Nov 13, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I admit that I may not understand the mind of a horse. I don’t know the thinking of the race horse when he’s brought into the starting gate. But from little I have seen, it appears that the thoroughbred race horse runs because he loves to run. There may be some...
Nov 11, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Edward Mote was born in London during the year 1797. His parents ran a public house, and true to their character, Edward had no religious education whatsoever. “So ignorant was I that I did not know there was a God.” After he became apprenticed to a...
Nov 7, 2016 | Sunday Evening
Sometimes understanding the background of a Biblical book is important to understanding its message. For example, remembering what was happening to the readers of the Book of Hebrews helps us to understand some of the more difficult things Paul was saying. Those good...
Nov 6, 2016 | Sunday Morning
As much as I tried, I couldn’t get this Psalm out of my mind. While looking at it from one angle Wednesday, I mentioned it could be preached as a gospel message. I don’t believe that was David’s intent when he put these words to music and taught them to Israel. But...
Nov 3, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Elijah Baker was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1742. He was converted to Christ under the ministry of Jeremiah Walker and was baptized by Samuel Harriss in 1769. Soon after that, Brother Baker became an itinerant evangelist with God greatly blessing his...
Oct 31, 2016 | Sunday Evening
I mentioned on Wednesday that there is a different culture in Kentucky than there is here. I said that the people in the church we visited eat differently than we do. They still use knives an forks, but some of their food is not generally found around here. Judy came...
Oct 30, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I have never claimed to have a very good memory – in fact I admit to having just the opposite. When I need to know something about the history of our church I ask one of you. But I do remember some of the details of the first sermon that I preached nearly 50 years...
Oct 27, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1753, David Barrow was born. The place was Brunswick County, Virginia. He was saved by the grace of God in his seventeenth year, and when he was eighteen, he began preaching Christ. He was ordained in 1774 and soon became the pastor of three churches in...
