Mar 13, 2017 | Sunday Evening
I think that we have looked at all the references to the Ark of the Covenant through I Samuel 7. Last week we saw it being abused in Bethshemesh and then being sent to Kirjath-jearim. It was a blessing to the house of Abinadab and to the family of his son Eleazar. Now...
Mar 12, 2017 | Sunday Morning
After Paul’s capture and arrest in Jerusalem, he was called to stand before Felix the Roman governor of Judea. The Jews had hired a lawyer, named Tertullus, to lay their charges before the court. In his opening remarks – clearly designed to flatter Felix and bring him...
Mar 10, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Samuel Stillman was born in Philadelphia in 1737. At the age of eleven his family moved to South Carolina. There under the preaching of Oliver Hart, Samuel was converted to Christ. He became a student under Hart, and at the age of twenty-one, he began preaching the...
Mar 9, 2017 | Wednesday
Let’s play a little game: I will give you a name and you picture that person’s greatest prayer. Solomon – What was it? His request for wisdom, or his prayer at the dedication of the temple? Samson – strength to glorify God and to bring down Dagon’s temple?...
Mar 6, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Who can teach us more about the Ark – the Philestines, the Bethshemites, or those of Kirjath-jearim? I guess it all depends on the condition of our particular heart. We’ve already considered the Philistines and their heathenistic treatment of the Ark. Tonight let’s...
Mar 5, 2017 | Sunday Morning
Almost everyone who picks up the Bible to read, does so with an “a priori.” “A priori” is a Latin term that comes up from time to time in debates, university lecture halls and other places where someone is trying to impress other people with...
Mar 3, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
J. M. Pendleton was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1811. He was named in honor of the then current President of the United States, James Madison. When J.M. was a baby his family moved to Kentucky. It was there that the Lord saved him and where he was...
Mar 2, 2017 | Wednesday
I grew up in the riotous 60’s. Those were the days of Viet Nam, Race Riots, LSD, Hippies and a great deal of turmoil. More than one of my high school class-mates became drop outs. Not only did they drop out of school but some of them dropped out society. Some...
Feb 27, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Just as baptism is a picture, symbol or type of a believer’s union with the death, burial and resurrections of Christ, the Ark of the Covenant was a picture, symbol or type of Israel’s union with Jehovah through Christ. It is called “the Ark of the...
Feb 26, 2017 | Sunday Morning
This message came out of notes which I took listening to my pastor thirty-five or forty years ago. The title to Brother Johnson’s message was : “Harvest Heaps in the Day of Grief.” To understand this passage, it is important to know a bit about the history...
Feb 23, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
It was on this day in 1770 that John Picket began his three month incarceration in the Fauquier County, Virginia, jail. Because only the Church of England was lawfully permitted in Virginia, Brother Picket did most of his preaching in the open air. On one occasion...
Feb 23, 2017 | Wednesday
Americans seem to love bumper stickers. My car doesn’t have one, but I do like to read them – I am a closet bumper-sticker reader. Have you ever pulled up at a red light, and the car in front of us had a tiny bumper sticker. Slowly you inch a bit closer and...
Feb 20, 2017 | Sunday Evening
Thus far, to the best of my knowledge, we have looked at all the references dealing with the history of the Ark of the Covenant. We have not looked at every passage relating to the design and construction and the Ark. But we’ve noticed them all since the completion of...
Feb 20, 2017 | Sunday Morning
Some time ago, I was given an article written by the English preacher Peter Masters entitled, “The Holy War.” It was a thought-provoking, well-written application of Ephesians 6:12 to the world of today. This morning’s message comes out of my...
Feb 18, 2017 | Timothy Parrow
Latino Outreach Thank you all for your prayers for the Salomon Cardenas family. Salomon called me the last Sunday in January and asked for the address of our church building. He said they were coming to our service, and that they were bringing a cake to share with...
Feb 16, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
When it is God’s will, things can move very quickly. Adoniram Judson was an unsaved, unconverted man when he enrolled in Andover Theological Seminary. Later that year, in September 1808, he was born-again and his study of the Word of God took on a new nature. Five...
Feb 16, 2017 | Wednesday
Despite the fact that our streets are lined with piles of snow and the temperatures are often still below freezing, our days are getting longer. As I drive east at 6:00 am, I see more sunlight each morning, and soon the sun will be in my eyes again. Spring is on its...
Feb 13, 2017 | Sunday Evening
I hope you’ve noticed that we’ve been studying the person of our Saviour. In our first message we simply said: “Behold the Christ.” Then we said look at Him in the guidance of His chosen people. Following that we looked at Him in our many moments of...
Feb 12, 2017 | Sunday Morning
I have taught and preached from John 11 several times. Most of those messages have focused on the subject of either salvation by grace – or our resurrection. This morning I’m going to try to take it just a step beyond that. I want to allegorize the details and...
Feb 9, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
During the 19th Century, Czechoslovakia was a Roman Catholic nation, but there were small groups of Protestants holding secret meetings throughout the country. Into this environment, in 1846, Henry Novotny was born. While still a youth he visited a secret Protestant...
Feb 6, 2017 | Sunday Evening
I begin once again reminding you of the symbolical significance of the Ark of the Covenant. That beautiful chest and the Tabernacle wherein it usually rested were the most important items in Israel. They were Israel’s Smithsonian Institute; its Congressional Library...
Feb 5, 2017 | Sunday Morning
It has been five years since I preached from this text of scripture. This is a different message, but the scripture is the same. Before that, according to my records, it had been fourteen years. I think that we can say that I have not over used these verses. Unlike my...
Feb 2, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
David Jones was, it is said, the first Baptist to become a chaplain to the American military. In 1776 he was appointed to serve Colonel St. Clair’s regiment and later was chaplain under Horatio Gates and Anthony Wayne; he also ministered to the troops at Valley Forge....
Feb 2, 2017 | Wednesday
The church in Corinth was one of Paul’s thorns in the flesh. Obviously it should not have been, but it was what it was. The church was prosperous in the things of the world, but it also rife with spiritual poverty. It appears to have been relatively large, but that...
Jan 30, 2017 | Sunday Evening
There are major events which stand above all others in history. Things like Noah’s flood and the crucifixion of Christ. There are things which are so far back in history we can hardly comprehend their importance to us today. Things like the Norman invasion of England...
Jan 29, 2017 | Sunday Morning
When Judah returned from her captivity in Babylon, it was not in power and great glory. She was but a remnant of her former self, almost slinking back home like the prodigal son. Despite the blessing of their foreign monarch, her people were an helpless, insignificant...
Jan 27, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1620 Lucy Apsley was born. Her birth took place in the Tower of London where her parents were – not imprisoned – but where her father, Sir Allen Apsley, was governor. Lucy’s parents were dedicated Presbyterians. She was raised in a godly home surrounded...
Jan 26, 2017 | Wednesday
I was talking to Bro. Martinson yesterday, and missionary David Brainard came up. Bro. Chris was just finishing re-reading Brainard’s biography – which is taken from notes in his journal. The man died quite young from the effects of tuberculosis. But it might be...
Jan 22, 2017 | Sunday Evening
As you can see, this is a continuation of this morning’s message. My earlier purpose was to convey the idea that the Ark of God’s Covenant was a type of Christ Jesus. It was a picture, a figure, a foggy mirror of the Incarnate Son of God. But it would be a mistake to...
Jan 22, 2017 | Sunday Morning
When two young people marry, several major changes should revolutionize their lives. Particularly – if it hasn’t occurred already, their partner should become the center of his or her life. “For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to...
