Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
August 15, 2022
By Dustin AllmanPastor, The Fort Church, KingsportFocal Passage: II Kings 19:10-19, 32-34 A friend of mine began a new diet and asked for accountability when we went out for meals. After a couple of weeks, I ran into him with a dozen donuts. I grinned and asked if donuts were part of his diet. He […]
August 15, 2022
By Scott BrownPastor, First Baptist Church, WaverlyFocal Passage: Matthew 18:21-35 Love leads us to forgive. Not only that, being loved empowers and compels us to forgive. This discourse presents an incredible example of a man who had been forgiven an impossible debt, only to threaten and abuse another whose debt he would himself not forgive. […]
August 8, 2022
By Dustin Allman Pastor, The Fort Church, Kingsport Focal Passage: II Kings 17:7-20 Most of us have heard of Babe Ruth, but have you heard of Babe Pinelli? Pinelli was an umpire in Major League Baseball who once called Babe Ruth out on strikes. When the crowd booed in disapproval of the call, […]
August 8, 2022
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Romans 12:9-21 We’ve all likely heard stories of church hurt, crazy church splits and generally rowdy business meetings. It’s a shame so many are true. I’ve been in churches where you can smell the animosity in the air almost immediately. I knew one that paid […]
August 1, 2022
By Dustin Allman Pastor, The Fort Church, Kingsport Focal Passage: II Kings 12:4-16 Several years ago a man and woman in California went through a McDonald’s drive-thru like most people do. They gave their order through the speaker and proceeded to the first window and paid. They paid for their order and headed […]
August 1, 2022
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Charles Spurgeon said, “No man can do me a truer kindness than to pray for me.” It is a wonderful privilege to intercede for others, standing in for them and crying out to heaven on their behalf. There are three things I’ve […]
July 25, 2022
By Dustin Allman Pastor, The Fort Church, Kingsport Focal Passage: II Kings 7:1-15 Charles Spurgeon told a story of his grandfather James and his unwavering faith. “He had a large family and small income, but he loved God, and he would not have given up his preaching of the gospel for anything.” One […]
July 25, 2022
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: I Corinthians 13:1-13 Love gives aim to our gifts and our service. Love gives not only purpose but substance to our lives. So, what does love look like? This is a word that has been poorly defined and abundantly misused in our world today. Love […]
July 18, 2022
By Dustin Allman Pastor, The Fort Church, Kingsport Focal Passage: II Kings 5:1-14 Naaman is the story of one man’s miracle and how he was healed from leprosy. It’s not a long story, but it is rich and rewarding in its account. Naaman was a great man, but he had a great need! […]
July 18, 2022
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 10:25-37 An expert in the law, testing Jesus, began questioning Him about the law. This wasn’t the inquisitive questioning of a heartfelt seeker but an arrogant questioning seeking only to trap Jesus through cross examination. This lawyer sums up the law rightly with the […]
July 11, 2022
By Dustin Allman Pastor, The Fort Church, Kingsport Focal Passage: 1 Kings 19:9-18 A story is told of a pastor who was well known to express thanksgiving in his pastoral prayers. One day, he stood to pray on a bleak, nasty, snowy and icy Sunday morning. One of the church members whispered to […]
July 11, 2022
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:4-14 The church at Corinth was truly a problem church, wouldn’t you agree? Just reading I Corinthians you can’t help but feel the frustration of Paul, trying to help this immature, divisive, selfish and sinful church to unite in submission under Christ. It’s […]