Thomaston Baptist Church28-Oct-18 Mark 10:46-52 It was as good a place as any for him to do his panhandling. It hadn’t always been this way; he hadn’t always made his living by begging. Once upon a time, there had been a job and a family. But then came the terrible accident. He saw it coming, but his […]
23-Sept-18 Mark 9:30-37 Last week, when Jesus announced that he was going to suffer and die, our friend Peter retaliated with a fire-storm of rebuke. Peter was not about to stand by and let Jesus spout nonsense. If Jesus was indeed the Messiah, then it was complete foolishness for Jesus to be talking about his […]
16-Sep-18 Mark 8:27-38 A week ago today, one of my best friends departed the planet. I met Chuck when he and I were freshmen in college. For those of you who do math, that was 1976. We’ve been close ever since. Back in the very early 80’s Meg and I were with Chuck and Nancy […]
09-Sep-18 Mark 7:24-30 This is not a passage that gives us warm fuzzies about Jesus. In fact, on the surface, at least, the whole passage is something of an embarrassment to us. We don’t really like the Jesus who is portrayed in these verses. Truth be known, we expect more, much more from him than […]
19-Aug-18 John 6:22-35 There was this great picnic, see, and lots of people got free food and it was a wonderful thing, and free food always is. But this morning, we are looking at the aftermath of the picnic, and things aren’t looking all that great for Jesus. It seems that he has suddenly lost […]
12-Aug-18 John 6:48-59 It would be better for us if we did not have to think about it. In fact, it is so offensive, that after Jesus uttered these words, many of his followers abandoned him. The thought of having to eat this man’s flesh and drink his blood was too strange, too bizarre and […]
13-May-18 Acts 2:1-21 I have a feeling that if some strangers happened to show up unannounced in one of our worship services one bright Sunday morning, that the one conclusion that they would probably never come to is that we are all drunk. We might look a little sleepy, but we certainly wouldn’t look like […]
29-Apr-18 Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22, which was our Call to Worship this morning, includes rather notably, some gory details that could, with not a whole lot of imagination, be applied to the physical characteristics of a Roman crucifixion. When David the psalmist penned those words, we knew nothing of the Romans and he knew nothing […]
22-Apr-18 John 10:11-18 I think I have finally figured out how to explain our culture. And I am pretty sure that there is no secret to it at all. It has been inside my computer all along, even though I have only just recently noticed it. I now know what it is that interests us, […]
15-Apr-18 Luke 24:13-49 I sometimes wish that the disciples of Jesus were brighter people, especially when it comes to understanding and accepting Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. In the Gospels, they are portrayed as being frightfully dull and terribly unimaginative. They don’t seem to realize that Jesus is alive, even when he confronts them face […]
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