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Sermon for Sunday, March 14, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Always with Me
Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21: 1; Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32
In the fourth century the Emperor Constantine credited the god of the Christians for
his victory over his rival at the Milvian Bridge. For the rest of his life the emperor continued
to favor [...]
Sermon for Sunday, March 7, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Repent
Isaiah 55: 1-9; 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13: 1; Luke 13: 1-9
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a city, but you know in cities you run into
unusual people. There are so many more people there that the percentage of the
population who are [...]
Sermon for Sunday, February 28, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Enemies
Psalm 27; Philippians 3: 17-4: 1; Luke 13: 31-35
How many enemies do you have? I don’t mean people you don’t care for, or even
someone against whom you have a grudge, unless the grudge works both ways and that
person is as interested in doing you [...]
Sermon for Sunday, February 21, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Lips and Heart
Deuteronomy 26: 1-11; Romans 10: 8b-13; Luke 4: 1-13
Classical Greek theater employed masks. The hero would come out with a heroic
face mask worn over the actor’s own face, and the comedy relief actor would wear a mask
with an appropriately humorous look. This [...]
Sermon for Sunday, February 14, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
The Same Image
Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3: 12- 4: 2; Luke 9: 28-36
There’s a scene in a “Three Musketeers” movie in which someone opens a door into
a private space, to reveal a shrine. There are votive candles, the little ones you light in a
Roman [...]
Sermon for Sunday, February 7, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Unfit to be Called
Isaiah 6: 1-13; 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke 5: 1-11
A city service club wanted to honor one of its members for the volunteer work he’d
done. They told him he’d be getting the “Man of the Year” award at the annual banquet,
and [...]
Sermon for Sunday, January 31, 2010 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Not One’s Own Way
Jeremiah 1: 4-10; 1 Corinthians 13; Luke 4: 21-30
“Familiarity breeds contempt.” I used to think that meant that things which we know
well, which we see every day, don’t impress us. It’s true that the commonplace isn’t
impressive, but that’s not what is meant [...]
Sermon for Sunday, January 24, 2010 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
From the Book
Psalm 19; Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4: 14-21
Tibetan Buddhism seems to have confidence in blessing being able to be
transmitted by movement. Prayer wheels and prayer flags alike have symbols and brief
traditional blessings copied onto them–sometimes the same short prayer copied multiple
times. [...]
Sermon for Sunday, January 17, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Party
Psalm 36: 5-10; First Corinthians 12: 1-11; John 2: 1-11
It is difficult to comprehend both feasting and fasting in our culture. It is too easy for
us to eat; one of the things you can still get for a dollar is a sandwich, off the [...]
Sermon for Sunday, January 10, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Baptism
Psalm 29; Acts of the Apostles 8: 14-17; Luke 3 :15-17, 21-22
In Jesus’ day there was a pool in Jerusalem believed to have healing powers. It
wouldn’t cure people’s ailments all the time. It was only at the right time, when a ripple
wrinkled the surface [...]