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John Rowan Claypool Sermon Collection – Crescent Hill Baptist Church

Crescent Hill Baptist Church
Louisville, Kentucky

1960 - October-December

  • A Down-to-Earth God, December 11, 1960
  • Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself, November 27, 1960
  • Using and Enjoying, December 4, 1960
  • What Is the Church, October 9, 1960

1961 - January-June

  • Church and State - 1961, April 9, 1961
  • Judas The Big Disappointment, March 26, 1961
  • Minding Your Own Business, January 22, 1961
  • Mothers of The Bible, May 14, 1961
  • One Man's Mistake, June 18, 1961
  • Overcoming Evil with Good, April 30, 1961
  • Peace of Mind, June 11, 1961
  • Repulsive Religion, February 26, 1961
  • The Christian Family, May 3, 1961
  • The Christian View of Death, May 28, 1961
  • The Meaning of Salvation, March 12, 1961
  • The Meaning of the Trinity, June 25, 1961
  • The Nature of Faith, January 15, 1961
  • The Paradox of Salvation, June 25, 1961
  • The Second Coming of Christ, May 7, 1961
  • The Wager of Faith, May 7, 1961
  • What Is True Christianity, January 29, 1961
  • What on Earth Is Wrong, April 23, 1961
  • When Right Is Wrong, May 21, 1961

1961 - July-December

  • Christ, The Head of the Church, August 27, 1961
  • Christianity, Reality or Fantasy, November 19, 1961
  • Cutting Off the Buttons, October 22, 1961
  • Eternal Truth in Temporal Form, December 10, 1961
  • Full of Grace and Truth, October 9, 1961
  • God and Our Labor, September 3, 1961
  • I Sat Where He Sat, November 26, 1961
  • In the City of David, December 17, 1961
  • Jonah, the Running Prophet, November 5, 1961
  • Love, Human and Divine, October 1, 1961
  • Our Freedom in Christ, July 2, 1961
  • Shadows of Influence, July 16, 1961
  • Spirit and Discipline, November 5, 1961
  • The Desire of All Nations, December 24, 1961
  • The Frontier Within, December 31, 1961
  • The Great Invitation (Mahan Siler, Jr.), November 12, 1961
  • The Life of the Soul, September 17, 1961
  • The Motive of Missions, December 3, 1961
  • The Nature of Gratitude, November 23, 1961
  • The Personal Demand of Christ, August 20, 1961
  • The Saving Secret, September 24, 1961
  • The Sound of a Different Drummer, October 15, 1961
  • We Know in Part, September 10, 1961

1962 - January-June

  • A Father and His Sons, June 17, 1962
  • A Revolutionary Demand, May 6, 1962
  • Distinguishing the Things That Differ, March 18, 1962
  • Homework for Revival, March 11, 1962
  • If in This Life Only, May 27, 1962
  • Justification By Faith, April 1, 1962
  • Keeping the Faith (Harold Cooke Phillips), May 20, 1962
  • Looking Right and Left, June 3, 1962
  • Missing the Mark, January 7, 1962
  • Our Struggle with Communism, February 25, 1962
  • Quo Vadis (Where Goest Thou) (Mahan Siler, Jr.), February 4, 1962
  • Spiritual Portraits, February 11, 1962
  • The Beloved Disciple, February 4, 1962
  • The Church and Sunday Closings, January 28, 1962
  • The Effects of Easter, April 22, 1962
  • The Inevitable Surmise, January 21, 1962
  • The Mark of Motherhood, May 13, 1962
  • The Offense of the Cross (Mahan Siler, Jr.), March 25, 1962
  • The One and the Many, June 24, 1962
  • What Do You Know About God, April 29, 1962
  • Who Can Separate Us, March 4, 1962
  • Why Have a Revival, April 8, 1962

1962 - July-December

  • A Matter of Life and Death, October 28, 1962 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • Can Any Good Come?, December 29, 1962
  • Conquering Loneliness, November 11, 1962 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • Knowing and Believing, November 18, 1962
  • Nevertheless, November 25, 1962
  • The Court, the Prayer, and the Church, July 1, 1962
  • The Good and the Best, December 9, 1962
  • The Mysterious Birth of Christ, December 16, 1962
  • The Perfect Gift, December 23, 1962
  • The Rainbow of Hope, October 14, 1962
  • The Sharing Community, November 4, 1962
  • The Tower of Confusion, October 21, 1962
  • What Is Wrong with the World?, October 7, 1962
  • Who Am I?, September 30, 1962

