by Larry Eubanks | May 12, 2016 | Opinion
What does it mean to “accept Christ”? What are we asking a person to do? Traditionally, this has involved believing as true certain things about Jesus: that he is the Son of God and, thus, divine himself; that he was born of a virgin; that he died on the...
by Rod Benson | Nov 13, 2014 | Opinion
Conversion is the central ethical message of Jesus and lies at the heart of evangelical faith and experience. For some, conversion is a slow, lifelong movement of the heart and will toward God. For others, it is a single dramatic experience, a sudden realignment of...
by Joe LaGuardia | Jan 9, 2014 | Opinion
The new year is an opportunity to make resolutions. Perhaps for many of us, however, resolutions may not be enough. We may need an actual conversion experience. There is a fourth-century story told of two monks in the Egyptian desert in which one monk came to the...
by Randy Hyde | Apr 18, 2013 | General
A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. Psalm 30:1-12; Acts 9:1-20 Let’s start today with a definition. The word we want to define is normal. The word is an adjective and means, “conforming with or constituting a norm or...
by Joel Snider | Aug 17, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on August 5, 2012. Acts 10:1-23 Morning Prayer: O Lord, through your son, Jesus, you did open your arms to welcome and to bless children. At the beginning of this school year, we ask a...