Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
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 […]
January 28, 2019
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Genesis 37:5-11, 19-27 Charles Spurgeon wisely said, “God is too good to be unkind. He is too wise to be mistaken. When you cannot trace His hand you must learn to trust His heart.” William Cowper, likewise, writes these lines, “Ye fearful saints, fresh courage […]
January 28, 2019
By Greg Steele Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:15-21 What is the greatest need in our life? Is it people, money, clothes, water, love, value or happiness? All of those are things people need but those are not our greatest need. The greatest need we have in our life is what Paul […]