Feb 1, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The biography of John Dillahunty is almost as strange as his name. His grandfather, David de la Hunte was a French Huguenot who fled to Ireland in his escape from the Catholics. John’s father and mother then immigrated to Maryland, where John was born in 1728. When...
Feb 1, 2018 | Wednesday
I use a King James Version, Thompson Chain Bible for my study and preaching. It has marginal notes which can take me to topical studies at the back after the Book of Revelation. And beside first line of verse 13 is the number 3881 followed by the word...
Jan 29, 2018 | Sunday Evening
For years, one of the most popular writers in Christian circles has been a man named George Barna. According to Wikipedia, “Barna has written more than 50 books, mostly addressing cultural trends, leadership, spiritual development, and church dynamics. They...
Jan 28, 2018 | Sunday Morning
I have probably referred to this scripture a thousand times in the last 25 years. I have used it, among other ways, as a definition of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. But even after a thousand visits there is always something new to consider. This is not the...
Jan 25, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
As far as the United States is concerned, the most important member of the Church of England in this country has been George Whitefield. He was unlike any Anglican to have ever come to this country; he had become a Methodist, and he was a preacher of the gospel. On...
Jan 25, 2018 | Wednesday
Last week our devotional came from the first part of a larger paragraph. We looked at Wisdom’s invitation to a meal which she offered to the simple. She was sending out her servants, her maidens, with certain instructions. We looked at only those positive...
Jan 22, 2018 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: A Summary of 2017’s Activity This report is to inform all of our supporting churches of some of the blessings of the Lord upon this work that you all support with your money and prayers. Although I report these activities on a monthly...
Jan 21, 2018 | Sunday Evening
Our study of Holy Scripture must never be a mere academic exercise – or for the sake of scholarship. Because, among other things one of the dangers in knowledge is pride. “I have memorized John Gill’s book, therefore I am more knowledgeable than you are. And...
Jan 21, 2018 | Sunday Morning
One of John Bunyan’s books was entitled “The Holy War.” I have chosen to reverse that title for our message this morning. I want to comment on what happened to Deacon Stephen by taking a brief look at this Second Psalm. Most of the people of the world,...
Jan 18, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day (January 21) in 1672, John Bunyan was called to the pastorate of the Bedford Church, but Bunyan is not our subject today. In that same meeting, there were seven other men consecrated to the ministry, including Nehemiah Coxe. Coxe was later described as...
Jan 18, 2018 | Wednesday
As I read this scripture with the hope of preparing a little devotional for you, I found my mind running wild. The words and ideas seemed, with one hand, to reach back a couple of chapters. And then with the other to reach forward into the New Testament. The message...
Jan 15, 2018 | Sunday Evening
Are there any people living between the 49th parallel and the Rio Grande River, who suggest that Donald Trump is not the legal President of the United States? I can imagine that there are people, who for various reasons, make that kind of statement. But the fact...
Jan 15, 2018 | Sunday Morning
After a couple of months of complicated theological messages, let’s go simple this morning. My outline may be hundreds of years old and preached by thousands of gospel evangelists. But the flesh on those old bones are mine as you will probably see in a few minutes....
Jan 11, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
At the close of the War Between the States, southern civilians fled before the advancing Union armies, leaving some communities with nothing but chaos and confusion. During the war there had been scores of Baptist church buildings which had been stripped of their...
Jan 11, 2018 | Wednesday
There are several occasions in the Bible, where prominent men stood before large crowds and preached Christ – or prophesied judgment – or simply gave their testimony. I suppose the first recorded was Moses; then besides the apostles, there were prophets and others....
Jan 8, 2018 | Sunday Evening
In 1 Corinthians 15:45 Jesus is called “the last Adam. ” The word “last” is the Greek word from which we derive “eschatology” or the doctrine of last things. You could say that Christ is the “eschatological Adam.” The...
Jan 7, 2018 | Sunday Morning
I have been spending quite a bit of time this week working on Sunday School lessons. Lessons which I might not get to teach for three months. Then again, if the Lord comes soon, I may not get to teach it at all. Whatever the case, the subject of this scripture has...
Jan 4, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Ezekiel Skinner was the only child of Ezekiel and Mary Skinner, born in Connecticut in 1777. When both his parents died, his uncle apprenticed him to a blacksmith, but Ezekiel’s sharp mind made him disinterested in the work. Through diligence he was able to redeem...
Jan 4, 2018 | Wednesday
This may be the largest chunk of Proverbs that we have examined thus far. There are many preachers who have no trouble preaching through the details we find here. But it is contrary to my nature, a fault which I’ve not been able to overcome thus far in my ministry....
Jan 1, 2018 | Sunday Evening
Three weeks ago, I brought to your attention, something special about the Lordship of Christ. It was that His Lordship was enhanced and changed when He completed the work of redemption. After Christ’s exaltation, the Father made Him Lord in ways He was not Lord...
Dec 31, 2017 | Sunday Morning
The scripture which we just read is a part of a great history lesson which Moses was sharing with Israel. Many of the older generation had already passed on, and a second generation of Egyptian escapees was growing up and assuming important positions within the...
Dec 29, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Oliver Hart, a particular favorite of mine, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1723. Early in life he was exposed to the preaching of George Whitefield, the Anglican, the Tennents, a father and son who were Presbyterians, and Edward and Able Morgan, two...
Dec 28, 2017 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Oliver Hart, a particular favorite of mine, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1723. Early in life he was exposed to the preaching of George Whitefield, the Anglican, the Tennents, a father and son who were Presbyterians, and Edward and Able Morgan, two...
Dec 28, 2017 | Wednesday
Let’s say that the Lord came to you with a test – checking to see if you knew the condition of your soul. What would you answer if He asked, “What is your most common sin – your most troublesome temptation?” I’m not sure, but I think that most saints of...
Dec 27, 2017 | Timothy Parrow
More Visitors! We are happy to report the attendance of seven visitors this month of which two were first time visitors and the others return visitors. Mrs. Billie Barzee continues to attend the Sunday morning services regularly, and we are happy to have her visit...
Dec 25, 2017 | Sunday Evening
I said last Sunday afternoon that among the many types of Christ in the Old Testament two men make particularly important statements about the Lord. And I want to capitalize that word LORD, because the lesson I am trying to emphasize is this – Jesus Christ is the...
Dec 24, 2017 | Sunday Morning
This verse comes in the middle of a song which Moses taught to Israel after their miraculous escape from Egypt. In her crossing of the Red Sea, the Egyptian army was destroyed and Pharaoh died. It was the culmination of a war between the gods of Egypt and the One...
Dec 21, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
James Barnett Taylor, was born in England in 1804, but a year later his family moved to New York. When James was about ten, the family was passing by a church, probably the First Baptist Church, pastored by John Gano. The little boy persuaded his father to go in to...
Dec 21, 2017 | Wednesday
I was between books Sunday night, so as I was getting ready for bed, I looked deep into the back of my little cabinet and well behind the first row of books, I spotted a volume which I haven’t opened in twenty years. It is called, “Encyclopedia of Men’s...
Dec 17, 2017 | Sunday Evening
There are several people in the Old Testament who are types or pictures of Christ. Joseph for example, has to be one of the most perfect and lovely, depicting our Lord in several ways. But there are two other men, both mentioned in the New Testament, who are...
