• 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)

• Bill Skaar: Choose Joy

  01/08/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Bill Skaar, pastor of First Baptist Church in Grand Prairie, contrasts happiness with joy. (Philippians 1:1-30)

• Larry Floyd: Peter the Pillar

  12/31/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Larry Floyd, former pastor of City Church Del Rio in Del Rio, who recently was called to be executive director of El Paso Baptist Association in El Paso, exhorts his congregation to step up and be a pillar of the faith. (Acts 10:1-23)

• Beth Moore: Knowing This from That

  12/18/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Beth Moore preached from Acts about how Luke accentuates “this Jesus,” because “there is ‘this Jesus’ and ‘that Jesus.'” The challenge is to figure out which one we know. This sermon was delivered during the National Preaching Conference hosted by the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Truett Seminary. (Acts 1-2)

• Troy Allen: Love Like Jesus

  12/12/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Troy Allen, lead pastor of First Baptist Church in College Station, Texas, focuses on the love Jesus demonstrates in washing his disciples’ feet and then calls them to enact. (John 13:34-35)

• Dr. Edward Wagner: Building for the Lord Requires Peace

  12/04/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Dr. Edward Wagner, senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Harker Heights, Texas, emphasizes that anything built for the Lord requires spiritual peace. (1 Kings 5:2-5)

• Pr. Ricardo Brambila: We Are / Nosotros Estamos

  11/26/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Pr. Ricardo Brambila, pastor de la Primera Iglesia Bautista / First Mexican Baptist Church de Dallas, cuenta sobre la batalla de su madre contra el cáncer y su fallecimiento. He tells about his mother’s battle with cancer and her passing away. (2 Corinthians / 2 Corintios 4:7-16)

• Ward Hayes: Three Absolute Truths

  11/21/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Ward Hayes, senior pastor of Valley Grove Baptist Church in Stephenville, Texas, presents three foundational, absolute truths undergirding Christian faith. (Galatians 2)