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 here. I am grateful to see these messages read in countries around the world, and pray that God will use His word to help individuals to walk with Him daily, and churches to glorify Him with their worship and obedience.
Tag Archives: submission
“Living Your Faith At Home” (I Peter 3:1-7 sermon)
Many of us are familiar with the famous story, “Rip Van Winkle.” Last year for the first time I really read the story in Washington Irving’s Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon. In it he describes Rip Van Winkle: “He would never … Continue reading
Posted in Home & Family Life, I Peter sermons, Sermons, Uncategorized
Tagged appearance, beautiful woman, beauty, Billy Graham, children, clothes, daily Bible reading, discipline, disciplines, duties, Eliab, Ephesians 5, Ephesians 5 love wife, evangelism, exercise, faith, faith and family, faith starts at home, family, family life, family sermon, fellow heir, freaking out, God sees not as man sees, gods, husband, husband love, husband spiritual leadership, husbands, I Corinthians 13 love, I Peter 2:12, I Peter 2:23, I Peter 3:1, I Peter 3:1-7 sermon, I Peter sermon, I Samuel 16, I Timothy 5:8, inner beauty, It's My Turn Ruth Graham, kids, live out your faith at home, love, makeup, marriage, ministry, mom freaking out, outward appearance, outward beauty, Plutarch, Proverbs 11:22, responsibilities, Rip Van Winkle, Ruth Graham, sacrifice, salvation, Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, submission, submit, trust, trust God, trusting God, understand wife, understanding, Washington Irving, weaker vessel, wife equal, wife submit, wife witness, witness, witness at home, wives
Leave a comment
“Your Witness Under Authority” (I Peter 2:13-20 sermon)
When General Douglas MacArthur was stationed in the Philippines, he was given an order to survey the whole area of Bataan, the jungly, mountainous peninsula at the mouth of Manila Bay. Another officer on his staff saw the order and … Continue reading
Posted in I Peter sermons, Sermon Illustrations, Sermons, Uncategorized
Tagged Acts 5, authority, Biblical submission, boss, Caesar is Lord, children, Christos Kurios, Daniel 1, discipline, Ephesians 1, evangelism, exceptions to submission, family, Franklin Graham, gay pride soccer jerseys, General Douglas MacArthur, government, honor the king, hupotasso, I Peter 2:13-20, I Peter sermon, Jaelene Hinckle, Jesus is Lord, Kurios Kaiseros, Law, Lordship of Christ, Nero Caesar, obedience, parents, police, President of the United States, proper role of government, render to Caesar, respect, respect authority, respect for the office, respect teachers, Roman emperor worship, Romans 13, Romans 13:1-6, Ruth Graham It's My Turn, school, submission, submission to authority, submit, supervisor, tax, teachers, U.S. women's soccer, we must obey God rather than men, William Manchester American Caesar, witness, witness of submission, workplace
Leave a comment
Prophecy From The Lips Of A Murderer?
“Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation.” (John 11:51) This scripture give us yet another example of how God can … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged authority, I Timothy 2, John 11:51, prayer, Romans 13, submission
Leave a comment
Is Yours A “Refreshing” Church?
“And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.” (II Corinthians 8:13) We should not miss this little sentence, describing what happened to the spirit of Titus … Continue reading
Against God
Psalm 2:2 describes the nations as arraying together “against the LORD and against His Anointed.” Those words, “AGAINST THE LORD” are key. The Hebrew word for “LORD” there is literally “Yahweh”, the personal name for the God of the Bible, … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies
Tagged against God, enemies of God, Lordship, Psalm 2:2, sovereignty, submission
Leave a comment
Responsibility & Accountability in the Church
Hebrews 13:17 gives us some specific commands regarding our responsibilities in the church: “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy … Continue reading
A Battle You Can’t Win
Psalm 2:1 asks: “Why are the nations in an uproar, and the peoples devising a vain thing?” The Psalmist here asks “WHY” the nations are in rebellion against God, when the last word of :1 (in Hebrew, the word “riq”) … Continue reading
