July 26

Jul 24, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History

In November 1681, the Baptist Church in Boston granted a letter of recommendation and approval to William Screven “to exercise his gifts in ye place where he lives or else where as the providence of God may cast him.”  Well, in the providence of God, eventually...

A Very Unusual Family – I John 2:29

Jul 22, 2026 | Wednesday

You are coming out of the store, returning to your car, when a big van pulls up three spaces beyond you. Out of both sides of the van pours an unusual family. From the two sliding doors come ten kids of various ages. There are four White children, three Blacks and...

Behold, What Manner of Love – I John 3:1-3

Jul 19, 2026 | Sunday Morning

As you read these words, remember that this is part of a friendly letter. And so verse follows verse in same way that sentence follows sentence in your texts or conversations. Not only is that sequence of words logical, but it can be emotional as well. Sometimes you...

July 19

Jul 17, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Alfred Taylor was born on this day in 1808 in Kentucky.  He was born again in the autumn of 1829 after which he joined the Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Butler County.After the Lord saved Alfred, he couldn’t be kept from preaching.  Having little general education, it...

Abide or Abashed – I John 2:28

Jul 16, 2026 | Wednesday

Like it or not, we live in the midst of Satan’s world, surrounded by temptations designed to ruin us. We are not to love the world, neither the things, the temptations, the joys, the promises of the world. John gives us that exhortation, because many professing...

June 2026

Jul 13, 2026 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren:  Celebrating July Fourth               On the last Sunday of this month, the patriotic hymn that I wrote in 2007 was sung by the church choir where the pianist is my elder sister, Phyllis Diehl. I insert its words here for your enjoyment and...

This is the Promise – I John 2:25

Jul 12, 2026 | Sunday Evening

The Apostle John has been dealing with the Christians of the last days. “Even now are there many ANTICHRISTS; whereby we know that it is the last time.” As he says in chapter 4, there is a SPIRIT of antichrist “and even now already is in it is the world.” The world...

July 12

Jul 9, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Algerius was a young man of Naples, so he was raised amidst Catholicism.  While in school he was befriended by another student who spoke of a personal knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ.  He spoke boldly of his faith, stirring a desire in Algerius to study...

Do You Have the Unction? – I John 2:18-27

Jul 9, 2026 | Wednesday

One of the greatest and most significant words of the New Testament is “Christ.” It is used in more than five hundred verses, eighty-two of which it is linked to “the Lord Jesus – CHRIST.” Christians have no difficulty understanding who Christ is. Christ is the...

Go Straight to the Strait Gate – Luke 13:23-30

Jul 5, 2026 | Sunday Morning

The little sailboat had hoped to cruise further down the coast to its home in the big harbor. But it wasn’t going to happen. No one expected this sudden storm with its hurricane strength winds. The little craft was making no headway against the wind, despite using...