Resurrection Changes Everything

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on April 24, 2011. 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Morning Prayer: We thank you, Father, that we have risen this day to the promise of life and we offer praise to you as the God of all life and the God of each...

Resurrection Faith

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on May 1, 2011. John 20:19-31 Jesus Appears to the Disciples 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met...

The Holes of Doubt

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on May 1, 2011. The Second Sunday of Easter John 20:19-31 This year perhaps more than any I’ve seen before, Easter has taken on a goofiness I’ve not noticed in the past. Just how...

A Christ with Real Scars

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on May 1, 2011.            Psalm 16:1-11; John 20:19-31 Except maybe for a few of the small children in our gathering today, there’s probably not one of us here who doesn’t...

Easter: When Grief Meets Hope

A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, Smoke Rise Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Ga., on April 24, 2011. John 20:1-18 What does the Easter story have to say to broken hearts? We must remember the first Easter did not begin with a celebration, but in sorrow...

Easter Hope

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on April 24, 201 John 20:1-18 No darkness is darker than death.  No stench is more repulsive than the stench of death.  No defeat is more final than the defeat of death.  No emptiness is...