Thomaston Baptist Church18-Mar-18 John 12:27-36a The earthly ministry of Jesus is nearly over. It won’t be long now, before the most loving person who ever lived and walked on this earth will be arrested and put to death as a common criminal. For three years now, Jesus has preached good news and hope. He’s cured the sick, […]
11-Mar-18 Ephesians 2:1-10 Oftentimes, in the Scriptures, the normal definitions of being dead and being alive don’t really apply. And this can be confusing because most of us, being the practical sorts that we are, tend to believe that we know the difference between being dead and being alive. Being alive, for instance, generally implies […]
04-Mar-18 Genesis 17:1-16 Often, when people have a profound encounter with God, they become undone. They go down for the count, passed out on the ground, without any strength to help themselves. And quite frankly, I don’t think that becoming completely undone in God’s presence is an option. It’s not something over which we have […]
18-Feb-18 Genesis 9:8-17 I almost began this sermon this morning by saying that everyone knows the story of Noah and the ark. That unfortunately, however, would have been a lie. Just this week I was reading about a recent survey that revealed that twelve percent of our friends and neighbors are quite confident that Joan […]
11-Feb-18 II Corinthians 4:1-6 The Apostle Paul is putting himself into a very dangerous spot in our passage this morning. He’s putting himself into the trust of a group people who do not trust him at all. On the surface, this is a rather stupid thing for him to do. It is brave, but stupid. […]
04-Feb-18 Isaiah 40:21-26 It occurred to me this week that I really don’t have a very profound appreciation for the beauty of creation. That certainly is one of my failings, and I suspect that as failings go, it is a pretty important one, at least in terms of our passage this morning. Our house is […]
28-Jan-18 Mark 1:21-28 I have a ton of trouble with this passage. Trying to pull a sermon out of it absolutely frightens and paralyzes me. And while I would love to pull a sermon out of this passage, and have truly wanted to do so all week long, I have struggled with two things about […]
21-Jan-18 1Corinthians 6:9-20 I have come to enjoy these lists of aberrant behaviors in the Scriptures, because they provide me with a wonderful opportunity to promote my self righteousness. If you are anything like me, you have probably already satisfied yourself that like me, you have probably already satisfied yourself, that like me, you are […]
14-Jan-18 1 Samuel 3:1-20 The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. That’s quite a statement. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. The expectation, of course, of the writer of First Samuel is that that should not have been the case. […]
07-Jan-18 Matthew 2:7-18 My guess is that most of us stand pretty much in awe of the wise men. There’s something about these mysterious guys who see a star, intuit that it means that a new king has been born to the Jews, and then, amazingly, strike out on a journey to Jerusalem to visit […]
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