Sermon for April 3, 2011 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Not Sin 1 Samuel 16: 1-13, Psalm 23, John 9: 1-41 Nineteen seventy-five was a weird time. Itʼs not thought of as the hippie era– that all came to a halt in the late 60ʼs, supposedly, but if tuning in, turning on [...]
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Sermon for March 27, 2011 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Thirst Romans 5: 1-11, John 4: 5-42 Iʼve said this before but the ceiling of this sanctuary reminds me of the interior bottom of a boat. There are lots of metaphors involving ships in the life of churches. I will say that the two [...]
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Sermon for March 20, 2011 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Go Far Psalm 121, Genesis 12: 1-4a, John 3: 1-17 It is normal to have what’s called a “comfort zone” and to be gotten out of one’s “comfort zone” by any number of things. The person who attends church always sits in a [...]
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Sermon for March 13, 2011 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Understanding Psalm 32, Genesis 2: 15-17, 3: 1-7, Romans 5: 12-19, Matthew 4: 1-11 Goldilocks is a character who from the start lacks appropriate boundaries. Presumably she has a home of her own , but for some reason she isn’t in it, and [...]
Sermon for March 6, 2011 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg Up Psalm 22, Exodus 24: 12-18, Matthew 17: 1-9 In the movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” a naive young man is brought into Congress with the expectation that heʼll serve the interests of the political machine of his state. Instead the guileless new [...]