• Pastor Kan’Dace Brock: Designed with Purpose in Mind

  12/22/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Pastor Kan’Dace Brock, lead pastor and co-founder of The Message Church in San Antonio, encouraged her hearers to know they are designed by God for a purpose. (Psalm 139:11-14)

• Zach Tharp: To Samaria and Beyond

  12/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Zach Tharp, pastor of First Baptist Church in Alice, Texas, points to what Christians can learn from Philip’s experience in Samaria. (Acts 8:4-25)

• Scott Jones: The Proper Pattern for Life

  12/09/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Scott Jones, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rockport, turns to Paul’s instruction to the church in Galatia to understand what freedom in Christ means for Christians and the church. (Galatians 5:13-15)

• Ken May: Spiritual Awakening: Call for Revival

  12/01/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Ken May, pastor of First Baptist Church in Stephenville, Texas, called his hearers to a time of refreshing, renewal and repair, or spiritual revival. (Joel 1-2)

• Jeff Williams: Abel: Worshipping in Faith

  11/24/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Jeff Williams, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Denton, makes the distinction between the many halls of fame celebrating human, and even insect, achievement and what he calls the “hall of faith.” (Hebrews 11:4, Genesis 4:3-5)

• Ellis Orozco: Weight We Carry

  11/17/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Ellis Orozco, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Richardson, acknowledged the weight being carried societally during the pandemic and the concurrent racial, political and economic tension. (Philippians 4:10-14)

• Amy Castello: Quit Living by the Rules

  11/10/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Amy Castello, missions and family pastor of Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Robinson, examines a disagreement between Peter and Paul. (Galatians 2)

• Dr. Felisi Sorgwe: Unmasking Prejudice

  11/03/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Dr. Felisi Sorgwe, an associate professor of theology at Houston Baptist University and pastor of Maranatha International Church in Houston, speaks directly to the relationship between prejudice and justice. (Acts 10)

• Larry Venable: Our Vision. Our Mission.

  10/27/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Larry Venable, pastor of Freeman Heights Baptist Church in Garland, Texas, challenged his congregation to see people the way Jesus saw people, having compassion on them (Matthew 9:36-38; John 4:35).

• Ian Caceres: All Leaves, No Fruit: The Cursed Fig Tree

  10/20/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Ian Caceres, pastor of First Baptist Church in Aransas Pass, Texas, examines the story of Jesus cursing a fig tree during the week before he was crucified. (Matthew 21:18-22)

• Cody Favor: Answering the Question

  10/13/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Cody Favor, pastor of First Baptist Church in Cisco, Texas, acknowledges he’s been a Christian for a long time and that he has considered if he wanted to remain a Christian. (Matthew 16:13-20)

• Steven Parker: Psalms of Praise, Pain and Possibility: Praying Together through the Pandemic

  10/06/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Steven Parker, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Weslaco, Texas, turns to the psalms to find strength and comfort during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Psalm 8, 13 and 30)