What Fuels Your Motivation to Live Out the Gospel?

Sometimes everything can seem right on the surface while, deep down, nothing is right at all. We see this, for example, in the famous parable about the prodigal son and his older brother. By every outward appearance, the older brother is doing everything right: He is...

Hope and Help

Sermon delivered by Bob Browning, pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, G.A., on October 11 2009. Hebrews 4: 12-16            Hebrews appears to be a book wrapped in mystery. E. F. Scott referred to it as the “Riddle of the New Testament,” because it...

What Makes People Good?

Sermon delivered by Bob Browning, pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, G.A., on May 3 2009. John 10: 11-18. Have you ever seen a real, honest-to-goodness shepherd tending his flock? Unless you have traveled abroad, I doubt it. There aren’t many roads...