God Picks First

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Second Sunday after Epiphany John 1:29-42 January 19, 2014 Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-11; I Corinthians 1:1-9 One of the childhood perils of the playground was when a game was played and...

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...

Will You Take a Stand During Your Normal Routine?

One normal yellow bus with green-and-white trim, all scrubbed and sparkling, sits parked in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. Nearby are a collection of more than 125 notable vehicles of the 20th century in America, including a string of presidential...

God Used Rosa Parks to Help Us Change Our Ways

Earlier this week, someone asked me a piercing question about the Sermon of the Mount: “Where is the line between turning the other cheek and being someone’s doormat?” I found part of the answer later that day, when I heard that Rosa Parks, the...

What Praising Rosa Parks Should Mean

Nothing costs less than courage in the rearview mirror of history. Nothing is easier than praise for the departed. Nothing is more hypocritical than celebrating a virtuous life without seeking to live more virtuously. A day after Rosa Parks died, Southern Baptists...