Henderson Community Baptist Church

THE BEATITUDES ARE A CALL TO ACTION FOR THE SAKE OF CREATING THE WORLD GOD IMAGINES.”

KAROLINE LEWIS, PREACHING PROFESSOR

“‘(JESUS) BECAME FLESH,’ THAT IS, LIKE EVERY OTHER MAN,

WHO HAS FLESH AND BLOOD, BODY AND SOUL.”

FROM MARTIN LUTHER’S SERMON FOR THE PRINCIPLE CHRISTMAS SERVICE, 15

“(EARLIER) TODAY WE HEARD THE (CHRISTMAS) STORY AND WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

ENOUGH OF THAT. NOW YOU WILL HEAR HOW TO MAKE USE OF IT.”

FROM MARTIN LUTHER’S DECEMBER 25, 1531 SERMON

“TO US A CHILD IS BORN”: SERMON ON ISAIAH 9:6

Christmas Eve

“(MARY’S) YES DIDN’T SIGNAL THE END OF MYSTERY.

MYSTERY HAD ONLY BEGUN.”

DEBIE THOMAS, FROM HER SERMON “THE PAUSE BEFORE YES”

“TRUE REPENTANCE SPENDS LESS TIME LOOKING AT THE PAST

AND SAYING, ‘I’M SORRY,’ THAN TO THE FUTURE AND SAYING, ‘WOW!’”

FRED BUECHNER

EVEN THE FAITHFUL, LIKE ZECHARIAH, NEED TO RECOVER THE VITALITY OF WORSHIP.”

R. ALAN CULPEPPER, FORMER DEAN, MCAFEE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

"Truth is tested and faith is confirmed not in idle speculation but in the crucible of adversity" R. Alan Culpepper, for Dean, McAfee School of Theology

The kingdoms of the world could hardly be more different than the kingdom

Jesus has in mind. His cannot be reduced to a Roman or Jewish or Christian kind

of kingdom. Nor is it enough to say that God’s kingdom is opposite of ours; it

has to be “more than”. More than a “place”, God’s Kingdom is an embodied

reality. What does it look and sound like in this world? Have a look at Jesus!

Listen to Him!

Community Baptist Church Henderson Kentucky (KY)-Pastor Dr. Tim Hobbs (a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship affiliated church)