January 22

Jan 19, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Hezekiah Smith was born in 1737 at Long Island, N.Y. Under the ministry of John Gano, he was born again, and following Gano’s example, he moved to Hopewell, N.J. in order to attend the Baptist Academy. After some time there he moved a few miles down the road to attend...

Names in the Book – Philippians 4:1-3

Jan 19, 2017 | Wednesday

How large were the churches in the New Testament? What were their attendance & membership numbers? The church in Philippi had started with a Jewish lady’s prayer meeting, but then God began to bless. Through persecution the church became well-known in town. By the...

December 2016

Jan 16, 2017 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Our Last Report for the Year 2016 The year 2016 is about to close. After looking at our December 2015 report, I see that the Lord has given us two visitors that come to our services consistently. Comparing the 2015 report with the report I’m...

These are Not Drunken – Acts 2:5-15

Jan 16, 2017 | Sunday Evening

I don’t hold the Day of Pentecost with the same reverence that most of our Protestant neighbors do. Acts 2 was not the day that the church of Christ originated. Neither was the baptism of the Holy Spirit which we see in the first verses the way the disciples became a...

Setting the Stage – John 2:1-11

Jan 15, 2017 | Sunday Morning

As a diamond is to a cubic zirconium, so is the Bible to all other books. While one is the genuine article, and the others may be helpful, they are not of the same value. A knowledge of the Bible means an acquaintance with the God of eternity. HOWEVER – a mere...

January 15

Jan 12, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

It was on this day in 1549 that Elizabeth was arrested as an Anabaptist. We don’t know her last name, but we do have records of the details of her trial before a council of Roman Catholics. Council: What do you think of the Mass? Elizabeth: I do not approve of your...

A Good Name – Ecclesiastes 7:1

Jan 12, 2017 | Wednesday

Solomon has spent six chapters describing life in some of its darkest shades. “There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among man.” Actually there are lots of evils under the sun, which the news throws into our faces night after...

January 8

Jan 6, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

James Carroll was born into poverty on this day in 1852, while his parents were living in Arkansas, having moved there from North Carolina, via a stay in Mississippi. Almost all the wealth of the Carrolls was incorporated in the slaves which they owned, but with the...

The Dove – Matthew 3:13-17

Jan 5, 2017 | Wednesday

If we, as Baptists, had a symbol, what do you think it ought to be? I suppose one of the symbols of Catholicism might be the crucifix. Taking the image of Christ off the crucifix, would we want the cross to be our symbol? It is so highly abused today, that frankly,...