The Goodness of God – Mark 10:17-22

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...

December 10

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...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 6:12-15

Dec 7, 2017 | Wednesday

  As I first read this paragraph the other day, first one, then another kind of person, came to my mind. Those of you who can remember public school can probably picture both of these people. And I suppose that anyone who has ever spent much time at the playground can...

God’s Knowledge – Psalm 147

Dec 4, 2017 | Sunday Evening

  A good test of our spiritual condition might be how we respond to meditations upon the Person of God. A couple of weeks ago, I told you that the message for that day, came from an edited version of Stephen Charnock’s “Discourses on the Existence and Attributes...

The Eternality of God – Psalm 90

Dec 3, 2017 | Sunday Morning

  You and I live in a variety of houses – some are old, some are newer; some have basements & some don’t. Some are two storey, some are bungalows, some are modular – the varieties go on an on. But for most of our houses, at the foundation lays a substance called...

December 3

Nov 30, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Baptists owe a great debt to the country of Wales, where our forefathers lived and thrived long before the Protestant Reformation. In addition to many individuals, during the days of American colonization, more than one entire church emigrated from Wales to the Middle...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 6:6-11

Nov 30, 2017 | Wednesday

  Not only does Paul tell us in Romans 1 that God has proven Himself through His physical creation, but throughout the Bible we are told to look at creation for specific lessons. The Lord Jesus, for example, tells us to examine the lilies in the field and the fowls in...

How the Spiritual God Should be Worship – John 4:4-23

Nov 27, 2017 | Sunday Evening

  Christ Jesus told the Samaritan woman that since God is a spirit, His worship must be of a spiritual nature. Since God is a spirit, fellowship with Him must involve our spirit, not our flesh. Worship must suit the nature of the Object worshiped. And so for us, it is...

Nov 27, 2017 | Sunday Evening

How the Spiritual God Should be Worship – John 4:4-23 Christ Jesus told the Samaritan woman that since God is a spirit, His worship must be of a spiritual nature. Since God is a spirit, fellowship with Him must involve our spirit, not our flesh. Worship must suit the...

God is a Spirit – John 4:4-24

Nov 26, 2017 | Sunday Morning

  I made reference a few minutes ago to the differences between the “Separate” Baptists and the “Regular” Baptists of the 18th and early 19th centuries. There were not many at all, and unlike today’s Baptists, sovereign grace was not one of...