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Can Pedophiles Attend Your Church?

| Heath Lambert |
I want to talk this week on the podcast about a topic that is as important as it is sensitive, I want to talk about the reality of pedophiles in ou…

Should Christians Go to Church on Sunday?

| Heath Lambert |
Come to Church on Sunday It’s the spring of the year 2022. It’s just after Easter. I am aware that two years ago, our church, like all of your chur…

Has Coffee Mastered You?

| Heath Lambert |
I want to address a really sensitive topic. I want to talk about a really controversial topic, a truly hot topic. I want to talk to you about your …

Should Christians Cuss?

| Heath Lambert |
I grew up with a lot of my family members feeling very comfortable using cuss words. It wasn’t everybody, but it was a commonality in my family, wi…

Was Will Smith Wrong?

| Heath Lambert |
On Sunday, March 27, the 94th annual Academy Awards were held, and everybody is talking about it. As long as I’ve been alive, everybody has been ta…

Should Christians Drink?

| Heath Lambert |
Two Sides Alcohol is a very complicated subject for Christians. The reality is that there is a division today among really faithful Christians abou…

Should I Get a Tattoo?

| Heath Lambert |
Should you get a tattoo? There are millions of people who already have tattoos. Some people are covered with tattoos. Some people have one small sp…

Should I Spank My Kids?

| Heath Lambert |
Easily one of the most common questions I am asked all the time in ministry is the question that comes from parents, “Should I spank my kids?” They…

How Should Christians Respond to Cancel Culture?

| Heath Lambert |
You know who J.K. Rowling is. J.K. Rowling is the fabulously successful, fabulously popular, fabulously wealthy author of the Harry Potter series. …

What is the Unforgivable Sin?

| Heath Lambert |
Years ago, I was in my very first ministry assignment at a church, and a young member of the youth group asked to meet with me. He was a young man …

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.