Jul 2, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
For those of you who remember what a newspaper is, imagine opening the paper one day to read the following announcement: “For the promotion of morality and the prosperity of the Redeemer’s Kingdom in this part of the world, I desire to constitute a regular...
Jun 28, 2026 | Sunday Evening
“Eschatology” is the theological word for the study of future events, or more specifically the “last things.” It comes from the Greek word “eschatos” which is found here in verse 18, and where it is translated “last” followed by the word “time.” Despite John’s use of...
Jun 26, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Milo Jewett was the son of a successful medical doctor. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1828, practicing law, which he promptly left in order to study at Andover Seminary. From there he went to Marietta College, in Ohio, where he became a professor. He also became...
Jun 21, 2026 | Sunday Morning
I read an interesting article the other day on a subject we sometimes joke about. As it turns out, the joke is on us, if we make too much fun of it. The article was about “built-in obsolescence.” Doesn’t it seem to you that things are designed to fall apart after a...
Jun 21, 2026 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Church This month we have had three visitors: Mark visited three times, Tamara visited two times, and an elderly black lady visited once. Mark’s first-time coming this month was after several weeks of incarceration. He had lost his home and all...
Jun 18, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
George Pleasant Bostick was the fifth son of fifteen children. Three of those children served the Lord for a total of 110 years in China. George was converted to Christ at an early age and after his baptism joined Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church in North Carolina. ...
Jun 14, 2026 | Sunday Evening
I intended to look at this little paragraph in its entirety this afternoon, but it’s too important not to study in depth. We may finish it on Wednesday, but it might even require a third lesson. In any case, you can consider this to be the introduction to what John is...
Jun 11, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Daniel Fristoe was born again during the days when there was much persecution against the preaching of the gospel in Northern Virginia. Several years after his conversion, on this day in 1771, he was ordained to the ministry. Perhaps as a prophecy of his future...
