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October 20, 2019Pastor Ricky Smith I’m going to test your eighties music knowledge base. Some of you may not get this reference, and for those of you who don’t, I apologize. In the late 1980’s, there was a band that came on the scene and exploded with success. Their name was Milli Vanilli. They sang…
Recently, I agreed to meet a buddy for lunch in Auburn, Alabama. This is only a thirty-minute drive from my hometown of Columbus, Georgia, so I left my office with just enough time to make it to our meeting. I was so excited to connect with a dear friend and spend some time encouraging one…
October 13, 2019Pastor Ricky Smith Listen to audio: I have a friend who lives in Montgomery. He actually works for the Alabama Baptist Mission Board, and from time to time, we meet in the middle for lunch. So, with me being a Columbus and him in Montgomery, that means about in the middle is Auburn,…
I decided to try out for the basketball team in 8th grade. I certainly loved the sport and had played countless hours of pick-up ball on the playground. I had height, speed, and some basic skills, but I had never played organized basketball, nor had I ever been coached. I was pleasantly shocked when my…
October 6, 2019Pastor Ricky Smith Listen to the audio: Sermon Notes Some of you are in school. Maybe you are in grad school or taking an online class. Maybe you are in middle or high school, and you live this every day. For others of us, we may have to rewind the memory bank a…
I learned a lot of valuable lessons as a child. Some of them included not sticking my finger in a light socket, always being sure to wear clean underwear, never talking back to my mother, “righty-tighty” and “lefty-loosey”, never drinking from dad’s tea glass, and making sure the cast iron cornbread pan is only ever…
September 29, 2019Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I’m excited about our opportunity to continue studying through Acts. As we look at the text, we’re going to examine the life of Paul, and I think what we will have the opportunity to learn is, by following his example, we can get better and stronger over time….
When I consider my most embarrassing moment, I could tell you of the time that I gave a speech in school and didn’t realize that my zipper was down. I could reveal the time I tripped on the top stairs of a platform and fell flat on my face in front of an entire church….
September 22, 2019Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes We often talk about the importance of being called of God to be everyday missionaries who carry hope to the world. But what does that even look like? What does that look like in our lives? How does that feel? We talk about having Gospel conversations, and we…
A post on social media is assumed to be true just because it reaches critical mass and goes viral. Why are we so gullible and programmed to simply believe what we see or hear as gospel truth? Have we truly lost our ability to think critically? In our postmodern world, relativism and pluralistic philosophy are…