A Southern Baptist pastor for almost 35 years, I currently serve as Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Angleton, Texas, and post my weekly sermons on this site, as well as a brief overview for Sunday School teachers of the weekly Lifeway "Explore the Bible" lesson.
Tag Archives: Augustine Confessions
“Discovering FBCA” (Membership class) Session #1: “Discovering the Basics”
About 300 A.D., a man named Marius Victorinus told a friend of his by the name of Simplicianus that he was now a Christian. He said he wasn’t going to church, and wasn’t going to tell anyone about it, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine Confessions, baptism by immersion, baptism in the Triune Name, baptism sprinkling, baptism symbolic, church membership class, church membership covenant, church mission statement, Discovering First Baptist Church membership class, Discovering the Basics, First Baptist Church Angleton, History of First Baptist Church Angleton, infant baptism, Marius Victorinus, membership class, new member class, Pastor John Shepard First Baptist Church Angleton, Peter Brown Augustine, Rodney Bowman First Baptist Church Angleton God's Vision in Actiion, scriptural baptism, Shawn Thomas pastor First Baptist Church Angleton, Simplicianus, the gospel, why a new church member class
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“Reckoned Righteous” (Genesis 15:6 sermon)
One of the great blessings of reading through the Bible together this year is that in the course of the year we will come across all of the greatest verses in the Bible at one point or another. Our verse … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine/Theology, Sermon Illustrations, Sermons
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