Sermons by Pastor Toby Locke (Page 34)

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.

MAKING IT OFFICIAL

When things don’t go how we expect them to go in our walk with God, we experience disappointment, which tempts us to walk away from God. Abram teaches us instead to stay, speak our complaints to God honestly, and double down on our faith in Him. ethods�Sw� �

Learning from Success

February 10, 2019
Pastor Toby Locke
Genesis

Success can be a dangerous thing if we don’t handle it well. Abram learned quickly that all success comes from God, so the best response is to be humble, grateful, and generous. In the end, only God can adequately reward us for doing what is right.

Life, Interrupted

January 13, 2019
Pastor Toby Locke
Genesis

God likes to interrupt our comfortable, familiar lives with crazy invitations to step out into the unknown with Him. It’s easy to refuse and just protect our predictable pleasures, but if we do, we will be missing the miracle waiting for us out in the unknown.