White Oaks Free Will Baptist Church

02/16/2021

"So often, we allow small things, from ministry responsibilities or bad habits to damaged relationships, to become weights in our lives...weighing us down and keeping us from the best the Savior has for us. How do we fight this spiritual 'battle of the bulge'?"

Read more from Eric K. Thomsen's First Glimpse column in the February-March issue of ONE Magazine: http://onemag.org/first_glimpse96.htm.

02/02/2021

As a Christian, it's dangerous to leave God out of our plans. Join us in James 4:13-17 as we discover what happens when we make that mistake.

In this message, we explore the need of always keeping God before us and the danger of leaving God out of our plans.

01/26/2021

01/19/2021

We all live with wisdom. The question is the source of wisdom that we live by. In James 3:13-18, James addresses the importance of God's wisdom and how we live by it.

In James 3, James addresses the wisdom that we all live by. If we live by the wisdom of the world, we are in trouble. But, if we live by God's wisdom, we wil...

01/18/2021

We often find it a struggle to pray. But there’s good reason for that and the good news is that there is hope in overcoming the struggle.

Over the years I have been amazed at the paltry desire I’ve felt to pray. I am especially aware of this aversion just prior to the times that I’ve specifically set aside to pray, whether in private or with others. I suppose this confession may come as a surprise. Yet, I hope you are comforted by...

01/13/2021

Read this week's blog, "Don't Know What to Do?" at https://nafwb.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dont-Know-Text.pdf.

01/12/2021

Words matter. The words that we speak are powerful and they have influence. Join us for a message from James 3:1-12 and learn how we can tame our tongues for the good of others.

The words we speak indicate the genuineness of our faith. Join us for this message from James 3:1-12 and discover that our words matter.

12/28/2020

God interrupts our lives to get our attention and to let us know that He's there. Join us in Luke 2 and discover how this happened to the Shepherds that were watching their sheep outside of Bethlehem.

The story of the Shepherds, found in Luke 2, provides us with valuable instruction for how people's lives can be interrupted by God so that they come to His ...

12/22/2020

The story of the Wise Men, found in Matthew 2:1-12, is a wonderful illustration of the lengths that God will go to in order to invite people to worship His Son, Jesus Christ.

The Wise men sought out Jesus after His birth, but the story is more than a simple visitation story. This story illustrates for us the lengths that God will ...

12/14/2020

Jesus Christ was born to bring hope into our world. This message comes from Isaiah 9:2-7 and explores how the Messiah brings light into the darkness within us and around us.

In Isaiah 9, we see a prophetic announcement about the coming Messiah and that He would bring light into the darkness within us and around us. And that light...

12/08/2020

In this message, we explore how faith and good works function together to bring abut maturity in the life of a Christian.

In this message, we explore how faith and good works function together to bring about maturity in the life of a Christ-follower.

11/30/2020

Overcoming favoritism (prejudice) is necessary to the Christian life. In this message from James 2:1-13, we discover how we can overcome the pull toward judging others based solely on the way they look.

James 2:1-13 addresses the problem of showing favoritism toward others based on the way they look. In this message we discover how we can overcome favoritism...