Flash of Recognitition

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on May 8, 2011. Luke 24:13-35 If we saw a dollar bill lying on the floor, most of us would probably stop and pick it up.  But if we saw a penny on the floor, even a flashy new penny,...

Changed

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on April 24, 2011. Matthew 28:1-10; Colossians 3:1-11 Here’s the trivia question for today—how did the tradition of buying new clothes for Easter come about?  Your cynical side of...

The Lord’s Doing

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on April 17, 2011. Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Matthew 21:1-11 One of the many fables told by the ancient Greek sage Aesop is called “Hercules and the Wagoner.”  In this...

Heart Scan

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on April 3, 2011. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 A few days ago a good friend of mine a year older than I was working out in a local gym when he began to feel tightness in his chest.   He kept on...

Gusher

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on March 27, 2011. Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-15 The famous British playwright Noel Coward once sent an identical note to twenty prominent men in London.  Each note said the...