• Steve Wells: Philemon and Forgiveness

  03/25/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Steve Wells, senior pastor of South Main Baptist Church in Houston, begins by reflecting on the words of the hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” which express the peace Christians have in Jesus Christ. (Philemon)

• Bobby Dagnel: Finding Peace in the Pandemic

  03/23/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Bobby Dagnel, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Lubbock, spoke directly to the coronavirus pandemic during his sermon on Sun., Mar. 22. (Philippians 4:4-9)

• Taylor Sandlin: How Not to Waste a Crisis

  03/18/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Taylor Sandlin, senior pastor of Sugar Land Baptist Church in Sugar Land, addresses the concerns and uncertainties related to social distancing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Jeremiah 29:11)

• Lance Wood: Supper Surprise

  03/11/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Lance Wood, pastor of First Baptist Church in Clarendon, Texas, describes how an invitation to supper is exciting to him. (Luke 7:36-50; Micah 7:18-19; Hebrews 4:16)

• Paul Sands: Ephesians 5:5-8

  03/04/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Paul Sands, senior pastor of First Woodway Baptist Church in Woodway, addresses the complications of life by focusing on the clear root question. (Ephesians 5:5-8)

• Michael Dean: Your One … How

  02/26/2020

  Michael Dean retired in 2019 as lead teaching pastor of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth. This one of his last sermons to Travis Avenue before his retirement.

• Black preaching is the ‘voice of advocacy, hope and redemption’

  02/19/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  February is Black History Month, and we are thankful for the many African American men and women serving God and their churches across Texas. In honor of them and to celebrate how they enrich the body of Christ, we are highlighting sermons delivered by African American preachers and published in the Baptists Preaching feature of the Baptist Standard.

• Brent Gentzel: Some Thoughts on Our Peculiar Sexual Ethic

  02/12/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Brent Gentzel, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Kaufman, Texas, counseled his congregation to talk about hot topics with love as their central motivation. (1 Corinthians 13)

• Kevin Burrow: A Sermon about Laodicea’s Self-Deception

  02/05/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Kevin Burrow, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Eastland, Texas, examines self-deception as it is described in the letter to Laodicea. (Revelation 3:14-22)

• Jorge Zayasbazan: Our Duty to God

  01/29/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Jorge Zayasbazan, senior pastor of Baptist Temple in San Antonio, preaching from Jesus’ teaching recorded in Luke 17:1-10, exhorts his congregation to remember their duty to God. (Luke 17:1-10)

• Evan Duncan: The One Maker

  01/22/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Evan Duncan, teaching and communications pastor of First Baptist Church in Temple, preaches about how the Holy Spirit enables Christians to walk together. (Ephesians 4:1-6)

• Rev. Ronald Session: Offended by Grace

  01/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Rev. Ronald Session, pastor of Shiloh Church in Garland, Texas, preached to the difficulty of grace right after Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of Botham Jean. (Jonah 4:2)