Dec 30, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
As a teenager, the Lutheran Johann Oncken left his native Germany and moved to England for an education and vocation. He served an apprenticeship under a Presbyterian Scot, where he not only learned a trade but also learned to love God’s Word. But it wasn’t until a...
Dec 30, 2021 | Wednesday
It has been cold for a couple days, with the temperature dropping to below zero, and the wind has is blowing. Right now the world is a cruel place in which to live without something to keep us warm. There are legitimate concerns about people freezing to death. Despite...
Dec 29, 2021 | Mike Meredith
Dear Praying Friends, If the weather bureau gets it right we are in for 4 or 5 scorching days. It is supposed to get up to 43 (109F) in Perth today! If so, it will be the hottest Christmas Day in Perth on record. The following 3 days are also supposed to be in the low...
Dec 29, 2021 | Daniel Pearson, Mike Meredith
We’re praising God for 2021 and praying our way into 2022! Family Update: We are praising God for blessing us with a healthy baby boy on December 14th! We named him Darius Michael Pearson. It has been an exciting time for us all, especially the kids! Mission Update:...
Dec 26, 2021 | Sunday Morning
Charles Spurgeon, in volume 59 of his Metropolitan Tabernacle sermons, said, “I believe that it is anti-Christian and unholy for any Christian to live with the object of accumulating wealth. You will say, ‘Are we not to strive all we can to get all the money we can?’...
Dec 23, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Many Americans are not aware that Britain, too, had a “Civil War,” when neighbors shed neighbors’ blood in a battle for “liberty.” During that conflict many Baptists joined and supported the Parliamentary army against the king. The forces of Oliver Cromwell were...
Dec 23, 2021 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Increased Latino Contact Our busy month began with an increase in our contact with Latino people. The following names represent people with whom we have tried to be an influence for the Lord’s sake as we communicated and worked with them:...
Dec 23, 2021 | Wednesday
Why do people immigrate to the United States, or Canada, or anywhere else for that matter? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons. When I checked into my motel in Winnipeg, the desk clerk was wearing a turban and speaking with an accent. He could have been...
Dec 19, 2021 | Sunday Evening
It is one thing to hear on the news about the sad, sad state of the world: the effects of sin on our society. But it is another thing to get out into the world and to see it first hand. It is sad to see family members, people we love, terrified at the world’s current...
Dec 19, 2021 | Sunday Evening
Try to picture a gang of thugs in one of the run down areas of Los Angeles, Chicago or New York. They control all the local crime in their neighborhood, including prostitution, drugs, gambling and protection. They are the total masters of their little domain, and the...
Dec 16, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Lovell Ingalls was serving as a missionary in Burma when his wife died, leaving him with a small family. After he returned to America on furlough, the Lord provided another helpmeet in Marilla, and the couple returned to Burma. Shortly after their arrival, the...
Nov 29, 2021 | Sunday Evening
Back in the days of medieval kings, art was the property of those kings and queens – monarchs only. The common man was so concerned with earning his daily bread that he had little time for beauty. The king commissioned the musicians, and he bought the sculptures. He...
Nov 28, 2021 | Sunday Morning
Most people, especially when they get to be my age, look at their lives as a series of connected units. For some people it is a series of years or decades. Their 40th birthday was celebrated with the color black, as though life is down-hill from that point. But to a...
Nov 27, 2021 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, Difficult Month October has been a difficult month for several of us here attending the mission work. Bro. and Sis. Dick Gaches went to a hospital in Chicago for four weeks to a specialist to operate on Sis. Gaches back due to complications...
Nov 25, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1750 Philip Hughes was born. He was born again and baptized when he was 23 by the Regular Baptist preacher, David Thompson. Then, over time he became a close friend to the Separate Baptist, Elijah Baker. Baker was one of the forty-four who were...
Nov 25, 2021 | Wednesday
Four Points of Prophecy – Malachi 3:1-6 I’d like to take Brother Fulton’s message from Sunday and preach again it in my own words. It had the catchy title “This is That,” using Peter’s words in Acts 2, where he said to the Jews: “What you are seeing is that which was...
Nov 18, 2021 | Wednesday
Do you remember what the weather was like last Sunday? Were any of you thrown into the building with the door being violently pushed open by the 50 mph winds? Were you followed into the building by a handful of maple leaves from next door? Did anyone have their hair...
Nov 14, 2021 | Daniel Pearson
We have great news! Greater Vision has grown in its membership and the Pearsons have grown in its family numbers! Mrs. Pearson will be having another Pearson baby. Our newest member is due December 18th of 2021. We are excited and very thankful for Gods grace to bless...
Nov 14, 2021 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Dear Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus the Lord, “In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after Him” (Ecclesiastes T:14)....
Nov 14, 2021 | Mike Meredith
Dear Praying Friends, The past few weeks have been very busy, which is about the way things normally are! I wrote about visitors who have been in services lately. Sadly, Anna has not returned, but we are thankful that Barry has. Not only has he been back, but he...
Nov 14, 2021 | Scott Silvers
Greetings in Jesus· Name, Thank you all for your continued prayers and support for our family and for the ministry. I have been amazed at how God has given us so many opportunities to serve Him over these last few months. After seeing so many doors close during the...
Nov 11, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
I often refer to Shubal Stearns, as I did last Sunday. It is because he was an extremely important man when it came to the evangelization and the establishment of Baptist churches in the South. Stearns was saved during the Great Awakening under George Whitefield. He...
Nov 11, 2021 | Wednesday
Let’s have a study about studying the Bible this evening. Our subject is actually “The Messenger of the Covenant.” But let’s use that to consider some of the ingredients in studying God’s Word. I rarely ever do this, but I’d like you to empty your minds for a few...
Nov 9, 2021 | Sunday Evening
I mentioned in an earlier lesson that some commentators start chapter 3 with the last verse of chapter 2. Obviously, the men who translated and put together the King James Version did not agree. And here may be the reason why: Malachi 2:17 appear to be the words of...
Nov 8, 2021 | Sunday Morning
If you listen to certain segments of the news these days, you have heard the words “Critical Race Theory.” The Liberals love this idea, the conservatives hate it, and most of us are stuck somewhere in the middle. One of my first problems with the Critical Race Theory...
Nov 4, 2021 | Wednesday
“Where is the God of Judgment?” There are two ways to understand this question; each depends on the context. It can be a somewhat positive question, uttered by people suffering or being mistreated. “Oh, God of judgment, where are you, and when will you step in to...
Oct 28, 2021 | Timothy Parrow
New and Old Visitors This month the Lord has blessed us with two new visitors and an old visitor. James Looper and Ada Holt are the new visitors that have visited with us twice, coming with Bro. Alvin Christian both times. They are his neighbors and do not have a...
Oct 28, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Baptists in early Virginia often suffered physical pain and imprisonment in order to preach the gospel of Christ to the lost, but this kind of persecution was not always the most painful. The scorn and ridicule they endured often left more scars. On this day...
Oct 10, 2021 | Sunday Morning
A few of you are familiar with the “God Father” movies. I won’t point any fingers. I can’t point any fingers. In the midst of much disturbing material in that series, there was one which particularly bothers me. The leaders of the Corleone family were outwardly very...
Oct 8, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Duncan was born in Amherst County, Virginia, in the year of this country’s birth. His father was a highly respected Baptist pastor, but it wasn’t until William’s twentieth year that he was converted to Christ. Immediately he began growing in the things of the...
