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Jul 26, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Perhaps this is a day which should go down in infamy. History records that at least twice, some of our Baptist forefathers were arrested on this day prior to being punished for their faith. In 1768 four gospel preachers were arranged in Orange County, Virginia for...

July 21

Jul 18, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Now here is some history you did not hear while in school. Peter Foulger, at the age of eighteen crossed the Atlantic, settling in Massachusetts, where he became a teacher and land surveyor.  The Lord eventually led the young man to Newport, Rhode Island, where he...

Ye Are the Light of the World – Matthew 5:13-16

Jul 18, 2024 | Wednesday

Probably all of us have heard messages from these words of the Lord Jesus – perhaps more than one. Why should we have another look? Well, I believe that it is the Lord will for us tonight. Monday, as Judy and I were having our devotions, these words came up, and the...

Shew Me the Path to Church, O Lord – Psalm 25:1-9

Jul 14, 2024 | Sunday Evening

Let’s say that as I am getting into bed tonight, the Lord sends me a message. “To whom it may concern. This coming Friday night, I am going to blow out the flame and remove the candle stick of Post Falls’ Calvary Independent Baptist Church.” Being convinced this...

Without Excuse – Romans 1:14-21, 32

Jul 14, 2024 | Sunday Morning

Banff National Park, up there in the province of Alberta, is one of my favorite places. In driving from Post Falls, to Calgary, the southern route through the Crowsnest Pass, is a little shorter, but I prefer the road that passes north through Banff. Not only are the...

July 14 in Baptist History

Jul 11, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History

John Taylor Jones provided a great service to the people of Siam (today’s Thailand), when he translated the New Testament into their language. But it may have been the sacrifice that his wife made which was the initial catalyst toward the salvation of many of the...

Meditation: Good, Bad and Ugly – Psalm 1:1-3

Jul 11, 2024 | Wednesday

Let’s think for a few minutes about “meditation.” We could have a lesson about meditating on the subject of “thinking.” Or we could meditate about “meditation.” But rather than these, tonight I will only share a few thoughts on the subject of meditation. And perhaps...

Failure of Great Potential  – Luke 18:18-23

Jul 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning

I have preached from this bit of Biblical history several times – but not recently.  And I believe a visiting speaker, a year or two ago, also spoke from one of the accounts of this young man.  Our subject is often called “the rich young ruler,” but in none of the...

Jul 4, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History

The first Baptist church in Groton, Connecticut has a long and storied history, revolving, for more than a century, around the name “Wightman.” Edward Wightman was burned at the stake in Litchfield, England, in 1612, for no other reason than that he was a Baptist...

In the Desert with God – Exodus 13:17-22

Jul 4, 2024 | Wednesday

For the sake of a short lesson, I’d like to use Israel while in the wilderness as an allegory of the Christian life. Now – when you picture that forty-year national meandering, do you picture that “wilderness” as a “desert?” If you do, you need to understand that is...