The Road of Godforsakenness

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on June 26, 2011. Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13 Every now and then pastors run into parishioners who put them in their places, and rightfully so.  Pastor David Mosser is honest enough to...

The Trinity at Work

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on June 19, 2011. Genesis 1:1-4a; Matthew 28:16-20; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Preaching on the Christian doctrine of the Trinity has never been easy.  In 1995 Pastor James Hazelwood of...

Stormy Weather

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on June 12, 2011. Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Acts 2:1-21 Have you noticed lately that we’re having some mighty stormy, mighty weird weather? As a recent issue of Newsweek magazine...

Meditations for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on May 22, 2011. First Meditation Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:1-10 Recently I heard a retreat speaker named Robert Mulholland say something that stopped me in my tracks.  He said...

Making Christ Known

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on May 29, 2011. John 14:15-21; Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter 3:13-22 I can still remember the moment a group of us settled on a mission statement for our church.  I can’t tell you the day...