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: the gospel
“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
Posted in Discipleship, Discovering FBCA Membership class lessons, Doctrine/Theology, Sermons
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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“The Household of God” (I Timothy sermon)
In our “Discovering The Ridge” class for those who are joining our church, I often tell the story of the group in our home town which was starting a new church, and for some time they met in the home … Continue reading
Posted in Sermon Illustrations, Sermons, Uncategorized
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“The Gospel” (I Corinthians 15:1-11 sermon)
One of our family’s favorite movies, especially when our kids were at home, was “The Princess Bride.” Many of its lines were quoted at home in our daily conversations — and still are, on our family Facebook chat group. Of … Continue reading
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THE Power For Salvation
Many Christians can quote Romans 1:16, but perhaps we need to hear again what it is really saying? “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes …”. … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Ministry
Tagged evangelism, gospel, I Corinthians 15:3, ministry, Romans 1:16, salvation, the gospel
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The Precious Stewardship
In Ezra 8:24-30 Ezra tells us that he took 12 of the priests who were with him in Babylon, and weighed out to each of them a portion of the gold & silver and the costly utensils which were going … Continue reading
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Tagged Ezra 8:24-30, faith, II Timothy 1:14, stewardship, the gospel, word of God
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