by Amy Butler | Mar 3, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
For over three decades, the soundtrack of my travel home to Honolulu that began as soon as the airplane landed on the coral reef runway and taxied toward the gate was the Beamers’ song, “Honolulu City Lights.” The song is a wistful goodbye to the islands that would...
by Howard Batson | Nov 8, 2013 | General
A sermon by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Philippians 3:1-21 October 27, 2013 Who is the most famous person in your heritage, your lineage, your ancestry? That question was posed at a recent Sunday School party here at First Baptist...
by Mark Woods | Oct 26, 2011 | Opinion
The news that the Angus Library in Great Britain has secured funding to help make Baptist history more widely known is very welcome. As a nation, Britain seems to be obsessed by history – partly, perhaps, because we are taught it in such a disconnected fashion at...
by Keith Herron | Mar 24, 2011 | General
A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on March 20, 2011. The Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 12:1-4a The story of Abram’s call in Genesis 12 is short but plainly said: Abram heard the Voice and answered. When he acted...
by Trey Lyon | Jan 26, 2011 | Opinion
Five years ago a former seminary professor who was doing volunteer work at our church was cleaning out his files. He walked into my office and handed me an old legal-size poster that said “Baptists Through the Ages.” I had seen the chart in books in...
