So Much Sacrifice Means We Must Value the Vote

When the United States was founded, the only persons allowed to vote were free white men who owned property.  White women could not vote. White men who did not own property could not vote. Non-whites were denied the right to vote. Blacks did not gain the right to vote...

Ministry Reminders for Prophetic People

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, for the ordination of Rev. Marie Mainard O’Connell, First Presbyterian Church, Little Rock, Ark., on October 21, 2012. Luke 4:14-30 14 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about...

Faith in the Dark

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on October 14, 2012. Job 23:1-17 23Then Job answered: 2“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I...

Our Questions and God’s Answers

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on September 23, 2012. Mark 9:30-37 30They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them,...

Grit and Grace

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on September 9, 2012. Mark 7:24-37 24From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not...