March 2025

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Terrible Fires On the fourteenth of March, the west side of Stillwater was ravaged by terrible windblown fires. Some seventy homes of high-end quality were burnt to the ground in just a few minutes because the wind velocities reached as high...

Stalking the Lord Jesus – John 1:35-39

This afternoon I would like to take you to three semi-related scriptures. They all have questions which were posed to the Lord Jesus, but they had different purposes and answers. I bring them up because perhaps we should have the same questions – if we ask with proper...

May 4

In Great Britain during the 17th century, God’s Baptist people were brutally persecuted. Toward the end of that period, Edward Terrill, a member of the church in Bristol, kept a journal, from which we can glean an insight into the dangers of that period. 1682. Jan....

Wherever Your Feet May Take You – Joshua 1:1-3

I understand that Bro. White was preaching series of messages from the Book of Joshua before his move. He may have addressed this thought, and some of you may have heard it. But the rest of us haven’t had that privilege, so I turn first for you. But if you are among...

The Heart of the Matter – Genesis 6:5-6; 8:21

This morning, I’d like to talk to you about the health of your heart. No – as you shall see in a minute, this is not a new twist on the social gospel. However… doing a little research on the internet, I found a list of cardiovascular diseases. Some of you may...

April 27

Rarely do we get to follow the chain of faith which has led to our salvation. We may know the person who led us to the Lord, but rarely do we know who was instrumental in that person’s salvation, and beyond that we know even less. Ultimately, this is to the Lord’s...

Wednesday or Friday? – John 19:16-18; 28-35

Last Friday, after our time of prayer, some of the men were talking, and wife of my former pastor came up. I mentioned that she had found a church to attend in the DC area, but she was disappointed that her new pastor was leading the church in a “Good Friday” worship...

The Victory of Victories – I Corinthians 15:55-57

The little six-year-old crept out of his family’s rental cabin and ran down to the dock at the edge of the lake. Pretending to be a pirate in the early morning sun, he was flashing his wooden sword, forcing his enemy walk the plank. All of a sudden, it was he who fell...

April 20

William Keen was born on this day in 1820 in Washington County, Tennessee.  At the age of twenty-one, after a period of severe conviction for sin, he was born again.  During special meetings at the Fall Branch Baptist Church he, along with seventy-five others, were...

Seeing Through the Impossible  – Hebrews 11:24-27

It probably began earlier, but when Moses reached his fortieth birthday, his heart drove him out of Egypt.  He refused to be called the son of Pharaoh and identified with his mother’s people, Israel.  In a sense the persecution of them fell on him, but he was able to...