October 2023

Dec 23, 2023 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren, This month started off with a visit to Bethel Baptist Church’s Bible Conference, Bro. Royce Smith, Pastor, in Choctaw, OK. We went down on the Friday night of the conference thanks to Bro. Phillip McGee who picked us up and brought us...

December 24

Dec 21, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Josiah Goddard was the son of a missionary couple. He was born in Singapore in 1840. When he was thirteen, he was sent to America for training at Worcester College in New York, but before he arrived it had closed its doors, and this young teenager was left on his own,...

Ingredients of Worship – Psalm 96

Dec 21, 2023 | Wednesday

Let’s say that you want to bake a simple, lemon-flavored cake. In order to do that you have two options: the hard way and the easy way. You could mix the correct amounts of butter, eggs, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, lemon flavoring and a few other organic,...

Use and Misuse of the Deacon’s Office   –   Acts 6:1-7

Dec 17, 2023 | Sunday Evening

We have a special purpose this afternoon: the ordination of our first deacon in more than thirty years.  Some time ago, in preparation for this day, we had five lessons on the office of deacon.  I have no intention of repeating those lessons now, even though they may...

Dec 14, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

One of the large, early earthquakes in American history occurred on this day in 1811. Its epicenter was under the Mississippi River, but it was felt as far away as Boston. Jacob Bower, living in Kentucky at the time, was so startled by the quake that he cried out,...

Knees Upon Which to Worship the Lord – Psalm 96

Dec 14, 2023 | Wednesday

I don’t usually tell you how my messages come to me or how they are developed, but this time I will. For several weeks I have been thinking about bringing a message on the subject of “worship.” After prayer and deliberation, the Lord gave me a topical outline on the...

The Lord’s Burden Bearers   – Matthew 11:28-30

Dec 10, 2023 | Sunday Morning

This morning, I would like to tie together a New Testament scripture with something from the Old Testament.  As you have heard, the New Testament is illustrated in the Old Testament, and the Old is fulfilled in the New.  The pastor who preaches only from the first...

December 10

Dec 7, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Dutton Lane sounds like it could be the title to a 1967 Beatles’ song, but it is actually a man’s name. After settling in North Carolina and establishing the Sandy Creek Baptist Church, Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall began to minister and preach the gospel in...

The Faith of Jesus Christ – Matthew 17:14-21

Dec 7, 2023 | Wednesday

Four times the Bible uses the words “the faith of Jesus Christ.” Have you ever thought about the faith that Jesus must – or might – have had in God His Father? That is our subject for this evening. But there isn’t a single scripture anywhere which speaks about that....

Our Three-fold Shepherd – John 10:7-18

Dec 3, 2023 | Sunday Morning

Last week – thinking about the perfection of our salvation in Christ – I took our text from John 10. The Lord Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish…” Earlier in...