God Bless Our Leaders, Even the Ones I Don’t Like

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on September 19, 2010 I Timothy 2:1-7 Almost every day I’m flabbergasted by the increasingly rough and tumble world of American politics. Incivility abounds marked by the changing...

Turtles All the Way Down

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on September 5, 2010. Luke 14:25-33 Luke 14 is as hard as a box of rocks. Welcome to the hard sayings of Jesus where Jesus pushes hard against a common sense level of faith and...

Ways That You Can Recognize True Leadership

Leaders lead by example. They ·  don’t ask others to do what they are not already doing; ·  set the pace of expectation and performance; and ·  set the standard by which the group’s success is achieved. Leaders lead by honesty. They ·  determine for...

No One’s Excluded From God’s Party

Luke 14 tells a wonderful story about the “table habits” of Jesus and the conversations that took place around the table. It was around the table that the first breaking of the bread and the common cup were shared among the disciples in the upper room on...

Table Manners: Humility & Hospitality

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City,  Mo., on August 29, 2010.   Luke 14:1, 7-14   This is a wonderful little story about the “table habits” of Jesus and the conversations that took place around the table. It was around...