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The Hickory Rock Baptist Church Podcast
Weekly sermons from Hickory Rock Baptist Church in Louisburg, North Carolina.
Episodes
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Living Faithfully In A World Of Outrage---Acts 19:20-20:1
When the kingdom of God confronts the chaos of the world, will we join the outrage of the crowd—or stay rooted in Christ?
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Restoration Experienced---John 20:24-31
This week, we finish our Easter series with the story of Thomas—not as the doubter, but as the one who shows us how honest faith can lead to a deeper encounter…
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Restoration Secured---Luke 24:36-43
Because Jesus is risen, our restoration is secured. This Easter Sunday, we don’t just celebrate the empty tomb—we respond to it with our lives, our love, and…
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Restoration Promised---Zechariah 9:9-12; Matthew 21:1-11
What God promised through Zechariah, Jesus fulfilled on Palm Sunday, and that same promise of restoration still holds for us today—because our King came, is…
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Spiritual Spring Cleaning---Acts 19:11-20
In this week's sermon, we explore what it means to fully surrender to Jesus—and discover the freedom and healing that come when we bring everything into the…
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A Kingdom Civics Lesson---Acts 19:8-10
In Acts 19:8-10, Paul boldly proclaims the kingdom of God, reminding us that our primary identity is in Christ. As citizens of His kingdom, we are called to…
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A Well-Balanced Spiritual Diet---Acts 18:24 - 19:7
In Acts 18-19, we meet believers with spiritual deficiencies that needed to be filled. Could the same be true for us?
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God Works In Ironic Ways---Acts 18:12-23
In this week's sermon, we'll explore several ironic twists in Paul's time in Corinth. These moments remind us that God often works in unexpected and ironic…
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Seeing Jesus In The Hard Times---Acts 18:1-11
This week in Acts 18, we explore how Jesus meets us in our loneliness, frustration, and weariness, offering His presence when life feels overwhelming. Join us…
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Modeling Incarnational Love---Acts 17:16-34
In this week's sermon, we’ll explore what it means to live with incarnational love—a love that moves beyond comfort to reach out to a searching world. This…
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A Gospel Crash Course---Acts 17:1-15
In this week's sermon, we are reminded that the Gospel shakes the foundations of earthly kingdoms. It threatens the ways of the world but offers unshakable…
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How To See The Kingdom---Acts 16:25-40
In this week's sermon, we’ll see how Paul and Silas stayed faithful to Christ and His Kingdom, even through trials. To do the same and witness the Kingdom…
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Love Me---John 14:15
As we wrap up our "Apprentice's Guide to Following Jesus" series, we arrive at one final, crucial truth: As Jesus’ apprentices, we cannot truly love Him or be…
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Be My Church---Matthew 16:13-18; 1 Peter 2:9-10
This week, we explore Jesus' call for us to be His church. Together, we'll dive into a deeper understanding of what the church truly is. If we're to follow…
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Abide In Me---John 15:1-10
In this week's sermon, we explore Jesus' call to "abide in me" and discover how daily practices can help reorient our hearts and minds toward Him.
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Follow Me---Matthew 4:17-22
This week's sermon examines Jesus' call to "follow me."We'll use this call to help us better understand the nature and purpose of discipleship. To do that…
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Come to Me---Matthew 11:25-30
In this week's sermon, we'll explore how Jesus invites us to learn from Him - to discover what it truly means to live a life that honors the Father. Join us as…
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Faithful Living---Habakkuk 3:1-19
In the final sermon of our Advent series in Habakkuk, we explore what it means to live by faith. As we examine Habakkuk's example, we see that living by faith…
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Christmas 2024!
Merry Christmas from Hickory Rock Baptist Church!
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Joy In The Reckoning---Habakkuk 2:5-20
This week, as we continue our Advent study of Habakkuk, we examine God's declarations of judgment against Babylon. These remind us that God's justice preserves…
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How Much Longer, Lord?---Habakkuk 1:1-11
In this week's sermon, we begin exploring the Book of Habakkuk. We look at Habakkuk's righteous plea and learn how hope is a rugged persistence. From this, we…
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A Threat To Society---Acts 16:16-25
In this week's sermon, we remember that the Gospel message of hope, healing, and freedom is controversial and a threat to the injustice and unrighteousness of…
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Clothed With Christ---Galatians 3:27
In this week's special baptism service, we look at how believers are clothed with Christ and how this takes care of our greatest need as humans.
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Sharing Jesus The Jesus Way---Acts 16:11-15
In this week's sermon, we see Paul and others go to Philippi and see how Lydia comes to follow Jesus. This passage reminds us that we who have experienced…
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Living Incarnationally---Acts 16:6-10
In this week's sermon, we look at the obedience demonstrated by Paul and Silas to answer the "Macedonian Call." From this, we are reminded that, as followers…
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The Gift of Confession---Psalm 32:1-11
In this week's sermon, we look at Psalm 32 to be reminded of how confession is a channel of God's grace. We see that confession is a gift from God to us…
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Three Chords & the Truth---Acts 15:30-16:5
In this week's sermon, we are reminded that, regardless of what’s going on around us, God is good, He is sovereign, and that He is working all things together…
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Amazing/Scandalous Grace---Acts 15:1-29
In this week's sermon, we explore the Jerusalem Council and see how the early church preserved the Gospel of Grace. This text shows that the Gospel of Grace…
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Faith In Action---Acts 14:1-28
In this week's sermon, we see perseverance as a display of faith in action and that the way we push through life's ups and downs reflects our belief in God's…
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Kingdom Supply & Demand---Acts 13:13-52
This week's sermon explores Paul and Barnabas' experience in Antioch of Pisidia. We are introduced to the upside-down Law of Kingdom Supply and Demand, through…
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From Antioch With Love---Acts 12:25-13:12
In this week's sermon, we explore Barnabas and Saul's first missionary journey. We are reminded that each of us as believers is called to missions, that we…
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Cultivating A Consistent Faith---Acts 12:1-24
In this week's sermon, we explore how we can cultivate consistent faith in a wildly inconsistent world. We unpack the importance of prayer and how we must…
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A Glimpse of Heaven in Antioch---Acts 11:19-30
In this week's sermon, we look at the Church in Antioch. We examine how this instrumental and diverse body was united in Christ, doctrine, and mission. The…
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A Familiar Critique---Acts 11:1-18
This week's sermon shows what happens when those in Jerusalem hear that Gentiles received the Holy Spirit. We are reminded that God often moves in ways that…
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Restored Forever, Amen.---Revelation 22:1-5
In this week's sermon, we conclude the Apostles' Creed. We explore our hope of everlasting life and learn of the restored quality of life that this hope brings.
