Confessions

A se rmon by David Hughes, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. Psalm 32:1-7; 1 John 1:5-9Imagine that you keep a personal journal in which you write with absolute honesty about your life. You assume no one else will read this journal so you don’t hold back. You...

Do You Have a Green Thumb?

Luke 13:1-9 A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. Do you have a green thumb? I’m sure many of you do. I have heard you talk about working in your flower beds or gardens. I haven’t spent enough time doing either to know if I have a...

The Disgrace of Egypt

A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. Fourth Sunday in Lent Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 When our children were about to begin college, I gave them both what I considered to be rock-solid, if not sage, advice. It came...

Teach Us to Number Our Days: One More Year

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. The Third Sunday in Lent Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think...

Teach Us to Number Our Days: The Third Day

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. The Second Sunday in Lent Luke 13:31-35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me,...

The Prodigal Father

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. Luke 15:1-3, 11b-31 Some of what I’m about to say is taken from a sermon by the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, in her book The Preaching Life.  It’s a wonderful book, and she’s is a...