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- Fill Your Horn with Oil, and Go
- God's Economy
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- The Strange Way the Gospels Are Written
- Watch and Pray
- A True Joy + Enlightening: Romania Mission Trip
- The Power of Together
- 100 Days in John!
- Saying Goodbye to Everything Familiar
- Seriously: Let's Be Jolly!
- Start with Your Income
- What Does It Mean to Keep the Sabbath Holy?
- Can You Get Along without Giving?
- The Most Important Instrument
- New Season of Youth Studies
- We Meet over This
- Exhilarating and Exhausting
- All Things New
- Savor Summer
- Our Heritage in Hymns
- Malachi Dads
- Take the Walk
- Say Whaaaaaat?!
- Why Are You Here?
- Mission Trip to Colombia
- Go GLOCAL with IFP
- You Comin'?
- Pew Prayer Partners
- Participating in God's Economy
- O. . . O. . . O. . . Merry Christmas!
- Just Return It!
- Click the Link!
- Look Out!
- The Deeper Challenge in Cancel Culture
- Pew Prayer Partners
- The Blessing of New Leadership
- Stepping Down As Director of BRCCC
- Do You???
- What Are We Doing About Masks?
- Joyful Relief
- Three Great Days . . . Forever!
- Haven't You Missed It????
- Our Tasks Before Our Time
- You're Weird!
- Music Is Evocative
- Lenten Small Groups
- Lenten Small Groups
- Looking Upward, Reaching Outward: 2021
- A Brighter Christmas!
- Bringing Hope! Sharing Hope! Growing Hope!
- A Christmas to Remember and a Year to Forget!
- Introduction to Psalm 31
- Introduction to Psalm 32
- Introduction to Psalm 30
- Would I Feel Richer If . . .
- Hurricane Recovery Continues
- Introduction to Psalm 29
- Introduction to Psalm 27: 7-14
- Introduction to Psalm 27: 1-6
- Introduction to Psalm 25: 8-22
- Called to Serve
- Our Columbarium's Five Year Anniversary
- Opening Our Hearts as the Doors Open
- Joyful Noise Choir Resumes
- Introduction to Psalm 25: 1-7
- Introduction to Psalm 24
- Introduction to Psalm 22: 22-31
- Introduction to Psalm 22
- Introduction to Psalm 28
- Stitching It Up!
- Introduction to Psalm 34: Restoring Your Soul Through Psalms
- The Significance of Psalms
- Responding Personally to Psalms Seminar
- Introduction to Psalm 20
- Introduction to Psalm 23
- How to Pray the Psalms Seminar
- Psalms Sermon Series: 100 Days of Connection Through the Psalms
- Weekly Psalms Readings
- Restoring Your Soul Through Psalms
- Restoring Your Soul Through Psalms
- Children's Ministry Update
- But God . . .
- First Presbyterian and Kids Hope USA
- Global Mission Conference 2020
- American Privilege
- Masquerading Worship
- You Are My Tribe; My Ministry
- Deeper in Christ, Further into God's Economy
- The Proper Perspective In the Midst of Life’s Problems
- We’re Rolling! Gathered Worship: Safe and Soaring!
- God's Unbreakable Covenants
- Two Wonderful and Weird Services
- How Is Worship Going to Work?
- God's Seed and Harvest Time Never Stops
- RightNow Media: The Netflix of Christian Bible Study
- What's So Important About Giving Blood?
- How I Went from Worry to Hope
- What a Joy It's Been!
- City Ministry Immediate Needs
- God Paved a Path for Me
- God Paved a Path for Me
- Making Wise Use of God's Resources
- Serving the Underserved
- A Report from the Magruders
- Children's Anxiety During Corona
- Saying "Yes" In Impossible Circumstances
- What Students are Discovering
- Insights from Isolation
- Staying Married in Isolation
- Making These Days Count
- Lent - Day 42
- Lent - Day 41
- It's Good Friday. What's Good About It?
- Lent - Day 40
- Lent - Day 39
- Now What Do I Do?
- Lent - Day 38
- How to Get Ready for Virtual Communion
- Lent - Day 37
- Focusing Prayer Through Fasting
- Lent - Day 36
- Lent - Day 35
- Three Blessings of Isolation
- Lent - Day 34
- Serenity Through Surrender
- Lent - Day 33
- Lent - Day 32
- Doing Business in Isolation
- So What Do I Do with These Feelings?
- Lent - Day 31
- What Is This I'm Feeling?
- Lent - Day 30
- Lent - Day 29
- Lent - Day 28
- Lent - Day 27
- Snatching Peace
- Toxic Breath
- Lent - Day 26
- Lent - Day 25
- What Do I Do Now?
