God Stories: My Brother’s Keeper

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on June 6, 2010 Genesis 4:1-16 Cain and Abel were brothers. They played together as children. They built forts. They swam together. They had carved into the same tree. They’d...

God Stories: Free Fall

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on May 30, 2010. Genesis 3 This story really begins in chapter 2, verse 25: And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (3:1) Now the serpent was more crafty than...

What If…?

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on May 2, 2010. 1 Corinthians 15 Time out. Whoa, David. Stop. Stop. (Interrupted David at the organ) The words to the song, the familiar hymn you just played, Christ The Lord Is Risen...

A Clear Word

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on April 25, 2010.   1 Corinthians 14 My eyes were bigger than the saucers that go beneath a jumbo cup of coffee.  I mean, how is a little guy supposed to take it all in?  It was finally...

Unsappy Love

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on April 18, 2010.    1 Corinthians 13 We continue with our sermon series from 1 Corinthians and come to the best-known chapter in the entire book – the chapter on love, 1 Corinthians...