Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
September 5, 2022
By Dustin AllmanPastor, The Fort Church, KingsportFocal Passage: Amos 4:1-13 In the 1929 Rose Bowl, the California Golden Bears squared off against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and provided one of the most famous plays in college football history. In the second quarter, California player Roy Riegels recovered a fumble, but instead of […]
September 5, 2022
By Kevin ShrumPastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, NashvilleFocal Passage: James 2:1-13 There’s a great deal of attention being given to equality these days. How the world speaks of equity is neither correct nor accurate. Worldly equity only leads to further division because it divides people by outward appearances and false identities rather than by the content […]
August 29, 2022
By Dustin AllmanPastor, The Fort Church, KingsportFocal Passage: Amos 2:4-16 I’m the grocery shopper in our family and an aisle that I frequent is the coffee aisle. I wouldn’t designate myself as a coffee snob, but I do enjoy rich coffee. One brand that always stands out is Kona coffee. It catches my […]
August 29, 2022
By Kevin ShrumPastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, NashvilleFocal Passage: James 1:1-12 Everyone hates them, but everyone has them — hard times. But why is it that when the grass is green, and all is well that we learn little about God and ourselves? We seem to learn more about life when we go through difficult times […]
August 22, 2022
By Dustin AllmanPastor, The Fort Church, KingsportFocal Passage: II Kings 22:8-20 I hear business and leadership gurus often say CEOs are really CPSs. Cheif Problem Solvers. People are confident when their leaders are optimistic. For every problem, there can be a good outcome. We can either (1) solve the problem, or (2) learn a lesson. […]
August 22, 2022
By Scott BrownPastor, First Baptist Church, WaverlyFocal Passage: John 1:40-49 The greatest thing we can do for another person is to share Christ with them. If you’re reading this, it is my hope that you already understand that people without Jesus are counted as enemies of God, are dead in their sins, and are under […]
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 […]