Jun 5, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I have entitled our message this morning: “Wise Agnosticism.” And with that we must begin with a short vocabulary lesson. As the days of the New Testament came to a close, the Apostles and their successors had to struggle with a heathen philosophy called...
Jun 3, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Nathaniel Williams was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1784. He was raised as a Unitarian, so he did not believe in the deity of Christ, and thus he was not a child of God. When still a young man, he was employed on one of his uncle’s ships which was sailing to...
May 30, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
From day one, fallen Christendom has been trying to blend two opposing kingdoms – Christ’s and the world. The ages-old idea of a homogenous society was once again in people’s minds. When Constantine became emperor, claiming the banner of the cross, that goal obtained...
May 29, 2016 | Sunday Morning
This text is as old as the hills. It comes from what may be the very first written book of the Bible. Some think that Moses wrote this book while he was still a shepherd in Midian – prior to the exodus. Some think that Job himself wrote it, while others think that his...
May 27, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Gano was one of the Baptist pastors who fought for liberty in more ways than one. He was a chaplain in the Continental Army during the war for Independence, and prior to that he suffered for religious liberty while pastoring in North Carolina. John Gano was...
May 23, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I’ve selected I Peter 1:1 as our text because it relates to a couple of important points. First, there is the word “parepidemos” followed by “diaspora” – “the scattered strangers.” This takes us back to WHO the people of God ARE in...
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...
