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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Top Posts & Pages
- Teacher's Overview of Lifeway's "Explore the Bible" lesson of Acts 4:8-21, "Emboldened'
- “Building Your Life On The Rock” (Matthew 7:24-27 sermon)
- "God's Purpose For Your Life" (I Peter 2:4-5 sermon)
- Teachers' Overview of Lifeway's "Explore the Bible" lesson of Acts 3:12-25, "Placed" for June 23, 2024
- "How To Run The Christian Race" (Hebrews 12:1-2 sermon)
- "What Real Faith Looks Like: Doers of the Word" (James 1:22-25 sermon)
- "Your Spiritual Armor" (Ephesians 6:10-20 sermon)
- "Inviting Jesus Into Your Home" (Luke 10:38-42 sermon)
- "The Christian Race" (Hebrews 12:1-2 sermon)
- “The Golden Rule” (Matthew 7:12 sermon)
Categories
- "The Disciple's Character" series (Beatitudes Mt. 5:3-12)
- "The Disciplines of Disciples" series
- "This Is My Story" sermon series
- Beatitudes Series 2020 FBCA
- Book of James Sermons: What Real Faith Looks Like
- COVID-19 crisis assorted messages
- Current Events
- Devotions/Bible Studies
- Discipleship
- Discovering FBCA Membership class lessons
- Doctrine/Theology
- Explore the Bible SS lesson overviews
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- Habakkuk "Find Us Faithful" series messages
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- India Mission Trip 2011
- Isaiah 53 sermon series Suffering Servant Glorious King
- John 3:16 sermon series
- Luke 10:38-42 Mary & Martha series
- Luke 2 Christmas series
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- missions
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- The Model Prayer series (FBCA 2020)
- This Week In Paradise (pastors family blog)
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Tag Archives: Westminster Shorter Catechism
“Glorifying God as Salt & Light” (Matthew 5:13-16 sermon)
“(Victor) Frankl was a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist who lived in Vienna, Austria. In 1942, he and his wife and parents were arrested and transported to a Nazi concentration camp. At the end of the war three years later, … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Matthew sermons, Sermons
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For The Glory Of God
“… this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself …” (II Corinthians 8:19) Here Paul, writing about the offering that he and his associates were taking up for the impoverished saints at … Continue reading
Our Ultimate Aim
“… that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.” (II Corinthians 4:15) This verse reveals something very important when it tells us what happens … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged aim, glory, goal, God, II Corinthians 4:15, man's chief end, purpose, Westminster Shorter Catechism
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