Peculiar Treasures

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. A Meditation on All Saints Day Revelation 7:9-12; 21:-1-4 November 3, 2013 Happy All Saints Day! We seem to know a lot about Halloween but very little about All Saint’s Day. It’s on...

Doubts Don’t Make Mother Teresa Less of a Saint

I perked up the other night when I heard Mother Teresa’s name mentioned on national news. Her diaries, some commentator intoned, show us an entirely different woman from the sainted nun who walked the streets of Calcutta doing good. The reporter went on to say...

The Baptist Version of Mother Teresa

CHENNAI, India–While many Christians from America and elsewhere have responded generously with gifts to relief efforts since the Dec. 26 tsunami, how many would borrow money for victims without knowing how they would be able to repay the loan? It’s par for...

Letters Reveal Mother Teresa Had Doubts

A missionary of love and hope to the entire world, Mother Teresa profoundly shaped my understanding of the Christian faith. She provided a model of what Christ calls each of us to be and do. Every day of her life, no matter where she was or what she was doing, she...

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Lived Her Faith

I strongly disagree with her ideas about the place of women in the world and in the church. Yet she is, for me, a model of what Christ calls each of us to be and do. She lived and breathed the gospel. Every day of her life, no matter where she was or what she was...