Who is God, But The Lord?

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on May 15, 2011. Psalm 18 We don’t really understand what it means to have the presence of God, to have the protection of God.  But in Psalm 18 we hear David as he takes great comfort in...

Easter Hope

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on April 24, 201 John 20:1-18 No darkness is darker than death.  No stench is more repulsive than the stench of death.  No defeat is more final than the defeat of death.  No emptiness is...

Enough

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on February 6, 2011. Philippians 4:10-19 I wish you enough. A passenger overheard a father and a daughter in their last moments together at the airport.  They had announced her...

Harmony, Anxiety and Honor

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas, on January 30, 2011. Philippians 4:1-9 It often happens at the end of Paul’s letters, perhaps he’s running out of parchment, perhaps he’s running out of time, perhaps he wants to tie...

The Present Future

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas, on January 23, 2011. Philippians 3:1-21 Does being the child of someone who is famous, or having a famous name, even though the name is not based on your own abilities, help or hurt in...