Aug 30, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Paradoxes: A “paradox” is (medical consulting team; an unanswerable conundrum; a resident of Paradise; a statement or proposition that, despite apparently sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically...
Aug 30, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Not only do I feel inadequate for our subject this morning, I know full-well that I am. I am a child of God because of the grace of God and what took place in the verses we have just read. But there are mysteries here which I doubt that I will ever fully comprehend....
Aug 28, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1866 a memorial service was held for Pastor Hezekiah Johnson, who passed away two days earlier. Hezekiah was born into the home of a Baptist pastor in Maryland in 1799, and as a young man he came to understand his salvation in Christ. His family moved...
Aug 24, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
I have decided to cancel this evening’s sermon – but you aren’t invited to leave just yet. I don’t know how to describe this message, but it is not a sermon. It might be a lecture, a lesson, an address or merely just rambling, but it is not a sermon. I thought that...
Aug 23, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Many early American Baptists were common citizens of no great fame or fortune. But there were notable exceptions. For example Eleaszer Clay was the Sheriff of Chesterfield county Virginia and the uncle of the famous Henry Clay. David Benedict claimed that the man was...
Aug 23, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
When I first set out on this study through Matthew, I told myself I would stick to that man’s outline. I didn’t want to make this a study of the life and ministry of Christ, but rather a study of Matthew. There are several events recounted by Mark and Luke which we...
Aug 16, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
Briefly, I want to share with you some of my cogitations on another of the Biblical men named “Simon.” And right off the bat we are confronted with a lot of nothing. There is very little that we know about him. He is mentioned in only three scriptures –...
Aug 16, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
We are coming to some of the most intense, heart-breaking verses in the Bible. I warn you that I will not be able to fully expound these verses, because I don’t think I fully understand them myself. Of course, there are the obvious details of the case, which to some...
