March 24

Mar 21, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

  On this day (March 24) 1809 Grover Comstock was born in Rochester, New York. Although he was the son of a Baptist preacher, he was not converted until after he had become a successful lawyer. In 1831 a blessed rival swept through Rochester and Comstock along with...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 20:9

Mar 21, 2019 | Wednesday

  In asking the Lord for a text for this evening, I kept coming back to verse 9. But this lends itself to a gospel message more fitting for a Sunday morning, and you are all familiar with the gospel. So let’s approach this a little differently. Let’s pretend that I...

The Blessing of the Peculiar People – I Peter 2:9-10

Mar 17, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  In my last 2 messages, I have been trying to consider some of the blessed privileges we have as Christians. Peter first mentions unbelievers – the “disobedient” – and then compares them to God’s people. “But YE are a chosen generation, a royal...

March 17

Mar 14, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Jacob Dirks and his two adult sons, Andrew and Jan, became believers in the Lord Jesus Christ through the work of Anabaptist ministers. Mrs. Dirks and the other children remained Roman Catholics. When Jacob heard that an arrest warrant had been written against him, he...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 20:1

Mar 14, 2019 | Wednesday

  Yesterday morning I was sitting at my desk with my Bible still unopened, but ready to look at Proverbs for a devotional for this evening when my phone rang. I picked it up and found that it was Sister Sharon Richardson calling from Lewiston. After the usual...

March 10

Mar 7, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Balthazar Hubmaer was born in Bavaria in 1480. He studied the doctrines of the Protestants, embracing the views of Luther, pastoring a Lutheran church and becoming a good friend and associate of Ulrich Zwingli. However he expected the Reformation to return to Biblical...

Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 19:22-29

Mar 7, 2019 | Wednesday

  There were no verses at the end of this chapter which jumped out and demanded “preach me!” There are no verses of deep theological significance. They are all typically practical in Solomon’s style. One verse would make a good evangelistic text, but that...

One Christian’s Opinion of Zionism – Psalm 137:1-6

Mar 4, 2019 | Sunday Evening

  I was recently handed a tract and asked to give my opinion about it. I was told to be frank and honest in my assessment – which I always try to be anyway. But my instructions included not pulling my punches or holding back – which sometimes I do. The tract dealt...

The Blessings of the Priesthood – I Peter 2:1-10

Mar 3, 2019 | Sunday Morning

  There are two kinds of people in this world. You could describe them as “the dead” and “the living” – those spiritually quickened and those dead in their trespasses and sins. If we wanted, we could spend the next ten minutes applying...