Great Expectations – Philippians 1:19-20

Jan 2, 2017 | Sunday Evening

Do you read much in the way of biography? My personal reading is very eclectic. I read spiritual and devotional books, and mysteries, histories and biographies. I am currently reading about the University of Washington rowing crew in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The...

New Year’s Attitudes – Acts 1:1-11

Jan 1, 2017 | Sunday Morning

There are many similarities between the saints at the dawn of 2017 and saints at the dawn of Christianity. But I don’t know if the idea of the “New Year” is shared between them. Ancient cultures did celebrate various solar time-markers, but if they did, I...

January 1

Dec 29, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Daniel Marshall arrived in the Colony of Georgia on this day in 1771. He was originally from New England, but he had been serving the Lord with Shubal Stearns in North Carolina for a while before feeling led of the Lord to move south. Stearns and Marshall were...

The Treasures of the Snow – Job 38:22

Dec 29, 2016 | Wednesday

This verse came to my mind yesterday, as I was out blowing and shoveling the snow. To be honest, I misquoted it – I said to myself, “Hast thou considered the beauty of the snow?” That thought morphed into what might become a devotional message for tonight....

November 2016

Dec 28, 2016 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Rejoice with Us! On November 3rd, I was able to return to the pulpit to begin anew our Thursday evening Bible study. You will remember that on January 29, 2015, I had my second heart attack, this time suffering severe damage to the left...

Famous Last Words – I John 5:20-21

Dec 26, 2016 | Sunday Evening

Among the things Bible students must remember is that the books of the Bible are not chronological. Nor do the chapters in those books necessarily follow a logical sequence of time or even of order. The Bible may not be as mixed up as alphabet soup or scrambled eggs,...

The Only One for the Job – Matthew 17:1-8

Dec 25, 2016 | Sunday Morning

I think I’ve showed you this book before. It is entitled “Encyclopedia of God’s” with the subtitle: “Over 2,500 deities of the world.” Listen to the bios of some of these demonic deities: Chors, Chos-Skyon; Chu Jung. I mention this book, and...

December 25

Dec 22, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History

William Ashmore was born on this day in 1821. After the Lord redeemed him, he graduated from the Covington Theological Institution in Kentucky, and in 1848 he was ordained by the Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ohio. Two years later, he and his wife sailed for Hong Kong,...

And Then Some – Matthew 5:38-48

Dec 22, 2016 | Wednesday

  An old businessman was asked about the key to his success: He said, “I discovered at early age that most of the difference between average people and people at the top can be explained in three words. The top people did what was expected of them – and then...

Thoughts about Tradition – Matthew 15:1-9

Dec 18, 2016 | Sunday Evening

Our Lord’s conversation in this text involves the subject of tradition. And this conversation is appropriate for our consideration, because if there is any season of the year more filled with tradition than the one in which we find ourselves, I’m not aware of it....