What Matters

A sermon by Howard Batson, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Philippians 4:1-9 November 3, 2013 Our stress levels are off the chart, aren’t they?  The death of someone in our family.  The pain of divorce.  A court case pending.  Awaiting the lab results of the...

I Shall Not be Put to Shame

A sermon by Howard Batson, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Philippians 1:20 October 13, 2013 Last week, we concluded a sermon series from the Old Testament book of Proverbs.  And today we begin a sermon series from a New Testament book, the book of Philippians. ...

Good News has come into the World

  A sermon by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Philippians 2:1-18 October 20, 2013 There is an old Jewish joke that says if you’ve got two rabbis, you’ve probably got three opinions.  The church often seems like that as well, doesn’t it?  We...

Your Enemy

 A sermon by, Howard Batson, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx. Proverbs 25:21-22 September 29, 2013 “If you enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; If he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the Lord will reward you.”...