by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 13, 2021 | News
A new resource focused on educating local churches on matters of taxation and justice was released in early December. Produced jointly by the Council for World Mission, The Lutheran World Federation, World Council of Churches, World Council of Reformed Churches, World...
by Bob Browning | Dec 5, 2013 | General
A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. November 10, 2013 Luke 19:1-10 Today’s text reminds me of a Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol. You recall Ebenezer Scrooge was the main character in that play. He was the richest man in...
by Jim Somerville | Nov 8, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. November 3, 2013 All Saints’ Sunday Luke 19:1-10 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see who...
by Keith Herron | Nov 5, 2010 | General
A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on October 31, 2010. Luke 19:1-10 One of the oldest villages on the planet is Jericho and if those old walls could talk … if Jericho could talk, this would be one of the...
by Michele Chabin | Oct 7, 2010 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) A huge sycamore tree that some believe was climbed by Zacchaeus the tax collector to get a better view of Jesus is the centerpiece of a new tourism campaign by the Palestinian government. The tree is located in Jericho, the first city conquered by...