Drinking From the Well
Sermons and teachings from Pastor Tim Barton of First Church Fort Pierce, FL. I’m just a fellow traveler on this flying space rock, asking and responding to questions of faith and practice, while telling a story or two in between Join me as we try to figure out what we’re doing here and how Jesus is calling us to change the world
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Episodes
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Looking at the parable of the soils from Luke 8, we talk about the importance of realizing that we can always allow God to change our hearts
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Looking at Peter's famous confession of Jesus's Identity in Luke 9 we discover the purpose and destiny of following Jesus
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
This sermon explores our Wesleyan Theological Roots, particularly focusing on how our tradition teaches us to draw our circle widely to embrace those that are often rejected.
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
This sermon discuses a Wesleyan approach to faithfully reading Scripture for personal and social transformation.
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Looking at Luke 12 and the parable of the Watchful Servants, we look at the Wesleyan value of growing deeply in our faith and how it enables us to grow deeper in our love for God and for People
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
This message looks at Luke 12 to learn from Jesus about how we are called to challenge institutional and religious presumptions in order to have a greater impact in our world.
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Looking at Luke 14 and the parable of the Great Banquet, we discover what it looks like for us to live out our Wesleyan heritage by Loving Actively
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
This sermon looks at the Parable of the Prodigal Son through the lens of our new series "Hope and Despair." We look to see how when we come to the end of all of the hopes that we have in ourselves and we are left empty and wanting -- Jesus is the place where we can find hope again.
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
This sermon looks at the despair that comes from feeling as though no one is really listening to you and that you are alone in this world. We look at a peculiar teaching of Jesus (the rich young ruler) and how it shows that Jesus was quite misunderstood -- most of the time.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
This sermon looks at the Parable of the Tenants from Luke 20 and looks at how when the hope that we place in the social contract of leadership and respect fails we can find new hope and purpose in the authority that God has given to us.
Rev. Tim Barton
I'm a United Methodist Pastor who loves to teach people how to read their Bible, how to find themselves in God's Story, and how to use both of those skills to make tangible change in this world.
I graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary where I focused on Biblical Hebrew and the Pentateuch + Joshua. I believe that the Bible is one story that leads to Jesus and that all people invited to to drink from the deep well of that story, find themselves at Christ's table, and feast on his abounding love forever.