by FBC Laurens | Feb 21, 2018 | Sermons
Having One Mission Matthew 28:16-20 First Baptist Church Laurens February 11, 2018 In his memoir, Life is Mostly Edges, writer, teacher and minister Calvin Miller tells the story of a man by the name of Ralph Greenway. According to Miller’s description, Ralph...
by FBC Laurens | Feb 6, 2018 | Sermons
Being A Family John 1:10-13, Acts 4:32-37 First Baptist Church Laurens February 4, 2018 Not long ago, Caleb, Ann Marie and I watched the delightful sports documentary Shaq & Dale. Though the context is sports in general and basketball in specific, the story is...
by FBC Laurens | Jan 31, 2018 | Sermons
What God Expects – Humility Micah 6:6-8 January 28, 2018 In 1881, Booker T Washington became the President of Tuskegee Institute. Early on in his tenure, he was walking down the street of the town when a woman stopped him. She didn’t know who Washington...
by FBC Laurens | Jan 31, 2018 | Sermons
What God Expects – Kindness Micah 6:6-8 January 21, 2018 Back in 2012, Christina McMenemy visited the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville for the third year in a row. She loved staying there and one of the things that Christina liked in particular about the...
by FBC Laurens | Jan 31, 2018 | Sermons
What God Expects – Justice Micah 6:6-8 January 14, 2018 In 2010, Harry Markopolos wrote a book with an interesting title. It was called No One Would Listen. The book is Markopolos’ own story. You see, in the late 1990s, Harry Markopolos worked for a financial...
by FBC Laurens | Jan 31, 2018 | Sermons
A New Year’s List I Samuel 16:7; Mark 1:9-11 January 7, 2018 Charlie Shedd, the well known and much loved Presbyterian minister, wrote numerous books about marriage, parenting and relationships. One story that Shedd liked to tell was about a couple whom he called Bob...
