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 from now? In our lives we deal with things and situations where we have varying
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 had different plans, more righteous hopes for him than the life he had chosen. He
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 gain an advantage for their players on the court. Each team wants to win. In
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, they find the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Their grief is now mingled
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 tomb. A risen Savior. Hallelujah! Let us reason together over these events. The fear, pain,
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 a colt is tied up awaiting them. This is an unbroken colt which has never
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 faith. While we assert that forgiveness is now possible because of Jesus dying a substitutionary
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 tax collector. Pharisees were respected with tax collectors being despised in Jewish society. The tax
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 wrecked, ruined, and ravaged by sin? The question is both haunting and daunting. Haunting because
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 15:20-32 The prodigal son, as you likely already know, had shamed his father and broken that relationship horribly for the sake of getting his inheritance early and living his own way. Such an act as this younger son did would have been absolutely reprehensible to even consider. The father gave him his portion of what would rightfully be his
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 15:20-32 The prodigal son, as you likely already know, had shamed his father and