- Mom-Sanity
- Lent - Day 24
- Lent - Day 23
- Combating Plague Mind
- Lent - Day 22
- Lent - Day 21
- Lent - Day 20
- What's a Guy to Do?
- Corona Christians!
- Lent - Day 19
- Home Worship
- Lent - Day 18
- Lent - Day 17
- Staying Connected In Isolation
- Lent - Day 16
- Lent - Day 15
- Lent - Day 14
- Lent - Day 13
- FPC Suspends Gathered Worship: A Message from Gerrit and Dr. Katie O'Neal
- Lent - Day 12
- Lent - Day 11
- Lent - Day 10
- Lent - Day 9
- Lent - Day 8
- Lent - Day 7
- Lent - Day 6
- Lent - Day 5
- Lent - Day 4
- Lent - Day 3
- Lent - Day 2
- Lent - Day 1
- Lent - INTRODUCTION
- Never Would I Ever!
- The Expression of Truth Through Art
- Welcome
- Were YOU There?
- Sing Aloud His Righteousness!
- A Restful Resolution
- Focused Fellowship Through the Decades
- Focused Fellowship Through the Decades
- 2019 Ministry Executive Report
- New Beginnings in 2020
- Right Now Media
- Right Now Media
- A Farewell Benediction
- A Farewell Benediction
- Listening Through the Crack
- Listening Through the Crack
- Why I Love XMas!
- Why I Love XMas!
- Presents or Presence?
- Season of Thanks
- Season of Thanks
- Prayerful Listening
- Beautiful Spaces
- Beautiful Spaces
- Small Group Mixer September 8
- Small Group Mixer September 8
- Compelling Compassion
- Compelling Compassion
- A Word on Technology
- A Word on Technology
- The Key That Unlocks It All
- The Key That Unlocks It All
- Closing a Chapter
- Solitude, Silence, Rhythm
- Solitude, Silence, Rhythm
- Damnable Lies and Who Tells Them
- Damnable Lies and Who Tells Them
- Living Dangerously Tired
- A Shared Heartbeat for Worship and Ministry
- On the Receiving End of Pastoral Care
- Thank You for 26 Years
- Looking Back and Visioning Forward
- Day 42, Saturday (April 20) - Living into His Name
- Day 41, Friday (April 19) - Living into His Name
- Day 40, Thursday (April 18) - Living into His Name
- Day 39, Wednesday (April 17) - Living into His Name
- Day 38, Tuesday (April 16) - Living into His Name
- Day 37, Monday (April 15) - Living into His Name
- Day 36, Sunday (April 14) - Living into His Name
- Day 35, Saturday (April 13) - Living into His Name
- Day 34, Friday (April 12) - Living into His Name
- Day 33, Thursday (April 11) - Living into His Name
- Day 32, Wednesday (April 10) - Living into His Name
- Day 31, Tuesday (April 9) - Living into His Name
- Day 30, Monday (April 8) - Living into His Name
- Day 29, Sunday (April 7) - Living into His Name
- Day 28, Saturday (April 6) - Living into His Name
- Day 27, Friday (April 5) - Living into His Name
- Day 26, Thursday (April 4) - Living into His Name
- Day 25, Wednesday (April 3) - Living into His Name
- Day 24, Tuesday (April 2) - Living into His Name
- Day 23, Monday (April 1) - Living into His Name
- Day 22, Sunday (March 31) - Living into His Name
- Day 21, Saturday (March 30) - Living into His Name
- Day 20, Friday (March 29) - Living into His Name
- My Cup Overflows
- Day 19, Thursday (March 28) - Living into His Name
- Long Live God!
- Day 18, Wednesday (March 27) - Living into His Name
- Day 17, Tuesday (March 26) - Living into His Name
- Day 16, Monday (March 25) - Living into His Name
- Day 15, Sunday (March 24) - Living into His Name
- Day 14, Saturday (March 23) - Living into His Name
- Day 13, Friday (March 22) - Living into His Name
- Day 12, Thursday (March 21) - Living into His Name
- Day 11, Wednesday (March 20) - Living into His Name
- Day 10, Tuesday (March 19) - Living into His Name
- Day 9, Monday (March 18) - Living into His Name
- Day 8, Sunday (March 17) - Living into His Name
- Day 7, Saturday (March 16) - Living into His Name
- Day 6, Friday (March 15) - Living into His Name
- Day 5, Thursday (March 14) - Living into His Name
- Day 4, Wednesday (March 13) - Living into His Name
- Day 3, Tuesday (March 12) - Living into His Name
- Day 2, Monday (March 11) - Living into His Name
- Day 1, Sunday (March 10) - Living into His Name
- Introduction (March 9) - Living into His Name
- Welcome
- Far and Near - Missions Conference Report
- Press into Jesus
- Safety, Beautification and Budget
- The Power of the Name
- The Power of the Name
- Walking the Talk
- Preaching Peace Far and Near
- The Church Distributed
- The Church Distributed
- The Church Distributed
- Keeping Christmas
- Keeping Christmas
- A Difficult Topic
- Gather In!
