1Pentecost 19 12 October 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia W. Gregory Pope WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SAVED? Acts 16.16-34. Philippians 2.12-16 “Jesus saves!” proclaims the roadside barn, the man on the street corner, the cardboard poster at the televised...

Pentecost 17 28 September 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia Gregory Pope TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS Acts 2.1-8. Luke 14:12-23       If there had been a theme song for the Day of Pentecost I think it might have been “Takin’ It To The Streets” by the Doobie...

Pentecost 16 21 September 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia W. Gregory Pope LIFE IS A MIRACLE: OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE ILLNESS OF A CHILD Psalm 139:1-15 In Shakespeare’s King Lear, the Earl of Gloucester has been driven into the depths of despair and seeks...

Pentecost 15 14 September 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia Gregory Pope TOM SAWYER, LADY LAZARUS, AND MEADOWLARK LEMON Acts 9:36-43. Psalm 90.12, 17 Tom Sawyer, Joe Harper, and Huckleberry Finn decide one day to become pirates. They take a small raft to...

Pentecost 13 31 August 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia Gregory Pope A BIG GOD FOR HARD DAYS Isaiah 40.21-31 Ephesians 3.14-21 A man who lives out in the country called the highway department repeatedly to complain about the potholes in front of his house....