An Open Letter to Those Who Grieve

An Open Letter to Those Who Grieve

To all the believers who worship the resurrected Christ: Grace to you and peace and comfort to all those who have lost someone they love. I write to offer an honest reflection on the nature of death and grief.  Is there a more universal human experience we all share...

Rising Sign of Hope

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. April 6, 2014. John 11:1-45 This episode from the Gospel of John has often been called “The Raising of Lazarus.”  And yet, it is interesting that in the forty-five verses it takes to...

Taking Sin Seriously: Salvation

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. April 6, 2014 The Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37:1-6 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of...

What Jesus Said…About the Resurrection and the Life

A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. April 6, 2014 Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37:1-10; John 11:1-45 Our story begins in a hospital sick-room. There are IV’s everywhere, nurses hovering, concerned voices speaking earnestly....

Coming Attractions

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fifth Sunday of Lent John 11:1-45 April 6, 2014 Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11 Two weeks ago today, I unknowingly stepped onto the movie set where Cowboys and Aliens was...