Love Never Fails

A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. December 22, 2013 Matthew 1:18-25 I wonder how long it took Joseph to go to sleep that night. After all, it is hard to sleep when you are wrestling with a big decision, which Joseph certainly...

The Face in the Sky

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke 2:8-12 December 22, 2014 Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 Here’s Barbara Brown Taylor’s lively rendition of the birth...

A Provision of Hope

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. December 15, 2013. Isaiah 11:1-10 In the last week or so, the world has mourned the passing of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president.  In the days after Mandela’s death,...

Opening the Gift of Christmas, Part III: Open Joy

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. December 15, 2013 The Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The people at Coca-Cola seem to think you can “Open Happiness” by popping the top off an ice-cold bottle of Coke, but...

What You Hear and See

A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. December 15, 2013 Third Sunday in Advent Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11 “To the victors belong the spoils.” So it has always been, and so it was with Herod Antipater, who fortunately...