September 15

Sep 12, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Samuel Slater immigrated from England, bringing with him the skills though which he had been earning a living. From memory he reproduced the cotton machinery he had been using. In this it is said that Samuel Slater founded the American cotton industry. In 1793 he...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 25:6-7

Sep 12, 2019 | Wednesday

  Verse 6 and 7 should sound familiar, because they later came from the lips of the Lord Jesus. “When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; And he that bade thee and him...

Submission: the Mission – II Samuel 12:15-23

Sep 9, 2019 | Sunday Evening

  Paul Azinger had for several years been a successful golfer in the Professional Golfers Association. Then after he won the 1993 PGA Championship he was diagnosed with cancer – Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. (Perhaps the ground’s keepers had been spraying too much Round-up...

To Have and to Hold – Daniel 3:1-18

Sep 8, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  I have entitled this message: “To have and to hold; ‘til death do us part.” The source for these thoughts is this a trio of men: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Their true names were Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. As part of an effort to strip these...

September 8

Sep 6, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

When George Mason was contemplating the Virginia Declaration of Rights, he wrote, “No free government or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 25:1-7

Sep 5, 2019 | Wednesday

  There are at least three divisions in the Book of Proverbs. The first nine chapters are written in paragraph form and contain a lot of figurative material. Proverbs 9 – “Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: She hath killed her...

As a Roaring Lion – I Peter 5:6-11

Sep 2, 2019 | Sunday Evening

  Have you seen or experienced any Satanic attacks lately? I believe you probably have whether or not you recognized them. That isn’t to say you actually saw Satan or even a demon, but you have been affected by them. And Satan himself is probably so busy that he...

Ugly Unbelief – Matthew 13:53-58

Sep 1, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  Let’s go back to last week’s lesson before moving on. While the Lord Jesus was at the top of Mt. Hermon being transfigured before Peter, James and John, the rest of the disciples were down below in the valley struggling to help some people in need. This is described...

September 1

Aug 29, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

I use three primary sources for these vignettes, consulting with others for corroboration and background. For September 1, two of my books referred to the death of Sarah Boardman Judson. Sarah (nee Hall) was born in 1803. The Lord saved her soul, and she became a...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 24:27-34

Aug 29, 2019 | Wednesday

  We have already touched on each of the themes in this last third of chapter 24, with one exception. “Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.” There is some really sound advice in verse 27,...