April 17

Apr 15, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History

This historical vignette will be different from my usual, because it deals with an extra-biblical Baptist organization – the sort of thing I usually shun or ignore. But this is slightly different, because it was not designed to usurp the authority of Christ or His...

What is Your Life? – James 4:14

Apr 14, 2016 | Wednesday

When James asked the question in this text there was a point towards which he was driving. His letter deals with people where were claiming to be Christians, but who perhaps were not. It deals with people whose mouths claimed faith, but whose lives disagreed. It deals...

Apr 11, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening

God’s People are Outside Common Society – John 17:1-26 I called last week’s message “God’s People are a Part of Society.” But tonight I want to turn that inside out with the title “God’s People are Outside Common Society.” Here in John 17 we...

And He Washed Their Feet – John 13:4-15

Apr 10, 2016 | Sunday Morning

Some of you have never been a part of Protestantism or Catholicism. You were born and raised in a Baptist church. As a result you may not know that two weeks ago much of Christendom celebrated “Maundy Thursday.” The Thursday before Easter is called...

April 10

Apr 8, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History

The colony of Virginia was settled by Loyalist Englishmen – men faithful to King James and to the Church of England. Their first charter, dated on this day in 1606, said in part, “We do specially ordaine, charge and require (the residents of Virginia) that they...

Job’s Confession of Sin – Job 7:20

Apr 7, 2016 | Wednesday

By the time we meet Job in chapter 7, he is a man wallowing in the depths of despair – for good reason. He has lost his most precious possessions – all the way from his wife, to his goats and everything in between. And now his four so-called “friends” are...

Rejoicing in Heaven – Luke 15:1-10

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...

April 3

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”...