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The First Podcast
A podcast of First Baptist Church Lake Butler where the pastors gather to encourage and equip our church to engage the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Episodes
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Episode 151: The One Word that Should Define the Church
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan discuss Paul's prayer in 2 Thessalonians 1, and how love is a defining characteristic of the church.
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Episode 150: After 150 Episodes, Still Following Jesus to Easter
Send us Fan Mail Listen to the pastors of FBC Lake Butler as they reflect on 150 podcast episodes, and read and discuss Jesus' trial.
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Episode 149: Being a Church that Welcomes
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler as they discuss what it means to welcome others as we've been welcomed by Jesus (Rom. 15:7). The community…
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Episode 148: Is Counseling Just for Professionals? (with Drs. Dale Johnson & Dale Tompkins)
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jonathan interviews Drs. Dale Johnson & Dale Tompkins on the subject of biblical counseling in the life of the local church…
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Episode 147: What Not to Do in Suffering
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler talk through how best to help those who are suffering.
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Episode 146: Life & Ministry with Pastors Igor, Jarman, and Juan: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Hear Part 2 of Pastor Jason's interview three of our missionary partners: Pastor Juan, Pastor Igor, and Pastor Jarman.
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Episode 145: Life & Ministry with Pastors Igor, Jarman, and Juan: Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Tune in for Part 1 of Pastor Jason's interview three of our missionary partners: Pastor Juan, Pastor Igor, and Pastor Jarman.
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Episode 144: How to Grow Your Fellowship with God
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan discuss how we are to steward and grow our fellowship with God.
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Episode 143: Kingdom Ambassadors: Representing Christ in a Broken World
Send us Fan Mail Join Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan of FBC Lake Butler to think through how the Bible calls us to represent Jesus as Kingdom ambassadors.
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Episode 142: No Christian Practices Sin?
Send us Fan Mail Hear the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss 1 John 3 and its implications for Christian stewardship and practice.
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Episode 141: Thy Kingdom Now and Not Yet
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss how the Bible describes the idea of God's Kingdom, and how that true impacts our daily living.
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Episode 140: Hope & Purpose for Today
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan discuss how God's future impacts our right now. Eschatology motivates faithfulness--especially…
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Episode 139: A Memorial Service Worth Remembering
Send us Fan Mail Hear the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss the spiritual impact of a recent funeral of a faithful man--Jason Elixson.
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Episode 138: A Guide to Biblical Prophecy
Send us Fan Mail Join Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan in a discussion about how to read biblical prophecy wisely.
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Episode 137: Unwrapping Consumerism
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler tackle the heart of consumerism and how God's word helps us to fight it.
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Episode 136: Why You Shouldn't Give Up On The Unsaved
Send us Fan Mail Hear the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss Acts 18, and why no one is outside of God's ability to save.
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Episode 135: How You Can Be Thankful
Send us Fan Mail Join Pastor Stephen and Pastor Jonathan for a Thanksgiving themed discussion about how the Christian life is to be lived thankfully.
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Episode 134: Baptism: Into the Water, Into the Body
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan talk through biblical baptism.
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Episode 133: You Must Be Born Again
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler to hear about the new birth. Why do we need to be born again? What comes first: faith or regeneration?…
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Episode 132: Missions in Spain (w/Tyler & Randa Roddenberry)
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason, Pastor Jonathan, Tyler & Randa Roddenberry, and Clint Gillen discuss the Roddenberry's recent month spent in Spain…
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Episode 131: Which Bible Translation Should I Use?
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan talk through Bible translations and how we should think about choosing them. Lecture on "The Making…
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Episode 130: Faithful Political Engagement
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan cover topics such as the role of the government, how Christians should live as citizens, and how we…
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Episode 129: Finishing the Christian Life Well
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler talk through how we can finish the Christian life in a way that honors God.
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Episode 128: How to Fight Dysfunction
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler talk through how dysfunction appears in the story of Genesis, and what God gives us for hope in the…
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Episode 127: India Trip Recap
Send us Fan Mail Listen as our recent trip to India is shared and recapped
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Episode 126: Do You Need Zeal? (with Pastor Alex Lanou)
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan talk with Pastor Alex about Romans 12:11--what it means to live the Christian life with zeal.
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Episode 125: Are You Serious?
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan talk about the often-neglected command to be sober-minded. Things to remember daily (from Pastor…
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Episode 124: Can God Be Sovereign Over Sin?
Send us Fan Mail Join Pastors Jason and Jonathan for a conversation on God's sovereignty--how the Bible describes God's sovereignty even over things like human…
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Episode 123: The Hard Questions about God's Sovereignty
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan talk through questions that arise from the doctrine of God's sovereignty.
