Dec 12, 2016 | Sunday Evening
Among other things, John 4 is one of the great missionary texts in the Bible. You could say that Judea and Galilee had already received the gospel. They had missionaries and visiting preachers – they had been evangelized. They had a traveling church and even had the...
Dec 11, 2016 | Sunday Morning
It is downtown Manhattan – the streets of New York City, or perhaps San Francisco, or Los Angeles. Here comes a man with an unkempt beard, long scraggly hair, army surplus boots & old ragged clothes. But there is a fire in his eyes which could be from passion – or...
Dec 8, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Jeffersonton Baptist Church began its life on this day in 1773. It is the second oldest Baptist church in Culpepper County, Virginia. The first members were members of the Carter’s Run Baptist Church, but they lived too far from the meeting house and...
Dec 5, 2016 | Sunday Evening
I don’t know how closely you listen to current religious thought, but there has been an interesting theme echoing around Christendom. It began before the elections last month, but it has picked up steam since then. There are preachers comparing our President-elect...
Dec 4, 2016 | Sunday Morning
There are many ways to contrast the things of God and things of the world. Their USEFULNESS and their vanity might be one means. For example, the things of the world are useable only in this universe – sometimes only immediately. Perhaps that could be a part in our...
Dec 1, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Nathaniel Chambles was born on this day in 1762. The place was Sussex, Virginia. His parents were godly Baptists, but Nathaniel was not converted until sometime during his 26th year. He was baptized and received into the High Hills Baptist Church. Nearly twenty years...
Nov 28, 2016 | Sunday Evening
As you can see we return to the text which we used this morning. Earlier I pointed out that there is a progression of revelation in these words. They move from the revelation of God in nature to that of His Word and then to the heart of the Christian. But there is a...
