February 2019

Mystery, Faith, and Miracles 2/19

February 17, 2019, Grace Baptist Church, Statesville, N.C. In today’s text we have two miracle stories, one within the other. They ponder the mystery of […]

Elder Disciples: Simeon, Anna and Us 1/19

Today’s text begins with the circumcision and naming of the infant Jesus eight days after his birth. Our Lord was a Jewish child raised as […]

What Turned a Respectable Congregation into a Lynch Mob? 1/19

As Luke tells the story of the ministry of Jesus he begins with his baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist. As Jesus […]

We Have a Kind and Generous God. And so…? 1/19

The Way of Compassion 1/19

I am so grateful, and my congregation is so grateful, to be here today with you at First Baptist Church. And I am so […]

Being a Prophetic Community in Statesville 1/19

(This sermon was preached at First Baptist Church, Garfield Rd, Statesville as a part of the community-wide celebrations held to honor Dr. Martin Luther King) […]

Seed, Soil and Spirituality

This is the only parable Jesus explained. Parables were stories Jesus told to help us imagine life in the kingdom of God. There were designed […]

One

Today we look at one of the most dramatic healings/exorcisms in the gospels: the healing of the Geresene demoniac. The Southern novelist Flannery O’Connor wrote […]