Dec 18, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
This a rather incidental note in Baptist history, but it is a part of a much more significant and, sadly, forgotten piece of American history. John William Jones was born in Virginia on September 25, 1836. He was born again as a teenager. In 1855 he entered the...
Dec 14, 2015 | Sunday Evening
Over the last couple of weeks the subject of “the bride of Christ” has come up in conversation. Now that we have finished our four-year study of Matthew, we don’t have a predetermined course to follow, so we can address some of the subjects which haven’t...
Dec 14, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
As generally used, a “vessel” might be (a small predatory animal; a ship; a container; a pot). Not a weasel In the Bible a “vessel” might be (a religious vestment; a container; a ship; a utensil). Utensil, container, shp In the Bible vessels...
Dec 13, 2015 | Sunday Morning
The building of the Golden Gate Bridge over the entrance into San Francisco Bay was not going very well. Workers had fallen from the scaffolding to their deaths, and construction had fallen badly behind schedule. Engineers and administrators could not find a solution...
Dec 11, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
I don’t usually include “recent” Baptist history in these little vignettes, but today I’ll make an exception. On this day in 1870 Edward Pierce was born into a godly home in Gates County, North Carolina. At the age of sixteen, after the Lord saved him,...
Dec 7, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
Calvary Baptist is adamant in its understanding that Jesus Christ created the universe and everything in it. We do not accept the theories of atheistic evolution which are is commonly taught today. So while admitting that there are hundreds of breeds of dogs and new...
Dec 7, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
When the pastor refers to something in the Bible as a “type,” he is (speaking Biblically; pontificating theologically; talking Greek; wasting my time). The word “type” is most often used in a theological sense The word is taken from (the...
Dec 6, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
My message for this morning would probably not be well-received by my teachers in Bible school. Most of them believed the things which their teachers had taught them – without much examination. And to be frank, that is what we, as students were expected to do, if we...
