Superficial Faith

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on June 12, 2011. Ezekiel 13:8-16 Meditation Text: It is difficult to change one’s way of thinking.  Most of us are full of biases, prejudices, and other superficially examined beliefs that...

Different Gifts, Common Good

A sermon delivered by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, Farmville Baptist Church, Farmville, Va., on June 12, 2011. Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 Today is Pentecost Sunday, and this day is often understood as the birthday of the Church.  On that day, as...

Loving Obedience

A sermon delivered by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, Farmville Baptist Church, Farmville, Va., on May 29, 2011. Sixth Sunday of Easter John 14:15-21 “If you love me, you will obey what I command,” Jesus said to his disciples in our Gospel lesson today.  It seems to me that in...

Even Greater Things

A sermon delivered by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, Farmville Baptist Church, Farmville, Va., on May 22, 2011. Fifth Sunday of Easter John 14:1-14  What if someone were to tell you that “You will do even greater things than Jesus”?  Would you believe it? I would have a hard...

What Do You Pray For at Penetecost?

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on June 12, 2011. Pentecost Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21 Let’s take a moment and try to put ourselves in the sandals of Jesus’ followers. They have lived with him for the...

The Problem with Pentecost

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on June 12, 2011. Acts 2:1-21 2When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent...