First Baptist Church | Macon, GA

January 31, 2010

In the thunder of the organ, we are called to attend to the Otherness of God. In the sweetness of the organ, we are called to rest in the Nearness of God revealed in Jesus Christ.

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January 24, 2010

In his battle with temptation (and the Devil!), Jesus drew strength from his Hebrew Bible. For us, as for him, “Faith comes by hearing and hearing from the Word of God” (Romans 10:17).

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January 17, 2010

The Holy Spirit is likened to both a dove and fire, seemingly contradictory images. In fact, God’s grace and judgment are two sides of the same holy love.

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December 27, 2009

Joseph is the unsung hero in the Christmas drama. He doesn’t even get a speaking part in the Bible but his role was pivotal in shaping and sculpting God’s Son. Joseph is the patron saint of all those who without fanfare or fuss, quietly do their duty.

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December 20, 2009

Far from being the ogre in the Christmas story, Bethlehem’s inn keeper gave the holy family all he had: a warm, welcoming room where the animals were kept on cold nights. But that little roomed proved perfect for the occasion because with the God who meets us in Jesus, “even a little room is enough.”

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December 13, 2009

The Chancel Choir perform A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

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December 6, 2009

The angels declared the birth of Jesus as Good News for all the world. That is a bold, counter-cultural claim now, as then. How are Christians to share this Good News in a way that radiates a Christlike grace and caring?  (John 1:1-9; Luke 2:8-14)

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November 29, 2009

The first Sunday of Advent begins at the End, the biblical lessons heralding the return of Christ. The confidence Jesus Christ is the face of God’s future gives Christians hope in the face of adversity and calls them to bear witness in word and in deed to the coming Kingdom.

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November 22, 2009

As David welcomed Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth, to the king’s table–though Mephibosheth was considered undeserving–so Christ invites us to the banquet of his grace.

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November 15, 2009

Sometimes God says, “No,” as when God told David he could not build the Temple. But God’s “No” is always in the service of God’s “Yes!”, namely, God’s fierce determination to grow us into people more like Jesus.

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