Dec 1, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Jim, one of our recent visitors, was telling me that in downtown Spokane, across the street from the main bus terminal, there is a street evangelist with a microphone. He isn’t permitted onto city property, but from a few yards away he shares the gospel with people...
Nov 28, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Mason Peck and his wife left their home in the East to travel into the wilderness of the American Midwest. On his day in 1817, after 129 days of travel by wagon, on foot and by boat, they reached St. Louis, Missouri. The trip had taken its toll on the future...
Nov 28, 2024 | Wednesday
Paul refers here in verse 3 to something which plagues us all from time to time. When was the last time you became “wearied and faint in your mind?” If it hasn’t been recently, then you are a rare and blessed person. Most of us, from time to time, get emotionally...
Nov 25, 2024 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Sis. Kim, Sis. Elaine, Sis. LaShonda, and Sis. Connie were all absent from our services three out of four Sundays mostly due to sickness or travel. So our attendance has been low during all the month. Nevertheless, we have had good services...
Nov 24, 2024 | Sunday Evening
This episode in the life of the Lord Jesus took place very early in His ministry. This is John 2, not John 19. Chapter 1 records Jesus’ baptism by John, and then the gathering of some of the first disciples. Chapter 2 begins with the “beginning of miracles” which “did...
Nov 24, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Looking at your phone one day, your news feed tells you there has been another gruesome murder. This time it isn’t far from where you live, or it occurred at a place where you once spent some time. So your interest is piqued, and over the next few weeks you follow the...
Nov 21, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Many of God’s greatest preachers and pastors were supported by unnamed or unsung women – their patient wives. Susanna Mason was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in about 1725. Her family had been Baptists for several generations, going back to the old country. ...
Nov 21, 2024 | Wednesday
I do a lot of my reading while exercising on an elliptical treadmill. I have a pencil in the machine’s cup holder and a little wire gizmo which keeps the pages of my book open. Whenever I see something which is worth remembering, I put a little pencil mark beside it...
Nov 17, 2024 | Sunday Evening
Most of the people in our auditorium this afternoon are children of God; born again souls. We were dead in trespasses and sins, but the Lord, in His grace, resurrected us to eternal life. And for those who are not born again Christians, we yearn for your salvation,...
Nov 14, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1843 Joseph G. Binney and his wife Juliette set sail from America to give their lives for the salvation of souls in Burma. The life of a “missionary wife” was severe, and in time Mrs. Binney’s health began to fail. Anticipating her departure to Heaven,...
Nov 14, 2024 | Wednesday
The title of our little message for this evening is: “How to Make a Fool of Yourself.” This is a subject about which I am an expert, so I may have some insights you might be able to use. Our scripture is not unfamiliar. I think several preachers here over the last...
Nov 10, 2024 | Sunday Morning
At the very beginning of His earthly ministry, the true identity of Jesus Christ was exposed by Satan. Jesus was born like any other child, and in many ways He had an ordinary childhood and young adulthood. At the age of 30, He came to John and requested baptism, at...
Nov 7, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Like our subject from last week, William Cate was born and raised in East Tennessee, apparently in Sevier County. On this day in 1837, he and his wife, after their public professions of faith in Christ, were immersed and joined the local Baptist church. Three years...
Nov 7, 2024 | Wednesday
I wonder if it would be too bold to say that Christians are commanded to sing? I know for a fact that King David often exhorted his citizens to sing and praise the Lord. And the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah did the same. “Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent...
Nov 4, 2024 | Sunday Evening
In the margin of my King James Bible, editors summarize this paragraph saying: “Sanctity of the Lord’s Supper.” But the words “Lord’s Supper” are not mentioned here in this scripture. It is not until we get to chapter 11, verse 20 that we read about “eating the Lord’s...
Oct 31, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Richard M. Miller is not a name you’ll find in William Cathcart’s 1881 book, “The Baptist Encyclopedia.” Most likely, it is because he didn’t do anything to draw attention to himself. Brother Miller was born on this day in 1815 south of Knoxville, Tennessee, in Sevier...
Oct 31, 2024 | Wednesday
I was going through one of my sermon idea notebooks, and at top of one page there was the word: “Christian.” Beside it was a scripture II Timothy 3. The rest of the page had only six words: “Undistracted soldier;” “Rule-keeping Athlete,” and “Hardworking Farmer.” I...
Oct 28, 2024 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren Sunday Service Numbers The first Sunday the Lord sent us nine persons to attend the service. The second Sunday the Lord sent us eight people as well as on the third Sunday. The fourth Sunday we had seven in attendance and the fifth Sunday we...
Oct 27, 2024 | Sunday Morning
When I was a child, every once in a while I’d see someone who was blind, walking down the street with the help of his seeing-eye dog. Sixty-years ago, that was about the only “Service animal” I’d ever see. But today, things are very different. We can hardly go to the...
Oct 24, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
History tells us that Thomas Goold was used of the Lord to establish the first Baptist church in Boston. It also says that Brother Goold died on this day in 1675. That little body of believers was persecuted by the colonial government and its officially-recognized...
Oct 24, 2024 | Wednesday
I hope you are reasonably familiar with the Old Testament prophecies about the Lord Jesus Christ. I’ve never counted them, but I have read that there are 333 such prophecies. I remember that because it is such a symmetrical and easily remembered figure. Beyond the...
Oct 20, 2024 | Sunday Evening
I am looking at this theme today because in the love of God we have one of the Lord’s superlatives. There is no more powerful love than God’s love. Nearly all love originates in God’s love. And those for whom the Lord has a special love, He cannot fail to bless for...
Oct 20, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Let’s begin by calling Him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus – the baby born in Bethlehem Judah; the child raised in Nazareth Galilee – was the most divisive person in Israel in His day. He was completely polarizing. Very few people in the days of Herod and Pilate had no...
Oct 18, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Ward was born on this day in 1769. In the spring of 1793, his cart got in front of his horse, so to speak. Ward, who was living in Derby at that time, had become a printer. One day William Carey providentially happened to come up beside the young man...
Oct 17, 2024 | Wednesday
Several years ago, in my reading, I heard an author utter three words on prayer without making any explanation or development. They struck me, so I jotted them down in my sermonic notebook, where they have been sitting ever since. Looking through that notebook on...
Oct 13, 2024 | Sunday Evening
Rarely, but once in a while, I preach from an outline which is not original to me. I purposed years ago, to be honest with you and to tell you when I feel led of the Lord to share another man’s message or outline. This is one of those occasions. I was blessed earlier...
Oct 13, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I have no idea how many people in Central Florida are repeating the words of this Psalm today. David said, “I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.” The CHRISTIANS who have suffered through Hurricanes Helene and...
Oct 10, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
James Garnett was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1792, but when he was a child the family moved to Kentucky. It was there he was born again, during his nineteenth year, and there he was baptized. When the Bullettsburg Baptist Church recognized God’s spiritual...
Oct 10, 2024 | Wednesday
Job had been struck down with disaster after disaster. He lost his wealth and his health; his children were killed and his wife, in her pain, had turned against him. He has been used by psychologists to illustrate the various stages of grief. At first he was...
Oct 6, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Like you, I have seen images and heard about what Hurricane Helene has done up and down the East Coast. But I admit that my heart is still filled with the images and experiences I had in Canada two weeks ago. Not only have we heard about destruction and devastation,...
