Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
March 11, 2019
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 3:23-35 Jesus says in Mark 3:24-25, “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” What divides us today? Politics, social agendas and religion are all issues that cause […]
March 11, 2019
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Focal Passage: Ecclesiastes 2:12-17; 7:23-29 In the movie “Forrest Gump,” the main character sat on a bench and said, “Mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.’ ” When we read Ecclesiastes 2 and […]
March 5, 2019
By Scott Brown Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 2:1-12 “Son, your sins are forgiven” (Mark 2:5). For a brief moment, was that a disappointment to the man on the mat? He was a paralytic who had been carried to the house and let down through a hole in the roof […]
March 5, 2019
By Clay Hallmark Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 A disciple of a great Rabbi asked, “Rabbi, I mean no disrespect, but why is it that each time I pose a question, you respond with a question.” The Rabbi asked, “Is it wrong for Rabbi to answer his disciple with a […]
February 25, 2019
By Chris Chambers Pastor, Brush Creek Baptist Church, Brush Creek Focal Passage: Mark 1:9-20 Urgency. That is the word that comes to mind as I read the first chapter of Mark. Mark begins his gospel with John the Baptist preparing “the way for the Lord” (Mark 1:3). Mark gives us a brief summary of John’s […]
February 25, 2019
By Clay Hallmark Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington Focal Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:1-14 An 8-year-old boy came to his mother and asked, “Where did I come from?” The mother took a deep breath but was determined to answer it truthfully. So, she started explaining “the birds and the bees” in explicit detail. About 20 minutes later, […]
February 19, 2019
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Genesis 45:1-15 On more than one occasion I’ve experienced a fractured friendship or a broken family relationship. Countless more times I’ve seen it in church or counseling sessions with others. There are few things as bitterly painful as a broken relationship that is seemingly beyond […]
February 19, 2019
By Greg Steele Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper Focal Passage: I John 2:18-29 Building off of what we talked about last week. John has been teaching “his children” how to tell truth from a lie and how to tell if a person is really a Christian or not. It doesn’t depend on just what a […]
February 11, 2019
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Genesis 41:15-21, 33-40 God is faithful to give His followers abilities and opportunities to serve Him. I have a friend who began to seek these opportunities. He began to pray fervently every morning that God would allow him the opportunity to share with someone the […]
February 11, 2019
By Greg Steele Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper Focal Passage: 1 John 2:12-17; 3:16-18 Billy Sunday, the once professional baseball player turned evangelist, once said, “To talk about a worldly Christian makes about as much sense as talking about a heavenly devil.” We live in a world where there are many people referred to as […]
February 4, 2019
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Genesis 39:3-12, 19-21 I Peter 3:17 says, “For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.” Peter wrote this but Joseph lived it. I often stop and look back at some of the moments […]
February 4, 2019
By Greg Steele Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper Focal Passage: Genesis 2:18-25 I don’t know a lot about construction or really building anything from scratch, but I do know it’s not an easy thing. If you are building a house, there is a lot of hard work involved. It takes long hours. It takes financial […]