Archive (Sermons)

A Table Beyond the Wilderness

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 05, 2017

A Table Beyond The Wilderness — Matthew 4.1-11 3-5-2017 A Table Beyond the Wilderness A Homily for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 4:1-11 March 5, 2017 Today’s lection is strange. For starters, we’re just...

Get Up. Do Not Be Afraid.

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 26, 2017

Get Up. Do Not Be Afraid. Matthew 17.1-9 2-26-2017 Get Up. Do Not Be Afraid. A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman February 26, 2017 Matthew 17:1-9 What a story! Four men climb a...

Another Way

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 19, 2017

Another Way Matthew 5.38-48 2-19-2017 Another Way Bob Stillerman A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church February 19, 2017 Matthew 5:38-48 I’ve never spent much time in Mississippi or Alabama, or even South Georgia. But they...

O Happy Torah; O Happy God

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 12, 2017

O Happy Torah Psalm 119 2-12-2017 A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Psalm 119:1-8 February 12, 2017 I want to use this morning’s homily to dismiss two common falsehoods. Falsehood Number One: The...

Repent. No Really. Repent.

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
January 22, 2017

Repent. No Really. Repent. Matthew 4.12-23 1-22-2017 Repent. No Really. Repent. A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Matthew 4:12-23 January 22, 2017 I want to ask you to do something, and it might...

Come and See!

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
January 15, 2017

  Come and See John 1.29-42 1-15-2017   Come and See! A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman John 1:29-42 If you flip open your Bible to page one, you’ll read about the creation...

The Gift That Mattered Most

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
January 08, 2017

the-gift-that-mattered-most-matthew-2-1-12-1-8-2017-website-version Today is a snow day.  We’re sorry we can’t gather in person.  Attached is today’s homily, as well as a self-guided communion exercise.  In the attached PDF, there is also a Sunday School lesson...

A New Roof

Category: Christmas / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
December 24, 2016

a-new-roof-isaiah-52-7-10-12-25-2016 A New Roof A Christmas Homily for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 12-25-2016 Isaiah 52:7-10 Years ago, Edwin McNeill Poteat, a famous Baptist minister from Raleigh, wrote a sermon about friendship. He remembered the...