Lake Wildwood Baptist Church

Baptism...Yea, It is a BIG Deal

There are two people in the Kingdom, the King & the Dom & we're not the King.  Baptism is a swearing a allegiance to King Jesus and it really matters

Righteous yet a Sinner?

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. - Robert Lewis Stephenson.  Words matter because they have consequences.

The common assertion that we, even as believers, are all "sinners," is not to be found anywhere in the Bible as the term is never used in reference to a believer. In searching the Scriptures, we discover that the term is not defined as is generally supposed, i.e., anyone who commits a sin is a "sinner." What we do find is that God has drawn a clear line of distinction between "saint" and "sinner," believer and unbeliever, the regenerate and unregenerate, the righteous and the wicked, and this distinction is directly related to the conduct and practice of our daily lives.

The Centrality of the Church

Our friend Rev. Eric Freel takes us on a trip through the first 3 chapters of Ephesians to display the Centrality of the Church in the Word & the World.  Take a listen and prepare to be challenged.

Turning Blessings into Burdens

From a fight in a field to a squabble in a synagogue to a deal in the dark.  Connect the dots that the Servant King drops to show how the Self Righteous are turning Blessings into Burdens.

New & Old

Hey!  We're all fasting here so why don't your guys fast?  That's what the super spiritual leaders asked Jesus.  Jesus uses a tradition followed by 2 parables to drive home his point of the New to Old paradigm.  This NEW won't work with your OLD.

And Peter

Mark is the only gospel writer to add 'and Peter' to the message, "go the the disciples...".  Why single Peter out?  The resurrection was a game changer for this fallen failure of the fisherman.  But God was just getting started.  He wasn't done with Peter and he's not done with you either.

The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue. - J.R.R. Tolkien 

Last Call

Levi or Matthew (same man) was the least likely of candidates to round out what would eventually become the 12 disciples.  A wealthy sell out of a Jew hated by his fellow Israelites including the disciples who were extorted by him in Capernaum.  We've much to learn and apply today from this 'Last Call'.

Friends, Faith & Forgiveness

November 22, 1963, is a date remembered by most people as the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Students of history will remember that two renowned authors passed away just about an hour before Kennedy and within minutes of each other: C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World - 1032). All three deaths were noteworthy, but one attracted far more publicity than the others.

 

In our reading today, we find three miraculous works by Jesus that happened at this house in Capernaum. Usually only one of these gets the most attention, so we will try to examine all three today and see how they are connected

The Sin Eating Servant

A sin eater was a person who would eat bread from a corpse and thus consume their sin.  Jesus was our sin eater.  In today's text, Jesus encounters an unclean leper and cleanses him completely.  The analogies are all right there as low hanging fruit for us to pick and apply.

Christ the Captain of my Will

Who is in charge here?  Is it me or Christ?  Fool or Wise?  Join guest Preacher Rev. Eric Freel as He unfolds God's commands in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.