May 21, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
In 1786 James Lemen, with his wife and family, along and several others, settled in Illinois. A few weeks later Mrs. Lemen’s sister and her husband were killed by Indians and their two children were taken to Wisconsin, where one died and the other was eventually...
May 17, 2026 | Sunday Morning
I never had any interest in it, but there used to be a “reality” TV show called “Undercover Boss.” It stopped filming in 2022; maybe COVID had something to do with its demise. As I understand. It was about various CEOs, company owners or other bosses, who posed as...
May 14, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Charles Luther was born on this day in 1847. Luther was a Baptist even before his conversion. That is the church in which he was raised. But just because someone is a professing Christian that doesn’t make him one. Charles was later born again just prior to, or...
May 10, 2026 | Sunday Morning
As we shall see in our study of the Book of Exodus, Moses led Israel out of Egypt through the Red Sea. It was a rocky road, but eventually they made it out to the backside of the desert, and up to the holy mount. At the top of Sinai, God explained some of His laws,...
May 7, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Alfred Bennet was born in 1780. Twenty years later he was born again and joined the Baptist church of Hampton, Connecticut. After his marriage to the deacon’s daughter, the young couple moved to the unbroken wilderness of central New York, where Alfred began his...
May 3, 2026 | Sunday Morning
The Canadian author Alan Bradley has written eleven books. His first two didn’t amount to much. But then in 2009 he came up with a delightful new character. Flavia de Luce is a precocious thirteen-year-old who stumbles onto mysteries which she then solves – despite...
Apr 30, 2026 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Berry Meachum was born on this day in 1789 in Virginia. He was a slave, but also a Baptist preacher. Given the opportunity he worked hard and eventually purchased his freedom. Saving his income, he then purchased the freedom of his father, who also was a...
