Sermon for Sunday, May 30, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Sharing the Glory Psalm 8; Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31; Romans 5: 1-5 Someone pointed out that British philosopher Bertrand Russell, who died in 1970 at the age of 98, would have had an I.Q. of about a hundred at his death. This was [...]
Sermon for Sunday, May 23, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Not on My Own Authority Acts of the Apostles 2: 1-21; Romans 8: 14-17; John 14: 8-17 When I get to the local cell phone store the woman is already serving a customer, an older guy with gray hair and glasses. She’s explaining [...]
Sermon for Sunday, May 16, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg All One Psalm 97, Revelation 22: 12-14; John 17: 20-26 There is an open space above this sanctuary, between the ceiling above you and the roof. It has catwalks across it and access to the chandeliers for raising and lowering them, and that’s [...]
Sermon for Sunday, May 9, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg By This Psalm 148, Acts of the Apostles 11: 1-18; John 13: 31-35 This was told to me as a true story by someone I trust, so I’ll tell it. Back some years, when racism was reinforced by the local culture of large [...]