Jun 18, 2017 | Sermons
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 June 18, 2017 I grew up in the country in South Alabama. As a boy, I had to use my imagination to entertain myself. The nearest boy my age was a couple miles down the road. I built a fort out of branches I sawed in the woods. I made my wagon...
Jun 11, 2017 | Sermons
Living in Jesus’ Neighborhood Matt 9:9-13 June 11, 2017 In 1969 this nation was still coming to grips with the changes associated with the Civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Fred Rogers, a Presbyterian minister with a televised children’s program...
May 28, 2017 | Sermons
Joshua 4:5-7 May 28, 2017 A Memorial Day Sermon Mike Baker was the last man in Barbour County, Alabama drafted into the Vietnam War. He is my second cousin. Before he went off to war, I spent some time with him at church and at his house. When I started going to...
May 21, 2017 | Sermons
May 21, 2017 Romans 5:12-20 If you were Jewish in the first century, you might have idolized Saul. He studied the Hebrew Bible under one of the best Jewish teachers of the Law, a man named Gamaliel. To his credit, he zealously lived out his faith-based on the Law of...
May 14, 2017 | Sermons
Should We Pray Like Hannah? Mother’s Day 1 Samuel 1:1-17 How many of you have ever been desperate for help, so you decided that praying was a good idea? We all petitioned God for help, especially when we get in trouble. As the saying goes, there are no atheists in...
May 7, 2017 | Sermons
Should We Pray Like Nehemiah? Nehemiah 1:1-11 The year was around 445 B.C. The King of Babylon had defeated Israel and most of the Jews were exiled in Babylon. Back in Jerusalem, the walls and the gates to the Holy City were destroyed. Many years later, Persia...
