Nov 29, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Today’s history note once again deals with Missouri, but this time only in the eastern part of the state and somewhat earlier. John Mason Peck was born – and born again – in Connecticut, but the Lord laid the spiritual needs of the West, upon his heart. On this day...
Nov 25, 2019 | Sunday Evening
We ought to be appalled when we consider the heroes of the early 21st Century. With only a few exceptions in a few exceptional people – American heros are unworthy of recognition, let alone respect or adoration. And history proves: as people’s heroes go...
Nov 24, 2019 | Sunday Morning
Last week, in our scripture reading, we read about Satan’s temptation of our Saviour. Jesus had been fasting forty days, so in His humanity He was hungry, and the Devil attacked at that point. “If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”...
Nov 23, 2019 | Timothy Parrow
A Difficult Month The month of October was a difficult time for several of our regular attendees to the services. Sis. Elaine Maginnis has become very weak with what seems to be kidney problems and has not attended for several weeks. Bro. Ruben Torres’ wife...
Nov 21, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
In the 1830’s Polk County, Missouri, was a part of the “Wild West” with small log cabins rarely less than five miles from each other. The people living in those cabins needed the Saviour as much as those living in the large cities. D.R. Murphy was born on this...
Nov 17, 2019 | Sunday Evening
There is an old, old proverb which says, “What is well begun is half done.” There is a lot of truth in that thought. A most important part of the large construction project is making sure that there is a good foundation. And similarly, even without adding the...
Nov 17, 2019 | Sunday Morning
75 years ago, when WWII was still raging in the South Pacific, and 10,000 islands were held by the Japanese, the allies set up observation posts on remote islands; sometimes on islands still held by the enemy. These spotters would take up positions on the sides of...
Nov 14, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Juliette Pattison was born in 1808. After the Lord saved her, she was baptized by her brother, the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Providence, RI. While teaching in Charlestown he met her future husband, J. G. Binney. They married in 1833, and on this day ten...
