How Will US Respond to Its Day of Reckoning?

How Will US Respond to Its Day of Reckoning?

Shakespeare’s Romeo asks, “What’s in a name?” and answers, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet are, of course, forbidden lovers, and only because of their family names. In the end, as we all know, their...

The Bone Crusher

 A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 32:22-31 August 3, 2014 Psalm 17:1-7, 15; Matthew 14:13-21; Romans 9:1-5 Jacob’s wrestling with the angel on the bank of the Jabbok River is a...

Straightening Out a Crooked Life

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 29:15-28 July 27, 2014 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52; Romans 8:26-39 History credits P.T. Barnum for the line, “There’s a sucker...

Sibling Rivalry

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on August 7, 2011. Genesis 37:1-28; Romans 10:11-15 How many of your high school reunions have you attended? I’ve only done it once… my tenth. The class held another...

Straightening Out a Crooked Life

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City,  Mo., on July 24, 2011. Genesis 29:15-28 History may give credit to P.T. Barnum for saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” but most of his friends denied he ever said it. Here’s...