May 29, 2016 | Sunday Morning
This text is as old as the hills. It comes from what may be the very first written book of the Bible. Some think that Moses wrote this book while he was still a shepherd in Midian – prior to the exodus. Some think that Job himself wrote it, while others think that his...
May 27, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Gano was one of the Baptist pastors who fought for liberty in more ways than one. He was a chaplain in the Continental Army during the war for Independence, and prior to that he suffered for religious liberty while pastoring in North Carolina. John Gano was...
May 23, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I’ve selected I Peter 1:1 as our text because it relates to a couple of important points. First, there is the word “parepidemos” followed by “diaspora” – “the scattered strangers.” This takes us back to WHO the people of God ARE in...
May 22, 2016 | Sunday Morning
In 1967 I had been a child of God for a short while. I had been raised an Episcopalian, but I had recently become a member of a Baptist church. And then like so many other sheep, I went off to the intellectual slaughter house called “university.” I took...
May 20, 2016 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Joseph Ivimey was born on this day, 1773, in Ringwood, England. He was taught the trade of a tailor by his father, but he was taught little else, either secular or religious. While still in his youth he was sent to work for his uncle, and for the first time in his...
May 18, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Two New Books My sponsoring church’s pastor, Bro. K. David Oldfield, has written two new books entitled, Jesus Wept, A Biblical Study of Pain, and The Lord’s Prayer of John 17. Presently I am reading, Jesus Wept, to help me deal with the...
May 15, 2016 | Sunday Morning
R.M. Williams was born in 1951 – so that would make him two years younger than I am – if he were still living. His great-great-grandfather was governor and senator from the State of Mississippi. His father was a senior executive of Ford Motor Company, so he grew up...
May 14, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On Easter, April 3rd 1594, seven Dutch Anabaptists, praying and studying God’s Word at Aldgate, in London were arrested for their worship. It was said that they were “licentious and fanatical sectaries, whose excesses afforded a plausible pretext for...
