Sarcasm “ That Dingy White Shirt We Keep Wearing

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...

2 Antidotes to Cure Cynicism from Your Life

“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...

Selective Hearing

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...

A Passion for the Possible

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...