Rules of the race

In the few weeks surrounding the Kentucky Derby, when national attention turns ever-so-briefly to horse racing and wearing pretentious hats becomes cool, it’s good to know that some ancient sponsors of the sport were actually good sports. Horse racing was so...

Some Churches Too Quick to Lay Down the Law

Have you noticed our tendency to try and control others with rules? We started with Ten Commandments. That led to Jewish scholars noting that the Torah actually contains 613 commandments, which can be divided into 365 “negative commandments” and 248...

Chosen People, Chosen Ways

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on October 2, 2011. Exodus 20:1-21; Philippians 3:4b-14 They’ve been at this for about three months now. Actually, the word “about” doesn’t apply. It’s been exactly three...

Leaving Grain on the Ground

A sermon delivered by Chris George, First Baptist Church, Mobile, Al on February 20, 2011. Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-12, 17-18, 33-34 A few months ago, I read an engaging book entitled, “The Lost City of Z.”  Written by David Grann, the book traces the story of the...

Lord’s Supper Meditation: On Waiting Til Tomorrow

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor,  PulaskiHeightsBaptistChurch, Little Rock, Ark., on  August 22, 2010.                Psalm 71:1-6; Luke 13:10-17     Luke doesn’t say it here, but he does earlier in his account of Jesus’ ministry. When Jesus attended...