What Was Joseph Thinking?

What Was Joseph Thinking?

Since singer/songwriter Mark Lowry wrote the 1984 Christmas hit, “Mary, Did You Know?” pastors, theologians, inquisitive laity and holiday enthusiasts have deconstructed and reconstructed Lowry’s question. While thousands of well-meaning Christians have dissected...

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...

A Person of Love

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. December 22, 2013. Matthew 1:18-25; Isaiah 7:10-16 Here we are on the fourth and final Sunday of Advent, just three days away from Christmas.  Throughout this Advent season, we’ve...

Love Never Fails

A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. December 22, 2013 Matthew 1:18-25 I wonder how long it took Joseph to go to sleep that night. After all, it is hard to sleep when you are wrestling with a big decision, which Joseph certainly...

When God Came Down… A Departing Angel

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 18, 2011. Fourth Sunday in Advent Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26; Luke 1:26-38 I can hardly read a passage of scripture twice, even a familiar one, without finding something...