May 4, 2017 | Wednesday
Of these two, which is more valuable: paper money or gold? Of these two which is more valuable: gold or food? Friends or fame? How about yesterday or tomorrow? Today or eternity? Here is an easy one – stupidity or knowledge? I know the average person would disagree,...
May 1, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Our thoughts tonight are a corollary to the message of last Sunday night. The theme was and still is – “How we got our Bible.” It’s not how the Holy Spirit inspired God’s word. We know that “Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy...
Apr 30, 2017 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Much Sickness During the month of March we have had one or more of our regular attendees absent from our services due to sickness. There is record amounts of red cedar pollen in the air causing many to have allergy problems, including myself....
Apr 30, 2017 | Sunday Morning
Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, knowing full well that this was His last trip to Israel’s capitol city. There have been thousands of people in similar situations – knowing they were on their last journey. People like Sidney Carlton in Dickens’ “Tail of two...
Apr 27, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
It was on this day in 1823 that George Boardman and his wife were sent to Burma as missionaries. Working with other missionaries, God blessed their work, particularly amongst the Karen tribe. By 1910 there were 774 Karen Baptist churches and more than 50,000 members....
Apr 27, 2017 | Wednesday
In 1829, Mary Howitt published a little poem which eventually became an often misquoted a classic. “Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly, “‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is...
Apr 24, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Every once in a while I will read an article which impresses me. Some times that article develops into a message which is entirely my own. But on other occasions, there is little that I can add to what the author has said. And when that happens I don’t mind telling...
Apr 23, 2017 | Sunday Morning
This is a powerful sentence in a number of different ways. It takes us back to Calvary and the cross upon which the Saviour died. But the cross is not Paul’s purpose. It is primarily used as an illustration. But what is Paul’s purpose? What was the Holy Spirit trying...
Apr 20, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Early in 1529, the council of the Archbishop of Cologne presented a special report to Charles V, Emperor of the “Holy” Roman Empire. It said in part that the Anabaptists call themselves “true Christians,” and that they had existed for more than...
Apr 20, 2017 | Wednesday
A good sermon usually begins with an introduction of some sort. It might be an ear-catching illustration designed to hook the attention of the audience for a while. It might be a reiteration of what has been recently taught, building on that earlier foundation. Or it...
Apr 16, 2017 | Sunday Morning
I am going to take a unorthodox approach to several orthodox points of doctrine. My theme will be the stone, which covered Joseph’s tomb when Jesus’s body lay inside. Other than the seal which was placed on it, I have never spent any time giving it much consideration....
Apr 13, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Moore was born on December 8, 1821 in Ohio. At the age of twenty he was born again. Six years later he was ordained to the gospel ministry. He and his wife sailed for Burma and arrived there on this day in 1849. For five years the couple labored unceasingly...
Apr 13, 2017 | Wednesday
I have been thinking about a study of Proverbs for several years. But its enormity and probable tedium deterred; I just didn’t feel the Lord’s leadership in it. Well, I’ve looked at it again, and feel that it’s the Lord’s will that at least tonight we look at the...
Apr 10, 2017 | Sunday Evening
As some of you may be aware, but none of you called my hand, we have NOT considered every reference to the Ark of the Covenant – despite what I mistakenly said last week. There were at least two more, and possibly more than that. The first of my oversights is found in...
Apr 9, 2017 | Sunday Morning
There are tens of thousands of people in this country who believe in the foolish notion of reincarnation. Of course, we don’t begin give any credence to idea. But what if was such a thing? Just imagine your chagrin, if you died tonight and awoke tomorrow trapped...
Apr 6, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Calista Holman was born on this day in 1807 in Union, Connecticut. When she was sixteen she was saved by the grace of God, but shortly thereafter she contracted an illness which appeared to bringing her to the point of death. As a child of God, she asked for baptism...
Apr 6, 2017 | Wednesday
Have you ever tried to set a mouse trap, only to have it spring before you were ready? Maybe it was when you were latching it, or as you were putting it down in a tight corner. Pow! It snapped at you, and perhaps even bit your finger. No wonder people have been...
Apr 5, 2017 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Our Postal Project! Brethren, the Lord has been gracious to us concerning this postal project. Bethel Baptist Church of Choctaw, Ok., Pastor, Dr. Royce Smith, has given $1500.00 to add to our $1700.00 to bring us to a subtotal of $3200.00....
Apr 3, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Tonight, let’s tie together most of the remaining references to the Ark of the Covenant. In II Samuel 11, David probably wished that the temple had been built. The lack of a temple actually thwarts one of the most wicked things that David ever did. Again, we can say...
Apr 2, 2017 | Sunday Morning
If the Make-a-Wish Foundation announced they would arrange for you to spend lunch with anyone on earth, who would you choose? For millions of people, it would be some sports figure, pop singer, TV or movie star. For a few others it might be a politician, a writer, a...
Mar 30, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Metropolitan Tabernacle, usually called Spurgeon’s Tabernacle, was opened on March 18, 1861. Two weeks later, on this day, there was a Baptist fellowship meeting in the new building. In his greeting to the brethren, Spurgeon said, “We believe that the...
Mar 30, 2017 | Wednesday
In my reading Monday, the Lord placed before me an article about joy. My first reaction was to put it down, because of some of the author’s initial statements. He said, and I quote, “God don’t make nobody for misery. If we are miserable, it is because we have...
Mar 27, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Can we say that David is a good picture of the child of God? Was he one of the Lord’s men? Assuming that to be true, we still find a man whose life fell short of God’s standards at times. David committed some terrible sins even as one of the Lord’s servants. Besides...
Mar 26, 2017 | Sunday Morning
During my year at university, one of my required courses was basic economics. It was a subject about which I had no interest whatsoever, and not applying myself, I didn’t learn much. According to Proverbs 23:23, my attitude was probably sinful, because even though I...
Mar 23, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Not long ago I talked about a man who led one congregation for more than four decades. Today I mention another – Joshua Hutson pastored the Pine Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia for more than 45 years. Joshua was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to...
Mar 23, 2017 | Wednesday
On August 24 in the year 79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted and entombed the city of Pompeii, Italy. The destruction began and ended in just few minutes, killing multitudes of people. The ash and gases of that volcano caught the residents city like a camera catches...
Mar 19, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Let’s begin with a review. David had just become king of the United Tribes of Israel. For just over three years he had been king of Judah only, but now the rest of the nation had come to recognize the plan of God and had submitted to the Lord – and to David. The new...
Mar 19, 2017 | Sunday Morning
While driving through West Texas, a New Yorker tourist stopped for gasoline at a run-down old station. From a corner of the building there hung a rope, with a sign above it, reading: “Weather rope.” The visitor asked the proprietor how a rope could help...
Mar 16, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Benjamin Watkins was born into a Virginia Episcopalian home in 1755. That was the year that Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall began preaching Baptist doctrine in Virginia and the Carolinas. Benjamin’s mother was left a widow when he was small, but despite family...
Mar 16, 2017 | Wednesday
The title of our little devotional this evening is “Four Kinds of Prayer” similar to “How to Pray.” But that can leave as bad a taste in one’s mouth – as bad as “12 Ways in which to Lead People to Christ.” It might be as silly as a...
