Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
February 15, 2016
By Michael Crandall Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Dyersburg Focal Passage: Matthew 5:33-42 It is often said that how we react to life is one of the most important things in life! When a follower of Christ walks through a situation the world around us often watches us go through whatever is happening. When they […]
February 8, 2016
By Ray Luck Pastor, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Athens Focal Passage: Matthew 11:20-30, NKJV During the course of our lives we will receive several invitations to do a variety of things. Sometimes the invitation is very specific, other times it is open ended. When an invitation is given the one issuing the invitation usually, if […]
February 8, 2016
By Michael Crandall Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Dyersburg Focal Passage: Matthew 5:27-32 What does being distinct in our relationships look like? We are now living in a world where the relationships of believers have very little differences from the relationships of non-believers. There was once a time when our churches and our families taught […]
February 1, 2016
By Ray Luck Pastor, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Athens Focal Passage: Matthew 9:35-38; 10:1-8 (NKJV) I think all of us at some point in time have a desire to be like someone else. If you are a Peanuts cartoon junky like I am you no doubt have noticed how many characters Snoopy thinks he is […]
February 1, 2016
By Michael Crandall Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Dyersburg Focal Passage: Matthew 5:21-26 Conflict is a word that most of us do not like hearing, but for some they enjoy being in the middle of it. Conflict is something that keeps me up at night. I do not like having it anywhere around me! As […]
January 25, 2016
By Ray Luck Pastor, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Athens Focal Passage: Matthew 8:5-13, NKJV One of my all time favorite cartoon strips is “Peanuts” by the late Charles Schulz. The other day I ran across one that I felt fit this lesson. Linus had built a small army of snowmen and he walked in front […]
January 25, 2016
By Michael Crandall Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Dyersburg Focal Passage: Matthew 5:13-20 Influence, we all have it, but some of us need to use it in a better more godly way! As humans we are easily influenced. Why do you think that companies will spend millions of dollars next week on commercials during the […]
January 18, 2016
By Michael Crandall Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Dyersburg Focal Passage: Matthew 5:1-12 When someone looks at you, what do they see. Do they see a person who has walked through life leaning on and trusting in God? Or do they see a person that has tried to walk through life all alone? A person […]
January 18, 2016
By Ray Luck Pastor, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Athens Focal Passage: Matthew 7:13-21, 24-27 Robert Frost wrote a poem about two roads converging in the woods. One had been much traveled and the other not so much. He chose the one less traveled and was a better man for it. Several years ago as I […]
January 12, 2016
By Ray Luck Pastor, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Athens Focal Passage: Matthew 5:17-22, 43-45 We live in a society based on laws. Some laws are very good and protect us. Some laws are silly based on the times in which they were written. Some laws are bad because they focus on a certain segment of […]
January 12, 2016
By Michael Crandall Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Dyersburg Focal Passage: Psalms 8:1-8 What does it mean to cherish something? The word cherish means that we hold something dear to us. When we think about cherishing something we often think about our children or grandchildren. Sometimes when we refer to childhood memories we think about […]
January 4, 2016
By Ray Luck Pastor, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Athens Focal Passage: Matthew 6:5-18 If we are ever going to know God then we must pray. It is through prayer that we are able to hear His heart speaking to our heart. In Matthew 6 Jesus challenged the people and religious leaders in regard to the […]
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