What If?

What if you could have been an insider to some of the greatest stories ever told? What If? is a ministry resource intended for Christian lay readers deacons and pastors. These first-person narrative stories may be thought of as sermons messages homilies or monologues. They were developed over the fifty years of the Reverend Kenneth Browns pastoral ministry. In this collection of popular sermons Kenneth Brown provides an insiders perspective. Brown recounts biblical stories from the points of view of New Testament characters inviting the audience to take a look behind the scenes feeling the Judean sun on their backs and tasting of the water from the well of Jacob. Writing as a trained theologian and lifelong pastor Brown combines his imagination with biblical accounts and known archeological cultural and political facts. What if the gospel is far more personal than we imagine Jesus more human--and divine--than we dare fathom? What if we heard from not just about pilgrims whod witnessed the ragged wonder the confounding anguish--and ecstasy--of encountering the Christ? With cultivated ease and warm sagacity Kenneth Brown invites us into such holy mystery in What If? --Elizabeth Hankins Executive Director OneTribe Ken has handled the sacred text as ably as anyone for decades but he pushes beyond the standard three points and a poem formula. His exposition mines the rich depth of the biblical characters he parses modern culture as if it were a Greek verb and he weaves it all together to craft a message that moves the listener/reader to transformation. --J. D. Templeton Minister of Adult Discipleship Trinity Baptist Church Kerrville TX My pastor mentor and friend Kenneth Brown draws the reader/hearer into the biblical text by using his sanctified imagination to add names relationships and expressions. --Don Higginbotham Single Adult Pastor The Woodlands First Baptist Church Houston TX Kenneth Browns anthology of first-person sermons are as much educational as they are inspirational. The historic and cultural details in these messages make the stories come alive while conveying biblical truth. Anyone who reads these amazing personal accounts of Gods love touching real lives will have the opportunity to know and appreciate the creator and sustainer of all humankind in an even greater capacity. --Mark Weible Director of Church Planting Greater Orlando Baptist Association Kenneth F. Brown a lifelong Texan graduated from Howard Payne University in Brownwood Texas majoring in English and biblical Greek. After earning his Master of Theology in Biblical Greek from Southwestern Baptist Seminary he studied educational psychology at the University of Texas in Austin. Brown served as a Baptist pastor for fifty years then retired to teach Bible study and biblical Greek in South Texas where he lives with his wife of over sixty-five years.