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The First Presbyterian Church in Lakeland seeks to make and mature disciples for Jesus Christ. We are located on beautiful Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland, FL. For more information and for an archive of past sermons check the link in the bio.

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    • May 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 210 EPISODES


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    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 208

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 58:22


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 208 by from FPC Lakeland

    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 207

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 61:02


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 207 by from FPC Lakeland

    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 206

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 55:38


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 206 by from FPC Lakeland

    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 205

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 32:46


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 205 by from FPC Lakeland

    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 204

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 53:13


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 204 by from FPC Lakeland

    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 203

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 55:17


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 203 by from FPC Lakeland

    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 202

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 44:53


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 202 by from FPC Lakeland

    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 201

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 46:49


    FPC - Beyond the Sermon Ep. 201 by from FPC Lakeland

    Armchair Preaching Ep 200

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 53:25


    Josh Schweitzer and Pastor John discuss discipleship.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 199

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 49:59


    Josh, Abby, and Zac talk about the sin and non-sin of anger, and they discuss godly patience in the series "The Seven Deadly Sins".

    Armchair Preaching Ep 198

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 52:47


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss the nature of pride and the antidote of humility.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 197

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 59:02


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John kick off "The Seven Deadly Sins" series.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 196

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 65:46


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss discipleship.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 195

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 73:08


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John pick up their conversation on the Next Steps of faith and the importance of service.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 194

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 62:11


    Pastor Zac talks with Pastor John about baptism as they breakdown the third week in the "Next Steps" series.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 193

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 60:47


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John kick off 2025 by talking about the new series "Next Steps," and they discuss the topic of daily personal devotion.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 192

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 55:09


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about their highlights of 2024, and the discuss the humanity of Jesus from our series, "What Child is This?"

    Armchair Preaching Ep 191

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 62:08


    Pastor Zac talks with Pastor John about the relationship between God's Word and baptism, and they discuss the second week in the Advent series entitled, "What Child is This?"

    Armchair Preaching Ep 190

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 62:08


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss how they prepare messages before holiday breaks, and they talk about the kick-off to the Advent series "What Child is This?"

    Armchair Preaching Ep 189

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 54:47


    Pastor Zac talks to Josh Schweitzer about prayer and forgiveness as they unpack the fifth week in the Lord's Prayer series.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 188

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 47:41


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about what it means to be a "praying church," and we discuss this week's messages on The Lord's Prayer.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 187

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 48:32


    Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss the will of God, what it means, and how to figure it out from their messages in "The Lord's Prayer."

    Armchair Preaching Ep 186

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 65:07


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about BIG weekends, the Kingdom of God, and the Lord's Prayer on this week's episode. Top of Show - 00:44 Message of the Week - 20:50 For Personal and Group Discussion 45:19

    Armchair Preaching Ep 185

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 47:44


    Pastor Zac is joined by Pastor John and FPC Discipleship Director, Josh Schweitzer, to discuss the opening to "The Lord's Prayer" series. Opening - 00:43 Message Discussion - 11:06 For Devotion and Small Groups - 32:43

    Armchair Preaching Ep 184

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 69:06


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss how events like hurricanes affect sermon preparation and pastoral ministry, and they discuss the final week in the "disQUIET" series.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 183

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 39:53


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John talk about the different sources of anxiety and stress, and they breakdown this week's message from the "disQUIET" series.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 182

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 60:45


    Pastor Zac talks with Pastor John about the overall impact of the disQUIET series, and they break down their messages on Peter's restoration. Top of Show - 00:35 Messages of the Week - 19:17 For Group and Devotional Study - 40:45

    Armchair Preaching Ep 181

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 72:34


    Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss how they create the close of their sermons, and they open up about Saul, David, and the varying ways we feel anxiety from this week's messages in our "disQUIET" series. Top of Show - 00:44 Messages of the week - 21:09 For Group and Devotional Study - 1:00:51

    Armchair Preaching Ep 180

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 65:30


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John break down Moses' early rejection of God's call and what we can learn about grace and comfort in our anxiety about "what comes next." Part of FPC's "disQUIET" series. Discussion on Coordinating Service Times - 00:50 This Week's Message - 18:15 For Personal and Group Devotion - 46:36 Also, a video version of this conversation will be available at YouTube.com/fpclakeland

