• Frank Teat: Christmas Words

  12/20/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Frank Teat, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Holland, drew attention to Jesus’ genealogy, a portion of the Christmas story rarely given attention. (Matthew 1:1, 16-25; Isaiah 7:14, 8:9; Lamentations 3:17-26)

• Scotty Swingler: The Table

  12/14/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Scotty Swingler, associate pastor of students at Sugar Land Baptist Church in Sugar Land, tied together the image of the Thanksgiving and Christmas table with the biblical imagery of a table. (Luke 14:5-11, John 17:20-21, Revelation 19:6-9, Romans 12:2)

• Jerry Hendrix: Counter Culture, Part One

  12/06/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Jerry Hendrix, pastor of First Baptist Church in Sweetwater, opened with a question: “Do you think there is such a thing as privilege in our world today?” (Matthew 5:1-16)

• Dan Newburg: Terms and Conditions Apply

  11/29/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Dan Newburg, pastor of First Baptist Church in Devine, described a tough lesson he learned in fifth grade. (Matthew 16:21-28)

• Bruce Prindle: Yielding Your Past AND Your Present

  11/22/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Bruce Prindle, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Midlothian, counts fielding questions as one of his greatest privileges. (1 Corinthians 6:11)

• Gannon Sims: Who We Are

  11/15/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Gannon Sims, senior pastor of Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas, preached on 1 Peter 2:1-5 and 9-12.

• Todd Still: Keep the Gospel Central

  11/08/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Todd Still, dean of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary and chair of Christian Scriptures, addressed the congregation of Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas. (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)

• James Hassell: Dealing with Gospel Disinformation

  11/02/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  James Hassell, pastor of Westoak Woods Baptist Church in Austin, declared part of living a healthy spiritual life means being clear “individually and as a church on what the gospel really is.” (Galatians 1:6-12)

• Joshua Fuentes: Redemption is Near

  10/25/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Joshua Fuentes, senior pastor of Crestview Baptist Church in San Antonio, described fig trees as easy, low-maintenance fruit trees to grow. (Luke 21:25-37)

• Jim Heiligman: Sharing Jesus

  10/18/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Jim Heiligman, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Bryan, summarized his church’s intentional rekindling of its relationship with Christ over a six-week period. (Luke 15:1-10)

• Luis Juárez: How to Persevere in the Middle of Crisis / Como Perseverar en Medio de las Crisis

  10/11/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Luis Juárez contended perseverance is the necessary attitude for getting through life’s crises. / Luis Juárez sostuvo que la perseverancia es la actitud necesaria para superar las crisis de la vida. (2 Timothy/Timoteo 2:1-7)

• Rev. Jade Evans: I’m Better Off Believing

  10/04/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

  Baptists Preaching is a column from the Baptist Standard. It is not an effort to advance any one theology or style but to present what a collection of Baptists considers a word from…