Mar 30, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Godless sons of Godly parents: Is there such a thing as a “godless” person (yes; no; in their actions; in their hearts)? All of these The word “godless” is found (once; twice; eleven; seventeen) times in the Bible. Never When we use the term...
Mar 29, 2015 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Affliction! Although we continued our regular preaching services, jail ministry efforts, and missionary outreach during the month of January, the Lord saw fit to afflict me once again with a heart attack on the 29th of January. This one was...
Mar 29, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I have given this message the title: “The Parable of the Servants.” In all my favorite old Bibles (I don’t believe that I have ever thrown away one of my KJV Bibles) – In every single one of my Bibles, either at the top of the page or in the margin, the...
Mar 27, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
This material was taken from a “Christian Messenger” article, published on this day in 1871. Isaiah Wallace was born in Hopewell, New Brunswick on January 17, 1797. The Lord saved his soul at an early age and after his baptism he began to publically...
Mar 26, 2015 | Wednesday
As much as I love certain branches of history, I am terrible at remembering dates. And that includes the dates of Biblical history. But because of a poem, part of which I recall, I do remember the year of Israel’s Exodus. “In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus...
Mar 23, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Facts about the nature of God: Ex. 3:13-14 teaches that God is (omnipotent; holy; self-existent; gracious). Self-existent Ps. 50:12 teaches that God is (omnipotent; holy; self-sufficient; omniscient). Self-sufficient Ps. 90:2 teaches that God is (eternal; omnipotent;...
Mar 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
Matthew 25 is a chapter of parables – we have two of the Lord’s stories and something which comes very close to a third. And what “fun” there can be with parables – they can be twisted and turned into logic pretzels. At this point, I have plans to preach...
Mar 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Let’s say that several of us were out on a walk together, and we saw a large cherry tree. Each of us might think of something different as we looked at that tree. One lady might see those cherries and think of all the pies that she could make. Someone else might think...
Mar 20, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Gill was born at Kettering, Northamptonshire, England on November 23, 1697. His father, Edward, was a Baptist, but at the time was a member of a union church composed of Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Baptists. This proved to be an untenable situation, and...
Mar 19, 2015 | Wednesday
Habakkuk, the man with the crooked name, is one of the celebrities of Heaven; one of the friends of God. I pronounce his name “Hab-a-kuk,” because both my first Bible and my last, gave him that pronunciation. If you want to pronounce his name...
Mar 16, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
I’ve taken the same scripture which we used last Sunday night, but my message will be a bit more general. Christ was telling the Jews of the Tribulation period to get ready for His return and their redemption. When the fig tree puts forth its leaves, you know that the...
Mar 16, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I feel led of the Lord to spend one more day looking at Matthew 24. But these two messages will be more topical than expositional. I’ll be pulling a couple thoughts out of the context, but not really studying the context itself. But that doesn’t mean that we should...
Mar 15, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Biblical references to Gates: Who met Lot at the gate of Sodom (Abraham; God; a pair of angels; his wife)? Two angels – Gen. 19:1 Why was Lot at the gate (he was the porter; he was a guard; it was a place of fellowship; it was a place of business). We don’t know...
Mar 13, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Samuel Heaton was born into a Presbyterian home in Wrentham, Connecticut in 1711. When they became of age, he and three of his brothers moved to Morris County, New Jersey, where they began an ironworks business. Samuel married a good Baptist woman named Abby. When...
Mar 12, 2015 | Wednesday
Not long ago, we considered some of the principles of faith as expressed in verses 1-3. Tonight, let’s think about three very, very early examples of the kind of faith which pleases the Lord. You could say that earlier we took our little sail boat out in the sheltered...
Mar 9, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
At this point, I’m not sure how many more messages we will have from this chapter. The theme of the last 20 verses of Matthew 24 is essentially one – “Get ready; it’s all coming soon.” This evening I want you to remember that the Lord teaches the imminence...
Mar 8, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Whose garments, just before he died, were taken from him and were given to his son (Moses; David; Aaron; Jacob)? Aaron – Num. 20:28 Who, at this birth, looked like he was wearing a hairy, red garment (David; Esau; Jacob; Eric)? Gen. 25:25 Whose coat was probably the...
Mar 8, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I can’t tell you how many different scriptures there are describing the Lord’s second coming. Perhaps, instead of “second coming” I should simply say, “the Lord’s coming” or maybe “parousia.” Because some scriptures blend what we...
Mar 6, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Joseph Islands was born a Creek Indian in the Colony of Georgia. He grew up wild and sinful. But when a friend of his died during one of their drunken revelries, Joseph was heart-broken. The next day when his friend was to be buried, “Old Billy,” a local...
Mar 5, 2015 | Wednesday
It makes perfect sense if we think about it in one way, and then it is ridiculous if looked at differently. I’m talking about the fact that part of the inspired Word of God was first written to individuals. It is easy to understand why God wrote to churches, or why He...
Mar 2, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
From time to time, including this morning, you have heard me use the term “Jacob’s Trouble.” When I do that, I am using it as a synonym for the seven year “Tribulation” spoken of by Daniel, and expounded here and in Revelation and other...
Mar 2, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
The number of Biblical references to “fool” and “fools” totals slightly more than (50, 75, 100, 500)? A hundred According to Young’s Concordance, the Old Testament “fool” could refer to (an evil person; a boaster; a self-confident...
Mar 1, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Matthew 24 is a shovel full of precious ore. As I said last week, it contains informational gold about the last days – the Tribulation. But there are also flecks of silver in here and even some platinum – for our immediate use. At times we are quite sure that the Lord...
Feb 26, 2015 | Wednesday
In the course of this long letter, Paul, the preacher, falls back into his homiletical (sermon) mode. In verse 38 of the previous chapter, he took his text from Habbakuk 2:4 – “The just shall live by faith.” Now that thought can be applied in several ways....
Feb 23, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
With verse 15 the Lord Jesus comes closer to answering the disciples’ question about the timing of the Second Coming. “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be...
Feb 23, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
As God promised Abraham that his family would return to Canaan after 400 years in a foreign land, what two things did Abraham see moving between the two pieces of his sacrifices (angels; the Father and the Son; a knife and fork; a smoking fire pot and a fiery lamp)?...
Feb 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
This chapter is much like gold-bearing ore. Quite often where there is gold, there is also silver – a valuable mineral, but not as valuable as gold. When the two are found together, steps have to be taken to separate them for commercial purposes. In the ancient world...
Feb 20, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Today’s little vignette reminds us that not all of God’s servants are as notable and memorable as others. And yet the Lord knows those who are His, and He has a ministry for everyone who is willing to serve Him. On this day in 1817, in Nelson County, Virginia, Thomas...
Feb 19, 2015 | Wednesday
Not one of us is the Christian that we ought to be. There is not a person here who is an ideal Christian. There is not one of us who is – 100% – the sort of person we could be. I won’t get personal, and I probably don’t need to be more specific, because down in the...
Feb 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
I. Biblical Famines: A. Famines are referred to fairly frequently in the Bible. In the Old Testament we read of them about (a dozen; fifty; a hundred; a thousand) times. A hundred times 1. The Hebrew word is translated most often “famine,” but it is also rendered as...
