June 28

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...

Three Bridges to the World – I John 2:15-16

Jun 25, 2026 | Wednesday

Verse 16 breaks down the dangers of Satan’s world system into three segments. In my study I ran across one man’s description of those three dangers. He said that “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life” are “the world’s ANTI-TRINITY.” I’m...

Passing or Surpassing – I John 2:15-17

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...

May 2026

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...

June 21

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. ...

Reality and Catastrophe of Misplaced Love – I John 2:15-17

Jun 18, 2026 | Wednesday

John has an exhortation for us, whether we are young, in our prime, or reaching the end of our prime. “Love not the world, either the things that are in the world.” Then he gives us some reasons, such as: The world and the things of the world are not of God our...

Love Not What? – I John 2:15-17

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...

June 14

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...

Four Stages of Life – I John 2:12-14

Jun 11, 2026 | Wednesday

There are well-meaning Christian publishing companies which produce Sunday School curricula. Sometimes they take a Bible book, or it might be a doctrine, theme or Bible character. With the plan to have everyone study the same thing at the same time, their experts...

Resurrected Requisite – I John 2:7-11

Jun 7, 2026 | Sunday Evening

John is writing to his Christian friends, sharing with them various evidences of Spiritual life. And spiritual life means eternal life. There are billions of people who are physically alive at this moment, but who will live not a single moment after they die. Their...