Will Your Church Turn the World Upside Down?

If asked to identify a favorite New Testament character, most of us go with the predictable and obvious: Barnabas, Mary, Nathaniel, Peter, Lydia, Timothy or Phoebe. Let me remind you of an obscure character who can remind us of an important truth about church health....

How Well Do You Handle Change

A sermon by Bob Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. Matthew 4:12-23 January 26, 2014 This morning our attention is drawn to the earliest days of Jesus’ public ministry. Matthew tells us one of the first things Jesus did was to relocate from his...

When You Should Take a Risk for the Gospel

For a couple of weeks, the image of Nik Wallenda walking a steel cable hundreds of feet above a canyon floor without the protection of a net or tether has been in my mind. I watched the live broadcast of the feat, complete with the dramatic buildup that included shots...

The Solution for Risk

A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on August 19, 2012. Genesis 12:1-5 Morning Prayer: We confess, our Father, that much of our lives are still unsettled.  By this day, this age, and this place in life, we thought the paths we...