February 24

Feb 21, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day (February 24) in 1876, George Grenfell and his wife sailed from England to begin missionary work in the Cameroons, Africa. George was raised in the Church of England, but he became attracted to the Sunday School of the Heneage Street Baptist Church in...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 19:21

Feb 21, 2019 | Wednesday

  The most obvious Biblical truths must be taught as often as the most difficult and complicated. Perhaps they need to be taught even more, because we might assume that our neighbors understand them as clearly as we do, when that is not always the case. Sometimes a...

The Law of Christ – Galatians 6:1-2

Feb 17, 2019 | Sunday Evening

  The Lord has a great many wonderful names and titles. Each of them reveal different aspects of His nature and His relationship to creation. Thousands of pastors and Bible teachers have taught through them – blessing their churches.. That is something I have...

January 17

Feb 14, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

This little note may not be as serious as most, but it is interesting. On this day in 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected as the third president of the United States by the House of Representatives. Elder John Leland who had been a neighbor of both Congressman James...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 19:18

Feb 14, 2019 | Wednesday

  I really hesitated about addressing this verse tonight. Some of you have waded through deep snow , driving on ice, to meet here. Some will be getting home quite late and yet you still come. If this devotion is all you come away with, you might think the blessing...

Providence as Illustrated in Philemon – Philemon 1-25

Feb 10, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  How much of a roll does God play in the affairs of men? That is a theological “hot potato,” and it has been for centuries. It may be the single most divisive subject among today’s Baptists. This church has lost members because they couldn’t see what I...

February 10

Feb 8, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

John Meglamare was born in 1730. His parents were Presbyterians, and through them John grew up very concerned about his soul. But concern is not enough. Prior to his conversion he moved to North Carolina where he began to hear the gospel preaching of several Baptists....

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 19:17

Feb 7, 2019 | Wednesday

  At the meal where Mary anointed the feet of the Lord Jesus, there was some murmuring about waste. In Mary’s defense, Jesus said, “Let her alone; against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have with you, but me ye have not...

Ministry as Illustrated in Philemon – Philemon 1-25

Feb 4, 2019 | Sunday Evening

  There is a word in verse 6 which I will take as the spring board for our message this evening. In that word we have an opportunity to speak about the ministry – the human side of the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Also in this short epistle, the Lord has revealed...

Salvation as Illustrated in Philemon – Philemon 1-25

Feb 3, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  With this message I’d like to start a brief series of lessons on this unique and interesting epistle of Paul. From the outset, it’s appropriate to ask: “Why is this letter included in the cannon of the scriptures?” It is the only letter of Paul which is...