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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bulletin-Sept-6-2009