The First Baptist Church of Granada Hills

“Blaming the Victim” (Luke 13:1-9)
We so often look for simple correlations between evil and suffering; strikingly, Jesus didn’t.
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“What We’re Up Against” (Luke 4:1-13)
Jesus faced the temptations that broke his predecessors, only to break them.
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“Putting God in a Box” (Luke 9:28-36)
The Transfiguration was a time of change, both literal and figurative.
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This is the first video recorded sermon for the church.  The intro sequence and other production aspects could stand some improvement (we’re working on it), but it’s still pretty exciting!

“Deep Water” (Luke 5:1-11)
Like with Peter, Jesus calls each of us to “deep water” as we seek a relationship with him.
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“The Partial and the Complete” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)
The Apostle Paul declared that love is even more important that faith itself; how could that possibly be?
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“The Real Christmas Wars” (Luke 1:39-55)
The so-called “War on Christmas” is in many respects a defensive war—a desperate struggle against an implacable Invasion from Without.
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“Recipe for Stress” (Psalm 23)
Pastor Rodolfo Lagos supplied this guest sermon while Pastor Curry was out on vacation.  As such the introductory and concluding audio sequences are inaccurate; many apologies.
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“Hope Amid Futility” (Jeremiah 33:1-16)
There’s no getting around it: we’re all going to die.  But can we live hopefully even though death is utterly certain?
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“Heavenly Politics” (John 18:33-37)
Earthly political power has operated in accordance with a variety of pragmatic conventional wisdoms.  But Jesus tells us that God’s kingdom operates in a different way.
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“Preparing the Next Generation” (Num. 27:12-23, Deut. 34:1-9)
Christ might return today.  He also might return millennia from now.  How should we live then in light of this uncertainty?
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