• Katy Reed-Hodges: Reorientation

  03/01/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Katy Reed-Hodges, minister of congregational life with First Baptist Church in Arlington, explained Psalm 100 as a reorientation “back to the things that are most important to us in our lives.” (Psalm 100)

• Pastor Robert White: We Can Be More

  02/22/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Pastor Robert White, lead pastor of Freedom Church in Bedford, noted Gideon is one of his favorite people in the Bible because he sees himself in Gideon in different ways. (Judges 6)

• Rev. Samuel Doyle: It was Necessary

  02/15/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Rev. Samuel Doyle, pastor of Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church in Waco, described Palm Sunday as a joyous and a heavy day. (Hebrews 9:22)

• Pastor Ralph Emerson: Food (Fruit) Poisoning?

  02/08/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Pastor Ralph Emerson, associate director for the Texas Baptists’ Cooperative Program, issued a challenge to his hearers not to choose the quick fix over the good prepared for them. (Genesis 2:9, 16; 3:6)

• Pastor Dwight McKissic Sr.: Don’t Take the Bait

  02/01/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Pastor Dwight McKissic Sr., senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, exhorted his hearers not to give the devil any ground. (Ephesians 4:27; Luke 22:31-32)

• J.T. Thornton: Uncomfortable

  01/25/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  J.T. Thornton, lead pastor and elder of Trinity Baptist Church in Sweetwater, sought to encourage his hearers to seek “authentic growth” more than comfort. (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12)

• Heath Kirkwood: Every Don’t Has a Do

  01/19/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Heath Kirkwood, lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Lorena, summarized religion as “how you do what you believe.” (Ephesians 4:25-32)

• Mark Snowden: A Thankless Letter for Thanksgiving

  01/11/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Mark Snowden, pastor of First Baptist Church in Floydada, called attention to the low degree of biblical literacy in the United States. (Galatians)

• Monty Pierce: Stumbling Block No. 1: Angels

  01/04/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Monty Pierce, pastor of Central Baptist Church in Carthage, asks if the Christmas story is a reality or a fable like so many other popular stories.

• Collin Bullard: Caesar Augustus

  12/20/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Collin Bullard, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Longview, focused his sermon on one of the “background characters” in the Christmas story, Caesar Augustus. (Luke 2:1-7)

• Ryan Berryhill: Before Your Very Eyes

  12/14/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Ryan Berryhill, pastor of First Baptist Church in Marshall, points out that among all the words in the Bible, “blue” is not one of them. In fact, most ancient languages did not have a word for blue. (Luke 1:5-25)

• Sam Holm: Why Jesus Came

  12/07/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Sam Holm, lead pastor of First Baptist Church in McKinney, read the account of Jesus’ birth recorded at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke. (Luke 2:7-14)