In the Meantime

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on May 29, 2011. The Sixth Sunday of Easter John 14:15-21 If you read John’s gospel from beginning to end, somewhere around 14th chapter the story slows to a crawl. The last...

The Holes of Doubt

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on May 1, 2011. The Second Sunday of Easter John 20:19-31 This year perhaps more than any I’ve seen before, Easter has taken on a goofiness I’ve not noticed in the past. Just how...

Life Beyond the Door

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on April 24, 2011. Easter Sunday Matthew 28:1-10  Printed on the side of a bag of peanuts given out on an airline were these words:  “Instructions – Open Packet, Eat Nuts.” Take a...

The Breath of Life and Hope

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on April 10, 2011 Ezekiel 37:1-14       You likely already know this, but most of the Top Ten television dramas on TV today deal with sickness, death, buried bodies in all manner...

Everybody Needs a Shepherd

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on April 3, 2011. Psalm 23 My first memorable encounter with the Shepherd’s Psalm didn’t come at a funeral where it’s often read in the wake of grief and sorrow; rather, it came...