West Bradenton Messages

Only Christ is truly qualified to reveal the truth about suffering. In this message on John's sixth sign, the healing of a blind man, Pastor Sam Rainer details two wrong ways to deal with suffering: Blame and self-pity. He also reveals the difference between willful unbelief and searching unbelief.

It is important that as Christians in today's world we understand the purpose of our suffering. It's not just about what we say as Christians but also how we suffer that allows the gospel to spread and God's kingdom to grow.

Pastor Sam Rainer examines the fifth sign in John's gospel: Jesus walking on water. This sermon demonstrates how God uses storms to reveal the Divine Son. Jesus is Lord of the storm, even when He sends us into one.

The name that got the early church in trouble is the same one that gets today's church in trouble: Jesus. Using Acts 4, Pastor Sam Rainer reveals how Christians don't get persecuted for being "good people," but rather for claiming the name of Jesus.

In this sermon, Pastor Sam Rainer discusses the fourth sign in John's gospel, demonstrating how God shows His power in our weaknesses. But we must first recognize our own powerlessness. The fourth sign in John's gospel is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000.

Pastor Sam Rainer preaches about how a healthy church gets the attention of the world through the gospel. When Christ changes you, you become a whole new person in a whole new community. And when the people you would otherwise despise become your family, the world pays attention.

Jesus worked on our behalf so we can have perfect rest. In this teaching, Pastor Sam Rainer covers the third sign in John's gospel. He reveals how neither religious superstition nor religious legalism is the way to find perfect rest.

One of the major themes in Luke's gospel and the book of Acts is the certainty with which we can know Jesus. In this teaching, Pastor Sam Rainer illustrates four different ways in which God invites us to find certainty in our relationship with Jesus.

In this lesson, Pastor Sam Rainer uses the second sign in John's Gospel to demonstrate the process of faith.

In Acts 2 the Holy Spirit was first given to the early church at Pentecost. In this teaching, Pastor Sam Rainer describes how God is still redeeming us from emptiness and filling us with the Holy Spirit.

In this sermon, Pastor Sam Rainer unpacks the first sign in John's gospel and explains why God's signs are important today.

There is always room for one more in God's kingdom. This first message in a new series based on the book of Acts will uncover the nature of God's mission in the world and our part in it as believers.

Pastor Raul Hernandez encourages us to be builders in God's kingdom.

In Pastor Ed Johnson's last sermon as interim pastor he brings a great message about true contentment.

Pastor Ed Johnson gives us a reminder that our righteousness comes through our faith in Jesus and that only in true righteous living will we find joy.

Sam Rainer brings a timely message while in view of a call to West Bradenton Baptist Church.

Shane Baxley serves as a deacon here at WBBC and brings a heartfelt and geniune message from Phillipians.

In Philippians 2:5-11 Paul gives us a picture of what humility and a proper attitude should look like using Jesus as the example.

Listen to Pastor Ed Johnson discuss what the apostle Paul has to say about Christian unity to the ancient Phillipian church and our church today.