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When Life Conquers Death---1 Corinthians 15:50-58
In this week's sermon, we explore the resurrection of the body and discover that this hope proves that our bodies have value, that our enemy is defeated, and…
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Pardon & Healing---1 Peter 2:21-25
In this week's sermon, we explore why the forgiveness of sins is essential to our faith. We diagnose what sin is, the cure that Christ brings us, and the…
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The Tie That Binds---John 17:20-26
In this week's sermon, we unpack the "communion of the saints." We learn that our unity/communion is rooted in Christ, it is lived out with each other, and…
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One Holy Church---1 Peter 2:9-10
In this week's sermon, we will explore what it means to be the Church, what the Church does, and discover why local church membership matters.
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The Counselor/Comforter---John 14:15-26
In this week's sermon, we look at the Holy Spirit and examine its three-fold ministry to believers.
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To Judge the Living and the Dead---John 5:22-30
In this week's sermon, we unpack Jesus' role as humanity's judge. We explore why Jesus is our judge, how He judges us, and why His judgment is needed.
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Up, Up, Up.---Luke 24:1-8,44-53
In this week's sermon, we explore what the Apostles' Creed tells us about Jesus' resurrection, ascension, and sitting at God's right hand.
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Lifted Up and Laid Low---John 19:17-20,28-30
In this week's sermon, we unpack the line in the Apostle's Creed detailing Jesus's crucifixion, death, burial, and descent into hell. We will explore how Jesus…
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Pilate and the Suffering Servant---Luke 9:20-22
In this week's sermon, we unpack the line in the Apostles' Creed regarding Jesus suffering under Pontius Pilate. We explore the necessity of Jesus' suffering…
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The Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary---Luke 1:26-38
In this week's sermon, we unpack the line of the Apostles' Creed detailing Jesus' conception and birth. We explore why it matters that Jesus was conceived by…
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Jesus: Christ. Son. Lord.---Philippians 2:5-11
In this week's sermon, we begin exploring what the Apostles' Creed teaches us about Jesus. We learn that we need the Apostles’ Creed, and its scriptural…
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God: The Almighty Creator Father---John 1:1-18
As we begin our study of the Apostles' Creed this week, we unpack what it means to profess that God is Almighty, Creator, and Father and how we live out these…
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All In The Family---Acts 10:24-48
In this week's sermon, we learn that since Christ has brought us into the family of God, we must share the gospel with others so they might also be brought…
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A Familiar Story---Acts 10:1-23
In this week's sermon, we are reminded of God's plan to save all of humanity and that He expects us to play our part in that plan. We are reminded that God…
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Passing Through The Waters--Romans 6:3-4
As we celebrate baptisms this week, we explore the biblical theme of baptism, and how it has always been a sign of God bringing salvation to His people.
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Doing Ministry Like Jesus---Acts 9:31-43
In this week's sermon, we are reminded that Christ prepares believers for ministry, and He prepares them so that they might accomplish the purpose of…
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Proof of the Resurrection---1 Corinthians 15:1-11
In this week's sermon, we walk through Paul's account of Jesus' resurrection and see that the resurrection can and must be believed.
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A Total Transformation---Acts 9:19-31
In this week's sermon, we see how Christ transforms our message, suffering, and relationships and how He does this so that we might glorify Him in all things.
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Confronted, Humbled, Transformed, Loved---Acts 9:1-19
In this week's sermon, we are reminded that no one is beyond Christ's power to save and that Jesus' followers must love and welcome all He brings into the…
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The God Who Loves The One---Acts 8:26-40
In this week's sermon, we are reminded that God sees and loves us individually and has gone to great lengths to secure our salvation. Since we have received…
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A Case of Spiritual Dysmorphia---Acts 8:9-25
In this week's sermon, we look at a scene that reminds us of how our sinful hearts can warp the way we treat others and even cause us to seek to manipulate the…
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The Minor Falls, The Major Lifts---Acts 8:1-8
This week's sermon shows how God used the persecution against the church to spread the Gospel to new people. This text reminds us that God can turn tragedy…
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Those Who Cannot Remember---Acts 7:1-53
This week's sermon looks at Stephen's sermon before the Sanhedrin. Stephen reminds us that if we do not learn from the sins and failures of the past, we will…
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A Profile In Christlikeness---Acts 6:8-7:1, 7:54-60
In this week's sermon, we look at the story of Stephen. We learn from this that the more we seek to be like Christ, the more we should expect to be treated…
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Seeing Through The Distraction---Acts 6:1-7
In this week's sermon, we see how busyness distracts and divides God's people and what we must do to see through these distractions to do the work Christ has…