August 21

Aug 18, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day in 1773, Nathaniel Saunders, pastor of Mountain Run Baptist Church, and William McClannahan, assistant to John Picket at Carther’s Run Baptist Church were arrested after a warranted was issued. They were charged with “teaching and preaching contrary...

Paul and Timothy – Philippians 2:19-24

Aug 18, 2016 | Wednesday

Timothy and Paul had a special relationship. They were unrelated, and yet they were brothers. They were unrelated, and yet they had the same Father. They were unrelated, and yet one was like a father to the other. They were of very different temperments, and yet they...

Old Age

Aug 17, 2016 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

This message was delivered by Pastor Ken Carter who was visiting from the Anchorage Sovereign Grace Baptist Church.  We don’t have a print copy of the message, but it should be available through our audio link.

Herein is Love – I John 4:1-11

Aug 14, 2016 | Sunday Morning

Our subject for this morning may seem a little out our my league. This is the sort of theme which might be found in the big, liberal church down the road – not here. We are better known for more serious messages, not these mushy, topical, feel-good subjects. Around...

August 14

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...

How to Live the Heavenly Life – Colossians 3:1-2

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....

August 7

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...

Be Kindly Affections one to Another – Romans 12:4-10

Aug 4, 2016 | Wednesday

I come from a very small family; I am the only son of an only son. And I have one sister, just as my father had only one sister. Most of you have far more uncles, aunts and cousins than I have of every kind of relative. I am not complaining – that is just the way...