Getting Serious: Loving Goodness, Fate of Emptiness

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on September 4, 2011.  Luke 11:24-26 Morning Prayer: Our Father on this Sunday of this holiday weekend, we pause to thank you for jobs that provide for the needs of our families and...

Getting Serious: Loving God, Late Have I Loved Thee

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on August 28, 2011.  Psalm 42 Morning Prayer: We thank you today, O God, for not leaving us to ourselves.  We confess that we have tried to live on our own with our own wisdom, with our own...

Getting Serious: Loving God The Magnetic Personality

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on August 21, 2011 John 12:20-33 Morning Prayer: O God, we your children confess that we are still learning today.  We confess that we need your spirit to tutor us in our efforts to lay our...

Getting Serious: Loving God Relationally Challenged

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on August 14, 2011. Mark 5:1-20 Morning Prayer: O God, our Lord, we know that you have ordained every nation of the world.  We know that no government reigns without your permission.  We thank...

Getting Serious: Loving God, a World Without God

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on August 7, 2011.  Matthew 8:5-13 Meditation Text: The horror of life without God has lost its place in our imagination.                               —William Willimon in Who Will Be Saved?...