Christmas Lessons

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 30, 2012. 1 Samuel 2:18-26; Colossians 3:12-17 Thursday a week ago, Janet and I went to visit Leslie and James Godwin and their almost two-month-old twin boys...

Silence

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 24, 2012. Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 There’s a quietness that envelopes the land just about this time every  Christmas Eve. How does the song go? “There’s a quiet...

God With Us: Absurdity

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 23, 2012. Fourth Sunday in Advent Micah 5:2-5a; Luke 1:39-55 If you are familiar at all with Jesus’ ministry, and the message he brought to the people whom he...

A New World Coming “ A New World Now

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 23, 2012. Luke 9:23-27 Meditation Text: If you are uncertain of which of two paths to take, choose the one on which the shadow of the cross falls.                     –from...

A New World Coming “ An Ordinary World

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 9, 2012. Luke 2:1-12 Meditation Text: “I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat...