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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“In The Word 2022” (Ezra 7:10 message)
A few years ago they came out with an interesting list, of the books that people most frequently lie about reading, in order to appear well-read! The top four were George Orwell’s 1984, (42%), Tolstoy’s War and Peace (31%), James … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Sermons
Tagged apply scripture, beat a path to the word of God, Bible, Bible life change, Bible Reading, Bible reading plan, Bill Tolar testimony, books people lie about reading, Christian commitments, commitment to God's word, daily Bible reading, daily devotions, darash, doing the word, Ezra, Ezra 7:10, fellowship, God speaks to YOU, Hudson Taylor testimony, In The Word 2022, Luke 6:46, practice God's word, quiet time, salvation commitment, sharing, social media, teach God's word, teach the Bible, testimonies, time place procedure, waste, wasted time, word of God
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“What We Have Seen … We Proclaim”
“What we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also …”. (I John 1:3). We find in this verse something that is right at the heart of the nature of Christianity: what one experiences of God is to be … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged evangelism, genuine faith, I John 1:3, joy, sharing, witness
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The Overflow
From first to last, it had been a morning full of hugs. I returned to the 8:30 service at First Baptist, Moss Bluff, for the first time since I have been on medical leave. I saw a couple of people in the … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Ministry, Sermon Illustrations, Uncategorized
Tagged church, evangelism, fellowship, hugs, sharing, witness
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