Wherefore Comfort Yourselves – I Thessalonians 5:9-11

Jun 9, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  Despite all our technological gadgets, our toys, the entertainment industry, including sports, and an army of psychiatrists with all their drugs, we live in the midst of millions of very sad people. Despite all the casinos, comedians and carnivals, death still...

June 9

Jun 6, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day (June 9) in 1865 several members in good standing were released from three different churches in Charleston, SC in order to form the Morris Street Baptist Church. Their first pastor was Jacob Legare, who served the church for the next twenty years,...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 22:12

Jun 6, 2019 | Wednesday

  The theological principle behind verse 12 should be obvious to any mature Christian. “The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.” In other words, the sovereign God is in control of His creation, including...

The Profit of Godliness – I Timothy 4:8

Jun 2, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  Have you ever noticed how many maritime songs are in our hymnals? I googled the question and the list given to me had 156 nautical hymns, some of which we still sing. “Let the Lower Lights be Burning,” “Pilot Me,” “Sail on.”...

April 2019

May 30, 2019 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Springtime Blessings The Lord is blessing us with a most beautiful spring, rain, moderate temperatures, and verdant lush plant growth. Spiritual blessings are ours also by His hand with attendance numbers climbing for three of the four...

June 2

May 30, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Two weeks ago our history involved Lewis Craig who led his church to move from Virginia to Kentucky, settling eventually at South Elkton. Today marks the anniversary of the ordination, in 1770, of his brother Elijah Craig. Elijah was born again in 1764 under the...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 22:5

May 30, 2019 | Wednesday

  As I was preparing our devotional for two weeks ago, I determined what my subject would be this evening. But whereas I thought I’d have time to prepare while we were gone, such was not the case. As it turned out today was the only day that I would have to prepare,...

May 19

May 16, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day  in 1662 the “Act of Uniformity” received royal assent, after being passed by the Anglican-dominated British Parliament. It required that every minister in England had to receive episcopal ordination, and before August 24 of that year they must...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 22:1

May 16, 2019 | Wednesday

  Every once in a while the Bible presents us with a hypothetical. With “such and such” as a hypothesis, we are presented with various options. These hypotheticals are not always in the form of a question. We have one here in verse 1. “A good name is...