Sunday Message recorded 21 September 2025
by Deacon Stephen Mick
First Baptist Church - Columbus, TX, USA
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934

What Matters Most? (Luke 10:1-20)

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Beyond the Sunset (Revelation 22:1-11)

Sunday Message recorded 14 September 2025
by Senior Pastor Victor Morrison
First Baptist Church - Columbus, TX, USA
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934

Stop Making Excuses (Luke 9:51-62)

Sunday Message recorded 07 September 2025
by Associate Pastor Josh Shell
First Baptist Church - Columbus, TX, USA
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934

Redefining Greatness: Key to Entering the Kingdom (Luke 9:46-50)

The true story of Horatio Spafford and his family has always stirred my heart. He was a devoted Christian and a hard-working attorney in Chicago back in the mid-1800s.

The Spafford family unfortunately knew what it was like to grieve. Tragically, Mr. Spafford’s son, Horatio, Jr. developed scarlet fever and died in 1870 at only four years of age. The next year, a fire swept through the city, burning all of his investment properties. Two years later his wife Anna’s health began to fail, so they planned to go to England for some rest and recuperation as a family. One of his client’s had an unexpected and urgent need, so his wife and their four girls took the boat and sailed ahead of him. Unfortunately, their ship collided with another vessel in the Atlantic and sank on November 22, 1873. His wife survived, but all four of their daughters drowned.

As you may know, on his subsequent trip over to Wales to meet and comfort his wife after the tragedy, he wrote a song entitled, It Is Well with My Soul.  The lyrics and music of that hymn have comforted many others through the years.

The biblical character Job also knew heartache personally after the sudden loss of all his children in a terrible wind storm along with the loss of most of his livestock. Eventually, his health also began to suffer. What he wrote about his journey with grief in the sixteenth chapter is both comforting and instructive when walking through a prolonged experience of sorrow.

Exchanges during a journey of grief, 16:1-4

Experienced with grief, 16:5

Extensions of grief, 16:6

Exhaustion from grief, 16:7-8

Expressions of grief, 16:9-14

Exposure during grief, 16:9-12

Extraction of grief, 16:15-22

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First Baptist Church
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Columbus, TX, USA 78934
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A Journey of Grief (Job 16)

Sunday Message recorded 31 August 2025
by Senior Pastor Victor Morrison
First Baptist Church - Columbus, TX, USA
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934

They Could Not (Luke 9:37-45)

Comfort in a Crisis (2 Corinthians 1:1-11)

Sunday Message recorded 24 August 2025
by Senior Pastor Victor Morrison
First Baptist Church - Columbus, TX, USA
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934

A Glimpse of His Glory (Luke 9:28-36)

If you enjoy the award ceremonies of the Olympics, or the Academy Awards in filmmaking, the Grammy Awards in music, the Emmy Awards for television, The Tony Awards for Broadway, etc, then you will love the first nine verses of the third chapter of First Corinthians as they introduce us to the context for the award ceremony of the ages presented in 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, the one that will take place in front of the Judgment Seat of Christ (Romans 14:10-12).

From 1 Corinthians 2:12-3:4, we are reminded that congregations usually have a mix of three different levels of devotion to the Lord: the natural man (2:14), the spiritual man (2:13, 15; 3:1) and the carnal man (3:1-4). Often times all three types are “serving” the Lord.

The church in Corinth was heavy with carnal Christians, making it clear why they divided up over which preachers they liked best. Paul, however, shifts the discussion in verses 5-9 to the Lord not man. Pastors are there on God’s assignments (v. 5) as He causes growth (vs. 6-7) in His service (vs. 8-9). Paul mentions His rewards to His servants in verse 8 with these words, “…and each will receive his wages according to his labor.” Paul will take the next six verses (vs. 10-15) to explain how these rewards will be given by Christ and on what basis or criteria.

Motivation towards Labor for the Lord, 3:10
Illustration of Labor for the Lord, 3:10
Maturation for Labor in the Lord, 3:10
Foundation when Laboring for the Lord, 3:10-11
Edification in Laboring for the Lord, 3:10, 12
Evaluation of Labor for the Lord, 3:13
Remuneration for Labor for the Lord, 3:14
Salvation is not Labor for the Lord, 3:15

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The Reward Ceremony before Christ (1 Corinthians 3:10-15)

Sunday Message recorded 17 August 2025
by Senior Pastor Victor Morrison
First Baptist Church - Columbus, TX, USA
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934

Christ’s Call to Discipleship - Part 2 (Luke 9:18-27)

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