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Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?

| Heath Lambert |
I’m talking about, on the podcast this week, a really, actually debated issue. And that is the one of healing miracles. The question are miraculous…

Making Thanksgiving Personal

| Heath Lambert |
It is Thanksgiving week, and I don’t know how to tell you how excited I am. I love Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday. Christmas…

How Do I Deal with the Loss of a Child?

| Heath Lambert |
This week on the podcast, I want to speak to those of you who, I guess, must be the most hurting people in the world. I want to talk to those of yo…

How Should Christians Think About Suicide and Hell?

| Heath Lambert |
I want to talk to you today about one of the hardest topics in the world for us to talk about. And that is the issue of suicide. And because of the…

Are Ghosts Real?

| Heath Lambert |
It is the week of Halloween. Halloween is that time when we think about all sorts of things, we think about candy, and we think about costumes, we …

Are Christians Required to Fast?

| Heath Lambert |
This week on the podcast, I want to talk about the issue of fasting and whether it is required as a practice for Christians. Do Christians have to …

How Should Christians Think About Polygamy in the Bible?

| Heath Lambert |
One of the things that I love to do every week on the podcast is to answer your questions and address your concerns. I just recently heard from a p…

Who is a Child of God?

| Heath Lambert |
A few weeks ago, I was communicating a message from our church, and in the context of that communication, I shared a side comment to anybody in the…

What is the First Baptist Statement on Biblical Sexuality?

| Heath Lambert |
This week on October 9th, 2022, the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida, is going to take a really bold and historic step in our culture’…

What is a Woman?

| Heath Lambert |
During the month of August, I planned on one brain surgery and actually wound up squeezing in two. That meant I was recovering a lot. I was a lot l…

Dr. Heath Lambert has been preaching at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida since January of 2016, and became Senior Pastor in September of 2017. Serving First Baptist is the joy of Pastor Heath’s life. He is delighted to serve with the remarkable members and staff at this incredible church. Prior to serving at First Baptist, Pastor Heath served as the Executive Director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC), and as a professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He is the author of several books, including The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams (Crossway, 2011), Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace (Zondervan, 2013), and A Theology of Biblical Counseling: The Doctrinal Foundations of Counseling Ministry (Zondervan, 2016).

Heath earned a bachelor of arts (B.A.) in biblical and theological studies and political science from Gordon College in 2002, a master of divinity (M.Div.) in Christian Ministry from Southern Seminary in 2005, and a doctorate (Ph.D.) in biblical counseling and systematic theology from Southern Seminary in 2009.

He is married to Lauren and they have three children: Carson, Chloe, and Connor.