Pondering Christmas

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 26, 2010. Luke 2:13-20 Morning Prayer: Lord, as you used an unlikely young woman to fulfill your purpose in the birth of Christ, we pray that you would also use us.  As you...

The Christmas Paradox

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 26, 2010. Matthew 2:13-23 We usually associate infants with calm settings and cooing adults.  So there is something familiar about the way Matthew’s second...

Now That I Believe: I Practice the Love of Christ

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 19, 2010. Philippians 2:1-11 Morning Prayer: Our God and Father, we pray for your Christmas blessing to spread throughout the earth.  We pray that you would draw those who are near...

Sign

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 19, 2010.                        Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7 Our reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah is set about seven hundred years before Jesus was...

God’s Signs and Our Issues

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 19, 2010. Isaiah 7:10-16; Matthew 1:18-25 We’re familiar with the expression “can’t see the forest for the trees.”  The lessons for the Fourth...

What Love Does

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on December 19, 2010. Matthew 1:18-25 Kurt Vonnegut said once, “People don’t come to church for preachments, … (they come) to daydream about God.” Today our dreams have shifted to...