September 25

Sep 21, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

While in Virginia, Baptist pastor John Leland was a neighbor to James Madison. The two men often talked about the state of the nation and of the Word of God. Leland once wrote, “Government should protect every man in thinking and speaking freely, and see that...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 4:1-4

Sep 21, 2017 | Wednesday

  Let’s deliberately deviate from Solomon’s direction of thought, still keeping it mind while we move on. He is obviously telling young people to listen to their fathers – or more particularly to him. He may have been directing his thoughts toward his own children,...

Rahab – Change in Citizenship – Joshua 2:1, 8-15

Sep 17, 2017 | Sunday Morning

  Joshua chapter 2 is one of the most captivating passages in all the Word of God. It appeals to the imagination, to the heart, and to the faith of the child of God. It appeals to Christians; to Hollywood script writers; to children; to virtually everyone. There is...

September 17

Sep 14, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

I have mentioned both Pastor Addison Hall and missionary Lewis Shuck recently. Brother Hall was the father of Henrietta Hall, and this lady married Brother Shuck. On this day in 1835, while still a teenager, Henrietta and her husband stepped on board the deck of a...

The Proverbs of Solomon – Proverbs 3:31-35

Sep 14, 2017 | Wednesday

  When we got to Lloydminster, Saskatchewan last Tuesday, the Yeoman’s put us up in a beautiful hotel. As Judy was taking a shower, I turned on the television and watched an interesting documentary. It was about mud and landslides, beginning with the Oso, Washington...

The Church in Colossae – Colossians 1:14-24

Sep 11, 2017 | Sunday Evening

I read of a man who was in town on business; it was going to take about ten days. As he was walking his hotel after dinner one evening he noticed a sign which read “Chinese Laundry.” By that time he had plenty of dirty clothes, so he made a note of the...

Habakkuk’s Harpoon – Habakkuk 1:1-17

Sep 10, 2017 | Sunday Morning

Paul and Barnabas had traveled to the city of Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath day they peacefully entered into the synagogue and sat down. After the proscribed reading of the law and prophets, they were asked whether or not they would like to exhort the...

September 10

Sep 9, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

I mentioned the Northern Neck of Virginia last week. It was there that Addison Hall was born in 1779. Six years earlier so was Lewis Lunsford. Lunsford was eventually saved by God’s grace and became a Baptist preacher. When the Lord began to bless, and Lunsford was...