September 14

Robert Daniel was born in Virginia just prior to the Revolutionary War.  Twenty-five years later the country was shaken once again with the reverberations of the “Great Awakening.”  In 1802 Robert Daniel was born a second time through the ministry of the Separate...

The Clock is Ticking – II Peter 3:10-12

I remember when I was quite young, visiting my grandmother, who was living with her brother, Uncle Creighton. They lived in a beautiful old house in the Kitsilano district of Vancouver, BC, not far from the beach. I would imagine that today that house would be worth...

God: Not Slack and Not Willing – II Peter 3:9

II Peter 3:9 is probably the stickiest verse in this entire epistle. It is the most abused verse in II Peter. Some of you may be thinking that I should probably save it for some service other than a Sunday morning. But it deals with the subject of salvation, and so it...

William Knibb was born on this day in 1803.  His father made no profession of faith, but his mother did, and she did her best to see that her children attended the Independent chapel in Kettering, England. It was there that the gospel seed was planted.  Over time, it...

The Fourth Dimension – II Peter 3:8

Ephesians 3:17-19 has always blessed my heart. Paul prayed for his Ephesians friends, as I believe the Holy Spirit would have led him to pray for us: “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend...

The Communication of thy Faith – Philemon 1-6

We have been experiencing God’s blessings over the last month. Among other things, soul’s have been saved, Christians’ hearts have been stirred, and visitors have permeated our services. The catalyst to these blessings hasn’t been anyone’s preaching, or changes in our...

August 31

Adoniram Judson was one of America’s first Baptist missionaries.  As you may know, as Anne and Adoniram were sailing to India to do mission work for the Congregationalists, they began to see Baptist doctrine in the Word of God.  Upon their arrival they were immersed...

The Coffers of the Scoffers – II Peter 3:5-7

Sometime in nineteenth century Germany, a children’s song was written which involved a silly conversation between “Heinrich und Liese.” Apparently the Pennsylvania Dutch brought it to this country, and it was eventually translated into English. Some of you...

August 24

Jacob Darden was born in Southampton, Virginia on this day in 1770.  Until he was almost forty years old he was a deist, and as such he lived in outward sin.  But then God’s grace was poured into him. He was convicted of those sins, until, in the privacy of his home...

June/July 2025

Dear Pastor and Brethren: I am writing a two month report because of medical issues placed upon me by our Lord. I ended May’s report with the good news of my heart being jolted back into regular sinus rhythm, that’s to say, no more atrial fibrillation...