Jan 6, 2019 | Sunday Morning
This is one of the great, great events in the lives of those who surrounded the Lord Jesus. I have preached from this chapter three times, as far as I know. One message was entitled “The Gospel according to Lazarus,” and was exactly that – a gospel...
Jan 3, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Mihaly (Michael) Kornya was born in 1844 in a Hungarian community whose name I cannot pronounce. He was granted a limited education because he was the son of a farmer. Eventually he became a share-copper and at the age of 22 married an 18 year old girl named Maria....
Dec 31, 2018 | Sunday Evening
According to some people’s numerology the Biblical number 40 refers to testing, trial or probation. 40 comes up 146 times in the Bible, and many of those references do point to testings and trials. For example, the twelve spies reconnoitered Canaan for forty days,...
Dec 30, 2018 | Sunday Morning
At times around here we share some friendly ribbing about “Biblical numerology.” There are some who put special spiritual significance on the numbers we find in the Bible, and there are others who don’t. Those who do sometimes say that 6 is the number of...
Dec 27, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Zacharius Morrell is our subject for today. J.M Carroll declared that to Morrell “is due as much, or more, than to any other man, the right beginning and right foundations of organized Baptist work in Texas.” Zacharius Morrell was born in South Carolina in...
Dec 24, 2018 | Sunday Evening
There are several instances where the Bible describes important or significant periods of time. Once in a while, because of special circumstances there are universal lessons in them. Last week we considered the seven days after Noah’s entrance into the ark before...
Dec 23, 2018 | Sunday Morning
Last Sunday morning, the title of our message was “The seven Days of Noah.” The theme revolved around the week during which Noah was in the ark before the flood began. They were days of testing and trial for Noah and his family, but they were days of...
Dec 22, 2018 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Thanksgiving Praise! Our hearts are full of the joy of the Lord as we contemplate all of His blessings to us. They are ours daily as we read His Word and meditate there upon. If we did not have the Word of God, we would know absolutely...