Sabotage

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on March 13, 2011. Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11 I love the story of the overweight businessman who decided it was time to shed some extra pounds.  He took his new diet...

Mountaintop Experience

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., March 6, 2011. Exodus 24:12-18; Matthew 17:1-9 I’m guessing most of us have had at least one episode in our lives we’d call a “mountaintop experience”.   And I’m guessing we’d have a...

Our Deficit Problem

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on February 27, 2011. Psalm 131; Matthew 6:24-34; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 In case you haven’t noticed, it seems like everybody these days has a deficit problem.  Individuals are...

Flesh and Blood Security

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on February 20, 2011. Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; I Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Like many of you, I grew up in a Baptist church.  And I’m guessing like many of you, I heard precious...

Choices, Choices

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on February 13, 2011. Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8 Those of you who are sports fans will appreciate the story of a college football team whose starting quarterback was...