Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
April 19, 2021
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 22:7-20 This is a special moment of calm before the storm that is to come in the life of Jesus and the disciples. Jesus, the true Passover Lamb, shares the Passover meal with the disciples. This Passover meal is what we now call The […]
April 19, 2021
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 28:18-20; II Corinthians 5:16-21 We could make a case that our subject for today ought to be the most natural thing we do as followers of Christ. And yet, we can make a case that there is nothing else that creates more fear and […]
April 12, 2021
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 20:9-19 Jesus used parables to both frustrate and to inform. This story does both. The frustration of the religious leaders has now reached a fever pitch and they are almost incessantly confronting Him, trying to find any reason to condemn Him. In the midst […]
April 12, 2021
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 24:3-8,29-32,42-44 How certain are you that the sky is blue? How certain are you that two plus two equals four? How certain are you that the sun will rise tomorrow? How certain are you that you will be working the same job five years […]
April 5, 2021
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 19:1-10 The story of Zacchaeus is a powerful reminder that no one is too far gone for the grace of God. His name means, “righteous one.” This is very interesting when you think about the man we meet in this chapter. Perhaps his parents […]
April 5, 2021
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 15:26-27; 16:7-15 Do you like having an advantage when engaged in competition? Let me take an example from the madness that is basketball in March. We can be sure each coaching staff has dissected every cut of film concerning their opponent in order to […]
March 31, 2021
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 24:1-12 Reading this text, it is quite the emotional rollercoaster. In these few verses we see multiple strong feelings. The women are grief stricken, having seen the Lord crucified and the hope they had crushed. As they came to mourn and to honor Him, […]
March 31, 2021
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 20:3-9,19-23,27-29 Happy Resurrection Day! Doesn’t it feel good to say those words of truth and reality? That the stone was rolled away, not so Jesus could escape, but that we should be let in to see the empty tomb. A crucified Jesus. An empty […]
March 22, 2021
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 19:29-40 This is an amazing passage displaying such peace in God’s sovereignty ahead of such a painful week for our Lord. It displays such peace in the events of His entry. Jesus tells them exactly where to go and what they will see as […]
March 22, 2021
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 19:8-11,16b-18,28-30 Our calendars tell us that next week is Easter Sunday. We have explored the grand subject of the nature of God. Here we are again exploring a grand subject, the death and resurrection of Jesus. This knowledge is seminal and critical to our […]
March 15, 2021
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 18:9-17 James reminds us that, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” This is a story of two very different men who come before God in prayer. Those listening would immediately recognize the characters, one a Pharisee and the other a […]
March 15, 2021
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Isaiah 59:1-13 Isaiah 59:1-5: Having begun with the nature of God and then having moved to the existence and purpose of man, this next essential follows suit. What went wrong? How did man, created by God with a purpose and a divine stewardship, find himself […]