God in Empty Places

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. August 10, 2014 Genesis 37:1-11 The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Psalms 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b; Matt. 14:22-33; Romans 10:5-15 It would not be unusual for anyone to ask, “Why are we spending...

The Bone Crusher

 A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 32:22-31 August 3, 2014 Psalm 17:1-7, 15; Matthew 14:13-21; Romans 9:1-5 Jacob’s wrestling with the angel on the bank of the Jabbok River is a...

Straightening Out a Crooked Life

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 29:15-28 July 27, 2014 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52; Romans 8:26-39 History credits P.T. Barnum for the line, “There’s a sucker...

All You Need is (God’s) Love

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. I Corinthians 13 July 13, 2014 What is it in your life, what activity or what driving force, makes you so happy it makes your heart sing? Joseph Campbell asked it this way, “What’s your...

God of the Outcasts

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Second Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 21:8-21 June 22, 2014 Jeremiah 20:7-13; Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39 Before this story turns terribly dark in telling of the banishment of Hagar...