Category: Glynwood
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Three Lessons from Sabbatical
Last month, the church I pastor blessed me with a one month sabbatical. They have it written into the personnel policy handbook that after serving for five years, the pastor is granted a 30 day sabbatical leave in addition to his regular vacation and time off. If you are an influencer in your church, particularly…
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Easter 2023: The Re-Creation Story (John 20:1-18)
April 9, 2023. Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, Alabama. James Jackson, Pastor
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The Test and the Type (Genesis 22:1-15)
Sermon #4 in the series, “66 in 52: A Yearlong Journey through the Bible” James Jackson, Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, AL January 22, 2023 Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Genesis 22. We are going to be looking at one of the most well- known stories in the entire Old Testament. This is where…
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Revering the Irrelevant (Matthew 1:18-25)
Christmas Day sermon, December 25, 2022 Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, Alabama Grateful appreciation to Steven Ferber, a Lutheran pastor in Minnesota, whose sermon, “Mr Irrelevant” was the inspiration for this sermon. Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Matthew 1. Well, this is the beginning of the last week of 2022, which means, of course,…
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Pay Up, Wake Up, Suit Up (Romans 13:8-14)
Sermon Preached November 6, 2022, Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville Alabama. Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Romans 13. This week, I was in Stacey’s office, and she was helping me try to come up with a title for the message. I had these three points, of pay up, wake up, and suit up, but…
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Church and State (Romans 13:1-7)
October 30, 2022, Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville Good morning. Please turn in your Bibles to the book of Romans, chapter 13. I hope you’ve enjoyed this journey through Romans as much as I have. We’re in Romans chapter 13. And once again, God’s timing is just so perfect. Remember how it “just so happened” that…
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Day 173: Living in the Sweet Spot (Proverbs 30:7-9)
7 Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, 9 lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest…
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The Word That Won’t Be Silenced, Part 1 (Psalm 19)
Summary: The first half of Psalm 19 deals with what we can learn about God from nature. The second half deals with what we can learn about God from His Word. This is part one of a two part sermon. Good morning! Please turn in your Bibles to Psalm 19 as we continue our series…
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Four Questions, Four Cups (a Communion Meditation): Luke 22:14-23
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The Donkey and the Palm (Matthew 21:1-11; 1 Kings 1:6-10, 28-40)
Good morning! Welcome to worship on Palm Sunday! If you have your Bibles you can go ahead and turn to Matthew 21. Although the story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is told in all four gospels, I want to look at it in Matthew this morning. Also, go ahead and find 1 Kings chapter one,…
