The Easter Rush

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on April 4, 2010.   John 20:1-10 Meditation Text:    In John’s account (of Easter)….everyone was busy running.  The tempo has picked      up in this gospel.  After a very long series of...

The Unrecognized Jesus

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor of New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on April 4, 2010. John 20:1-18 Most people of mature age—meaning most people of whatever age they happen to be when this kind of thing begins to happen—know what it feels like...

A Cemetery Full of Hope

A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Ga., on April 4, 2010. John 20:1-18 How do you leave a cemetery with hope in your heart? I am no stranger to cemeteries. Rarely a week passes that I do not accompany a family...

Resurrection Joy

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on April 4, 2010. John 20:1-18  A pastor quizzed a group of preschoolers about the meaning of Easter and a precocious preschooler raised his hand politely and when called upon,...

The Language of Stones

A sermon delivered by, Joel Snider, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on March 28, 2010. Luke 9:36-40 Meditation Text: Opposition to Christian witness cannot succeed; and the truth will come out, it cannot long be silenced. That stones would shout is, of course, a...

Riding into the Eye of the Storm

A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Ga., on March 28, 2010. Luke 19:28-40 Out of all the things that Jesus did, this one puzzles me the most. Riding into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday in such an attention-getting way...