By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Hebrews 11:1-6 One of the most important words in our holy vocabulary is the word “faith.” A simple definition of faith is to trust and have confidence in something or someone. For example, I have faith that the chair I am sitting in will hold me. I have confidence that the air I breathe will contain the right mixture of
By Travis Biller Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton Focal Passage: Romans 2:17-29 There is an old saying, “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” If something is good for one person, then it should apply equally to another as well. Today we talk about equality. The word implies impartiality and fairness. Unfortunately, we live in a fallen world where things like pride create a false sense of
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Romans 3:20-28 When I was 10 years old, my family went to Panama City for a week at the beach. On one particular day, I was playing in the surf and got caught in a riptide. Very quickly I was being pulled out to sea and began to panic. I remember a man rushing into the water and bringing me
By Travis Biller Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton Focal Passage: Romans 1:18-28, 32 As I drove down the highway, I noticed a red light appeared on my dashboard warning me that my engine was overheating. I only had a short way to go. I thought I could make it to my destination. I ignored the warning sign and within a minute steam was pouring out from under the hood. I soon
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Luke 15:11-14, 17-24 Have you ever been lost in the woods or perhaps on a trip? Have you ever lost something, and, no matter how hard you looked, you could not find it again? Just the word “lost” gives a sense of uneasiness and foreboding. The biblical use of the word lost is much deeper than a misplaced item or
By Travis Biller Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton Focal Passage: Romans 1:1-7, 13-17 As I was reaching for the remote to turn off the TV, a commercial from a famed chef caught my eye. He was holding up a cooking utensil and began telling how it changed his life. A cooking utensil changed his life? I chuckled as I turned the TV off. I wondered how many sales that would generate.
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Isaiah 40:25-31 Words have great power. Words have great meaning. Words are used to communicate important concepts. Yet, we can use words and fail to grasp their power, meaning, or importance. There are words we know, words we have used for years, but they become lost in our familiarity. This lesson unpacks one such word, the word “holy.” The word
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Deuteronomy 32:48-52; 34:4-7 One of my favorite passages in Scripture is Lamentations 3:21-23, which says, “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.” I love this passage because it reminds me that our Heavenly Father is always
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: II Corinthians 4:7-18 The passage for this lesson reminds me of the character Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky movies that were popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. If you remember, Rocky, the prizefighter, would be beaten, bruised and almost out. Then, all of a sudden, a strength from within him would finish the fight
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Deuteronomy 30:1-10, 19-20 It is true that the choices we make today will shape our tomorrow. There is a commercial currently running on television for Raisin Bran cereal. In the commercial, a dad is encouraging his daughter, who is going to spend time with her friends, to “make good choices.” Those were his exact words to her. She turns and looks
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Hebrews 11:1-6 One of the most important words in our holy vocabulary is the word
By Travis Biller Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton Focal Passage: Romans 2:17-29 There is an old saying, “What’s good for the goose is good for
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Romans 3:20-28 When I was 10 years old, my family went to Panama City for
By Travis Biller Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton Focal Passage: Romans 1:18-28, 32 As I drove down the highway, I noticed a red light appeared on
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Luke 15:11-14, 17-24 Have you ever been lost in the woods or perhaps on a
By Travis Biller Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton Focal Passage: Romans 1:1-7, 13-17 As I was reaching for the remote to turn off the TV, a
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Isaiah 40:25-31 Words have great power. Words have great meaning. Words are used to communicate
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Deuteronomy 32:48-52; 34:4-7 One of my favorite passages in Scripture is Lamentations 3:21-23, which says, “This
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: II Corinthians 4:7-18 The passage for this lesson reminds me of the character Rocky Balboa,
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Deuteronomy 30:1-10, 19-20 It is true that the choices we make today will shape our tomorrow.
