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Central Baptist Church is located in the community of Niles, Ohio; between the towns of Warren and Youngstown. We meet regularly at 11 am for our Sunday Morning Worship Service (Sunday School starts at 10 am) and at 6 pm for our Sunday Evening Worship Service (kids activities start at 5:30 pm). Check out our website at www.centralbaptistniles.weebly.com. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK and/or subscribe to our podcast channel to enjoy Pastor Dan's two weekly sermons.
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FBC Westwood is located in the beautiful mountain town of Westwood near Lake Almanor in Northern California, First Baptist Church of Westwood is a church dedicated to helping you find a connection with God and with others. Regardless of your background or what you've been through in your life, we believe that God loves you and has a plan and purpose for you. Our community is unique and focused on helping you find a relationship with God that is authentic and exciting, while creating an envir ...
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Sunday morning, we continued in Luke 9 and talkedabout how Jesus resolved conflict. Allof us have been through conflict and most of us would rather avoid it yet conflictis a part of life. Jesus dealt with His fairshare of conflict. Thus, finding aconflict resolution strategy based on the example of Christ is the best way tolearn how to deal with co…
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This Sunday morning, we talked about achieving greatness in the eyes of God. In Luke9:46-50 we come across an argument that the disciples were having amongstthemselves. They were trying to figureout which one of them would rank the highest when the kingdom of God came uponthe earth. Of course, Christ is thegreatest and any attempt to put one’s self…
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Sunday morning, I preached about the Transfiguration of Jesus. This was a very heavy sermon from atheological perspective, yet I ended it with one basic point of application: Weall need to open our hearts and minds so that we can see the glory of Christ. Often, we are distracted from the works ofGod taking place all around us. To frequentlywe focus…
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On Sunday nights I have been preaching a follow up sermon to the theme ofour Sunday School lesson from earlier in the day. Sunday morning, we talked about being deceivedby false teachings. John the Apostle hasa lot to say about this subject. Hisfirst epistle (1 John) focused quite a bit on combating the false teaching of falseprophets. In 1 John 4:…
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Hey, here is Pastor Dan's sermon from CBC's morning service. Listen to it directly (or download to yourcomputer) through the link below to archive.org (our hosting site) or subscribeto FBCW's "podcasts" channel. You can download the "podcasts" app to most of your smartphones by going to your app store (purple app with something that looks like aper…
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We began the 9th chapter of the gospel of Luke by looking at the story ofJesus sending His twelve disciples out on their own for the first time. There is a lot Christians today can learn fromthis event. Followers of Christ are equippedto serve God through the Holy Spirit. Weare instructed in our service of the Lord through God’s Word. And we need t…
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On Sunday Evenings my sermon text comes from thetheme of our Sunday School lesson from earlier in the day. Yesterday morning we finished the unit titled“The Full Picture of Christmas”; which focused on different individuals orgroups of people within the Christmas story. Yesterday we looked at the wisemen and how they worshiped Jesus. In continuing …
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Yesterday we returned to the Gospel of Luke. We looked at the story of Jesus casting out the many demons of a demonicman who lived amongst the tombs. AfterChrist “cured” the man, we found two completely different reactions to the miraculouspower of Christ. The first was one offear and rejection. The people of thearea completely rejected what took p…
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This Sunday evening, we focused on Micah 5:2, “But as for you,Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from youOne will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, fromthe days of eternity.” I find it amazingthat this passage of scripture was written hundreds of years before Christ yetthere is s…
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This Sunday morning we took a break from the gospel of Luke to talk aboutthe Christmas story. I preached from John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh,and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten fromthe Father, full of grace and truth.” Now, to be honest, when we think about Christmas this is not a versethat often comes to …
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Sunday morning we looked at the story, according to Luke, of Jesus calmingthe storm. I pointed out that all of usface hardships or “storms” in life. Youare only fooling yourself if you think your life is burden free; we all facetrials. BUT, we do not have to face themalone; Jesus can face them with us! In mytext (Luke 8:22-25) Jesus asked the quest…
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On Sunday morning we continued our study of Luke 8 and responding to theWord of God. We talked about being partof Jesus’ family and looked at His dedication to us and what a Christian’sdedication to Him should look like. Sermon by Pastor Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Morning Service On December 9, 2018 Series: Preaching throu…
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On Sunday morning I preached what could easily be considered a follow up textfor last week’s message about “the sower and the seed.” Jesus’ “parable of the lamp”, from Luke 8:16-18, talks about responding toGod’s Word. I told my congregation thatChristians need to respond to God’s Word, and the Gospel message of Jesus’death and resurrection, by (1)…
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On Sunday nights I preach a sermon that is a followup to what we studied in Sunday School earlier in the day. Sunday morning, we finished up the unit istitled “How to Pray” by talking about thanksgiving and how we need to pray aprayer of thanksgiving to God. God isthe only source of your blessings. Who elseare going to give credit to for all the bl…
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On Sunday morning I preached about one of Jesus’ most well-known parables;the parable of the sower and the seed. Each soil type, where seed fell, represents a reaction humanity may haveto the gospel of Christ. To sumeverything up; you can either react to the gospel message of the life, deathand resurrection of Jesus Christ by embracing it or by rej…
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On Sunday nights I preach a sermon that is a goodfollow up to what we learned in Sunday School earlier in the day. Our current Sunday School unit is titled “Howto Pray.” Each session of the SundaySchool will look at a portion of the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6. This week we talked about Matthew 6:12-13, “And forgive us ourdebts, as we also have fo…