1963 - January-June

  • Christ and the Changing Crowd, April 7, 1963
  • Freedom: Means or End?, June 30, 1963
  • Is the Christian Home Out of Date?, May 12, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • No Good Is Ever Lost, March 24, 1963
  • On Being Born Again, May 5, 1963
  • Our Continuing Need of Worship, January 27, 1963
  • The Church Meeting the World, March 17, 1963
  • The Fear of Death, May 26, 1963
  • The Freedom Love Requires, February 3, 1963
  • The Journey from I to We, April 21, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Meaning of Baptism, January 20, 1963
  • The Minister, the Church, and the World, March 10, 1963
  • The Power of the Spoken Word, March 31, 1963
  • The Priesthood of Believers, June 23, 1963
  • The Radio and Jesus Christ, February 24, 1963
  • The Resurrection Hope, April 14, 1963
  • The Search for Meaning in Suffering, February 17, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Surprise That Is Every Man, May 19, 1963
  • To Whom Much Is Given, June 9, 1963
  • What in the World Are You Doing?, January 13, 1963
  • Why Do You Laugh?, April 28, 1963

1963 - July-December

  • A Continuing Concern, September 29, 1963
  • A Word for this Crisis, November 24, 1963
  • Believing Is Seeing, November 10, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • Changed by the Cross, November 3, 1963
  • God and the Government, December 15, 1963
  • God and the Individual, July 7, 1963
  • Growing Stronger in 1964, December 29, 1963
  • I Learned This by the Sea, September 1, 1963
  • Looking Into the Heart of God, September 23, 1963 (Wayne E. Ward)
  • Narrow Is the Way, September 15, 1963
  • Our Parting Benediction, October 6, 1963
  • Owning and Possessing, October 20, 1963
  • Taking Up the Cross, October 13, 1963
  • Thanksgiving in August, August 11, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Beat Generation, July 28, 1963
  • The Coming of the Light, December 22, 1963
  • The Dignity of Daily Labor, August 25, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Freedom of a Slave, December 8, 1963
  • The Growing Edge of Tension, August 18, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Importance of a Person, December 1, 1963
  • The Significance of the Church, October 27, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Sin of Unawareness, November 17, 1963
  • There Is No Escape, July 21, 1963
  • What Are You For?, August 4, 1963 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • Ye Shall Be Witnesses, September 8, 1963

1964 - January-June

  • Amos: Ritual or Righteousness?, January 12, 1964
  • Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, May 3, 1964
  • Caught in Changing Times, May 17, 1964
  • Coming and Going, March 15, 1964
  • Hosea: Invincible Love, January 19, 1964
  • Isaiah: The Security of God, January 26, 1964
  • Lord, Teach Us to Pray, April 19, 1964
  • Micah: The Champion of the Poor, February 2, 1964
  • The Biblical View of Property, April 5, 1964
  • The Creative Use of Conflict, April 12, 1964
  • The Family Legacy, May 10, 1964 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Great Reversal, June 14, 1964
  • The Greatness of God, June 28, 1964
  • The Man Who Walked With God, May 31, 1964
  • The Truth of Symbolism, February 9, 1964
  • To Provide Is to Prepare, June 21, 1964
  • Understanding the Lost, March 8, 1964
  • What Do You Do with Your Sins?, April 26, 1964

1964 - July-December

  • A Crisis of Conscience, August 2, 1964
  • A Person and His Circumstances, August 9, 1964
  • A Vital Church, September 13, 1964
  • Are You For Or Against?, October 18, 1964
  • Can a Life Be Changed?, December 27, 1964
  • Did He Come Too Soon?, December 13, 1964
  • Helping the Helpless, October 11, 1964
  • I Still Have Good News for You, October 4, 1964
  • In Dead Earnest, November 8, 1964
  • Prayer and the Husband-Wife Relationship, September 30, 1964 (Wayne E. Oates)
  • Preparing for Christmas, December 6, 1964
  • The Difficult Test, November 29, 1964
  • The Hem of the Garment, November 22, 1964
  • The Law and the Lawless, September 6, 1964
  • The Lukewarm Life, September 27, 1964
  • The Making of a Man, August 30, 1964
  • The Need to Reassure, August 23, 1964
  • The Power of a Purpose, July 12, 1964 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Punctuation Marks of Life, August 16, 1964
  • The Silent Ministry, July 5, 1964 (Mahan Siler, Jr.)
  • The Strong and the Weak, November 15, 1964
  • The Word Become Flesh Today, December 20, 1964 (Frank Stagg)
  • Use or Lose, November 1, 1964
  • Where Is the Lamb?, October 25, 1964

