May 22, 2016 | Sunday Morning
In 1967 I had been a child of God for a short while. I had been raised an Episcopalian, but I had recently become a member of a Baptist church. And then like so many other sheep, I went off to the intellectual slaughter house called “university.” I took...
May 20, 2016 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Joseph Ivimey was born on this day, 1773, in Ringwood, England. He was taught the trade of a tailor by his father, but he was taught little else, either secular or religious. While still in his youth he was sent to work for his uncle, and for the first time in his...
May 18, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Two New Books My sponsoring church’s pastor, Bro. K. David Oldfield, has written two new books entitled, Jesus Wept, A Biblical Study of Pain, and The Lord’s Prayer of John 17. Presently I am reading, Jesus Wept, to help me deal with the...
May 15, 2016 | Sunday Morning
R.M. Williams was born in 1951 – so that would make him two years younger than I am – if he were still living. His great-great-grandfather was governor and senator from the State of Mississippi. His father was a senior executive of Ford Motor Company, so he grew up...
May 14, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On Easter, April 3rd 1594, seven Dutch Anabaptists, praying and studying God’s Word at Aldgate, in London were arrested for their worship. It was said that they were “licentious and fanatical sectaries, whose excesses afforded a plausible pretext for...
May 9, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I know that it has been several weeks, but I’d like to take you back to our first lessons in this series. I pointed out that God originally created an homogenous society – where every aspect of life was firmly knitted with every other aspect of life. And of course at...
May 9, 2016 | Sunday Morning
This scripture is one of the mountain peaks of the word of God. It doesn’t tell us how to make a lot of money, or how to win friends and influence people. It doesn’t remove the average problems of the average marriage. It doesn’t directly please the flesh. Its...
May 6, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Bates was born in Bugbrook, Northamption, England in 1805. When he was twenty-two and living in London he was converted to Christ. On December 25, 1829 he was baptized in the Eagle Street Chapel by the pastor and Baptist historian Joseph Ivimey. After serving as...
