The Future Tense of the Good News

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on April 29, 2012. Isaiah 35 Morning Prayer:        O God, our Father, we pray claiming the promise that you know what we need before we ask it.  Forgive the pettiness or the immaturity of our...

The Lord’s Prayer: The God to Whom We Pray

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on February 26, 2012. Romans 8:14-17 Morning Prayer: O God, our Father, we enter this Lenten season with a sense of hope.  We know that you see into our hearts and we know that our desire for...

Aftershock

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on April 8, 2012. Matthew 28:1-7 Meditation Text: If faith were merely learning about Jesus as a dead person in the past, there could at some point be an end to it.  But since faith is a...

The Lord’s Prayer: Deliverance

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on March 25, 2012. Mark 14:32-42 Morning Prayer: O God, we have offered our prayer and song already, but we add the prayers of our hearts today to ask that by your strong hand you would...

The Lord’s Prayer: An Uncomfortable Arrangement

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on March 18, 2012. Matthew 18:21-35 Morning Prayer: O God, even though we do not need to tell you, we admit that we fail daily, but we do acknowledge and confess that each new day finds our...