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On Sunday, November 18, 2018, we continued our way through the Gospel ofLuke by looking at a summarization passage that gave us some insight on thosewho were following Jesus. We learnedthat this group was made up of the twelve disciples and “many women.” I told my congregation that a local church needsto be a (1) Gospel Driven Church, (2) Welcoming…
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On Sunday nights I preach a sermon that is a goodfollow up to what we learned in Sunday School earlier in the day. Our current Sunday School unit is titled “Howto Pray.” Each session of the SundaySchool will look at a portion of the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6. This week, for the second week in a row, welooked at the fourth line of the prayer (ver…
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Sunday morning, I spoke about how all of humanity can receive forgiveness,salvation and peace through Christ. Welooked at the story of a sinful woman anointing Jesus’ feet with an expensive perfumeat the home of a Pharisee named Simon. This woman, who must have been looked at as one of the worst of theworst sinners in the community, was able to fin…
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Yesterday morning we talked about the message of Jesus and John the Baptistand asked ourselves the question: “Are you going to reject Jesus or acceptJesus?” John the Baptist prepared theway for the Messiah and Jesus is the Messiah. They both had powerful messages for their listeners and Jesus’s gift of salvationis something that everyone needs. The…
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Yesterday I preached about the temptation of Jesusby the devil in the wilderness. Jesusovercame each of the devils temptations using the Word of God. We can learn about from these temptationsregarding overcoming our own temptation to sin. Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At First Baptist Church of Westwood On February 4, 2018 Title:"Fighting Off Tempta…
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Yesterday I preached about the baptism of Jesuswhich John the Baptist said was going to take place. John tells us in Luke 3 that Jesus willbaptize us with the Holy Spirit and fire. The reality is that we have two options; turn to Jesus or turn away fromHim. If you turn to Jesus your baptismwill be that of the Holy Spirit. If youturn away from Him t…
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On Sunday I preached about John the Baptist'smessage of repentance and talked about how Christians can learn a lot fromJohn's message. To repent means to havethe evidence of the change which took place within an individual. Salvation in Christ is essential for oureternal security but what comes next? Christians NEED to "bearfruit in keeping with re…
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Sunday morning I preached about the biggest missingchild case in human history; when Mary and Joseph "lost" Jesus inJerusalem following celebrating the Passover holiday and the Feast of UnleavenedBread. I cannot even imagine misplacingmy children but can you even begin to think about what was going through Maryand Joseph's minds as they were lookin…
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On Sunday morning we continued in the Gospel ofLuke and took a look at two people whom we know very little about yet we canlearn so much from them. These twopeople are Simeon and Anna; both of who met Jesus the Messiah within the firstforty days of His life. I pointed out tomy congregation that a righteous and devout Christian will clearly be diffe…
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On Sunday evening we had our annual Christmas EveService. In my short sermon I talkedabout how God has authority over everything. The point I was trying to make was that even in the mist of yourfrustrations and confusion, God is in control. WHY? Because "Nothing isimpossible with God." Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At First Baptist Church of Westwoo…
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On Sunday morning we lit the final candle on ouradvent wreath (we lit the Christ Candle at our Christmas Eve Service.) Joy is a powerful thing. It is so easy to get discouraged but isn't itamazing how much joy does for someone? Whenever I get frustrated or discouraged I like to put on a Christian comedychannel on Pandora. People like JeffAllen, Bob…
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On Sunday we lit the third Advent Candle (TheAngel's Candle or the Peace Candle). Welooked at the amazing announcement of Jesus' birth to the shepherds andspecifically Luke 2:14 which says,"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He ispleased." Those of us who followJesus and have accepted Him as our Lord and Savior have…
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On Sunday we lit the second Advent Candle (Mary'sCandle or the Love Candle). We studiedthrough the beginning of Luke and the foretelling and birth of Christ. In my sermon I point out that Mary showeddevotion and love for God and her people (the Israelites.) I told my group that Christians are called tolove God and love others. Check it out! Sermon …
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Yesterday we took a break from 1 Corinthians to start a four week study on the birth ofChrist. Ever since I was a young boy oneof my fondest memories of Christmas was the lighting of the AdventCandles. I remember being told what theystood for but not giving this much thought to it at the time. Well, starting yesterday and going rightthrough Christm…
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Yesterday we finished off 1 Corinthians 11 and Pal's thoughts on the Lord's Supper. I believe that, in my text, Paul saysChristians have two options: (1) worthy worship of God or (2) unworthy worshipof God. When we examine ourselves andmake sure our walk with God is one focused on Him instead of ourselves we areworshipping Him in a worthy way and a…
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Yesterday we studied through 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 and Paul's depiction of Jesus institutingthe Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper (orCommunion) is to be a reminder of Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross toforgive us of our sins. His body wasbroken and His blood was shed so that our transgressions can be atoned for. Praise God for the body and blo…
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Yesterday I began what will be either a three orfour week study on the Lord's Supper according to the Apostle Paul in the book of1 Corinthians. In the first part of this study, 1 Corinthians 11:17-22, Paul addressesdivisions within the church (of which there were many). He tells the church that the divisions andfactions that have formed within the …
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Yesterday I began what will end up being a seriesof sermons through the 11th chapter of 1 Corinthians. We will be discussing worship, the Lord'sSupper, and (as was the topic of this sermon) Christian marriage. Check it out. Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At First Baptist Church of Westwood On November 5, 2017 Title: ChristianMarriage and Worshipping …
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