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Episode 122: Pastor Jason Recaps the Summer
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jonathan interviews Pastor Jason about the summer of 2024--from the SBC annual meeting, to his reading break, to his podcast…
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Episode 121: Counseling and the Church with Dale Tompkins
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jonathan talks with Pastor Dale Tompkins (https://cotw.tv/) about what Biblical Counseling is, and how the church can…
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Episode 120: Reading the Bible Well with Dax Summerhill
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jonathan and Pastor Dax Summerhill (Providence Village Baptist Church) discuss how we can read our Bibles well.
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Episode 119: The Value of the Lord's Day with Lem Lane
Send us Fan Mail Join Pastor Jonathan and Pastor Lem Lane (Covenant Community Church) as they dsicuss what we miss out on when we miss church. Read Pastor…
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Episode 118: A Camp Interview with Sean Demars
Send us Fan Mail Join Pastor Jonathan and Bro. Clint Gillen as they interview Pastor Sean Demars while at Youth Summer Camp. Listen more to Sean here…
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Episode 117: One of Our Greatest Missional Opportunities
Send us Fan Mail Listen as pastor Jason and pastor Jonathan lay out why FBC Lake Butler participates in camp, and what this year's camp will look like.
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Episode 116: Practicing the Gospel in All of Life
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler as they talk through living out the Gospel in every day life.
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Episode 115: The Immeasurable Greatness of the New Jerusalem
Send us Fan Mail Listen as Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan revisit Revelation 21's description of the New Jerusalem. Full sermon…
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Episode 114: How Were People Saved in the Old Testament?
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss how God saved his people before the cross.
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Episode 113: On Judgment Seats and the Afterlife
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler answer some questions concerning the final judgment and what we can expect after death.
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Episode 112: Life with Doubt
Send us Fan Mail Hear Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan describe doubt biblically and give advice for living faithfully with doubt.
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Episode 111: Because of Easter
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss some of the implications of what Jesus accomplished through the events that we celebrate at…
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Episode 110: Responding Biblically to Transgenderism with Dr. Colin Smothers
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler interview Dr. Colin Smothers (Executive Director of CBMW) about how Christians should navigate the…
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Episode 109: Questions about the Doctrine of Election: Part 2 (Live)
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler answers submitted questions regarding the doctrine of election in a live episode. Recommended…
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Episode 108: Questions about the Doctrine of Election: Part 1 (Live)
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler answers submitted questions regarding the doctrine of election in a live episode. Recommended…
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Episode 107: Stewarding Money
Send us Fan Mail Listen to Pastor Jason and Pastor Jonathan of FBC Lake Butler discuss the allure of money and how Christians should treat it in a way that…
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Episode 106: How Can I Love Difficult People?
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler as they discuss why we should love those in our church who are hard to get along with, and why God's glory…
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Episode 105: What Makes a Church Healthy?
Send us Fan Mail Listen as pastors Jonathan and Jason of FBC Lake Butler review Anchor in Truth's 2024 True Church Conference and discuss what marks biblical…
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Episode 104: God's Sovereignty Over Human Sin
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss God's sovereignty as it relates to human sin.
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Episode 103: I'm Saved, Now What?
Send us Fan Mail The pastors of FBC Lake Butler talk about the steps that follow true conversion. Resources…
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Episode 102: Disagreeing with Your Pastor
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss when and how to disagree with your pastor.
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Episode 101: Pursuing Discipleship
Send us Fan Mail Listen as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler talk through what discipleship is, and how it's practiced with regularity in the life of the local…
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Episode 100: Revelation & the End Times
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler (as well as an audience) for a special live episode to celebrate 100 podcasts.
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Episode 99: Every Christian Does This
Send us Fan Mail Tune in as the pastors of FBC Lake Butler talk through mission and why every Christian is on mission.
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Episode 98: Handling Conflict Biblically
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler as they talk through the BFG plan for 2024--covering Ken Sande's "Peacemaker."
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Episode 97: Heart Prep for Christmas
Send us Fan Mail As Christmas approaches, the pastors of FBC Lake Butler discuss some of the amazing realities of the Advent season in order to engage hearts…
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Episode 96: Anointing with Oil & Children's Christmas Musical
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler as they talk through James 5 and how to interpret anointing with oil. Then, they discuss the upcoming…
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Episode 94: Biblical Afterlife
Send us Fan Mail Hear the pastors of FBC Lake Butler answer a member's question about what to affirm about what happens when we die.
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Episode 93: Grab Bag: Joy, Atonement, and the Millennium
Send us Fan Mail Hear the pastors of FBC Lake Butler talk through having joy, Jesus' sacrificial death, and the different views on the millennium.
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Episode 92: What You Need to Know About Israel
Send us Fan Mail Join the pastors of FBC Lake Butler as they discuss the current events in Israel and a biblical response. Scripture passages to consider…