Aug 12, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
I have been privileged to shepherd one of Christ’s blessed flocks for more than twenty-five years. For years my family lived in the church basement, and I worked at a secular job as well as tending to my pastoral responsibilities. My “salary” may be close...
Aug 8, 2016 | Sunday Evening
I am thinking of only a small part of this text, but it is all inexorably linked together. Our subject is “understanding the will of the Lord.” Verse 17 tells us that it is the right and duty of every Christian to know the will of God. The Lord is not...
Aug 7, 2016 | Sunday Morning
Nearly every Christian has tried to imagine what life was like in Eden before sin darkened the picture. What was life like for Adam before his head-long fall into sin? There is no way to determine how long he and his wife lived in the garden before they were expelled....
Aug 6, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Matthew Hillsman was born on this day (August 7th) 1814. His Father had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the war he moved west and taught school in the village of Cumberland, Tennessee (later...
Aug 1, 2016 | Sunday Evening
Psalm 8 echoes the truth found in Genesis 1:28 – “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living...
Aug 1, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Update on Our Evangelistic Outreach Opportunity! Although we just started praying about and appealing to our supporting churches about doing a postcard mailing to residents in our zip code area, we already have some positive feedback and...
Jul 31, 2016 | Sunday Morning
The church which is concerned about doctrinal purity, and yet still cares about evangelism and souls is going to pop up on Satan’s radar; it is going to have trouble. But when a church leaves the sword of the Spirit stuck in its scabbard, it may not only NOT have...
Jul 29, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
D. L. Mansfield was born in 1797, while his parents were living in the state of Kentucky . He was born again, much later. Through the ministry of a circuit-riding Presbyterian preacher, D.L. came under conviction of his sins, but he attended his first meetings of this...
