After Christmas

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 30, 2012. Luke 2:21-24 Meditation Text: Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world—stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death—and...

A New World Coming “ A New World Now

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 23, 2012. Luke 9:23-27 Meditation Text: If you are uncertain of which of two paths to take, choose the one on which the shadow of the cross falls.                     –from...

A New World Coming “ An Ordinary World

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 9, 2012. Luke 2:1-12 Meditation Text: “I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat...

A New World Coming “ A Real World

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 16, 2012. John 3:1-8 Meditation Text: Electricity or steam, dynamite or big masses—by these things we are impressed.  We believe in visible power, in physical force.  We have lost...

Great Themes of the Bible: Abundance

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on November 18, 2012. John 6:1-15 Meditation Text: The greatest lesson a soul has to learn is that God, and God alone, is enough for all its needs.  This is the lesson that all God’s dealings...