Aug 14, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1732 David Thomas was born at London Tract, Pennsylvania. After the Lord saved him, Bro. Thomas attended America’s first Baptist school of higher education at Hopwell, N.J. He did so well there that he was granted a Master of Arts degree from Rhode...
Aug 10, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
You young people might disagree, but I am not yet an old man – older every day – but not “old” as yet. One aspect of that point is the fact that I still learn things. I can’t say that I learn something new every day, but I do learn things from time to...
Aug 9, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Biblical Mountains: Did God create the world as it is today – with (oceans; mountains; rivers; desserts)? ????? Were there any mountains when the flood began (yes; no; I don’t know; does it matter)? ???????? What is the likelihood that mountains were formed during the...
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...
