Jun 30, 2019 | Sunday Morning
Knowing basically what I’d find I looked up the word “tolerance” in my biggest dictionary. It had six definitions, and three of those were a bit more fine-tuned into sub-definitions. It also listed about two dozen synonyms – including words like...
Jun 27, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Sutcliff was a pupil of Caleb Evans at Bristol Baptist College. Sutcliff was a good student, but not a great orator, and after graduation and the beginning of his first pastorate, he became disheartened and wondered whether or not he should be in the ministry....
Jun 24, 2019 | Sunday Evening
I’d like to talk to you about the Lord’s work in Loveland, Colorado. Almost from the beginning, I have thought of that work as a mission of our church. But it is not something which our church has determined to do; it has just been my perception so far. I think that...
Jun 23, 2019 | Sunday Morning
I was reading Spurgeon the other day when I ran across these words. “It is a marvel that any man should be a Christian at all…” When we come to understand the depth of our wickedness – our sinfulness – it is incredible that God should save us. And...
Jun 23, 2019 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Unusual Weather Month The beautiful spring weather that blessed us in April turned into severe weather that swamped us in May. In the last three weeks of May we had over thirty inches of rain as measured in my rain gauge in our front yard....
Jun 20, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Samuel Medley was born on this day in 1723. At age 16 he was an apprentice in the cloth trade when war broke out between England and France. He was permitted to leave his apprenticeship, if he agreed to serve on one of his majesty’s ships. With the thrill of the fight...
Jun 13, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Baynham was born into a wealthy Virginian, Episcopalian family. At the age of 21 he earned his degree, intending to practice medicine. Then during the summer of 1834, through the preaching of William Broaddus, he was converted to Christ. It is reported that...
Jun 12, 2019 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
William Baynham was born into a wealthy Virginian, Episcopalian family. At the age of 21 he earned his degree, intending to practice medicine. Then during the summer of 1834, through the preaching of William Broaddus, he was converted to Christ. It is reported that...