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New Year’s Eve at the Beach
After enjoying Christmas down in Galveston, we decided to go back for New Year’s. This time, we had Joseph with us and managed one good day on the beach. It was actually too cold and windy on New Year’s Day. The above photo was replicating the photos Heidi and I… Listen ⇢
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Missing Our Cats
I believe we missed our cats while we were gone last week. And maybe, they missed us as well. All photos are copyright © Timothy J. Hammons, 2024. Listen ⇢
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Sexual Immorality — A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 5:1-8
I obviously never published this when I preached it. After having worked the Corinthian church over for their pride, arrogance, and self-sufficiency, the Apostle Paul then turns to deal with their leniency. The leadership of the fledgling church had failed to deal with a man who had fallen into sexual… Listen ⇢
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Herod Was Deceived: The Gospel of Matthew Sermon No. 10
I don’t think there is any more vivid picture of just how wicked the world was, when Jesus was born, than in the few verses we just read. These verses are not verses we readily jump to when we think of the nativity scenes. We gravitate to the shepherds coming… Listen ⇢
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Out of Egypt: The Gospel of Matthew Sermon No. 9
Preached November 10, 2024. Out of Egypt and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” Now you know my love of this verse. I spoke of it back when… Listen ⇢
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Merry Christmas, From Galveston
Heidi and I made our second trip to Galveston in as many months, just to get away. We didn’t have family coming to visit, and couldn’t go visit family, so we treated ourselves to a condo on the west beach of Galveston. In our first trip to Galveston, right before… Listen ⇢
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The Best of the Fall of 2024
A few photos for a photography blog??? All photos are copyright © Timothy J. Hammons 2024. Listen ⇢
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Standing on the Seawall
How many thousands upon thousands of people have strolled along the Galveston Seawall since it was first constructed in 1902 is hard to imagine. We would probably be surprised at the numbers, or the celebrities, or even villains who have strolled along the wall, looking out over the sand and… Listen ⇢
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A Response from My Fellow Elder
I shared my last post, To Exclude Our Children from the Table, with the officers in the church, and Seth Crow, my fellow elder, sent the following reply. I think in really helps complete the larger picture of paedocommunion, and communion in general. Here is what Seth wrote: Yeah, I think… Listen ⇢









