May 10, 2020 | Sunday Evening
Every once in a while I pick up one of the books of the 18th century preacher, George MacDonald. Some of you might know him better for his works of fantasy or his Christian fiction, many of which have been edited by Michael Philips. But MacDonald considered himself,...
May 10, 2020 | Sunday Morning
Borrowing from a recent lesson by Bro. Fulton, I am going to say that Nehemiah was a unique individual. Austin pointed out that David, during his exile from home, had a hard time living for God. He had no support structure; only one young inexperience priest; no godly...
May 7, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Alfred Bennett was born into a Christian home in Mansfield, Connecticut on September 26, 1780. Twenty years later he was born again and joined the Baptist church of that community. In 1802, after marrying the daughter of the church deacon, the couple moved to the...
May 4, 2020 | Sunday Evening
This evening we are going to start a study of the Book of Nehemiah; something I’ve never done before. I promise that we’ll not look at every verse, because there are a lot of names and places which are no longer relevant to us today. I probably won’t even read them...
May 3, 2020 | Sunday Morning
A great many people in our world today think that the old, ancient religions are irrelevant? “In the light of modern scientific thought, we don’t need religions like Bible Christianity.” The people who say such things, think of themselves as intelligent; that they are...
Apr 30, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Mason Peck was the indefatigable missionary who first brought the gospel to much of the Mississippi valley. For more than 40 years prior to his death in 1858, he worked among the Indians and whites from Ohio to St. Louis. In 1822, while leading the First Baptist...
Apr 27, 2020 | Sunday Evening
My subject, like a few others recently, could be simply called “Life,” but that is not the title I am going to use. Let’s call this message “Biblical Geohydrology.” I thought at first, I was making up a new and powerful word, but alas, someone already coined it, and...
Apr 26, 2020 | Timothy Parrow
March Madness No, I’m not talking about basketball games. I’m talking about what is going on with the leadership of our federal and state governments. Talk of war against an invisible force attacking us on all sides causing many casualties, and deaths, and...
Apr 24, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
We are greatly indebted to Edward Terrill, the clerk of the “Baptized Congregation” of Broadmead, Bristol, England who faithfully recorded the history of the church of which he was a member. The Broadmead church was founded in 1640. In 1651 Thomas Ewins was called to...
Apr 20, 2020 | Sunday Evening
If we took a survey using the question, “What is the best color to paint your car?” we’d get a lot of answers. But if we somehow were able to ask Henry Ford, he’d give us but one answer – “black!” And a century ago his answer would have been the right one – the only...
Apr 19, 2020 | Sunday Morning
There are people who, knowing a little bit about the Bible, picture themselves as the descendants of Job. They have heard about some Bible character who lost everything, and they remember his unusual name. He had been at the top of the world in so many ways, but every...
Apr 16, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
A. J. Gordon was born on his day (April 19) in 1836. His father was a deacon in the Baptist church in New Hampton, New Hampshire. Dad was named after the nineteenth century reformer John Calvin, but the son was given a name honoring the Baptist missionary Adoniram...
Apr 12, 2020 | Sunday Morning
This is arguably the most religious week of the calendar year. For the people of Israel, the Passover began last Thursday, and for most professing “Christians” today is Easter. Only the rest of the world – Muslims, Hindus and other unbelievers would argue with me. But...
Apr 9, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Screven emigrated to Boston from England about the year 1668. There he became a successful merchant. He also became a Baptist, but at what point we do not know. When he tried to organize a Baptist church in Boston he was informed that it would be in violation...
Apr 6, 2020 | Sunday Evening
This short paragraph, written more than 2,000 years ago, is more appropriate than anything you read on the internet yesterday. Of course, we aren’t surprised, because this is the inspired Word of the eternal God. The Holy Spirit says, “Wisdom is good with an...
Apr 5, 2020 | Sunday Morning
According to the website “Worldometer.com” as of 7:10 this morning there are, or have been 311,656 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the United states, with 1,225,035 world-wide. It also points out that there have been 8,454 deaths in this country for this disease. Most...
Apr 2, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Benjamin Randall was set apart for the gospel ministry on this day in 1780, ten years after his conversion and after he joined the Baptist church in Portsmith, New Hampshire. Benjamin was born in 1749; the son of a sea captain; a member of a Congregational church....
Mar 30, 2020 | Sunday Evening
I hope that you can see some similarities between these verses and the turmoil of life today. More importantly, I hope that you can see some parallels between Paul’s situation and attitude – and yours. Verse 12 – “I would ye should understand, brethren, that the...
Mar 29, 2020 | Sunday Morning
Our country is in serious trouble – our world is in trouble. But it’s not so much the Covid-19 virus as it is our world’s sinful reaction to that virus and the hysteria surrounding it. Knowing that our God controls all things – great and small – Christians...
Mar 28, 2020 | Timothy Parrow
Much Sickness The sickness that began toward the end of January has continued throughout the month of February within the body of believers and visitors that attend our services. Roxanne and I thank the Lord for His goodness to us since up until now we have not had to...
Mar 26, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Ko Tha Byu was a member of the Karen tribe, native to the mountains of Burma. He died in 1840. The Karens were the lowest class of people in Burma. They were usually considered to be “the wild men of the jungle.” Ko Tha Byu was typical of his people and perhaps even...
Mar 26, 2020 | Wednesday
Tonight we were to have Bro. Fulton start a new series of messages. I was smiling to myself Sunday when Austin was showing his excitement about beginning this evening. But as most of you know, he returned to Colorado with hopes of getting a few more days of work done...
Mar 19, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Gill was born in 1697. His Father, Edward, was a Baptist deacon in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, so John grew up reading the Word of God; he read just about everything else as well. By the time he was 11, he was reading Latin and Greek classics. The local...
Mar 16, 2020 | Sunday Morning
For some reason or other, over the last year we have considered various things about the Prophet Elijah. These messages haven’t come from any one source or cause – from some book or article I’ve read. And I don’t believe that I have been the one who has preached all...
Mar 12, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Baptist church in Hopewell, New Jersey, was organized on April 23, 1715 with fifteen members. Hopewell was, and still is to some degree, a small rural community in western New Jersey over a few hills from the Delaware River. For its first 32 years the church met...
Mar 12, 2020 | Wednesday
Next Wednesday we’ll start a new series with Bro. Austin as our teacher. In the mean time I wanted to use the two weeks between our study of Proverbs and this new series to encourage our hearts in the matter of prayer. Last week we considered “The cry of the raven” –...
Mar 9, 2020 | Sunday Evening
I was reading an article in the magazine “Israel My Glory” when I was reminded of something in the conflict between Moses and Pharaoh, King of Egypt. To be more precise, the conflict was between Jehovah and the gods of Egypt. Like all human beings, but perhaps to a...
Mar 8, 2020 | Sunday Morning
The year is 1859; the place is somewhere in the wilds of Northern California. An old, solitary prospector is leading his equally-old donkey through some unchartered wilderness. The man has a dream, a rifle, a pick and a shovel, and a pot for boiling his coffee – but...
Mar 6, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Joseph Islands was born a Creek Indian. He grew up in Alabama – a wild and sinful man. One night in 1842 during a drunken brawl a good friend of his was killed. The next day Joseph went to the grave site and found a Christian black man, affectionately named “Old...
Mar 5, 2020 | Wednesday
I checked my records and discovered that we began our study of Proverbs in April 2017. After 2 months short of 3 years we have completed a brief survey of that great book, skimming its surface. I hope that it has been as helpful, and as much a blessing, to you as it...
