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The preaching ministry of First Baptist DeQueen
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Patient verse-by-verse teaching connects biblical narrative to Christian faith, conduct, and endurance.
First Baptist DeQueen moves between Sunday sermons and Wednesday Bible studies, keeping an open Bible at the center. The Sunday messages pair close readings of Acts and the resurrection accounts with direct applications about endurance, discipleship, and conduct.
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A plainspoken sermon on joy in struggle, present pain, and hope fixed on Jesus.
The sermon frames joy in struggle through a clear contrast between an ordinary injury while weed-eating and the apostles standing before a council ready to kill them in Acts 5.
Paul's courtroom pressure becomes a pastoral call to steady Christian witness.
Acts 25 is framed as a portrait of witness under pressure, following Paul from an unjust imprisonment into the audience hall where Agrippa and Bernice enter with military tribunes and the city's prominent men.
A measured study of Ish-bosheth's death, David's rise, and ambition in a power vacuum.
The episode follows 2 Samuel 4:5 through the collapse around Ish-bosheth and the public rise of David. Rechab and Baana murder Ish-bosheth during his noonday rest, then the tribes come to David at Hebron and acknowledge the leadership they had already seen in battle.
A patient study of Abiathar's escape, Saul's false confidence, and the trust God's care calls for.
David's flight through the wilderness becomes a careful study in how Saul confuses his own violence with divine approval. Pastor Josh traces Abiathar's escape after Doeg's slaughter of the priests, the ephod's place in seeking God's will, and Saul's confidence at Kilah, then…
A resurrection sermon about faithful believers being refocused for the work still before them.
This sermon traces the resurrection through the women who remained present at the crucifixion, burial, and empty tomb, then turns toward the disciples in Galilee.
A measured study of David's grief, the Amalekite's claim, and Jonathan's loyalty after Saul's death.
David's grief after Saul's death sets the study's central tension. He mourns a king who had repeatedly tried to kill him, yet he will not let the Amalekite's claim become an easy path to favor.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Pastor Josh walks through 2 Samuel 4:5-5:8 in First Baptist DeQueen's Wednesday Bible Study, focusing on Ish-bosheth's assassination, David's refusal to reward murder, and the tribes of Israel coming to Hebron.
Pastor Josh of First Baptist DeQueen teaches 2 Samuel 1:1-27 and ties it to the end of 1 Samuel 31, where Saul dies and news reaches David in Ziklag.
This sermon from Acts chapter 5 explores how to find joy in struggle, using the apostles' experiences as examples.
A pastor preaches from Acts 26, using a Russian legend about persecuted Christians to illustrate faith and prayer.
A sermon about the life of Isaac Watts, focusing on his childhood, his father's imprisonment for religious nonconformity, and his gift for poetry.
A pastor preaches from Acts chapter 24, discussing the Apostle Paul's trial before Governor Felix.
A pastor preaches a sermon on Acts chapter 6, discussing the growth of the early church and opposition from the enemy.
A pastor preaches from Acts chapter 21 about the Apostle Paul's missionary journeys and his ministry in cities.
A pastor preaches through Acts 28, explaining Paul's journey to Rome and his appeal to Caesar to share the gospel.
A pastor preaches from Acts chapter 10, discussing God's unique work in the early church and Peter's ministry.
A pastor uses a personal story to introduce a sermon on making better decisions, based on Acts chapter 15.
Pastor Josh leads a verse-byverse study of 1 Samuel 22:20-23:22, focusing on David's wilderness flight from King Saul.