Jul 25, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Months ago, shortly after beginning this study we considered the Biblical title of “disciple.” The word is used two hundred fifty-five times in the New Testament – it is very common. At its root, there is a reference to “a follower,” “a...
Jul 24, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I have entitled this message – “The Hands of Christ Jesus.” You may think I am nit-picking or just nit-witted, but I see a difference between “Christ” and “Jesus.” Oh, I know those names refer to the same person, but they approach...
Jul 21, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1567, when his mother, Mary, was forced to abdicate her throne, James Stewart became the King of Scotland. He was thirteen months old. Mary Queen of Scots was a Roman Catholic, but James was raised in the Scottish Protestant Kirk. When the Queen of...
Jul 17, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I need to begin with an apology. Last week I teased you with the name of the son of Isaiah –”Mahershalalhashbaz.” As was the case of several other important men in God’s Word, it was the Lord who dictated his name. “Then said the LORD to me, Call his...
Jul 17, 2016 | Sunday Morning
There once was a beautiful English garden of the old Victorian style. It had a flowering hedge, a handful of fruit trees in full bloom, and flowers of every variety. It was an “English” garden, which means that each little cluster of flowers blended into...
Jul 15, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1782, the New England Baptist historian, Isaac Backus, was visiting in a home where he was introduced to Richard Lee. There were, at that time, many godly Baptist men preaching Christ, who were encouraged to serve the Lord by their churches, but who...
Jul 11, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
The son of Isaiah the prophet has to be one of the most interesting object lessons ever ordained by God. The Lord commissioned his servant to take his wife and father a child, ordering that the baby have a very special name – “Mahershalalhashbaz.” Of...
Jul 10, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I can’t speak for everyone, but my thoughts have often touched on Heaven in the last few weeks. And as of yesterday, that has even been more the case. Sister Willi is there with her Saviour, having temporarily left her earthly body here behind. There is much that we...