Aug 17, 2016 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
This message was delivered by Pastor Ken Carter who was visiting from the Anchorage Sovereign Grace Baptist Church. We don’t have a print copy of the message, but it should be available through our audio link.
Aug 14, 2016 | Sunday Morning
Our subject for this morning may seem a little out our my league. This is the sort of theme which might be found in the big, liberal church down the road – not here. We are better known for more serious messages, not these mushy, topical, feel-good subjects. Around...
Aug 12, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
I have been privileged to shepherd one of Christ’s blessed flocks for more than twenty-five years. For years my family lived in the church basement, and I worked at a secular job as well as tending to my pastoral responsibilities. My “salary” may be close...
Aug 11, 2016 | Wednesday
Let’s say that you are an artist, and a Christian publishing company has commissioned you paint book jacket. The book, in this case, compares the lives of two great Old Testament servants of God. The book will be entitled “The Good, the Bad and the...
Aug 8, 2016 | Sunday Evening
I am thinking of only a small part of this text, but it is all inexorably linked together. Our subject is “understanding the will of the Lord.” Verse 17 tells us that it is the right and duty of every Christian to know the will of God. The Lord is not...
Aug 7, 2016 | Sunday Morning
Nearly every Christian has tried to imagine what life was like in Eden before sin darkened the picture. What was life like for Adam before his head-long fall into sin? There is no way to determine how long he and his wife lived in the garden before they were expelled....
Aug 6, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Matthew Hillsman was born on this day (August 7th) 1814. His Father had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the war he moved west and taught school in the village of Cumberland, Tennessee (later...
Aug 4, 2016 | Wednesday
I come from a very small family; I am the only son of an only son. And I have one sister, just as my father had only one sister. Most of you have far more uncles, aunts and cousins than I have of every kind of relative. I am not complaining – that is just the way...
Aug 1, 2016 | Sunday Evening
Psalm 8 echoes the truth found in Genesis 1:28 – “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living...
Aug 1, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Update on Our Evangelistic Outreach Opportunity! Although we just started praying about and appealing to our supporting churches about doing a postcard mailing to residents in our zip code area, we already have some positive feedback and...
Jul 31, 2016 | Sunday Morning
The church which is concerned about doctrinal purity, and yet still cares about evangelism and souls is going to pop up on Satan’s radar; it is going to have trouble. But when a church leaves the sword of the Spirit stuck in its scabbard, it may not only NOT have...
Jul 29, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
D. L. Mansfield was born in 1797, while his parents were living in the state of Kentucky . He was born again, much later. Through the ministry of a circuit-riding Presbyterian preacher, D.L. came under conviction of his sins, but he attended his first meetings of this...
Jul 25, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Months ago, shortly after beginning this study we considered the Biblical title of “disciple.” The word is used two hundred fifty-five times in the New Testament – it is very common. At its root, there is a reference to “a follower,” “a...
Jul 24, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I have entitled this message – “The Hands of Christ Jesus.” You may think I am nit-picking or just nit-witted, but I see a difference between “Christ” and “Jesus.” Oh, I know those names refer to the same person, but they approach...
Jul 21, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1567, when his mother, Mary, was forced to abdicate her throne, James Stewart became the King of Scotland. He was thirteen months old. Mary Queen of Scots was a Roman Catholic, but James was raised in the Scottish Protestant Kirk. When the Queen of...
Jul 21, 2016 | Wednesday
Just for the sake of illustration, let’s think of the soul as piece of intricate machinery. Nearly all machines require service – anything from yearly to daily maintenance. Your body as another example; it requires maintenance – a lot of it must be done every...
Jul 17, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I need to begin with an apology. Last week I teased you with the name of the son of Isaiah –”Mahershalalhashbaz.” As was the case of several other important men in God’s Word, it was the Lord who dictated his name. “Then said the LORD to me, Call his...
Jul 17, 2016 | Sunday Morning
There once was a beautiful English garden of the old Victorian style. It had a flowering hedge, a handful of fruit trees in full bloom, and flowers of every variety. It was an “English” garden, which means that each little cluster of flowers blended into...
Jul 15, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1782, the New England Baptist historian, Isaac Backus, was visiting in a home where he was introduced to Richard Lee. There were, at that time, many godly Baptist men preaching Christ, who were encouraged to serve the Lord by their churches, but who...
Jul 14, 2016 | Wednesday
The Bible means many things to many people. It should bring to mind words such as holy, eternal, comforting, exciting, encouraging and supernatural. Unfortunately, there are others which might say: ridiculous, irritating, fictional and worthless. Everyone has his...
Jul 11, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
The son of Isaiah the prophet has to be one of the most interesting object lessons ever ordained by God. The Lord commissioned his servant to take his wife and father a child, ordering that the baby have a very special name – “Mahershalalhashbaz.” Of...
Jul 10, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I can’t speak for everyone, but my thoughts have often touched on Heaven in the last few weeks. And as of yesterday, that has even been more the case. Sister Willi is there with her Saviour, having temporarily left her earthly body here behind. There is much that we...
Jul 7, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On March 14, 1773 the Baptist Church in Charleston, S.C. ordained Edmund Botsford, who then became an evangelist and missionary on behalf of that church. During 1773 and 1774 his labors resulted in people’s salvation and many were baptized throughout South Carolina....
Jul 7, 2016 | Wednesday
There are a lot of people who look at the world and fear the possibility of war. There are people praying that, unlike our parents and grand parents, we are spared more war. But it looks like Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea and others may not care much for those...
Jul 4, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
In the course of this study we have considered about a dozen historical names and titles. We have looked at the Novatians, Cathari, Dontatists, Montanists, Paulicians, Albigenses, Waldenses and a few others. Other than the “Paulicians” none of these names...
Jul 3, 2016 | Sunday Morning
Jean-Baptiste Karr, was a French writer who lived from nearly the beginning to the end of the 19th century. Jean-Baptiste is credited with the statement: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That is true in so many ways it’s almost a...
Jun 30, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
This little history staggers the imagination. The blessing of God in this history is beyond the belief of the unbelieving man. John Clough was born in New York in 1836, but he was raised in the Midwest. While in school in Iowa he was born again, and felt led of the...
Jun 30, 2016 | Wednesday
As a rule it is not the best thing to talk about your personal devotional life in any great detail. It goes beyond the semi-private into the really private. It is far more personally important than talking about an unfinished business deal. It is infinitely more...
Jun 27, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Over the last couple of months I have said that I would not be ashamed to be called a “Donatist,” a “Montanist” or an “Albigense.” But something that I haven’t done is stop someone, telling them, “Hey, why don’t you address me...
Jun 26, 2016 | Sunday Morning
In literature, and common speech, there is an helpful tool called a “simile,” and we use it all the time. It is a figure of speech in which one thing is linked to another with words such as “like” or “as.” We might read, “He...
