May 30, 2024 | Wednesday
The Lord Jesus was just beginning His earthly ministry. Matthew 3 ended with His baptism and His Father’s approval, emphasized with the declaration: “THIS is my beloved Son, in whom I am WELL pleased.” Our chapter begins with the battle between Jesus and Satan – “Then...
May 27, 2024 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, The Lord has showered us with many blessings this month! Our attendance for the month was as follows: 13, 5, 9, and 10. We had several visitors, the Wright family from Columbus, Ne., visited with us one Sunday while on their way to see the...
May 27, 2024 | Sunday Evening
I’d like us to have some serious fun for a few minutes. A couple weeks ago I preached a message called “The Gospel According to Ephesians,” in which I went through Paul’s epistle, trying to outline the message of salvation. This morning, I’d like to point to some...
May 26, 2024 | Sunday Morning
In Luke 2, the twelve-year-old Jesus of Nazareth, probably with some degree of shyness, humility and perhaps awe, came, by Himself, into the glorious temple in Jerusalem. In my imagination, seeing some priests in their special robes talking with other apparently...
May 24, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Toliver Craig and his wife were the parents of three sons, all of whom became Baptist preachers. Elijah and Lewis Craig were often incarcerated in Northern Virginia jails for preaching Christ without a state licence, although they were usually charged with being...
May 23, 2024 | Wednesday
The Holy Spirit hasn’t revealed a lot about the personal life of the Apostle Paul. In fact, there are relative few details about any of the great characters of the Bible. But there are little snippets from time to time about David, Abraham, Nehemiah and Daniel. And...
May 18, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1662 the King of England signed the “Act of Uniformity,’ which demanded that all the churches of Britain had to agree to use the recently revised Anglican “Book of Common Prayer.” Any member of the clergy which did not conform to the law by August 24 of...
May 13, 2024 | Sunday Evening
Mom has gone to the grocery store, and one of the things on her shopping list is cantaloup. When she comes to a bin with more than fifty cantaloups, how will she know which is the very best? Some shoppers make their decision based upon the color of the fruit, while...
May 12, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I read an interesting statement the other day, some of which I thought I’d share with you. The man penned, “Ephesians is the Alps of the New Testament. Paul wrote seven letters to churches. Ephesians is the central letter and the highest peak in that mountain...
May 9, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1810, the following letter was written by Israel Potter from Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, to Thomas Baldwin in Boston Dear and Rev. Sir, In the beginning of March last, a most powerful reformation (revival) began in the lower part of this town, which...
May 6, 2024 | Sunday Evening
This evening I’m going to add just a couple thoughts to our consideration of angels this morning. Earlier we noted the existence and importance of angels in the Bible. If there are no angels, then the Lord Jesus cannot be trusted, neither can Paul, Peter, the Old...
May 5, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Wednesday, in talking about short-sighted faith, I mentioned the presence of angels among us. My point was that we often don’t see things because our vision is limited. No one raised an eyebrow at my statement about angels being with us. But as I thought about it...
May 2, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
James Ireland was born in Scotland, but he was born again in Virginia. He became a fearless preacher of the gospel in a colony where that ministry was illegal. He experienced the wrath of Protestant persecution more than most. On one occasion, while in prayer two men...
May 2, 2024 | Wednesday
After the Lord Jesus healed the man at the pool of Bethesda, another confrontation with the Jews began. Questions came up about Jesus’ authority and power. In John 5:22 Christ said, “The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son, that all men...
Apr 29, 2024 | Sunday Evening
I am of the opinion that each of us are tri-part creatures. There are some theologians who insist that man is made up of two parts – physical and spiritual. But I take Paul seriously when he says prayed for his friends in Thessalonica: “And the very God of peace...
Apr 28, 2024 | Sunday Morning
A few minutes ago, I shared with you the salvation testimony of James A. Stewart. Stewart was a thirteen-year-old Scot, who dreamed of becoming a soccer superstar, and he was well on his way to that goal, already playing before thousands of rabid fans as a center...
Apr 25, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
T.T. Martin was born on this day in 1862 in Mississippi, where his father was a preacher and college professor. Although he wanted to become a lawyer, the Lord saved his soul and called him to preach the gospel. After attending seminary in Louisville, he began his...
Apr 25, 2024 | Wednesday
After spending a day in the Lord’s house followed by a restful night, do you ever wake up on Monday morning full of dedication to God and excited about doing something special for His glory? “This is going to be a good day. I am going to be victorious today, getting...
Apr 22, 2024 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: A Busy Month with Visitors! We have had several visitors this month. Sis. Kim Williams talked to a young man at the Aldi store inviting him to our services, and he came. He brought a Bible with him and later brought his eight-year-old son and...
Apr 21, 2024 | Sunday Evening
We will not always have a message about the Lord’s Supper before we observe the Lord’s Supper. Sometimes it will be a sermon about something entirely different. And then once in a while we may not have a message all – we’ll just say a few words and begin. But this...
Apr 21, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I read a story the other day which I assume to be true. An evangelist was in a London park, openly preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a busy day, with lots of people walking by, some were playing, and many were talking. But the preacher had been...
Apr 18, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
I will add to the note we had last week about the history of black people in early Baptist churches. On this day in 1867, in its official records, we read: “The Baptist Church of Christ at Kiokee met and proceeded to the ordination of Brother Billy Harriss, colored,...
Apr 18, 2024 | Wednesday
Years ago, I met a pastor who had been dismissed from his church. His people had rebelled against his leadership, and I was forced by circumstances to look into the problem. The leader of the mutiny couldn’t point to any doctrinal issues; it was a matter of clashing...
Apr 15, 2024 | Sunday Evening
Brother Fulton referred to this sort of thing this morning in his lesson. The woman whose son was killed in a car wreck caused by a drunk driver, may ask the question: “If there is a God in heaven, why didn’t He keep my son from that deadly accident? Where is the...
Apr 14, 2024 | Sunday Morning
The events of this chapter occurred in Jerusalem about three months before our Lord’s crucifixion. And verse 22 tells us this was at the time of the feast of Dedication – winter. This particular feast is not to be found in the Old Testament. It was instituted by Judas...
Apr 11, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Thomas Paul was a “free black man” from New Hampshire. He was born in 1773 and born again sixteen years later. At the age of eighteen he was ordained to the gospel ministry. In those days there were very few black churches, and those were primarily in the south. But...
Apr 11, 2024 | Wednesday
Only once have I preached from this verse, and it was twenty years ago. I didn’t pull that message out, but I was tempted, because I have it listed as a gospel message. There are just too many great scriptures in the Bible. And when a quarter of my sermons are about...
Apr 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Last Wednesday our lesson was entitled: “How God Became Man.” I tried to explain the incarnation of God’s Son as the child of Mary, the woman betrothed to Joseph. With more than a dozen scriptures I endeavored to show that “the LORD” became a man. Mary, then...
Apr 7, 2024 | Sunday Evening
I have a yellowing copy of a 1979 newspaper with a picture of my father receiving a certificate of recognition. The article talks about the fact that Antony Oldfield had been donating whole blood for more than 40 years. During that time, he had given more than 20...
Apr 4, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London was the place of C.H. Spurgeon’s great ministry. But long before that, Benjamin Keach was their pastor, ordained to that work in 1668. After his passing, John Gill led the congregation for fifty-one years. On this day in 1773,...
