Dec 24, 2017 | Sunday Morning
This verse comes in the middle of a song which Moses taught to Israel after their miraculous escape from Egypt. In her crossing of the Red Sea, the Egyptian army was destroyed and Pharaoh died. It was the culmination of a war between the gods of Egypt and the One...
Dec 21, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
James Barnett Taylor, was born in England in 1804, but a year later his family moved to New York. When James was about ten, the family was passing by a church, probably the First Baptist Church, pastored by John Gano. The little boy persuaded his father to go in to...
Dec 17, 2017 | Sunday Evening
There are several people in the Old Testament who are types or pictures of Christ. Joseph for example, has to be one of the most perfect and lovely, depicting our Lord in several ways. But there are two other men, both mentioned in the New Testament, who are...
Dec 17, 2017 | Sunday Morning
How patient are you? I have known some Christians who appeared to be proud of their IM-patience – their lack of patience. That has always surprised me, because I’ve never considered impatience to be a good thing. But I have to admit, I can’t find a scripture which...
Dec 14, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Barnet Grimsley was born in Culpeper County, Virginia on this day (Dec. 17) in 1807. This was after some degree of religious peace had been won through the sacrifice of earlier Baptist brethren. Barnet had a prodigious intellect and memory. When he was but...
Dec 11, 2017 | Sunday Evening
You have heard me say many times that I view the word “Lord” in the New Testament as being equivalent to “LORD” in the Old Testament. When Christ is said to be “Lord” – depending on the context, the Spirit is saying that He is...
Dec 10, 2017 | Sunday Morning
Most Christians are familiar with the account of the rich, young ruler. He was thoroughly sincere in his question: “What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” Today, he might have been a Roman Catholic, a Mormon, one of any number of sects or...
Dec 7, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Dutton Lane was born in Maryland in 1732, but when he was young his father moved the family to Virginia near the North Carolina border. Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall, after establishing the Sandy Creek Baptist Church, began to minister in the vicinity where the...
