The Virgin Birth of Christ – Matthew 1:18-25

For the last two weeks we have looked at two of the foundational doctrines of Bible Christianity. They may not be as valuable as the deity of Christ or salvation by grace through faith. But the doctrines of Heaven and Hell are extremely important. This Sunday being...

November 2025

Dear Pastor and Brethren, Mission Activity:  Sis. Kim Willimas was away traveling to both new York and Virginia, missing three of the five Sundays in November.  We are sure happy to have her back in the services again.  On the 16th of November we had a visitor named...

December 21

I don’t believe that parachurch mission boards are Biblical or necessary, but they are a part of Baptist history, and therefore I can’t always ignore them.  Here is a case in point. John Westrup was born in England on May 3, 1847, but at some point he immigrated to...

For the Work of Christ – Philippians 2:19-30

You are on the Alex Trebec Stage, battling for your next win in the game show “Jeopardy.” The category is “I-C-S” in quotation marks, and the answer is “The study of work efficiency.” Your opponents hesitate for a split second, and you click in. You quickly answer:...

Hell’s Reality – Matthew 10:28

This chapter begins with the names of Jesus’ first disciples. Then verse 5 tells us, “These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded…” to preach the good news. After this, the Lord warns them of what to expect as they carried out their evangelistic...

December 14

Students of Baptist history have always found it interesting, if not confusing, that many early Welsh preachers had the same, or very similar, names.  Abel Morgan seems to have been one such name, because it is applied to one Baptist preacher born in this country and...

I Trust in the Lord Jesus  –  Philippians 2:19-30

Epaphroditus was the mailman who carried this letter from Rome to Philippi.  Paul gives us a some information about the man, which we may, or may not, consider in another message.  In addition to being Paul’s messenger, he is a brother, fellow soldier and companion –...

November 2025

Dear Pastor and Brethren:  Mission Activity               Sis. Kim Williams was away traveling to both New York and Virginia, missing three of the five Sundays in November. We are sure happy to have her back in the services again. On the sixteenth of November we had a...

The Happiness of Heaven – Acts 7:54-60

I am in the middle of reading a three volume set called, “The Life and Works of Joseph Kinghorn.” Volume 1 is biographical, illustrated with the letters between Joseph and his father, Pastor David Kinghorn. The son, Joseph, was born in 1766. When he was fourteen he...

December 7

Thomas Moor Rice was a Baptist preacher for two short years.  He was born in Kentucky on this day (December 7) in 1792 to a Baptist mother and a Presbyterian father.  His dad was a farmer who also ran a still.  After only ten months of formal education Thomas was put...