    Armchair Preaching Ep 179

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 65:14


    Pastor John and Pastor Zac break down the story of Elijah's anxiety and God's intervention in the first sermon of the "disQUIET" series. Time stamps for today. Big Picture Conversation, 00:45 This Week's Messages, 21:18 For Groups and Devotions, 44:45

    Armchair Preaching Ep 178

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 62:26


    Pastor Zac is joined by Pastor John and Josh Schweitzer to unpack the topic of generosity in this week's message from the "Our Calling" series. Big Picture Conversation - 00:49 This Week's Messages - 18:50 For Groups and Devotions - 43:32

    Armchair Preaching Ep 177

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 60:27


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John break down the concept of service from the series "Our Calling." Segments: 00:45 - Sermons and Small Group Material 16:40 - This Week's Messages on Serving Eagerly 42:04 - Digging Deeper for Small Groups and Personal Devotion

    Armchair Preaching Ep 176

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 65:02


    Pastor John is back in the Armchair to talk with Pastor Zac about the transition from summer to school year planning and this week's message in the "Our Calling" series. Also this week's episode is divided into three segments: 00:45 - Preaching plans during the summer versus the school year 14:45 - This week's messages on Growing Continually 47:17 - Conversation ideas for groups related to the messages

    Armchair Preaching Ep 175

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 48:59


    Pastor Zac is joined by Bible teacher and FPC elder, Abby Rodda. Abby has extensive experience teaching with Bible Study Fellowship, and this week, preached in our Vine modern worship service in the series "Our Calling."

    Armchair Preaching Ep 174

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 36:57


    Pastor Zac is joined by Ed Diaz of 71-17 Ministries and frequent guest preacher to talk about the kick-off to a new series entitled "Our Calling."

    Armchair Preaching Ep 173

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 63:23


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John are back to close out the series in Malachi and to project forward to what God is doing at FPC.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 172

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 35:01


    Pastor Zac is joined by Ed Diaz as they talk through the priesthood, last minute preaching, and the series "Half-Hearted."

    Armchair Preaching Ep 171

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 43:26


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John sit down with Anna Butler to talk about the impact of Vacation Bible School, and they discuss the second week in the "Half-Hearted" series through Malachi.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 170

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 52:39


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss Malachi, kicking off new series in unique circumstances, and the sacraments... all as we start the "Half-Hearted" series.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 169

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 54:29


    Armchair Preaching Ep 169 by from FPC Lakeland

    Armchair Preaching Ep 168

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 47:13


    Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss summer preaching plans and the series "Growing Pains".

    Armchair Preaching Ep 167

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 55:13


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John kick off the "Growing Pains" series.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 166

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 60:06


    Pastor John and Pastor Zac discuss the joys and challenges of preaching in a congregation for long periods of time and this week's messages on Hannah.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 165

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 50:07


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss great stories outside the Bible and the story of Jesus' ascension.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 164

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 42:21


    Pastor Zac is joined by Ed Diaz as they talk about resources for cultural studies in the Bible and this week's messages on the Wedding at Cana from John 2.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 163

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 43:46


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss the "cutting room floor" and their sermons on Job.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 162

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 34:08


    Pastor Zac is joined by Pastor John and Josh Schweitzer as we discuss the resurrection, the Sunday after Easter, and Youth Sunday.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 161 Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 45:16


    In part two of this special Easter edition of Armchair Preaching, Pastor John and Pastor Zac continue unpacking the resurrection story and the Easter messages from March 31. A new episode of Armchair Preaching will drop later this week.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 161 Pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 45:38


    In part one of a special two part episode, Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss all of the Holy Week services and what leads to an effective Easter worship service.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 160

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 52:59


    Pastor Zac and Pastor John discuss comparing gospel narratives, Palm Sunday, and the importance of Holy Week services.

    Armchair Preaching Ep 159

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 54:24


    Pastor John and Pastor Zac talk about distractions and this week's message in the "Journey to the Cross" series.

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