Pastor, Bates Memorial Baptist Church
February 24, 2017
Black Church Studies Consultation
Acts 16:16-26
Words of inspiration for churches and church people who are troubled by those things that trouble the heart of God.
Listen to the sermon.
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Showing posts with label Paul. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
When the Church Gets Troubled
F. Bruce Williams
Pastor, Bates Memorial Baptist Church
February 24, 2017
Black Church Studies Consultation
Acts 16:16-26
Words of inspiration for churches and church people who are troubled by those things that trouble the heart of God.
Listen to the sermon.
Pastor, Bates Memorial Baptist Church
February 24, 2017
Black Church Studies Consultation
Acts 16:16-26
Words of inspiration for churches and church people who are troubled by those things that trouble the heart of God.
Listen to the sermon.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Then Dawns the Bright Day--Philippians
Professor of New Testament Studies
October 21, 2001
Phil 1:3-5; Phil 1:29-30; Phil 4:2-3; Phil 2:6-7
When we idealize Christian community we place our own dreams above the reality created by God. We make idols of our dreams about what Christian community should be like, of our dreams of what Christians should be like. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Romans 12: 1-8
David SnardonStudent Body President
Pastor, Joshua Tabernacle Missionary Baptist ChurchMay 12, 2011
Romans 12: 1-8
Before being ecumenical was popular Paul was trying to bring everybody together. This was a difficult task and yet Paul believed that diversity is good, but unity in Jesus is so much better. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Turning the World Upside Down ‐ Our Christian Calling
Visiting Professor of Ecumenical Studies and Global Ministries
September 24, 2010
I Corinthians 12: 4‐14
Have we become “Decaffeinated Christians” lacking in the full power and punch of the gospel? Do we lose congregants because we bore them to death? How do we regain the strength of the early church when being Christian was anything but boring? Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon outline in PDF.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Psalm 124 -- Speaking of Enemies
Patricia K. Tull
A. B. Rhodes Professor of Old Testament
September 25, 2009
Psalm 124
Psalm 124 tells us something wonderful about God’s tender care in a violent world. Being Christians should mean we can face our sins more honestly than we otherwise might. But has professing Christianity freed us from the inclination to act and speak in anger and hatred? No matter how overwhelming hatred may be, God’s love is greater still. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
A. B. Rhodes Professor of Old Testament
September 25, 2009
Psalm 124
Psalm 124 tells us something wonderful about God’s tender care in a violent world. Being Christians should mean we can face our sins more honestly than we otherwise might. But has professing Christianity freed us from the inclination to act and speak in anger and hatred? No matter how overwhelming hatred may be, God’s love is greater still. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Becoming
Frank H. Caldwell Assistant Professor of Homiletics
May 8, 2009
Love is not truly love without action, but love is hard to do and takes time, work, and the honoring of those who critique our acts of love. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Dealing with Life’s Report Cards
Dean K. Thompson
President and Professor of Ministry
Philippians 4:10-13 (NRSV)
Hebrews 11:1-16; 32-40; 12:1-2 (KJV)
This sermon was preached during the season of Lent and on World Day of Prayer. Indeed, the heart of the sermon is a prayer - the so-called “Serenity Prayer.”
O God, give us
Serenity to accept what cannot be changed,
Courage to change what should be changed,
And wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Amen.
Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
President and Professor of Ministry
Philippians 4:10-13 (NRSV)
Hebrews 11:1-16; 32-40; 12:1-2 (KJV)
This sermon was preached during the season of Lent and on World Day of Prayer. Indeed, the heart of the sermon is a prayer - the so-called “Serenity Prayer.”
O God, give us
Serenity to accept what cannot be changed,
Courage to change what should be changed,
And wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Amen.
Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Reading for Freedom
Professor of New Testament
Exodus 32:1-4
Galatians 5:1
February 22, 2008
This service in celebration of African American History Month includes readings and songs exploring the relationship between the Bible, religion, and slavery. The sermon, beginning at minute 22 of the recording, contrasts the hermeneutic of slaveholders with that of the slaves who sang the spirituals, and argues that when our ways of interpreting scripture do not move God’s people forward on the way to freedom, they are moving us backward toward the idols we once served. We are then “submitting again to a yoke of slavery”—the very thing Paul warned us not to do (Gal. 5:1). Hearers are exhorted to preach as one who is free and who, like Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, leads others out of bondage and into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. Listen to the service. Read the sermon in PDF.
Exodus 32:1-4
Galatians 5:1
February 22, 2008
This service in celebration of African American History Month includes readings and songs exploring the relationship between the Bible, religion, and slavery. The sermon, beginning at minute 22 of the recording, contrasts the hermeneutic of slaveholders with that of the slaves who sang the spirituals, and argues that when our ways of interpreting scripture do not move God’s people forward on the way to freedom, they are moving us backward toward the idols we once served. We are then “submitting again to a yoke of slavery”—the very thing Paul warned us not to do (Gal. 5:1). Hearers are exhorted to preach as one who is free and who, like Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, leads others out of bondage and into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. Listen to the service. Read the sermon in PDF.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
God’s Widening Circles
Frances S. Adeney
William A. Benfield, Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission
Ephesians 1:1-10
September 28, 2007
William A. Benfield, Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission
Ephesians 1:1-10
September 28, 2007
The sermon starts with a reading from Ephesians by student Asamoah Apenteng in his native language, Akan.
Despite scientific predictions, and despite various scenarios described in the bible, humans are blessed, in a way, by our inability to unravel and articulate the mysteries of what will happen to the universe in the future. But we keep trying. The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the church at Ephesus, wends his way does not describe what will happen in the future. But he does describe God’s intentions for the future—the “dimensions of God’s eternal purpose and grace.” Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon
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