November 15

Nov 12, 2026 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

William Knibb was a British missionary to the island of Jamaica during the first half of the 19th century.  I don’t know what he expected, but when he arrived, he was appalled by the wickedness of slavery.  Whatever interest he had in the salvation of the whites was...

Witnessing Sin – I John 5:16-17

Nov 12, 2026 | Wednesday

Verse 16 is a scripture which makes even the experts scratch their heads. There are a variety of acceptable ways it might be interpreted and explained. I’ll try to point some of them out, offering my opinion, but it is with the caveat that I could be wrong. Despite...

The Prayer Answering God – I John 5:14-15

Nov 8, 2026 | Sunday Evening

Verses 14 and 15 are not an unrelated parenthesis dropped into an ongoing subject. They are not a detour in a journey John began but can’t finish. They are a part of the total package: one of the spiritual tests for salvation based on the testimony of God. Assuming...

Have Son? I John 5:10-13

Nov 8, 2026 | Sunday Morning

Let’s start with a plausible, but fictitious, story. Leonidas was born into a wealthy Greek home in the year 85 AD. Contrary to rational explanation, his mother, Sophia, was convicted to repent before Jehovah, the God of the Jews, and to trust the Jewish Messiah who...

November 8

Nov 6, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Grady Lemmons was born on this day in 1909.  He was born again at the age of 29.  The highlights of his life sound strange in today’s circumstances, but the Lord uses many means to get His work done.  The Holy Spirit spoke to Grady’s heart through a radio message one...

Three Triads of Witness – I John 5:6-10

Nov 5, 2026 | Wednesday

God’s saints and churches were being assaulted by false doctrine as early as the end of the first century. The doctrines taught by the apostles of Christ were being attacked very early on. Heresies were creeping into Christ’s churches, and even festering within those...

This is the Victory – I John 5:1-4

Nov 1, 2026 | Sunday Evening

With chapter 5 John transitions from his emphasis on love to more of an emphasis on faith. Verse 1, for example, refers to both: “Whosoever BELIEVETH that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one that LOVETH him that begat (ie. God the Father) LOVETH him also...

Do You Believe Jesus is the Christ? – I John 5:1

Nov 1, 2026 | Sunday Morning

Do you believe that Jesus is the Christ? Thou doest well, but the devils also believe and tremble. Do you believe that Jesus was born of a virgin named Mary? Then you believe something that Catholics believe. Do you believe that Jesus’ ethical teachings in the Sermon...

November 1

Oct 30, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Over the years I have asked many pastors from Virginia and the Carolinas if they have visited the site of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church: the North Carolina home of Shubal Sterns.  I have often heard they had.  But I don’t know of a single person, besides myself, who...

Let Us Love One Another – I John 4:7

Oct 29, 2026 | Wednesday

The Holy Spirit won’t let me leave chapter 4 without one or two more lessons on the subject of “love.” If you are thinking, “Oh no, not this again,” I assured you, you are not the first to have that cross your mind. I had to remind myself that John has referred to...