by Christopher B. Harbin | Oct 30, 2015 | Opinion
Ghandi famously said, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” His words were both a compliment to Jesus and a recognition that our relationship to Jesus has been faulty, at best. The disparity between...
by Joel Snider | Feb 26, 2015 | Opinion
What insight would be gained from reversing the beatitudes or blessings Jesus offers in the Sermon on the Mount? I was researching the Beatitudes for a sermon a few years ago when I came across the writings of St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) who had done just that....
by Keith Herron | Feb 13, 2014 | General
A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City,  Mo. Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 9, 2014 Matthew 5:13-20 Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12); Psalm 112:1-9 (10); I Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) Jesus’ preaching of the Sermon on the Mount was no...
by Keith Herron | Feb 6, 2014 | General
A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Matthew 5:1-12 February 2, 2014 Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; I Corinthians 1:18-31 Things are seldom as they appear and truth is not exempt from that...
by Preston Clegg | Mar 13, 2013 | Opinion
“Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.” — Matthew 5:4 Lately, this verse has taken hold of me for reasons I don’t fully understand. Maybe it’s because I’ve participated in two funerals recently, and at both we...