Committing Our Hearts To God

A sermon delivered David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on March 25, 2012. Jeremiah 31:31-34   Many of us find the word “commitment” unnerving, myself included.  We get anxious when we hear the “c” word for all kinds of reasons.  We wonder...

Why God Made Us

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on March 18, 2012. John 3:14-21; Ephesians 2:1-10 In Ephesians 2:10, the Apostle Paul writes, For we are what God has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God...

The Lord’s Prayer: Power, Now and Forever

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on April 1, 2012. Mark 15:33-41 Morning Prayer: O Loving God, you know both our deepest longings and what is best for us even when they are different.  Do not let us shrink back from the...

Riding Into the Eye of a Storm

A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., on April 1, 2012. Mark 11:1-11 Today we focus upon one of the most familiar scenes in the life of Christ, the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey as supporters surrounded him...

Getting The Palm Sunday Power Point

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on April 1, 2012. Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 118:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! 118:2 Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures...

Into Jerusalem

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on April 1, 2012. Palm Sunday Mark 11:1-11      Novelist Saul Bellow observed that “the essence of good writing is drama and the essence of good drama is conflict.”  Skim lightly...