Sermons by Pastor Toby Locke (Page 17)

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: The Enemy of Love

March 20, 2022
Pastor Toby Locke
Love
Ephesians

One of the things that makes love so hard to live out is that we have an Enemy who is determined to separate us from God any way he can. Join us today as we explore how we can take our stand with God (and His love) against this Enemy.

The First and Final Word: The Source of Love

March 13, 2022
Pastor Toby Locke
Love
1 John

God is the source of all love because He is love personified; His nature as a three-in-one God shows us that love is not something that God does from time to time, but something that He is – and He created us to share in that love.

The First and Final Word: The Problem With Love

March 6, 2022
Pastor Toby Locke
Love
1 John

None of us is good at loving as God does, which is why He graciously teaches us to love by loving us first and offering us His love. When we receive it and learn to remain in it, He gives us the ability to reciprocate His love and then redirect it to those around us.

The First and Final Word: The One Thing

February 27, 2022
Pastor Toby Locke
Love

We all long to be “successful,” but it’s important to understand how God defines success. While we might be tempted to think that success = obedience (or discipline), God has defined success as loving Him. If this is true, our goals and pursuits must change.

ruth: rewards of responsibility

Ruth: Whatever It Takes

The call to responsibility demands that we “own” the mess in front of us and get to work cleaning it up, making sure we’re doing it for the right reasons. Boaz did this faithfully, as did his famous descendant Jesus, as an example for us to follow today.

Ruth: A Risky “Nudge”

God calls us to be catalysts, taking responsibility to “nudge” our brothers and sisters towards fulfilling their obligations, even if it’s risky, because we trust Him with outcomes.