Sermons by Pastor Toby Locke (Page 29)

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.

ROGUE MESSIAH: A Remarkable Gift

As we head into this Easter season, let’s shift our focus from what Jesus has done for us to how we might be able to give him a costly and purposeful gift that touches his heart and makes sure that He knows how much He means to us.

ROGUE MESSIAH: The Crucible of Crisis

March 29, 2020
Pastor Toby Locke
Jesus
Mark

A crisis often serves to reveal our hidden fears that Jesus doesn’t really care about what happens to us. But what if Jesus allows crises to expose those fears, so that we will learn to cry out to Him, to trust His heart, and to take Him more seriously?

ROGUE MESSIAH: A Talk With Jesus

March 22, 2020
Pastor Toby Locke
Jesus

The people who talked to Jesus got to see His heart on display and learn things about Him that otherwise they wouldn’t have known. A conversation Jesus had with a woman at a well in Samaria illustrates this point and shows us what we can expect to learn about Jesus when we engage Him in…

ROGUE MESSIAH: Anchors in the Storm

March 15, 2020
Pastor Toby Locke
Jesus

In times of trouble, we must anchor our souls to the truths that God is God, that God is present, that God will help us, and that God has a plan. This will lead us to respond to God by being still before Him, reflecting upon His works, affirming what we know is true, and…

Leadership Announcement on Coronavirus

First Baptist Church family and friends, By now everyone has heard about the coronavirus and the extraordinary and unprecedented lengths that our society and government are taking to lessen the spread of this disease. It’s something that I’ve not seen in my lifetime. It’s clear that people are afraid, and understandably so. Most…

ROGUE MESSIAH: Bad Religion

March 8, 2020
Pastor Toby Locke
Jesus

The religion that Jesus found so toxic was hypocritical and oppressive. It tried to impress people with an external piety that completely missed the point of straight-forward faithfulness to God. It focused on trivial rule-keeping at the expense of character and relationship, all the while disguising the sickness within.

ROGUE MESSIAH: Jesus and Religion

March 1, 2020
Pastor Toby Locke
Jesus

Though most religious people in Jesus’ day hated Him, Jesus didn’t hate religion. He knew that religion existed to teach humans who were already in relationship with God how to live out that relationship in their everyday life. What he did hate was how the religion God gave His people had been twisted to keep…