The DNA of God: Justice

Sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on July 5, 2009. Amos 5: 18-24. Meditation Text:         For many people, justice is whatever they personally consider fair. It can be as      arbitrary and changeable as stock market value,...

The DNA of God: Charity

Sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on July 12, 2009. 1 John 4: 16-21. Meditation Text: God in His essential Being is Charity; God so loved that He gave; therefore to dwell in Charity means giving in our turn, a movement of...

Who is this Family?

Sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on June 21, 2009. Mark 3: 31-34. Meditation Text:         We will need to remember that we did not create ourselves, that we owe what we are  to the communities that formed us.   ...

The Fate of Emptiness

Sermon delivered by Dr. Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on June 7, 2009. Luke 11: 24-26. Meditation Text: In any city, Sunday is the saddest day of the week…when the tempo of the working week is suspended, and the poverty of meaning in...

Tempted Like Us

Sermon delivered by Dr. Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on May 24, 2009. Hebrews 4:14-16; Matthew 16:24-26 When you are a young adult in your 20’s and 30’s, you hear people talk about how you need to take care of yourself—the things you need...