My Salvation – Philippians 1:18-21

Nov 6, 2025 | Wednesday

Toward the end of this epistle to the Philippians – Paul says, “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound; every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.” “I have learned, in WHATSOEVER...

The Furtherance of the Gospel – Philippians 1:12-18

Nov 2, 2025 | Sunday Morning

Paul raises a subject which is as relevant today as it has ever been. He was in jail, awaiting trial for doing something with which society disagreed – preaching the Gospel. Not only was he incarcerated, but he was vilified. He was called things like – “the filth of...

November 2

Oct 30, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Daniel Marshal is a name that Baptists ought to know or learn.  He was a friend and relative of Shubal Sterns and a member for some time of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church in North Carolina.  He was acquainted with John Gano.  It was Marshal who carried the gospel into...

Paul’s Pastoral Prayer – Philippians 1:8-11

Oct 30, 2025 | Wednesday

My wife, Judy, and I first met during Middle School, which was then called Junior High. We became serious about one another a year or so later, after which we went to different high schools. But we were soon both saved by God’s grace, and we attended the same little...

Biblical Confidence – Philippians 1:3-8 (6)

Oct 26, 2025 | Sunday Evening

You have probably heard it many times: Bible Christianity is unique among world religions. I’m not saying that this CHURCH is unique. Some people might say that our church is “weird,” and by some standards that is probably true. They said a lot more terrible things...

September 2025

Oct 25, 2025 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Two Visitors Last month was a low month, but this month we had two young men visit with us. The first was Michael Dubarry, a crane operator for the electric power grid being installed for the power station called the Ripley Energy Center....

October 26

Oct 23, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Lewis Lunsford was born in Stafford County, Virginia in 1753.  Early in his life, while listening to the preaching of William Fristoe, the Lord gave him faith to believe on Christ as his Lord and Saviour.  After being baptized by Fristoe, the young man began to preach...

What’s that Emanating from the Kitchen? – Philippians 1:3-8

Oct 23, 2025 | Wednesday

You’ve been out all day. You left the house about 8:30 and now, at 5:45, you finally get back home. You’ve been working hard all that time, running here and there, and actually accomplishing quite a bit. You are feeling good about the day, but you are returning tired...

Incarcerated, but not Incapacitated – Philippians 1:3-5

Oct 19, 2025 | Sunday Evening

In Acts 16 we see Paul and his little band of missionaries sailing northeast from Troas to Neapolis. As I said the other day, Neapolis was the port city of Philippi, but there were about nine miles between them. Today that might seem like nothing, but it was something...

October 19

Oct 16, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Last week, I mentioned the 1803 Louisiana Purchase which greatly expanded the territory of the United States.  The purchase was almost a gift from Napoleon who was afraid it was going to fall into the hands of the English. Iowa was a part of that purchase. In 1834...