Sermons from Barss Corner Baptist Church

Uncanny links between a prophecy in the Bible and the disaster that happened in Ukraine in 1986.

We all put costumes on, whether we know it or not. There is only one costume that can save us.

The Holy Spirit is a person who loves us, and whom we can grieve.

Sometimes we feel like we're part of a big movement in the world, and sometimes we don't. What should we do with ourselves when things doing seem to be moving?

Jesus said, "If you loved me..." The rest of that sentence will surprise us.

There are some really dangerous ways to ask that question.

The heavenly Jerusalem will be a real place. But we can also encounter it today by the Holy Spirit and by faith in Jesus Christ.

God is working through Jesus to redeem everything -- even your nation.

Sometimes trying harder isn't the answer.

True religions is about accessing the power that is ready in God himself.

God's power is not limited to any place or topic.

Sometimes God is so close we refuse to see him or his work.

Evil things have gone on in some families. Is there hope for someone born into one of those?

The key to perseverance is a mouth the waters for the harvest.

God demonstrates his love for us in this, that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus shows us what it looks like truly to grasp the Bible.

What kind of people devote themselves to serving others? People like Stephanas.

How is it that some people can bless others so deeply with just a few words?

Christ serves as a great high priest now in heaven for us, pleading with his Father. And his wounds remain, he is disfigured. That should teach us to see our own wounds the way God sees them.

If God can raise Jesus from the dead, why leave gaping wounds on him?

Jesus endured the ultimate silent treatment from his Father on the cross. But that silence spoke a new and beautiful message to us who will hear.

God has many children, but no grandchildren. We can't know him through someone else -- we can only know him directly for ourselves.

How can you know that God loves you? Consider the ways he disciplines his people. He doesn't just let us go our own way. He shapes us through discipline to something so much greater -- to a life in the footsteps of Jesus!

.... bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

I usually pray through Psalm 90 at New Year. Little did I realize that it keeps going.

This Christmas, let us think about the giving and receiving of gifts in our relationship with Jesus Christ.

Joseph took Mary and baby Jesus and ran away into Egypt. Part of the Christian life is learning how and when to run away.

Jesus wants us to think about these angels, and what God created them for.

Christmas gives all the rest of Christianity the right tone.

God sees us. This changes everything.

Christians need wisdom to know how to respond to the transgender movement.

God commands us to remember our leaders who went before us, who taught the word of God to us, We can do that today by remembering Marie Durand, by considering the outcome of her way of life, and aiming to imitate her faith.

God calls us to believe.

We work hard, we try, we fail. What if God's plan is for us to try again?

There is something incredibly powerful about having a place at a family table, where love and grace dwell.

We mostly agree that putting others first is good. But what happens when someone tries to count how many people actually do that?

Sometimes God does more through an amateur than a professional. Especially when the world is about to come crashing down.

God often calls people to do a bunch of different things. And that can teach some deep things to the world, by you doing those things at the right times.

Some musings on some artists whom God says he "filled with the Spirit of God" to create a masterpiece for his people.

Some people don't catch the public eye. But they are large to God.

Sometimes a person's calling is not straightforward.

What does it look like to be called by God to do something? Maybe different than how you picture it.

God calls us into fellowship with himself, both in our work and after it.

What is it like when God calls a person? It is like a paralyzed man being raised to his feet...

God loves to hear us pray. But some prayers are better than others. Jesus wants to take us from prayers that are "me-focused" to prayers that are "God-focused," and that seek the glory of God.

Part of learning to pray is learning to rejoice.

Jesus saw disaster coming for Simon Peter, and he prayed something that we don't usually pray.

Jesus tells us to pray this. We don't, usually. Why not?

Jesus tells us to ask for the Holy Spirit. What does it look like to do that? What does it look like to do it wrong? What difference will it make?

Christ prays for something impossible. We need to pray for it too.

... this is something we need to learn to pray for...