by Ann Smith | Apr 25, 2013 | Opinion
In “Your God is Too Small,” J.B. Phillips wrote, “Self-centered and evil people really fear the good. They express their fear by mockery, cynicism and, when circumstances allow, by active persecution.” Sarcasm and mockery, I am sad to say, were...
by Gary Furr | Nov 20, 2012 | Opinion
“Forgiveness” is my wife’s favorite song on my new CD (click here to listen to the song). The chorus goes: It’s impossible to give forgivenessIt’s even worse to have to askIf letting go is the answerLiving like it’s gone is the...
by Bob Browning | Aug 23, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., on August 19, 2012. John 6:35, 41-58 My grandmother Browning lived to be ninety-six years old. She had a delightful sense of humor and quick wit. Her hearing was almost gone in her...
by Keith Herron | Jan 5, 2010 | General
Sermon delivered by Keith Herron, pastor of HolmeswoodBaptistChurch in Kansas City, Mo., on January 3, 2010. John 1: 1-18 For those of you with small children, we’ve passed through the season notorious for a three-word phrase strong enough to strike fear...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Feb 10, 2004 | Opinion
“Cynic,” and its derivatives, is surely among the biggest “diss” words of this wartime era. While cynicism is real and dangerous, charges of such occur regularly in conversation and print as a means of dismissing the socio-political critique or...