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: Lifeway "Explore the Bible" John 14:16-29 "Peace I Leave"
- "The Message of the Cross" (I Cor. 1:18-24 sermon)
- “Building Your Life On The Rock” (Matthew 7:24-27 sermon)
- "This Is My Story: The Gerasene Demoniac" (Mark 5:1-20 sermon)
- "How To Seek The Lord" (Isaiah 55:6-7 sermon)
- "Following Jesus" (Matthew 4:18-22 sermon)
- "Your Spiritual Armor" (Ephesians 6:10-20 sermon)
- “Four Ways To Worship God” (Psalm 9:1-2 sermon)
- "The Christian Race" (Hebrews 12:1-2 sermon)
- "The World, The Flesh, and the Devil" (James 3:15 sermon)
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Tag Archives: resurrection of Christ
“In The Beginning, God” (Genesis 1:1 sermon)
Some books have such famous opening lines that many people can name them just from hearing the first words of the book. See if you can name some of these books from their first lines: — “It was the best … Continue reading →
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“America’s Verse” — “Judge Not” (Matthew 7:1-5 sermon)
If each of us in our church shared our favorite football teams this morning, I’d think the Carolina Panthers might be at the top of the list. We also have a few die hard Washington Redskins fans, like Josh Peterson … Continue reading →
Posted in Current Events, Matthew sermons, Uncategorized
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Tagged America's team, America's verse, appearance, Baptist Faith & Message, beliefs, church discipline, convictions, criticism, diet, discernment, don't judge, Dr. Jim Smith, forgiveness, Harry Potter books, hypocrisy, I Corinthians 15, I Corinthians 4:5, I Corinthians 5, I Peter 4:8, I Timothy 5:24-25, John 7:24, John 8 adulterous woman, judge not, judging, judgment, love, Matthew 18, Matthew 7:1, Matthew 7:1-5, minister of music, music, President Jimmy Carter, repentance, resurrection of Christ, return of Christ, righteousness, Romans 1:4, Romans 2:1-3, sin, sins, truth
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