1965 - January-July

  • Easter and God's Determination, April 18, 1965
  • He Became As We Are, January 31, 1965
  • Is There Life After Birth?, January 3, 1965
  • Let God Be God, January 24, 1965 (Robert E. Lively, Jr.)
  • Loving Ourselves and Loving Others, January 10, 1965
  • Our Oneness and Our Differences, February 7, 1965
  • Respect for Personality, July 4, 1965
  • The Love That Confronts, February 14, 1965
  • We Would See Jesus, January 17, 1965

1966 - September-December

  • Eternal Life: Good News or Bad?, September 25, 1966
  • Mary and the First Christmas, December 18, 1966

1967 - June-December

  • Authority and Brotherliness, November 26, 1967
  • Everlasting Mercy, July 23, 1967
  • God and Evil, July 16, 1967
  • Is Faith Merely Fantasy?, June 25, 1967
  • Our Business Is Love, September 3, 1967
  • The Challenge of Fatherhood, June 18, 1967
  • The Human Factor in One's Religion, July 30, 1967
  • The Man Jesus and Vietnam, December 10, 1967 (Fred D. Linkenhoker)
  • The Way One Grows, July 9, 1967
  • What Is a Church to Do?, July 2, 1967
  • When Faith Cost Something, December 3, 1967

1968 - January-June

  • Blaming or Solving, March 10, 1968
  • God's Love and Hell, February 4, 1968
  • If I Go Down into Hell, June 2, 1968
  • Judas the Betrayer, March 17, 1968
  • Overcoming Evil with Good, April 21, 1968
  • Small Hearts in a Big World, January 28, 1968
  • The Essence of Happiness, January 14, 1968 (Walter Delamarter)
  • The Forgiveness That Sets Free, January 7, 1968
  • The Inward and the Outward Journey, February 25, 1968
  • The Ministry of Mankind, February 17, 1968
  • The Right and the Wrong Way to Pray, June 23, 1968
  • The Value of Conflict, March 3, 1968
  • The Way God Changes Us, March 24, 1968
  • Three Men Trudging, April 7, 1968 (Charles E. Boddie)
  • Worship as a Happening, May 26, 1968

1968 - July-October

  • Beyond the Ghetto, August 4, 1968 (William E. Hull)
  • Collaborating with Christ, September 22, 1968
  • Heritage, Fulfillment, and Change, October 6, 1968
  • On Working for Rachel, August 11, 1968 (William E. Hull)
  • The Broken Wall, August 18, 1968 (William E. Hull)
  • The Man Who Lives By Grace, September 15, 1968
  • The Secret of Greatness, September 29, 1968
  • The Vitality of Evil, July 28, 1968 (William E. Hull)
  • The Way of Freedom, July 21, 1968
  • Using Our Troubles, August 25, 1968
  • We Are What We Eat, July 14, 1968

1969 - June-December

  • All That Is Within Me, August 24, 1969
  • Christ and Sickness, November 9, 1969
  • Christ and the Imprisoned, November 16, 1969
  • Christ and Thirst: A Communion Meditation, October 19, 1969
  • Christmas and the Sin of the World, December 28, 1969
  • Fellowship and Witness, October 5, 1969
  • For We Know in Part, August 10, 1969 (William E. Hull)
  • God and Our Times, September 21, 1969
  • Heritage 'Up for Grabs', June 29, 1969 (G. Temp Sparkman)
  • I Was Naked and You Clothed Me, November 2, 1969 (John Howard Hove)
  • In Defense of an Innkeeper, December 21, 1969 (William E. Hull)
  • Our Work: Too Little or Too Much?, August 31, 1969
  • Seeing Christ in the Hungry, October 12, 1969
  • Seeing Christ in the Stranger, October 26, 1969
  • Sight or Insight?, August 17, 1969 (William E. Hull)
  • The Creative Power of Gratitude, November 30, 1969
  • The Excitement of Insecurity, November 23, 1969 (William Amos)
  • The Launching Pad of Christian Mission, September 28, 1969 (Fred Taylor)
  • The Maturing of a Nation, December 7, 1969
  • The New Challenge of Neighborliness, July 13, 1969
  • The Struggle for Freedom, July 6, 1969
  • The Struggle for Greatness, September 14, 1969
  • The Yoke Fellowship: A Strategy for Mission, December 14, 1969 (Robert V. Myers)
  • To Receive and to Give, September 7, 1969 (John Howard Hove)
  • What Does it Mean?, July 20, 1969 (Bill Gaventa, Jr.)
  • What Is Truth?, August 3, 1969 (William E. Hull)

