Aug 1, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Update on Our Evangelistic Outreach Opportunity! Although we just started praying about and appealing to our supporting churches about doing a postcard mailing to residents in our zip code area, we already have some positive feedback and...
Jul 31, 2016 | Sunday Morning
The church which is concerned about doctrinal purity, and yet still cares about evangelism and souls is going to pop up on Satan’s radar; it is going to have trouble. But when a church leaves the sword of the Spirit stuck in its scabbard, it may not only NOT have...
Jul 29, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
D. L. Mansfield was born in 1797, while his parents were living in the state of Kentucky . He was born again, much later. Through the ministry of a circuit-riding Presbyterian preacher, D.L. came under conviction of his sins, but he attended his first meetings of this...
Jul 25, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Months ago, shortly after beginning this study we considered the Biblical title of “disciple.” The word is used two hundred fifty-five times in the New Testament – it is very common. At its root, there is a reference to “a follower,” “a...
Jul 24, 2016 | Sunday Morning
I have entitled this message – “The Hands of Christ Jesus.” You may think I am nit-picking or just nit-witted, but I see a difference between “Christ” and “Jesus.” Oh, I know those names refer to the same person, but they approach...
Jul 21, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1567, when his mother, Mary, was forced to abdicate her throne, James Stewart became the King of Scotland. He was thirteen months old. Mary Queen of Scots was a Roman Catholic, but James was raised in the Scottish Protestant Kirk. When the Queen of...
Jul 17, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I need to begin with an apology. Last week I teased you with the name of the son of Isaiah –”Mahershalalhashbaz.” As was the case of several other important men in God’s Word, it was the Lord who dictated his name. “Then said the LORD to me, Call his...
Jul 17, 2016 | Sunday Morning
There once was a beautiful English garden of the old Victorian style. It had a flowering hedge, a handful of fruit trees in full bloom, and flowers of every variety. It was an “English” garden, which means that each little cluster of flowers blended into...
Jul 15, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1782, the New England Baptist historian, Isaac Backus, was visiting in a home where he was introduced to Richard Lee. There were, at that time, many godly Baptist men preaching Christ, who were encouraged to serve the Lord by their churches, but who...
