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.)

For the Glory of God: Messages from Bro. D

Identifying False Teachers

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.

Resolution or 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.)

Passing the Crisis Test

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.

What Jesus Sees

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

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."

The Remedy

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? 

Romans 5

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.

The Measuring Stick

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.)

The Road to Reverence

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

When People 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.

A New Year, A New Song!

"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 He 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.

God Preserves His People

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.

Responding to Mistreatment

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.

When God Interrupts

One of Daren York's greatest desires was for people to know Christ. Even though he is now home with the Lord, I don't believe God is finished using him yet. These are his sermons given to First Baptist Church Red Springs, 2010-2015, faithfully recorded by Brian Humphries, presented to you by his wife Andrea, for the glory of God.

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For the Glory of God: Messages from Bro. D

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