{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Grace for Everyone! - May 17, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2018,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nMay 17, 2026 \nHigh School Graduate Sunday \n \n2026: Flourishing Together:  \nTransformed on The Jesus Way \nGospel Guide: John \nTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. \n-Romans 12:1-2 \n \nEASTERTIDE 2026: Shaped by The Spirit \nApril 12, 2026 – May 30, 2026 \n \nThe Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. \n-Jesus (John 14:25) \n \nGrace for Everyone! \nEphesians 4:7-13 \n \nTheme for 2026:\tFlourishing Together: Transformed on The Jesus Way \n \nTheme for Eastertide 2026:  Shaped by The Spirit \n \nTHE ASCENSION – Paul uses Psalm 68 to highlight the victorious nature of the life and ministry of Christ who now has ascended to the right hand of the Father and is victoriously guiding the Church to fulfill its role in the Grand Plan of Redemption. (May 14 was Ascension Day.) \nUNITY IN DIVERSITY – God’s Spirit is at work in the Church through His provision of unity amidst the great diversity of people and gifts. \nCHRIST’S PROVISION – Our Lord has given the right people to His Church so that it may fulfill its mission! Churches have apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teachers – as gifts from Christ Himself! \nThis individualized dispensation of grace refers to Christ’s gifts to the church through the spiritual equipping of individuals, who will in turn prepare all members of the church for the building of the body. \n-Constantine Campbell, The Letter to the Ephesians \nGRACE FOR EVERYONE – Everyone is gifted! Everyone has a unique role and place both in and beyond the Church! The gifts are both for the good of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}