By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: II Samuel 7:8-21 Some days are not easily forgotten. Pulling up in my future father-in-law’s driveway for the purpose of asking his blessing to propose to his daughter is a day etched in my memory. After an attempt to make small talk, which completely tanked, I mustered up the nerve to ask the question: “Mr. Tillman, may I
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Luke 1:68-79 The only hope for the world is that Jesus Christ has been born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, atoned for our sin, resurrected from the grave, ascended into heaven, and has promised to return. As believers, we are often guilty of not giving this good news much thought. It is good to consider why Jesus came.
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Samuel 5:9-12; 6:12-19 Franklin Graham visited Chattanooga on his first stop during the Decision America Tour in May of 2017. Graham mentioned a conversation he had with a man of a different theological persuasion in regards to his dad, the late Billy Graham. At the time of the aforementioned conversation, Billy Graham was still alive. Franklin commented
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Deuteronomy 5:32-33; Galatians 3:10-12, 19a, 24-25 God established a standard for His chosen people to live by, and that standard was the Mosaic law. In that law, the expectation was made clear. The Jews were to do all the Lord their God commanded them. They were not to turn aside to the right or the left. They were to walk
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Samuel 3:8-21 On the game show Family Fued, contestants are asked to guess how 100 people responded to various survey questions. On a 2012 episode, a contestant had to provide the top answers to the following survey question: “When someone mentions ‘the King,’ to whom might he or she be referring?” The results were as follows: (1)
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Genesis 3:1-7, 14-19 In the beginning God made man, in His image, holy, and happy. As we will discover, mankind did not remain holy and happy, but he sinned against God. When we wonder why we are in this mess, the answer that everything points us back to is simply, Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s clear command.
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Samuel 1:22-27; 2:1-7 In his book, Immeasurable, Skye Jehtani writes: “Compare two leaders. Leader A lifted an entire nation, mobilized his people with clear vision coupled with inspiring passion and launched a movement that has impacted literally everyone alive today. He set in motion an industrial and scientific revolution that produced the first computer, the first jet
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31 From time to time, Mandy and I walk our six children through a small question and answer booklet of basic biblical truths. The dinner table exchange sounds like this: Who made you? God made me. What else did God make? God made all things. Why did God make you and all things? For His own glory. One
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10; 13:2-8 Speech was the last class I registered to take my final semester of junior college. One of my greatest fears through the years has been speaking in front of people. The main reason for this fear is my propensity to stutter. I am a stutterer. When God called me to preach, like Moses, I reminded
By Rick Elsey Pastor, West End Baptist Church, Columbia Focal Passage: Esther 8:1-8; 9:20-22 The apostle Peter reminds us in his first epistle (I Peter 5:8) that we are to be sober and vigilant in our Christian walk. Our adversary is continually on the prowl seeking to devour anyone in his path. As believers, we must resist the temptation to live on past blessings which can lead to spiritual complacency. In
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: II Samuel 7:8-21 Some days are not easily forgotten. Pulling up in my
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Luke 1:68-79 The only hope for the world is that Jesus Christ has been born
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Samuel 5:9-12; 6:12-19 Franklin Graham visited Chattanooga on his first stop during
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Deuteronomy 5:32-33; Galatians 3:10-12, 19a, 24-25 God established a standard for His chosen people to
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Samuel 3:8-21 On the game show Family Fued, contestants are asked to
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Genesis 3:1-7, 14-19 In the beginning God made man, in His image, holy, and happy.
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Samuel 1:22-27; 2:1-7 In his book, Immeasurable, Skye Jehtani writes: “Compare two
By Kevin Ivy Pastor, First Baptist Church, Tullahoma Focal Passage: Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31 From time to time, Mandy and I walk our six children through
By Sam Greer Senior Pastor, Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga Focal Passage: 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10; 13:2-8 Speech was the last class I registered to take my
By Rick Elsey Pastor, West End Baptist Church, Columbia Focal Passage: Esther 8:1-8; 9:20-22 The apostle Peter reminds us in his first epistle (I Peter 5:8)
