Oct 29, 2017 | Sermons
500 Year Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation October 29 Acts 3:38; Matthew 4:12 In 285 B.C., Alexandria was the largest and most prosperous city in the world. It was a port city in northern Egypt founded by Alexander the Great. On the shore was a lighthouse...
Oct 22, 2017 | Sermons
Judges 7:2-7 Baptists like to count. Since one of the books of the Bible is called “Numbers,” maybe that’s not such a bad thing. I learned that keeping count in church was important when I attended church as a child at Prospect Baptist Church. In that country...
Oct 15, 2017 | Sermons
October 15, 2017 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 In a two-minute video posted by the “Huffington Post” a few years ago, three very young children argue about whether it is raining or sprinkling. The video went viral. This will be acted out today before the sermon by three...
Oct 8, 2017 | Sermons
Making Sense of Tragedy October 8, 2017 On Oct 1, 1997, Justin Safely was a seventh grader at Pearl, Mississippi. He was waiting for his first class to start, but his choir teacher never arrived. The class of about 60 students were having a good time goofing off....
Oct 1, 2017 | Sermons
October 1 The Love of Power or the Power of Love? Sermon 8 Mark 10:35-45 In a 2014 interview “60 Minutes” interview, FBI Director James Coney reminded us that we should be thankful that we have a system of checks and balances so that no one individual and no one...
Sep 24, 2017 | Sermons
September 24, 2017 Rev. 3:14-20 Ann Daniels grew up in England. She was the youngest of five children. She worked as an assistant bank manager for many years until the birth of her...