Jun 16, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Luther Rice is as synonymous with modern Baptist missions as William Carey and Adoniram Judson, but Rice more of a missionary for missions than an actual foreign or home missionary. He was a man obsessed with the need of missionaries to preach the gospel to the...
Jun 13, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Originally, most people’s family names had some special significance – they had some meaning. Some of you may know what your last name meant in its original language. My family name probably means something in its original language, but I’m not sure I really want to...
Jun 12, 2016 | Sunday Morning
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...
Jun 10, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
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...
Jun 6, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
For those who are acquainted with history – not the edited history of some people who abhor the truth – but the actual Medieval history of Europe, the name “Albigenses” shines like a lighthouse into the Dark Ages. And it should also resonate like a trumpet...
Jun 5, 2016 | Sunday Morning
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...
Jun 3, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
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...