1970 - January-June

  • A Christian Reflects on Power, March 1, 1970
  • A Mother's Love and the Father's Business, June 14, 1970
  • Doing Ones Thing, March 15, 1970
  • Fathers and Foundations, June 21, 1970
  • How do you Eat?, Communion Meditation, June 7, 1970
  • In Memoriam, Laura Lue Claypool, January 12, 1970 (William E. Hull)
  • Living By the Sword, May 10, 1970
  • Loneliness, January 25, 1970 (John Howard Hove)
  • Nostalgia and Revolution, May 3, 1970
  • Spiritual Fitness, May 24, 1970
  • The Art of Appreciation, March 22, 1970
  • The Gift of Pentecost, May 17, 1970
  • The Miracle of Presence, February 1, 1970 (Bill Amos)
  • The Present Moment of the Past, January 18, 1970 (G. Temp Sparkman)
  • The Reason to Rejoice, June 28, 1970
  • There, Choose Life, February 15, 1970
  • Tragedy and Hope, March 29, 1970
  • True Patriotism, May 31, 1970
  • Value of Diversity, February 22, 1970

1970 - July-December

  • Crisis and Opportunity, November 29, 1970 (John D. W. Watts)
  • Eternity as a Sunrise, September 27, 1970 (Hugo H. Culpepper)
  • Fearfulness and Christmas Hope, December 20, 1970
  • From Altar to Marketplace, October 25, 1970 (Larry McSwain)
  • Giving and Growing, November 1, 1970 (John Howard Hove)
  • God and Man: A Partnership, October 18, 1970 (Thomas L. Budesheim)
  • God in the Midst, November 15, 1970
  • Growth in Grace, November 8, 1970
  • In the Beginning - Praise, July 19, 1970 (John Howard Hove)
  • Mystery and Meaning, August 23, 1970
  • Shall We Call the Bible Infallible?, August 16, 1970 (William E. Hull)
  • Singing in a Strange Land, August 30, 1970
  • Strength for Family Living, July 12, 1970 (John Howard Hove)
  • Student Unrest and the Silent Majority, August 2, 1970 (Rob Shipley)
  • The Audacity of Jesus, November 22, 1970
  • The Lonely Crowd, September 20, 1970 (William E. Hull)
  • The Need for Vision, July 26, 1970 (William Amos)
  • The Ordeal of the Ministry, October 4, 1970 (William E. Hull)
  • To Blame or to Repent, December 6, 1970
  • What on Earth Are You Doing?, August 9, 1970 (John Howard Hove)
  • Wise Men - Then and Now, December 13, 1970
  • Work and Fulfillment, September 6, 1970

1971 - January-June

  • Choose Your Pain, February 28, 1971
  • Dealing with Our Shadow Selves, February 21, 1971
  • Eternal Life and the Historicity of God, January 31, 1971 (Eric C. Rust)
  • Gratitude and Indignation, January 3, 1971
  • If Any Man Will, February 14, 1971 (Monty Knight)
  • Interrobang, February 7, 1971
  • Reassurance, January 10, 1971
  • Remembering Who We Are: Amos, April 25, 1971
  • Remembering Who We Are: Elijah, April 18, 1971
  • Remembering Who We Are: Ezekiel, May 23, 1971
  • Remembering Who We Are: Hosea, May 2, 1971
  • Remembering Who We Are: Isaiah, May 9, 1971
  • Remembering Who We Are: Jeremiah, May 16, 1971
  • Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, June 13, 1971
  • Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom, January 24, 1971
  • The Challenge of Maturity, June 6, 1971
  • The Easter Perspective, April 11, 1971
  • The Secret of Jesus, March 7, 1971
  • The Struggle of Freedom, March 28, 1971
  • The Table and the Brother, March 14, 1971
  • The Theology of Ecology, March 21, 1971
  • What Kind of Inheritance?, June 20, 1971

1971 - July-September

  • As You Go, September 19, 1971
  • Bearing Urban Burdens, July 18, 1971 (Bill Amos)
  • Despising Youth, August 22, 1971 (Mark C. Fowler)
  • Redefining Life After a Crisis Event, August 8, 1971 (G. Temp Sparkman)
  • The Creative Power of Love, September 12, 1971
  • The Quest and the Promise, August 29, 1971
  • This Astonishing Gospel, September 5, 1971
  • Was Jesus a Revolutionary?, July 4, 1971
  • Ways of Worshiping, August 15, 1971

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