A Soul Restored

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on April 29, 2012. Psalm 23 We live in a time when the existence of our souls is anything but obvious.  To speak of the human soul almost seems archaic.  We know we have minds and...

Very Good and Pleasant

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on April 15, 2012. Psalm 133     During the retreat yesterday, one of our members spoke privately to me and then later publicly to the entire group about how stunned he was at how...

One Weird Ending

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on April 8, 2012 Mark 16:1-8 I’m guessing most of us here today have been hearing about Easter since we were in diapers.  So I know what I’m about to ask will be difficult.  But I’m...

The Yoke of Friendship

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on May 13, 2012. John 15:9-17 Fred Craddock was surprisingly late in life before he first preached a sermon on this text. One would think that such warm and welcoming words of...

Birth, Faith, and Victory

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on May 13, 2012. 1 John 5:1-6 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. 2 By this we know that we...

Even on the Gentiles

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on May 13, 2012. Psalm 98:1-9; Acts 10:44-48 And so it begins. For months now, we have been planning and anticipating our church’s one-hundredth birthday, which culminates the...