October 12, 2022

October 12, 2022

United Methodists are Breaking up in a Slow-Moving Schism (Associated Press) Civil Rights, Religious Leaders to Join Call for Los Angeles Officials Involved in Racist Recording to Resign (East Bay Times) ‘The Class War Never Ends, the Master Never Relents’: An...
June 14, 2022

June 14, 2022

‘Born in Slavery’ Shares Stories of Formerly Enslaved People. Read Their Words Ahead of Juneteenth. (The Grio) How a Black Family’s Bible Ended up at the Smithsonian Institution (LA Times/MSN) Cult Expert Steven Hassan Sees 95% Chance of Worsening Pro-Trump Violence...
March 22, 2022

March 22, 2022

Supreme Court Rejects Case of Christian Group and Bisexual Lawyer (NBC News) Black Christian Homeschoolers are Redefining the Movement (Christianity Today) Why is Russia’s Church Backing Putin’s War? Church-State History Gives us a Clue (Houston Chronicle) Evangelical...

Far From the Peaceful Shore

A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. August 10, 2014 Psalm 85:8-13; Matthew 14:22-33 Let’s talk about something that has happened to just about every one of us, a common experience to which we all should be able to relate....

God in Empty Places

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. August 10, 2014 Genesis 37:1-11 The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Psalms 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b; Matt. 14:22-33; Romans 10:5-15 It would not be unusual for anyone to ask, “Why are we spending...

Good Try, Peter!

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. August 10, 2014 The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 14:22-33 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he...