Joseph: A Man of Character Who Stood by Mary, Jesus

Kurt Vonnegut said once, “People don’t come to church for preachments, … (they come) to daydream about God.” In the season of Advent, our dreams shift to the Promised One who entered the world the same way every other human enters, by being birthed...

The Dream of Peace

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on December 5, 2010. The Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10 At 44, Mildred Lisette Norman adopted the name of “Peace Pilgrim” for herself and set off across America on foot....

God’s Other Name is (Surprise)

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on November 28, 2010 The First Sunday of Advent Matthew 24:36-44 When we reach the season of Advent, we know it’s time to start over. Isn’t starting over what we need? So many...

Infinite Possibilities

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on November 14, 2010. Isaiah 65:17-25 Six centuries before Jesus was born, the great Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and the Babylonians carted off many of the upper classes in a...

Standing Firm in Difficult Times

Theologian Karl Barth said Christians engage the world best with a Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. Recently, the testimony of struggle from the first-century letter to the church in Thessalonica came in close contact with the news in Iraq of a...