August 18

On this day in 1846 the United States, under General Stephen Kearny, took possession of New Mexico.  Almost immediately, H.W. Read and Samuel Gorman, Baptist missionaries, arrived in Santa Fe.  Read had the joy of leading twenty-one-year old Blas Chavez to Christ, and...

The Expectation of Faithfulness – I Corinthians 4:1-2

This is our third lesson in a brief study of faithfulness. In our last message we considered the faithfulness of the Lord. Over and over again we are told such things as: “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”...

A Gap in Some People’s Theology – Genesis 1:1-2

As I said last Sunday, nearly every important doctrine can be studied beginning with the Book of Genesis. It might be argued that there are exceptions. Which of these doctrines MIGHT not be found in Genesis? (Angelology, Theology, Hamartiology, Soteriology,...

August 11

he formal ministry of William Evander Penn didn’t begin until he was nearly fifty, but he had already been a dedicated servant of Christ for decades.  William Penn, the Baptist not the Quaker, was born on this day in 1832 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.  At the age...

A Seldom Discussed Divine Attribute – Genesis 8:20-22

I have seen more than 27,000 days during my short lifetime. Every one of them followed a period of darkness which I have called “night.” The succession of night and day, night and day, has been throughly consistent throughout my life. In fact, that succession has been...

June 2024

Dear Pastor and Church On the thirtieth of June we had a first-time visitor by the name of Noah. He is a junior at OSU studying for an agricultural/business degree. He said that his father is a preacher in a small church down in southeastern Ok, and that he was going...

Faithfulness – I Corinthians 4:1-4

I would like to begin a short study of the Biblical subject of “Faithfulness.” I know this isn’t as exciting as the Millennium or how the upcoming election or War in Gaza relate to the Tribulation. I know that a study of “faithfulness” isn’t like studying evangelism...

August 4

George Webb Slaughter deserves a full-length biography. His life was filled with excitement and Christian service. I am not sure when he became a child of God, but it appears to have been early in his life. Having moved from Louisiana to Texas, he became one of Sam...

July 28

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

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...