- I'm Retiring After 27 Years of Ministry
- I'm Retiring After 27 Years of Ministry
- Better Like This?
- Calling All Moms
- Back from Sabbatical
- Did You Know? A Special Thanks
- So Many Ways to Go Deeper in Christ This Fall
- A Lot Has Happened
- God Is Love Or Love Is God?
- By God's Grace and Mercy
- By God's Grace and Mercy
- I'll Be Back!
- I'll Be Back!
- An Indefinable Energy
- An Indefinable Energy
- Bailey and Me
- Get Out! Now!
- Get Out! Now!
- What If the Unthinkable Happens Here?
- I Truly Don't Have Words
- Ways of Worship: Classic Reformed
- Baker’s Dozen: Things to Know About Your Church
- Would You Make This Deal?
- Would You Make This Deal?
- Ways of Worship: Contemporary
- Ways of Worship: Contemporary
- Giving Other Churches a Fighting Chance
- Find Out Who You Really Are! An Interview with Gerrit Dawson
- Find Out Who You Really Are! An Interview with Gerrit Dawson
- Ways of Worship: Chapel Communion
- Ways of Worship: Chapel Communion
- Ways of Worship: Chapel Communion
- Renovations, Replacements and Repairs
- Right Now Media
- Rage? No. Blaze!
- Rage? No. Blaze!
- Christmas Begins with Christ
- Christmas Begins with Christ
- Risking Christmas
- Risking Christmas
- What Is Gratitude?
- What Is Gratitude?
- What Do You Love?
- What Do You Love?
- To Be A Buchanan Encourager
- It's Autumn!
- It's Autumn!
- We Caught the Vision
- A Word on Discipleship
- International Friendship Partners
- Right at Your Door: the Whole World!
- Right at Your Door: the Whole World!
- Right at Your Door: the Whole World!
- The Most Important Tool for Christian Parenting
- The Most Important Tool for Christian Parenting
- Small World. Big God.
- Momentous, Meaningful and Memorable
- In Motion and At Rest
- Happy 190th!
- Happy 190th!
- Good Grief
- Children's Ministry Testimonial
- Middle School Years: Yikes!
- A Universe Reborn!
- A Universe Reborn!
- After the Flood of 2016
- Jump in the Fountains!
- Jump in the Fountains!
- The Bench Warmer
- Who Sets the Table?: The Silent Service of the Body of Christ
- No Time to "Play" Church!
- No Time to "Play" Church!
- Healing Through Christ-Centered Fellowship
- A Great Year Ahead
- A Great Year Ahead
- Detained In Russia
- Detained In Russia
- Advent Thoughts
- Advent Thoughts
- An Extraordinary Meeting
- An Extraordinary Meeting
- A Season of Change
- A Season of Change
- Medical Mission Trip to Lebanon
- Why I Love (And Will Miss) First Presbyterian Church
- That I May Know Him
- Re-Naming Baton Rouge
- Can You Unleash the Power of 55?
- Our Warrior Wants Strong Arrows
- Taking Care of Business
- Taking Care of Business
- What's the Big Deal About Small Groups?
- What's the Big Deal About Small Groups?
- The Deepest Realities of Worship
- The Chancel Choir and Psalm 42
- What Does It Look Like to Walk Side by Side?
- Deeper Magic
- Words
- Early Easter: March 27
- Closing Thoughts: A Farewell Letter from Judie and Dick Gates
- Godspeed Dick and Judie!
- It Happens All Over Again!
- If You Could, Would You…?
- Doctrine Into Life
- Why Not Me?
- All Bottled Up
- Doing Faith
- Doubt Away!
- Just Don’t Ask about Our Prayer Life!
- Hanging Out with Jesus
- You Look Great!
- If You Never Get Out of the Boat…
- Soul Friends
- Surviving Snakebite
- Finding Confidence
- We Want Our Children to Live for Him!
- Change Through God Via Community
- Hit the Road!
- Belonging to God Is the Truest Thing About You
- Refueling Through Fellowship
- Doing God's Will Series: Introduction
- Doing God's Will Series: Week One
- Doing God's Will Series: Week Two
- Doing God's Will Series: Week Three
- Doing God's Will Series: Week Four
