Feb 1, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
In February 1755, George Whitefield, preached in New Bern, North Carolina. He later wrote that his hearers were totally indifferent. His time there appeared to be wasted, but it did give him fuel to pray that God would miraculously intercede on the city’s behalf. It...
Feb 1, 2024 | Wednesday
You will notice from its inscription that this is one of the “Songs of Degrees.” There are fifteen of these in our Bibles – one tenth of all the Psalms. But I wonder how many Christians know what makes them special? The truth is: there is some disagreement among the...
Jan 29, 2024 | Sunday Evening
This evening we will return to the short series, which this week, I entitled: “Sins among the Saints.” Many people in our quasi-Christian world think “saints” are sinless people, but true Christians know better. “Saints” are nothing more than sinners whom the Lord has...
Jan 28, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I’d like to start this morning by trying to paint a picture. Despite being common, I hope it will never be true of you, even though I’m painting you into the foreground. Your car has quit. You have no savings. You can’t afford to buy another vehicle. Sadly, because of...
Jan 25, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
You have heard me speak of Shubal Stearns several times. That man was born on this day in 1745. He was raised in the Congregational religion, but he was saved through the influence of the one-eyed, Anglican Methodist, George Whitefield. Eventually he came to...
Jan 25, 2024 | Wednesday
In a few minutes we will be going to prayer. Once in a while, when we do that, we need to ask ourselves: “To whom is it that I am praying?” There are millions of people praying to deities which aren’t deities at all – they are idols, ideas or ideologies. So we need to...
Jan 21, 2024 | Sunday Evening
We have probably all heard that “Christians are people living IN the world, but they are not OF the world.” As parts of speech, in this statement, the word’s “in” and “of” are prepositions. In the English language there are about 70 different prepositions. They are...
Jan 20, 2024 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, From time to time, the Lord places us under physical circumstances that overcome us. Since the day after Thanksgiving until now we have been sick with some type of respiratory infection that does not seem to follow any of the declared...
Jan 18, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1788, four ministers met together at the Baptist church in Northamptonshire, England, for a day of prayer and fasting. They shared a longing for God’s glory in themselves, in their ministries and throughout the world. John Ryland, recorded the events...
Jan 15, 2024 | Sunday Evening
After last week’s thrilling message on the Christian sin of worry, I decided to take another step into dark side. Let’s think about the common sins of anger. In addition to its evils, let’s try to consider, at least in part, some of the benefits of anger. Is...
Jan 14, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I am approaching this morning’s sermon with a bit of trepidation – with a bit of concern. As always, I want to get it right and to give you the truth, but sometimes I have less confidence than usual. There are two reasons for my concern this morning: First, this is a...
Jan 11, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Picket was born on this day in 1744. As a young man he became addicted to pleasure, sports and gaming of every kind. Becoming a dancing instructor, and in pursuit of that vocation, he moved from Virginia to Pee Dee, North Carolina. In his new home he came under...
Jan 11, 2024 | Wednesday
I’m calling this message, “Taking the Bull by the Horns,” but there is an obvious slight of hand involved in that. To “take the bull by the horns,” probably originated out in the old west cattle country. Sometimes it was necessary for a cowboy to get up close...
Jan 8, 2024 | Sunday Evening
As your pastor and just as fellow Christian, I am in constant need of your prayers – for a great many reasons. Here is another to add to the list: I am thinking of bringing a series of messages on Christian sins. Pray for the Lord’s direction in this. Should I, or...
Jan 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning
The word “new” is used 131 times in the Bible, from the first chapter in Exodus to the last chapter of Revelation. I took the time, last week, to look at all of those references, jotting down a page of notes. I discovered that the Bible makes no reference whatsoever...
Jan 4, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Carey took his wife and family with him to India, where he and his team became pioneer missionaries. Carey had four sons. Three of them were saved by God’s grace and had begun to serve their Saviour – two of which were missionaries themselves. However their...
Jan 4, 2024 | Wednesday
For some reason, unknown to me, our lesson last Wednesday was relatively well-received on Sermon Audio. It was heard by at least sixty people from around the world, almost four times as often as is usual for us. That is in no way an expression of pride, because many...
Jan 1, 2024 | Sunday Evening
Nearly every verse in this great Psalm could be developed into sermon. Furthermore, we could take several verses and come up with thoughts for the beginning of a new year. For example there is verse 3 – “Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s...
Dec 31, 2023 | Sunday Morning
Today is the 365th day of 2023; the last day of the year. In asking the Holy Spirit for a message, He laid on my heart the words, “in the last day…” “In the last day, the great day of the feast,” the Lord Jesus cried to the crowds in the temple, “If any man...
Dec 28, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Oliver Hart was born in 1723. As a young man he was born again and joined the Baptist church in Southampton, Pennsylvania. When he was twenty-five, he surrendered to the will of the Lord and was ordained to the gospel ministry. Shortly after that he traveled to...
Dec 28, 2023 | Wednesday
For what is Noah best known? If you didn’t assume this was a trick question, wouldn’t you say Noah is best known for building the ark? Extending our answer, we might point to the deluge, which is erroneously called “Noah’s flood.” After a little thought you might say...
Dec 24, 2023 | Sunday Morning
At this time of year, every year, we are inundated with cliches. They are on Christmas cards; on billboards and in songs; we hear people repeat them; they are ubiquitous. In addition to the common greetings, we see and hear such things as, “Put Christ back in...
Dec 23, 2023 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, In order to be able to attend our services one must have an interest in learning about the Lord Jesus Christ and His interests and activity as recorded in the old King James Bible. Our ministry is mainly a preaching and teaching ministry...
Dec 23, 2023 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, This month started off with a visit to Bethel Baptist Church’s Bible Conference, Bro. Royce Smith, Pastor, in Choctaw, OK. We went down on the Friday night of the conference thanks to Bro. Phillip McGee who picked us up and brought us...
Dec 21, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Josiah Goddard was the son of a missionary couple. He was born in Singapore in 1840. When he was thirteen, he was sent to America for training at Worcester College in New York, but before he arrived it had closed its doors, and this young teenager was left on his own,...
Dec 21, 2023 | Wednesday
Let’s say that you want to bake a simple, lemon-flavored cake. In order to do that you have two options: the hard way and the easy way. You could mix the correct amounts of butter, eggs, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, lemon flavoring and a few other organic,...
Dec 17, 2023 | Sunday Evening
We have a special purpose this afternoon: the ordination of our first deacon in more than thirty years. Some time ago, in preparation for this day, we had five lessons on the office of deacon. I have no intention of repeating those lessons now, even though they may...
Dec 14, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
One of the large, early earthquakes in American history occurred on this day in 1811. Its epicenter was under the Mississippi River, but it was felt as far away as Boston. Jacob Bower, living in Kentucky at the time, was so startled by the quake that he cried out,...
Dec 14, 2023 | Wednesday
I don’t usually tell you how my messages come to me or how they are developed, but this time I will. For several weeks I have been thinking about bringing a message on the subject of “worship.” After prayer and deliberation, the Lord gave me a topical outline on the...
Dec 10, 2023 | Sunday Morning
This morning, I would like to tie together a New Testament scripture with something from the Old Testament. As you have heard, the New Testament is illustrated in the Old Testament, and the Old is fulfilled in the New. The pastor who preaches only from the first...
