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.
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Teacher’s Overview of Genesis 39:7-21, Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson for May 5, 2024.
A lesson overview for Sunday school teachers and Bible study leaders, of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson of Genesis 39:7-21 with the title “Accused,” for Sunday, Mary 5, 2024. (I might use an alternate title: “He Is With Me”!) A … Continue reading
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“Suffering Servant/Glorious King: Man of Sorrows” (Isaiah 53:2-3 sermon)
Abraham Lincoln was not an attractive man; in fact, people described him as “homely;” he had a number of facial defects. His own cabinet secretary called him a “long-armed ape.” And yet this “unsightly man,” as some called him, is … Continue reading
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Teacher’s Overview of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson: Mark 16:1-14, “Alive”
A brief overview of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible lesson of Mark 16:1-14, “Alive,” scheduled for Sunday, November 26, 2023. A video version of this overview is available on YouTube at: ONE WAY to introduce this lesson would be to post … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Henry Ross, alive, Anthony Flew There is a God, apologetics, Christ is risen, empty tomb, evangelism, Explore the Bible, Frank Morison, Galatians 2:20, I Corinthians 15, Jaroslav Pelikan, Jesus resurrection, Joe McKeever, Joseph of Arimathea, lesson overview, lesson plan, Lifeway, Mark 16, Mark 16:1-14, Mary Magdalene, ministry, N.T. Wright, Psalm 139, Psalm 139:17-18, R.W. Dale, R.W. Dale Christ is alive, resurrection, Road to Emmaus, Sabbath, Sunday school lesson, Sunday school teacher help, Thomas Jefferson Bible, Who Moved The Stone, witness, women
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“The Room Where It Happens: The Presence of God” (Luke 1:19 sermon)
One of the most-visited tourist sites in London, England is the Churchill War Rooms. The rooms are in an underground bunker built just before World War II, right in the heart of the city, not far from Parliament or Buckingham … Continue reading
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Trusting The Potter’s Hands (Genesis 2:7-8 sermon)
Sometimes you will hear a person described as a “self-made man”. I know what they are talking about when they describe someone that way: they mean that they didn’t begin life with a fortune; that they worked their way “up … Continue reading
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The God Who Sees
Psalm 33:13 says: “He sees ALL the sons of men.” That is a pretty inclusive statement! There is no one who flies “under His radar”. God sees us all. This is true for better and for worse:
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Tagged Genesis 16:13, Hagar, Isaiah 40:27, Jehovah Roi, Psalm 139, Psalm 33:13, The God Who sees, Yahweh Roi
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“Our Omniscient God” (Psalm 139)
“God is watching and you can’t fool Him” — these were the words of Mrs. Pope Adams, former Westlake teacher, according to a retired school teacher who was reminiscing on Facebook last week about her school experiences. She wrote that Mrs. Adams had a … Continue reading
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