Great Themes of the Bible: Sin

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on September 30, 2012. Genesis 3 Meditation Text: The consciousness of sin is the essential condition for understanding Christianity.  This is the very proof of Christianity’s being the...

All That Jazz

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on October 7, 2012. Mark 10:2-16 The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost         I love Donald Miller’s kooky memoir of how he found faith in his book Blue Like Jazz. Here’s how he...

Job: a Broken Man

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on October 7, 2012. The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Job: 1:1, 2:1-10 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared...

What Does God Talk Like?

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on October 7, 2012. Psalm 26:1-12; Hebrews 1:1-4 In the summer of 2003 Janet and I were taking a boat tour of Loch Ness, in the Scottish Highlands. And no, we didn’t see...

Great Themes of the Bible: Law

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on October 7, 2012. Matthew 5:17-20 Morning Prayer: O God, our Father, we thank you that in your loving kindness toward us you have given us your law.  Teach us to delight in it and to incline...

Who Needs Your Help to Get Well?

A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., on October 7, 2012. Communion Devotion Isaiah 53:1-5 Something very significant happened in the life of our church last week, and I do not want you to miss it. We celebrated the tenth...