by Howard Batson | May 1, 2014 | General
A sermon by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Luke 24:13-35 April 20, 2014 Where did things go wrong? Jesus didn’t turn out to be any better than the previous prophets who had promised to be the Messiah. He was just another would-be,...
by Howard Batson | Apr 10, 2014 | General
A sermon by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. John 20:1-18 April 6, 2014 “Seeing is believing.” No, I’m not referring to the Elvis song, nor to the 1941 mystery novel by Carter Dickson. “Seeing is believing,” I have discovered in recent...
by Howard Batson | Mar 6, 2014 | General
A sermon by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Luke 5:12-16; 6:12 March 2, 2014 Alone. A-L-O-N-E. There is something very frightening about this word. There is something very comforting about being around people. Something comforting about...
by Howard Batson | Feb 27, 2014 | General
A sermon by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Luke 5:1-11, 27-32 February 23, 2014 Don’t you just hate interruptions? Finally, at last, on a Sunday afternoon, the weight of the previous week making you weary. And the prospects of the week to...
by Howard Batson | Dec 12, 2013 | General
A sermon by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Luke 2:25-35 December 8, 2013 This Sunday’s is the second Sunday of Advent – peace. The opposite of peace, of course, is war. We are at war with ourselves, at war with God, at war with others –...
