tell you?” That question from Luke 6 is uncomfortable on purpose, and we sit with it all the way to the end. We talk about the gap that can open up between religious words and real discipleship, and why Jesus refuses to let us settle for a faith that only looks right on the outside. From the parable of the wise and foolish builders (Luke 6:46-49), we trace what it actually means to build a spiritual foundation on the rock. We’re not talking about earning salvation through effort. We’re talking about the evidence of salvation: a growing desire to obey Jesus, shaped by the Holy Spirit through sanctification. We connect the warning to everyday life, where hearing God’s Word is easy, but doing it is the hard, life-forming work that prepares us for pressure, suffering, and the storms that eventually come for everyone. We also lean into the idea that the most important parts of the Christian life are often unseen. Like a skyscraper foundation far below street level, prayer, Scripture, repentance, and small acts of obedience quietly build strength. If you’ve ever wished God would just “deliver” instant maturity, we challenge that shortcut mentality and point toward a steadier path: a long obedience in the same direction. If you want a clearer picture of real Christian discipleship, a stronger foundation for trials, and a fresh call to trust Jesus with your whole life, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with the part that challenged you most.

    Stories from Above: The House on the Rock | Luke 6:46-49
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