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 Ircel Harrison | Dec 15, 2011 | Opinion
A friend recently shared with me a book written about 20 years ago by Henri Nouwen titled “In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership.” Nouwen was one of the most prolific and popular spiritual writers of the latter 20th century. He wrote...
by Keith Herron | Feb 3, 2011 | General
A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on January 30, 2011. Matthew 5:1-12 In the Beatitudes in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, when our English Bible says, “Blessed are those …” (as most translations say), a phrase that...
by James L. Evans | Jul 12, 2006 | Opinion
Years ago, priest and writer Henri Nouwen was serving as chaplain on a Dutch cruise ship making its way to Rotterdam. They were in a thick fog. Everyone was edgy and nervous as the ship crept along virtually blind in the water. The captain was pacing back and forth,...