THE HOLINESS OF BEAUTY – Psalm 29:1-2

  I have just finished listening to a CD biography of William Tyndale by David Teems. It was so fascinating that I asked the library to find a hard copy so I could re-read what I had heard. Tyndale loved the Word of God and the English language which was still in its...

Can’t Sin? – I John 3:1-9

  Canton, is the 8th largest Ohio city – about 60 miles south of Cleveland and Lake Erie. For years its population has been falling, but other cities in Ohio have dropped even more. In other words, with some exceptions, the state of Ohio is not prospering right now. I...

September 2-17 Report

New Visitors! Dear Pastor and Brethren: The Lord has blessed us with five first time visitors this month! Billie Barzee came for the first time on Sunday morning Sept. 24th, and she has now attended three times, each on a Sunday morning. Brayden and Khloie Torres, two...

October 22

Stephen Parsons was a Congregationalist from Middletown, Connecticut. He was ordained into the ministry of that denomination in 1788, becoming one of the rising stars. During the next seven years his fame and influence grew. But then in 1795, after a careful study of...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 4:20-22

  Some day when you’re feeling down and need a little snicker, google the words – “There are 2 kinds of people.” I did that yesterday, looking for an illustration with which to begin this message. But there was so much stuff, including pictures, I chose...

The Pre-wrath Rapture – I Thessalonians 4:13-18

  When I was in school there were several ways to look at the timing of the Lord’s return. That Christ will return to earth in power and great glory is something which cannot be denied by anyone who reads the Bible in any literal sort of way. The most prominent...

The Man with a Crisp, Clear Faith – Acts 18:4-8

  Crispus was the chief-ruler of the Corinthian synagogue. This indicates that he was an influential person in the Jewish community. He had enough respect to have been placed in the second highest office in their synagogue, just under the officiating rabbi. We might...

October 15

During the early 1700s settlers began occupying the Hopewell Valley northwest of Trenton, N.J., west of Princeton. For many years the Baptist believers in Hopewell met in the home of one of the first settlers, gladly receiving the ministry of various traveling...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 4:11-19

  I am going to overlap our scripture for this evening with what we used two weeks ago. We looked at wisdom from a conjugal point of view – the relationship of a husband and wife. Husband “forsake her not,” “love her,” “embrace her”...

October 8

In 1668, Benjamin Keach became the pastor of the Baptist Church in Horsleydown, London. First meeting in homes, in 1672 they built their first building. Eventually, they had a meeting house which seated over a thousand. Before becoming that famous pastor, Benjamin...