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Table Talk
A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. February 3, 2013Mark 14:17-28Communion DevotionIt was around six o’clock in the evening when Jesus and the disciples assembled in the Upper...
Great Themes of the Bible: Grace
A sermon by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga. February 3, 2013 Galatians 3:1-9 Morning Prayer: O God, our Father, each time we pray we feel like we ought to confess again our sin. We know our...
The Plumb Line
A Sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark. February 3, 2013 Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 My Uncle Arlen Stone,...
Fountain of Life
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. January 20, 2013 Isaiah 36:5-10; John 2:1-11 I’ve heard a lot of stewardship sermons in my time, but none based on Deuteronomy 14. There we...
Baptized in Love
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C . January 13, 2013 Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 There is a world of difference between believing in God’s love and experiencing God’s...
Undershepherds
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. January 9, 2013 John 21:15-17; 1 Peter 5:1-4 “Undershepherds” is not a word we use that much in church. But it’s a word we ought to use more...
By Another Road
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. January 6, 2013 Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 That great theologian James Taylor wrote a song about the wise men called, “Home By Another...
If I don’t have love
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. February 3, 2013 1 Corinthians 13 Mark Twain used to say, “It ain't those parts of the Bible I can't understand that bother me, it is the...
Precious Gifts
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. December 23 2012 Micah 5:2-5a; Philippians 4:4-7 Mother Teresa tells the story of being chastised by a fellow nun once as she ministered to...
Tender Mercies
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. December 9, 2012 Luke 1:57-80 Several days ago I made my annual trip up to our attic to bring down our Christmas decorations. In our house...
Keep Calm and Carry On
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C. December 2, 2012 Luke 21:25-36 The summer of 1939 was a very scary time for Great Britain. Nazi Germany was preparing...
Two Gifts
A sermon by Howard Batson, First Baptist Church Amarillo, Tx. John 16:16-33 January 27, 2013 What is the greatest gift ever? Let me throw out a few possibilities that might win the award. How about the Statue of...
The Verbs of Our Calling
A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Jeremiah 1:4-10 February 3, 2013 Jeremiah heard the word of God when he was somewhere between a teenager...
Maybe Churches Should Stop Being So Nice
Recently, Time featured a cover story on director Kathryn Bigelow and her film, "Zero Dark Thirty." If you have not seen the movie, it's a tense and amazing story about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. One of the...
Applying the Constitution, Scripture to Today’s Situations
One Sunday after worship, I greeted a young man who was visiting with us for the first and – as it would turn out – the last time. Before I had the opportunity to introduce myself and welcome him, and without so much...
What N.C. Governor Needs to Learn about Education
North Carolina's new governor has raised the ire of educators in the state's university system by suggesting that the only purpose of higher education worth funding is training that will lead directly to jobs. I...
The blame game
Lord, don't we love to call others culpable. Even when there's no skin off our nose, we enjoy the chance to put the onus on folk who might possibly be responsible for any sort of misfortune. Sometimes people deserve...
When Good News Starts to Sound Bad
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on February 3, 2013. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Luke 4:21-30 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled...
Jesus’ Inaugural Address, Part 2
A sermon delivered by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., on February 3, 2013. Luke 4:22-30 Today’s sermon is a continuation of last Sunday’s sermon. Let me give a recap. Jesus was...
Skype Interview: Michael Helms Discusses Ricks Institute
"Education is one of the primary ways that this country is going to be able to get back on its feet," says a Georgia pastor about Liberia. Michael Helms, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Jefferson, Ga., talks...
Do You Balance Your Physical and Digital Worlds?
The advent of the Internet has placed the world at our fingertips, contributing to what journalist Thomas Friedman called the "flattening" of the world. Mobile devices with Internet access, such as smartphones and...