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...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 24:11-12

Jul 25, 2019 | Wednesday

  We have already touched on many of these proverbs in earlier lessons, and there is little reason to review them. For example, we looked at Christian envy just a couple of weeks ago. And there have been a couple lessons on various aspects of wisdom versus...

Reciprocity – Psalm 27:1-5

Jul 22, 2019 | Sunday Evening

  In verses 4, 5 and 6 David speaks of “the house of the Lord,” God’s “pavilion” and His “tabernacle.” Are these three things – or places – the same? Most commentators think that they are, and I agree. Well then, does David refer to...