Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 24:23-26

Aug 22, 2019 | Wednesday

  Many Bible principles are so plain and obvious they don’t need the spot-light of a lesson or sermon. But that might be only in the mind of the preacher – or perhaps in your mind. We sometimes forget there are younger Christians and children of Christians who don’t...

The Goal of the Christian – John 17:1-8

Aug 18, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  I was reading a book the other day by a well-known, modern, Christian writer. It is always good to be alert when you read the works of others – read with “your eyes open.” This is especially true when you read the works of “well-known, modern,...

August 18

Aug 15, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day in 1846, General Samuel Kearny took possession of New Mexico in the name of the United States of America. Soon after he raised the flag over Santa Fe, two Baptist missionaries, H.W. Read and Samuel Gorman, entered the new territory in the name of Christ...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 24:19-23a

Aug 15, 2019 | Wednesday

  You who know me, realize that I am a citizen of the earthly country of Canada. Even though I have lived here about 60 years, I have no plans on moving my membership to the United States. It’s not because I love this country any less than I do Canada. It’s because I...

Battle Stations – II Corinthians 10:1-6

Aug 12, 2019 | Sunday Evening

  Along with the plain and simple, there are some strange and interesting things in these verses. For example, Paul “beseeches” us – that is certainly not unusual in itself. But we have to look hard to see about what it is he is beseeching us. He doesn’t...

August 11

Aug 8, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

In 1829 the first Baptist church in the territory of Kansas was organized with David Lewis and his wife, and John Davis, a Creek Indian, and three black men – slaves of the Creeks. The group had traveled from Michigan with Pastor Isaac McCoy and his son-in-law...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 24:17-18

Aug 8, 2019 | Wednesday

  After the Lord instructed him to love his neighbour, one of Israel’s lawyers said, “And who EXACTLY is my neighbour”? Luke 10:29 tells us that what prompted the question was the man’s desire NOT to obey – “But, he, willing to justify himself, said...

August 4

Aug 3, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Eleazer Clay was born on this day (August 4) in 1744. After the French and Indian War he settled in Chesterfield County, Virginia where he married, settled down and began to prosper. But that changed somewhat when the Baptists arrived. Clay was drawn by the Holy...

July 28

Jul 25, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

In Norway, before there were any Baptist churches, there was a growth of Baptist principles, including salvation by grace through faith, and as a result, the rejection of infant baptism. Strangely this religious insurgency took place among the disciplined soldiers of...