Apr 10, 2016 | Sunday Morning
Some of you have never been a part of Protestantism or Catholicism. You were born and raised in a Baptist church. As a result you may not know that two weeks ago much of Christendom celebrated “Maundy Thursday.” The Thursday before Easter is called...
Apr 8, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The colony of Virginia was settled by Loyalist Englishmen – men faithful to King James and to the Church of England. Their first charter, dated on this day in 1606, said in part, “We do specially ordaine, charge and require (the residents of Virginia) that they...
Apr 4, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Tonight we are taking our study of the names and titles of God’s people and turning a sharp 90 degrees. This is a transitional message, and it might seem to be completely off the subject, but we will come back. This is where I intended to begin five or six months ago....
Apr 3, 2016 | Sunday Morning
This might be a fun exercise, or perhaps it could be developed into a message of some kind – If you were asked to describe Heaven in a single word, what would you use? “Glory” might be appropriate – “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of...
Apr 1, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William and Joseph Murphy were brothers, growing up in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like their neighbors, they were raised as Anglicans, but unlike many of their neighbors they were wild and troublesome young people. They were known as “the Murphy boys”...
Mar 28, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Those of you who were able to stay awake through last week’s afternoon message, might remember that our scripture for this evening takes up where last week’s scripture left off. And I will begin with essentially the same introduction. Even though this epistle is...
Mar 27, 2016 | Sunday Morning
According to the calendar today is “Easter” – one of the “high days” of the religious year. This is one of those few Sundays when non-church-going people, for whatever reason, go to church. Now, I may be mistaken in this, until last Friday, but...
Mar 26, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, Despite being sick, both Roxanne and I, with respiratory infections the first Sunday in February, we have had a busy month. The first week, I dealt with Pedro Lopez, Agustin Segura, Alvaro Castillo, Pablo Gonzalez, and Raul Barcenas. Raul...
