Apr 3, 2016 | Sunday Morning
This might be a fun exercise, or perhaps it could be developed into a message of some kind – If you were asked to describe Heaven in a single word, what would you use? “Glory” might be appropriate – “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of...
Apr 1, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William and Joseph Murphy were brothers, growing up in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like their neighbors, they were raised as Anglicans, but unlike many of their neighbors they were wild and troublesome young people. They were known as “the Murphy boys”...
Mar 28, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Those of you who were able to stay awake through last week’s afternoon message, might remember that our scripture for this evening takes up where last week’s scripture left off. And I will begin with essentially the same introduction. Even though this epistle is...
Mar 27, 2016 | Sunday Morning
According to the calendar today is “Easter” – one of the “high days” of the religious year. This is one of those few Sundays when non-church-going people, for whatever reason, go to church. Now, I may be mistaken in this, until last Friday, but...
Mar 26, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, Despite being sick, both Roxanne and I, with respiratory infections the first Sunday in February, we have had a busy month. The first week, I dealt with Pedro Lopez, Agustin Segura, Alvaro Castillo, Pablo Gonzalez, and Raul Barcenas. Raul...
Mar 25, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
This little vignette is about two men who were double Baptists. On this day in 1828, a baby boy named Edward was born into the family of Pastor Edward Baptist. Edward Baptist Sr., was one of the leading pastors in Virginia at the turn of the nineteenth century. In...
Mar 20, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
To whom was this letter – this epistle – written? There is no doubt but that it was written to the church in Corinth. I hope that you and I have no problem understanding that a church is not a physical building. This letter was not written and mailed to post office...
Mar 20, 2016 | Sunday Morning
Many believe that the conversion of Saul of Tarsus is second most important event in the Book of Acts. And there are many who feel that it is third most important event in all history. These people say that only the descent of the Holy Spirit on day Pentecost and the...
