For the Glory of God: Messages from Bro. D

This is a very special one. The sermon outline was about the key things we need to know in order to identify false teachers, but throughout the sermon, the Holy Spirit provided comfort as we grieved for our beloved Estelle Green, who had died just a few hours earlier. Brian started recording as Daren and I sang "That Sounds Like Home to Me" (you mostly hear Daren singing harmony because the recording is from his microphone). He was pretty long-winded that day, but it's worth it to listen to the whole thing because toward the end he shares about a special moment he had with Estelle and his own thoughts about death and Heaven. Recorded at First Baptist Church Red Springs September 8, 2013. (The picture is of Daren's notes for Estelle's funeral that I found after he died.)

It's easy to say you are going to do something, but how do you know if you are actually committed to it? Recorded January 2012, Bro. Daren explores the difference between resolution and commitment.

Everyone will go through a crisis at some time. How do you pass the crisis test? In this message from Acts 16, Bro. Daren uses Paul and Silas' midnight praise in the prison to answer the question. Recorded in 2012 at First Baptist Church Red Springs. (Audio starts at 0:06 mark.)

This message from March 11, 2012 is known as "THE Sermon" at our church. That day Bro. Daren taught us that, just as with the man born blind, Jesus sees what we don't see and that sometimes the things that happen to us are simply for God's glory. Even as Bro. Daren called cancer by name, he did not know that within a few hours he would be diagnosed with a mass on his brain, and that by the end of the week he would have undergone two major surgeries for Stage 4 colon cancer.

Recorded March 4, 2012, Bro. Daren explains the meaning of baptism.

Recorded February 2012, Bro. Daren continues in Romans 5. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Bro. Daren skips the catchy title and jumps right in to Romans 5, leading up to the question: Do you have It. . .Or do you have Him?

Recorded February 5, 2012, Bro. Daren challenges us with the fact that God's Word is not a benign book. It is a dangerous, powerful instrument that reveals our true character. The "interruption" at the beginning is Bro. Jerald Green acknowledging our five year anniversary at Red Springs. It was also Scout Sunday.

Using Isaiah's vision of the throne room, Bro. Daren gives a powerful sermon on God's Holiness. (Audio starts at 0:23. I was not able to edit the silence at the beginning. Consider using this time to prepare your heart to receive God's Word.)

Why do you go to church? Listen as Bro. Daren passionately shares what happens when people truly want God.

Bro. Daren began 2012 by admonishing us to approach worship with joy, freshness, and a new perspective of what we have in Christ. Though we didn't understand it at the time, I now realize that God was actually providing a new and fresh anointing for the work He was about to manifest in Daren's life.

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory. . ." Bro. Daren opens up the 2011 Christmas season with a look at John 1:14 and the gift we received when Jesus came down.

When the enemy has you marked for destruction, God has the final say. Bro. Daren gives this encouragement as he wraps up his series from the book of Esther. Recorded December 4, 2011.

Have you ever been mistreated? Have you ever mistreated somebody? As Bro. Daren points out, it's easy to respond to mistreatment naturally, but we need to learn to respond the way God wants us to. Bro. D continues his series in Esther, November 27, 2011.

Your plans are subject to change, but God's plan is a foregone conclusion. As Bro. Daren continues in Esther, we can be comforted to know that even when things seem out of control, they are not. Recorded November 20, 2011.

As he continues his series from the book of Esther, Bro. Daren shares the things that are required in order to do God's will. Recorded November 13, 2011.

As Bro. Daren continues his series from the book of Esther, he teaches that sometimes you have to risk it all to do what is right and that God will always do what is right, even if it's not what we want. Recorded November 2011, Bro. D did not realize how prophetic his words were.

Is your life so "bent out of shape" that you wonder how you'll ever get it back together? God reveals the startling solution as Bro. Daren preaches from the book of Esther, Fall 2011.

We have all made decisions that we regret. Bro. Daren talks to us about learning from those decisions and counsels us to make wise choices based on our relationship with God. This is the first sermon in a series from the book of Esther, Fall 2011.

Recorded September 18, 2011. Bro. Daren takes a powerful look at the obstacles to our freedom. (Please forgive the silence from the 03:00 to 06:50 mark. The microphone did not pick up the video illustration.)

Recorded September 11, 2011. With the tenth anniversary of 9-11 as the backdrop, Bro. Daren asks the question, "What do we do when we face adversity?"

Recorded September 9, 2011, Bro. Daren's message to the youth at FBC Red Springs as they kicked off the school year. Bro. Daren had a way of communicating with people of all ages, using humor to present a serious subject. This message based on Romans 12:1-2 is a timely one for all of us.

Recorded September 4, 2011. We are always looking for something, but we "can't get no satisfaction". How is your level of satisfaction today?

Sunday morning sermon recorded October 9, 2010 at First Baptist Church Red Springs. Bro. Daren tells how to handle the situation when you have "been done wrong".