Pullen Memorial Baptist Church

Text: Luke 19:28-40 As a kid, when grown-ups would ask me that nonsensical/foolish/silly question that adults ask little kids, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I alternated between two responses. Some days I would say that I wanted to be the girl Evel Knievel jumping over cars and canyons on my […]

Text: Isaiah 43:16-21 The New New Thing is the title of Michael Lewis’ 1999 biography of Jim Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and Healtheon/WebMD – three billion dollar companies in Silicon Valley. Interestingly, Lewis has been criticized for focusing his biography on Clark’s building of the world’s largest schooner, the Hyperion, and on its […]

Text: Joshua 5:9-12 One day “it” stopped. “It” simply ceased to be anymore. The first time I consciously recognized this “it,” I had just graduated from seminary and gotten my first full-time salaried job. But let me back up for a moment. Throughout college and seminary, my parents had carried me on both their health […]

Text: Luke 13:1-9 I was fired from the first job I ever had. I was 16 years old. It is not as bad as it sounds so let me explain. Do you remember those plastic cup holders that would hang on your car door so you would have somewhere to put your can of cola? […]

Text: Luke 4:1-13

Text: Luke 6:17-26 The headline caught my attention. It read: Iceland Mandates Mental Health Warnings On All Bibles. The article states: “The government of the small island country voted unanimously to place warning labels on every Bible. Not only will the cover of each and every tome have a warning, but there will be reminders […]

Text: Luke 4:14-21 You know how some movies and TV shows begin with a warning. It will come up on the screen and say something like: Warning! Some viewers may find the following content disturbing and offensive. Well, I feel like I need to start this sermon that way: Warning! Some listeners may find the […]

Text: John 2:1-11 It would appear that at the outset of one’s ministry there is a wine test. Mine came shortly after I arrived at Pullen. I had known Donna Steely, former Pullen member, before I came to Pullen. She was the wife of my Church History professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. John […]

Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Historically, stars have been important to civilizations throughout the world. They have been part of religious practices and used for celestial navigation and orientation since the beginning of time. Many ancient astronomers believed that stars were permanently affixed to a heavenly sphere and that they were indisputable. The Gregorian calendar, currently used […]

Text: 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 & Luke 2:41-52 View the Worship Guide for the Service