Mar 15, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Edward Payson Scott was a pioneer missionary in a head-hunting region of Assam, in northeast India. On the day he first entered the remote area of Nagas, the first twelve men who saw him drew back their spears ready to kill him. But they hesitated just long enough for...
Mar 12, 2018 | Sunday Evening
One of our hymns asks, “Am I a soldier of the cross?” For the child of God, the answer must be “Yes!” for this is our calling as long as we live in this world. Paul told Timothy – & through him he told us – to “endure hardship as a...
Mar 11, 2018 | Sunday Morning
There are church buildings up and down this valley that are filled with people today. There are also a lot of people not in church, but we live amongst a great deal of religion. Many of our near-by churches are much younger than this one. And some of them just SEEM...
Mar 8, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Comer was born in 1704 and died just thirty years later. He had every intention of writing a Baptist history, but his early death rendered that impossible. He did however, keep a journal which was published by the Rhode Island Historical Society and called...
Mar 5, 2018 | Sunday Evening
I assume that none of us are under any delusions – this armor is figurative, not literal. I have known pastors who asked their membership to pretend to put on each piece. Together they pulled down the helmet of salvation and strapped on the breastplate of...
Mar 4, 2018 | Sunday Morning
As Joshua led Israel across the Jordan river there were 12 men chosen for a special two-tiered task. After the Lord miraculously stopped the flow of the water and the river bed dried, they were to find 12 large rocks to stack into a pile in the middle – where...
Mar 1, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
During the early 17th century the Baptists in England were being persecuted for their faith and practices. For example, Samuel Oates was arrested and charged with murder because a woman he baptized unexpectedly died several weeks after he had baptized her. The...
