Fishkill Baptist Church

The Pressure Test

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Have you ever noticed what happens when something gets squeezed? If you take a tube of toothpaste and apply pressure, what comes out? Whatever was already inside. The squeeze doesn’t create it. It reveals it. This is true of our lives as well.…

Courtroom of Conscience

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) In the 1500s, a preacher named Hugh Latimer was summoned to preach before King Henry VIII . The reason… Latimer had recently delivered a sermon that deeply offended the king. So, the king commanded him to appear again the following Sunday to…

Plot & Providence

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) In April of 1970, three astronauts were on their way to the moon aboard Apollo 13. Two days into the mission, an oxygen tank exploded. In seconds, everything changed. The spacecraft began losing power. Oxygen levels dropped. Systems shut down.…

When Faithfulness Feels Like Failure

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Have you ever done the right thing… but still felt like you lost? William Wilberforce was a British politician in the late 18th century whose conversion to Christ dramatically reshaped his life’s mission: to abolish the British slave trade.…

Faithful When It Hurts

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Well, it’s Super Bowl Sunday. And I want you to consider the fact that every football player grows up with a picture of how the story is supposed to go. You work hard. You follow the coaches. You learn the system. You sacrifice. And eventually……