Upside Down and Inside Out

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Matthew 5:1-12 February 2, 2014 Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; I Corinthians 1:18-31 Things are seldom as they appear and truth is not exempt from that...

God Picks First

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Second Sunday after Epiphany John 1:29-42 January 19, 2014 Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-11; I Corinthians 1:1-9 One of the childhood perils of the playground was when a game was played and...

At the River

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. Baptism of the Lord Matthew 3:13-17 January 9, 2005 Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43 The New Testament begins with Jesus’ birth but then inexplicably it skips over to when he turned 30...

3 Activities That Will Revive Your Faith

Nothing stays the same for long. That statement is as honest as it is brief. Life is always in motion – never sitting still, ever changing – and the best response we can give is to pledge we will stay alive to God’s ever-moving accompanying presence as our...

The Face in the Sky

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke 2:8-12 December 22, 2014 Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 Here’s Barbara Brown Taylor’s lively rendition of the birth...