The Only Thing We Have to Fear…

A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. John 14:23-29 Communion Devotion Franklin Roosevelt was elected President during one of the most frightening periods in American history. The Great Depression was raging, and unemployment was at...

The Acts of an Easter People: Willing Response

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. The Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15 When my brother Ed was here recently we went canoeing on the James River.  I was in the front of the canoe—the bow—and he was in the stern.  Ed is an...

The Valley of Shadows

A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. Psalm 23:1-6; Revelation 7:9-17 There are some passages of scripture that are so well known they become indelibly associated with particular events. We have mentioned this before, but if...

What the World Needs Now

A sermon by Bob Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. April 28, 2013 John 13:31-35 If you knew today would be the last day you would spend with your family and dearest friends, what would you say to them? This was the question facing Jesus as he...

The Acts of an Easter People: Open Acceptance

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. April 28, 2013 The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18 “Bless his heart.” Isn’t that what we do in the south when we say hateful things but don’t want to sound hateful?  We just add those three...

An Expansive Dream

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. Acts 11:1-18 Have you ever had a really bizarre dream?  I remember when I was in the third or fourth grade and I dreamed that I was on a school field trip, not to a museum or some...