The Word First Podcast
The Word First Podcast is a ministry of First Baptist Church in West Bend, WI. The goal of this podcast is to walk listeners through scripture on a deeper level using a Q&A format with Pastor Luke Love. We also want to encourage listeners to engage with God’s Word beyond Sunday.
Episodes
On this episode, host Chris Bergstresser informs the listeners about the future of the Word First Podcast, and announces that the podcast will be ending. We are so thankful for our listeners and truly hope that this podcast has been an encouragement to you and a challenge to your spiritual growth. On behalf of Chris and Pastor Luke, thank you and God bless!
In this episode, host Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love dig into Romans 5:3-5a.
Linke to sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/ro3cK73WHYc?si=3VYLlwNzR5U-cajt&t=2221
In this episode, host Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love dig into Romans 5:1-2.
LInk to sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/J8nzfg-f9pg?si=kwHpXFaXY7Iz8Lwp&t=2048
In this episode, host Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love dive into Romans 4:16-25. You can watch the entire sermon from 5/18/25 here: https://www.youtube.com/live/czBHPIBsNjM?si=n4MlQdSyNCtIhwr_&t=1620
In this episode, host Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love discuss the importance of parenting from Psalm 127.
Link to sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/rI_onrWv9Q0?si=EW41_yDA7qG7K4j4&t=1722
In this episode, host Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love discuss Romans 4:9-16.
Link to full sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/mr8ad-6GP3A?si=7T8UwCctPZRswXdF&t=1997
In this episode, hosts Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love review Sunday's sermon from Romans 4:1-8.
Link to full sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/iJWqiooYch0?si=pStWQtrpSsOO4Utu&t=2175
In this episode, Host Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love review Romans 3:25b-26 and discuss the moral dilemma between God the "Just and the Justifier."
To enter for the 4 volume series on Romans written by Boise, email the word "Justified" to cbergstresser@fbcwb.org
Link to full sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/8W1352CB_rA?si=pzd0tZ8Qt3SBkGkA
In this episode, Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love take a deeper dive into Romans 3:19-20.
You can listen to the full sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/live/poROWa-swNE?si=hVMNs5Nk9k4uXm48&t=1530 be aware the sound doesn't start until 25 minutes in.
Men, you can register for the Word First Men's Conference on April 5, here: https://firstbaptistwb.org/wordfirst2025
In this episode, host's Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love review Sunday's sermon from Romans 3:9-18.
To enter the drawing for the 4 Volume set on Romans by James Montgomery Boice, email your name and what episode you heard about the drawing on to: cbergstresser@fbcwb.org
Men, to register for the Word First Men's Conference: https://firstbaptistwb.org/wordfirst2025
Link to full sermon on Romans 3:9-18: https://www.youtu...
In this episode, hosts Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love dissect Romans 2:25-29. Although this is a more difficult passage, there is some great personal application from the text.
Listen to the full sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/live/gqI08Q1oxQ8?si=sOoc3jtgw67NWjOV&t=1415
Men, don't forget to register for the Word First Men's Conference, April 5, 2025 at First Baptist Church, West Bend, WI. You won't want to miss...
On this Episode, hosts Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love dig deeper into our passage from Sunday, Romans 2:17-24. In this episode they will discuss what the passage has to say about what hypocrisy is, what it isn't, how it harms, and how we are to respond to hypocrisy in the church. We hope you enjoy the episode and we encourage you to pull out your Bible and follow along with the passage as we discuss this past weeks sermon,...
In this episode, hosts Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love take a deeper look at Romans 2:12-16. They celebrate you, the listener, for 300 downloads, and they make the announcement that on April 5, 2025, they will be hosting the Word First Men's Conference at First Baptist Church in West Bend, WI with Dr. Tony Wood.
To watch the entire sermon from 1/26/25: https://www.youtube.com/live/c2pcABT5dyE?si=opqjaXkNFquF7NPf&t=142
...In this episode, host Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love dig deeper into this past Sunday's sermon on Romans 2:6-11. This episode is part of our Romans series at First Baptist Church in West Bend, WI. We invite you to watch the entire sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/live/vbDSUhaL-0c?si=sDpPvRqUVVE6_W3q&t=1347
We are also excited to announce our Word First Men's Conference for 2025. We will have a day with Pastor Ton...
In this episode, our hosts will take a deeper look at Romans 2:1-5 and see how the narrative changes from their sin in chapter 1, to your sin in chapter, and how this can illuminate hypocrisy in the church and in our own lives.
Link to full sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/hNFYgWPg5jw?si=WrwQya9jpLLEvrEc&t=1368
In this episode, our hosts will discuss Philippians 4:6-7 and how we can draw the Antidote to Anxiety from this passage.
Link to entire sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/Mt7obg-defA?si=AVv8je20n9Dngu8L&t=2102
In this episode, we review Matthew 2 as part of our Christmas series. We see how then, King Herod, responded to the news of the birth of the King of the Jews with war instead of worship.
In Episode 11, we break down Matthew 2:1-12 with Pastor Luke Love, and see a raw and somewhat more emotional narrative of what it was like when the Magi came to worship the newborn King of the Jews.
On episode 9, host, Chris Bergstresser and Pastor Luke Love dive deeper into his sermon on Romans 1:28-32. They discuss the world's aversion to the idea of man's depravity, and discuss how Christians ought to view this topic and this passage, and how we can find hope in passages like Romans 1:28-32.
In Episode 8, host Chris Bergstresser & Pastor Luke Love take on some questions, thoughts, and struggles that rise from Romans 1:24-27.
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