Etiquette
Etiquette A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 9-1-2019 Luke 14:1;7-14 Etiquitte Luke 14.1-14 9-1-2019 We live in a world ruled by etiquette. Here in North Carolina and other southern states, we may even...
From Consumption to Connection
From Consumption to Connection Bob Stillerman A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church 8-25-2019 Genesis 1:26-2:3 Consumption 8-25-2019 R1 There’s a classic motif in Alien Invasion movies. Extraterrestrial envoys are sent in search of new planets...
Expanding Our Neighborhood
Expanding Our Neighborhood A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Genesis 1:1-3; Psalm 24: 1-2; Revelation 5:13 8-18-2019 Creation Genesis 1.1-3 8-18-2019 Martin Luther King Jr. once preached a sermon about the story of...
More than Just a Prayer. More than Just a Table.
More than Just a Prayer. More than Just a Table. Homily for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 9th Sunday after Pentecost (Communion Brunch) 8-11-2019 Acts 2:42-47 More than Just Prayer Acts 2.42-47 8-11-2019 (1) The...
Imaginative Prayer
Imaginative Prayer A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 7-28-2019 Matthew: 6-14 Imaginative Prayer Matthew 6.1-14 7-28-2019 Alice Cooper famously sang, “School’s out for the summer!” And if I’m being 100% honest with you...
Saving Space
Saving Space Bob Stillerman A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church 7-21-2019 Isaiah 40:1-5; 52:7-10 The Space to be Saved — Isaiah 40.1-5 and 52.7-10 7-21-2019 Years ago, I bought a book by Mary Donovan Turner...
Yikes!
Yikes! Do We Have To Talk About This? Bob Stillerman A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church 7-14-2019 Psalm 1 Yikes Psalm 1 7-14-2019 Why must we make everything SO linear? SO polarized? SO precise? Coke...
To Luke or Not to Luke
To Luke or Not to Luke Bob Stillerman A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church 7-7-2019 Luke 10:1-11; 16-20 To Luke or Not to Luke Luke 10.1-11,16-20 7-7-2019 My theology professor, Frank Tupper, used to begin...
There’s a Sweet Sweet Spirit
There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Trinity Sunday 6-16-2019 John 16:12-15 There is a Sweet Sweet Spirit John 16.12-15 6-16-2019 We hold these truths to be self-evident. And...
Gathering the Scattered
Gathering the Scattered Bob Stillerman A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Day of Pentecost, 6-9-2019 Acts 2:1-21 Gathering the Scattered Act 2.1-21 Pentecost 6-9-2019 Scene One: When the primordial flood subsided, Noah’s clan inhabited the...