Christ’s Sufferings – I Peter 3:18

As we read the letters of Peter remember that each word is colored by things which he remembered. Things like his denial of Christ when the Lord was being questioned and tortured. His foolish suggestion to build three memorials to commemorate the transfiguration. His...

June12

On this day in 1776 the Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted. But not until an amendment was made and accepted to the 16th article. The man pushing for the amendment was young James Madison. I’m going to read the original article and then its amendment. Listen...

The Marks of Maturity – I Corinthians 13:11

  Have you ever seen a puppy or a kitten which wasn’t cute? If you leave out what some of you adults know about mature dogs and feral cats, isn’t true that every kitten or puppy is cute? Yesterday, I went out to Clayton and got to meet Sahalie’s new puppy – as cute as...

Wise Agnosticism – Deuteronomy 29:29

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...

June 5

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...

The God-Made Man – I Corinthians 15:10

If I was a 5′ 1″ basketball player, I would have to be 9 times better than the man 2 feet taller than me. I would have to be faster; I would have to handle the ball better, and I would have to be able to shoot baskets from center court. Being vertically...

What Every Man Should Know – Job 19:23-27

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 29

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...