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Mar 23, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Not long ago I talked about a man who led one congregation for more than four decades. Today I mention another – Joshua Hutson pastored the Pine Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia for more than 45 years. Joshua was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to...

Responsibility and Faithfulness – Matthew 25:14-30

Mar 23, 2017 | Wednesday

On August 24 in the year 79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted and entombed the city of Pompeii, Italy. The destruction began and ended in just few minutes, killing multitudes of people. The ash and gases of that volcano caught the residents city like a camera catches...

The Ark in the House of Obededom – I Chronicles 13:1-14

Mar 19, 2017 | Sunday Evening

Let’s begin with a review. David had just become king of the United Tribes of Israel. For just over three years he had been king of Judah only, but now the rest of the nation had come to recognize the plan of God and had submitted to the Lord – and to David. The new...

Believing the Unbelievable – II Timothy 4:1-4

Mar 19, 2017 | Sunday Morning

While driving through West Texas, a New Yorker tourist stopped for gasoline at a run-down old station. From a corner of the building there hung a rope, with a sign above it, reading: “Weather rope.” The visitor asked the proprietor how a rope could help...

March 19

Mar 16, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Benjamin Watkins was born into a Virginia Episcopalian home in 1755. That was the year that Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall began preaching Baptist doctrine in Virginia and the Carolinas. Benjamin’s mother was left a widow when he was small, but despite family...

Four Kinds of Prayer – Matthew 6:5-8; 18:19-20

Mar 16, 2017 | Wednesday

The title of our little devotional this evening is “Four Kinds of Prayer” similar to “How to Pray.” But that can leave as bad a taste in one’s mouth – as bad as “12 Ways in which to Lead People to Christ.” It might be as silly as a...

The Ark of the Covenant and Revival – II Samuel 6:1-17

Mar 13, 2017 | Sunday Evening

I think that we have looked at all the references to the Ark of the Covenant through I Samuel 7. Last week we saw it being abused in Bethshemesh and then being sent to Kirjath-jearim. It was a blessing to the house of Abinadab and to the family of his son Eleazar. Now...

The Providence of God – Romans 2:4

Mar 12, 2017 | Sunday Morning

After Paul’s capture and arrest in Jerusalem, he was called to stand before Felix the Roman governor of Judea. The Jews had hired a lawyer, named Tertullus, to lay their charges before the court. In his opening remarks – clearly designed to flatter Felix and bring him...

March 12

Mar 10, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Samuel Stillman was born in Philadelphia in 1737. At the age of eleven his family moved to South Carolina. There under the preaching of Oliver Hart, Samuel was converted to Christ. He became a student under Hart, and at the age of twenty-one, he began preaching the...

Paul’s Greatest Prayer? – Ephesians 3:13-21

Mar 9, 2017 | Wednesday

Let’s play a little game: I will give you a name and you picture that person’s greatest prayer. Solomon – What was it? His request for wisdom, or his prayer at the dedication of the temple? Samson – strength to glorify God and to bring down Dagon’s temple?...