Sermon for Sunday, October 4, 2009 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Divorce
Job 1: 1, 2: 1-10; Hebrews 1: 1-4, 2: 5-12; Mark 10: 2-16
There are three readings every week for purposes of preaching, and this week’s
lectionary introduces two interesting and somewhat offbeat books which we have relatively
little chance to address, the Book of Job from the [...]
October 2009 Newsletter
9-27-09 bulletin
Sermon for Sunday, September 27, 2009 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
One Another
Esther 7: 1-6, 9-10; 9: 20-22; James 5: 13-20; Mark 9: 38-50
“Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear; no one comes
near; look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there’s nobody there, what
does he care?” [...]
bulletin 9-20-09
Sermon for Sunday, September 20, 2009 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Gentleness Born of Wisdom
Proverbs 31: 10 -31; James 3: 13-4: 3, 7-8a; Mark 9: 30-37
Right after we finished Divinity School I was asked to preach at a classmate’s
wedding. I chose for my text one of those charges to husbands and wives from the later
Pauline letters. [...]
Sermon for Sunday, September 13, 2009 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Wisdom Cries Out
Proverbs 1: 20-33; James 3: 1-12; Mark 8: 27-38
I spent a few minutes Tuesday reading the speech the President gave to America’s
students. There was a discernible bias to it– he identified seeking alternative energy
solutions and protecting the environment as worthy goals, assumed that [...]
9-13-09 bulletin
Sermon for Sunday, September 6, 2009 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Rich and Poor
Proverbs 22: 1-2, 8-9, 22-23; James 2: 1-10, 14-17; Mark 7: 24-37
The organization of laborers to bargain collectively with employers has been a
strategy in negotiating the relationship of the poor and the rich. Today’s scriptures remind us
that finding the right approach to unequal [...]
Bulletin-Sept-6-2009