Fellowship Bible Church Sermons

Various June 21, 2026 SS.In this lesson we review David’s responses to Saul’s many and varied attempts to kill him. David exhibits extreme patience with Saul while knowing that Saul was determined to murder him and believing that Saul might succeed. We stress the importance of recognizing that David’s response was not mere human patience, but an expression of his relationship with his God and his decision to trust God in the situation rather than attempt to take matters into his own hands.

Proverbs 9:1-18 June 14, 2026 PM.Proverbs 9 uses the imagery of two banquets, one prepared by Lady Wisdom and the other Lady Folly. Both hosts prepare a meal and call out to the young naive to come and enjoy their delicacies. The choice is a matter of life or death. This chapter concludes the first major section of Proverbs, where Solomon is beckoning us to choose wisdom and forsake the path of folly.

Numbers 20:1–13 June 14, 2026 SS.In this session, we returned to Numbers 20:1–13. There, we see that Moses struck the rock twice with his staff, but the Lord had instructed him to speak to the rock, after which the Lord was to provide water for the people. We emphasized the magnitude of that failure and noted the significance of the staff during that and other key points in the long years of Moses’ leadership of the people.

Various June 10, 2026 PM.In this study on prayer, we discuss one of several reasons Christians should pray. Our Lord commands us to pray, but prayer is also a mark of our adoption and therefore should be natural to a believer. The Holy Spirit confers upon the believer a consciousness of his relationship to God, and the believer gives voice to his understanding of his adoption by crying out, "Abba, Father." It is part of the Christian's nature to talk to God, and indifference toward private or corporate prayer is a cause to doubt whether God's Spirit dwells within that person.

Various May 24, 2026 SS.We take a further look at the virtue of respect, followed by a study on hospitality. Disrespect is easy to fall into in both mind, speech, and non-verbal communication. Christians should be hospitable and do it with a cheerful spirit. Opening your home to unbelieving neighbors and friends can be an evangelistic tool.

Proverbs 6:20-35 May 17, 2026 PM.Sexaul temptation is everywhere, because society has normalized and even celebrated the expression of sexuality outside the boundaries of marriage. In Proverbs 6:20-35, the father's wisdom is to be internalized so as to have an indelible impression on the son's character so as to help him not yield to temptation. The two main ideas of the text are that we are to follow the path of light and light in temptation and govern our hearts.

Various May 17, 2026 SS.We take a look at the Christian virtue of respect. There is an epidemic of disrespect in modern western society. This study is about the respect that we should show to other people. The respect that men should show toward women, and women toward men. That children should show to parents, and parents to children, and people toward those they do not agree with, etc.

Proverbs 6:12-19 May 10, 2026 PM.Pastor Lorch teaches about the marks of the "worthless" and "wicked" man who is a troublemaker. He uses perverse speech, sinister gestures, has in his heart to do evil, premeditates his evil deeds, and stirs up controversy. God detests this kind of behavior and those who practice it. The Proverbs six man is in direct contrast to the Matthew 5 man, who is humble in spirit and a peacemaker. Which man do you resemble?