Aug 9, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Pilate was the Roman Procurator of the Province of Judea. He had the responsibility of governing Jerusalem and most of the Jews – on behalf of Caesar. The secular and spiritual leadership of those Jews recognized Jesus Christ to be a threat – not to Rome – but to...
Aug 7, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
During the 17th and into the 18th century, the ministers of the State Church in Connecticut were supported by taxes taken from the general public. From time to time Baptist missionaries from Rhode Island visited and held services in that Colony, but for the most part...
Aug 3, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
In the years preceding 1994, the Quaker Oats Company had posted strong financial earnings. At the same time, the company which produced Snapple teas was doing equally as well. So that year the chairman of Quaker Oats pushed his company into buying Snapple for $1.7...
Aug 2, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
The fourth book of the Decalogue is called “Numbers” – for what reason (it is the fourth number in the Hebrew mathematics; there are more numbers in that book than in any other; that is where we are told to “number our days;” the book begins...
Aug 2, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
I’d like you to consider Barabbas this morning, because, ironically, he has wonderful lessons to teach us. He was an evil, wicked man, who was “saved” by the grace of God – in a certain sense of the word. But first, let me try to set the stage just a...
Jul 26, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Miracles in General: The New Testament word “miracle” might come from either of two Greek words; one of those words “semeion” (say-mi’-on) literally refers to (sayings; the voice of God; signs; symbols)? Signs The second Greek word...
Jul 24, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
In November 1681 the Baptist church in Boston granted authority to William Screven to “exercise his gift in ye place where he lives or else where as the providence of God may cast him.” That place of service was in Kittery, Maine. Apparently the Lord...
Jul 19, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Missionaries and evangelists. How many times is the word “missionary” found in the Bible (4; 12 40; 316)? Never Therefore, we conclude that missionaries are (common; frequent; rare; absent) from the Bible? “Missionary” refers to (someone...
