The Anchor Of Hope

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on September 18, 2011. Hebrews 6:13-20 (some ideas and language borrowed from Tom Wright, Hebrews for Everyone) Sir Frances Drake was an Englishmen who became famous during the reign of...

The Sermon I Don’t Want To Preach

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on August 7, 2011.  Luke 16:19-31 He is a master communicator, and I have no doubt teaches and writes with the best of intentions. I sense within him a great love for all humankind and a...

Waiting On A Word

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on August 28, 2011. Hebrews 1:1-14 I’m not very good with patience.  I don’t like waiting.  How are you when it comes to living in the Land of the Uncertain?  When you’re waiting on a...

It’s What We’re Known For

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on August 14, 2011. 1 Samuel 20:39-42 My guess is you probably don’t think about him being the heroic warrior that he really was.  Somehow, because he gives his future throne, his place...

May 21, 2011, And Why It Didn’t Happen

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on May 29, 2011. Matthew 24:42-46 Perhaps you first became aware of the apocalyptic prediction when you saw a billboard – here in Amarillo – which declared with full confidence that...