John Beck

Writer

Oct 2, 2025

About

Dr. John Beck received in BA in Religion from Samford University, the M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Doctor of Ministry from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has pastored churches in Alabama and Texas since 1980. He currently resides in Denton, Texas with his wife, Sue and serves the First Baptist Church of Denton as Adult Life Pastor.

John and Sue have a son, Joel and his wife, Sarah and sons Sam and Charlie who reside in Alabama, as well as a daughter who lives in Denton and attends the University of North Texas where she is currently working on a Master’s degree.

Posts (2)

May 4, 2022 ∙ 5 min

A Poor Widow's Sacrifice

Jesus honored a poor unnamed widow in the Bible because she freely gave all she had to the God she loved. Picture the scene: It’s a very busy day at the Temple. Hundreds of people are crowding in for an opportunity to worship. A part of their worship was almsgiving. This day, Jesus is watching the people as they approach with their offerings. Among the crowd are the wealthy. Many of them place large sums of money in the collection bowls. I can see the smiles on the faces of the priests. ...

Mar 17, 2022 ∙ 10 min

You Don't Need to Fear Death!

I remember an old episode of The Andy Griffith Show entitled, “Tom Silby Returns.” In that episode there is a funny exchange between Andy and Tom made so by a misunderstanding. Andy said, “It can’t be, Tom, it just can’t be!” “What can’t be?” Tom asked. “You can’t be,” Andy said, “You’re gone!” Tom replies, “I was gone, but I came back!” A shocked Andy says, “You can’t come back, not when you’re gone, it just ain’t decent!” What makes this exchange so funny is that when Tom says, “I was...