January 2016

Feb 27, 2016 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: A New Year Begins! With joy we look forward to seeing the blessings of our Lord upon us for the new year, for our hope is in the Lord! We need such blessings as renewed health, renewed zeal, a clear vision, and renewed energy to work toward...

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Feb 26, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Joseph Reese was born in 1732 to a couple who had emigrated from Wales to Delware and eventually to South Carolina. Mr. & Mrs. Reese were among the first pioneers to settle in the area known as the Congarees. Joseph was raised in the Anglican church, but by the...

The Growing Saint – Colossians 2:6-7

Feb 25, 2016 | Wednesday

Life is the condition which distinguishes plants and animals from inorganic objects. Plants have life, but rocks do not – until that life is taken from those plants. Animals have life, but clouds do not – even though clouds move, grow and change shapes. People have...

God’s People are Servants – Acts 16:16-18

Feb 21, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening

There is an immensely popular PBS television series called “Downton Abbey.” It has been running for five years, and according to some accounts, it is the most watched series in world. It tells the story of the Crawley family, the father of which, Robert...

Basic for Baptism – Acts 8:26- 38

Feb 21, 2016 | Sunday Morning

Let’s say that I am coming to visit you at your house. My approach to your house might come in a variety of ways. I most likely would drive my car, but on the other hand I might walk all the way, talking days to get there. I could take a taxi, catch a ride with...

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Feb 19, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Robert Hall passed into the presence of his Saviour on this day in 1831. Shortly after his birth in 1764, it was predicted that he would never amount to anything. As the youngest of fourteen children, his ability to speak and walk was far slower than any of his...

Opportunity and Opportune – Ecclesiastes 3:1-10

Feb 18, 2016 | Wednesday

In this chapter Solomon makes a change in his writing style. He drops the autobiographical form of the first two chapters and begins to wax philosophical. He could have put this to music and made another million dollars. Although what he says is obvious, the way in...

God’s People are Christians – Acts 11:19-26

Feb 15, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening

This is our fifth message in this series. One theme which has come up in each lesson thus far has been “worthiness.” It is not whether or not the lessons are worthwhile, because I am convinced that they are – to me if not to anyone else. Rather than...

The Most Influential Man in My Life – Romans 5:12-21

Feb 14, 2016 | Sunday Morning

For a week now, I have been telling myself I would not bring up the subject of last Sunday’s football game. I told myself that if someone brought up the game to me, I would respond, but I wouldn’t initiate things. After all, no matter which team won or lost, it really...

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Feb 12, 2016 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

There is quite a bit of evidence for the very ancient history of the Baptists in Wales. There are some who believe that the first Baptist church in that country was started by Paul himself, but whether or not that is true, Baptistic people were there long before the...