Sinquefield – Photo by Jim Veneman
JACKSON — Danny Sinquefield, Harvest Field One team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, said the logo for the 2025 Summit is more than just a train thundering down the tracks.
It is a picture of the Christian faith.
Sinquefield, preaching the final sermon of the annual meeting at West Jackson Baptist Church on Nov. 11, said the image of the train is a reminder of the power of evangelism.
“When I look at that picture, I think about the engine of the locomotive being the gospel … and the steam being the Holy Spirit,” he said.
Sinquefield noted that the train, as intimidating as it might look, has to be charged internally in order to move.
“There’s got to be fuel that fires the engine,” he said. “And that’s what I want to talk about today.”
Sinquefield said Paul talks about that fuel in the opening verses of Romans, when he writes about his passion for advancing the kingdom of God.
Sinquefield unpacked the opening segment of Paul’s letter by breaking it down into three parts:
“The first thing that he says is, ‘I’m a debtor.’ Here, he talks about having an awesome sense of obligation to God.’
“The second thing he says is, ‘I’m ready.’ Here, (Paul writes about) the idea of personal preparation,” Sinquefield said, noting that Paul had a clear and a compelling understanding of the gospel.
“And the third thing he said — and it’s something that we’ve already heard (earlier during Summit) but it’s so profound it needs to be repeated every chance we can — is, ‘I’m not ashamed of the gospel.’ ”
Sinquefield noted that Paul never grew weary of sharing his story of the abundant grace of God and how the Lord changed his life on the road to Damascus.
Likewise, all believers should never lose sight of their own salvation experience.
“Let us never get over the goodness of God,” he said.
Sinquefield noted that Paul was relentless when it came to sharing Christ with others, never running low on fuel.
“He was always defining the gospel, defending the gospel and declaring the gospel,” he said.
Sinquefield shared about a recent personal experience, when he returned to his boyhood church, LaBelle Haven Baptist Church in Memphis, to preach a sermon.
Sinquefield said he was “overwhelmed with gratitude” when he stood behind the pulpit at the church where he first made a public profession of faith, was baptized, met his future wife, and eventually preached his first sermon.
Similarly, Christ-followers should feel awed by God’s grace.
“We should have an overwhelming sense of gratitude and an overwhelming sense of appreciation,” he said. “We should have an obligation to be faithful to the Lord and faithful to the gospel for the rest of our days.” B&R
