No Ordinary Relationships: It’s Who We Are

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on January 15, 2012. Luke 6:27-36   Morning Prayer: We give praise to you, our good and kind loving Father.  We give praise to you because you do not count our sins against us, but seek us out...

Called and Recalled

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on January 15, 2012. The Second Sunday after Epiphany I Samuel 3:1-10 Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51; I Corinthians 6:12-20   At the age of 17, Martin Luther King, Jr....

Hemmed In

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on January 15, 2012. Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51 If you have a credit card or three, from time to time you receive what are called “privacy statements.” The issuing...

The Loser

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on January 15, 2012. Psalm 51 This time of year, we’ve just passed the season of the “fired football coach.”  The crowd is fickle, you know.  The bottom line is when two football teams...

Five Ways to Put an End to Your Ersatz Sermons

While reading a book produced in England about the history of rock ‘n’ roll music, I kept coming across the phrase “ersatz albums,” as in “several ersatz albums followed their well-received debut.” Given that the word was ubiquitous...