Sermons by Pastor Toby Locke (Page 16)

I joined the staff as lead pastor at First Baptist in March 2017 after nine years of ministry in Racine, Wisconsin as an associate pastor. I grew up as the child of missionaries in South America, where I got to live among and learn from the beautiful people of Bolivia and Chile. After high school I attended Baptist Bible College of PA (now Clarks Summit University) and graduated at long last in 1998 with a Pastoral Ministries degree. After completing a two-year short term missionary assignment in Chile, I returned to Baptist Bible Seminary for my Master of Divinity, which God graciously enabled me to complete in 2007. From there it was off to Rochester, New York for a year-long internship at North Baptist Church (now Northridge Church) before jumping into full-time vocational ministry at Fellowship Baptist Church in Racine in the fall of 2007.

The First and Final Word: Loving Our Neighbors

Learning to love our neighbors as ourselves is near to the core of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. While there are many good reasons to choose to love, in the end we need God’s help if we are ever going to love our neighbors as He loves us.

The First and Final Word: Our Biggest “Why?”

May 15, 2022
Pastor Toby Locke
Love
John

Loving God is only the beginning of our journey towards love. God calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves, giving of ourselves to meet the needs of anyone who crosses our path. We do this ultimately because we want to show Jesus how much we love HIM.

The First and Final Word: Love God With Your Mind

Feeling love for God isn’t enough – God has called us to love Him with our minds, too. Join us as Pastor Toby discusses both WHY we should love God with our minds and HOW we can get started.

The First and Final Word: It’s Time to Reciprocate!

The next logical step after receiving God’s love is to reciprocate that love. Jesus calls us to do this, in part, by feeling strong emotions for God in our “heart”, or inner self. Nurturing and maintaining this passion for God is of utmost importance!

The First and Final Word: Easter, Abbreviated

April 17, 2022
Pastor Toby Locke
Easter, Love
Acts

Processing all that happened at the first Easter can be overwhelming; sometimes we just need to get back to the basics. Join us this morning as we discuss the “basic” events of Easter and what they have to do with our lives today!

The First and Final Word: Cross of Love

The cross where Jesus died is the ultimate proof we really are loved by God. Jesus’s decision to die for us, motivated by love, convinces us of that truth, as do the many benefits we can enjoy because He did. All that is left is to respond to this “cross of love.”

The First and Final Word: The Inside Track

April 3, 2022
Pastor Toby Locke
Love
Luke

The people with the “inside track” on being true followers of Jesus are not those who are the most moral, but those who have the greatest self-awareness (along with Jesus-awareness) and therefore love the most.