Losing My Church – A sermon for Manchaca on May 24, 2020
Here’s the story of Acts 14:1-7 – in my own words: The missionaries Paul and Barnabas go to a new city – Iconium, into the synagogue, and begin proclaiming the gospel of Jesus. The established religion there does not like…
Jubilee! – A sermon for Life in the City
Luke 4:16-30 16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given…
Faithful Doubters – Sermon
Mark 9:14-29 14 When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15 When the whole crowd saw him, they were immediately overcome with awe, and they ran forward to greet him. 16 He asked…
God in the Boat – Sermon
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with…
What Entails A Follower – sermon for Covenant Baptist Church
This month I was invited to preach at my dear friend Kyndall Rae Rothaus’s church. Grateful for the opportunity, I got to share a sermon at Covenant Baptist Church in San Antonio while she was away on a retreat. Their church…
Martha Stearns Marshall month – my sermon, ‘Surrendered Petitioning’
February is Martha Stearns Marshall month. It’s the month that the Baptist Women in Ministry organization especially encourages congregations to invite women to preach at a Sunday worship service. Not only does it give an opportunity for many women to…
A Hallelujah sermon
We must join in the praise of God. When I read Psalm 148, that’s the main message I hear, and so that is what I talked about for my sermon at Grace Baptist Church in Round Rock, Texas. My good…
The Good and the Bad of preaching at Truett Seminary’s Chapel
Just a few years ago I didn’t know I could preach. I didn’t know I would be allowed and it didn’t matter anyway because I didn’t think I had any gift for it. But I am and I do. Thanks…
Feeling exhausted today?
I am tired. For the past three months I have been working towards the goal of putting our house on the market, and I am finally there. After all the repairs and staging over these months, today I scrubbed the…
Becoming Generous … My sermon at Heights Church
Too little guilt, and too much guilt. Overindulgent, and Austere. I go back and forth between these two. There is a space somewhere in the middle that I am searching for. I tend towards the overindulgence side, and so I…
Raising kids and encouraging faith
