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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...

Jeremiah – What’s in a Name? – Jeremiah 1:1-3

Jul 23, 2015 | Wednesday

Years ago – many years ago – I preached a series of messages from the Book of Jeremiah. It wasn’t verse by verse, as we are doing with Matthew – it was more like highlight by highlight. I have to admit that I haven’t preached much from Jeremiah since then. But...

Judas went and Hanged Himself – Matthew 27:1-5

Jul 19, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning

I have been trying for weeks to put myself into Judas’ shoes, but it has been without much success. I have tried to reach a reasonable explanation for his betrayal of Christ, but I can only make guesses. And now we come to the aftermath of that betrayal and his return...

July 19

Jul 17, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Alfred Taylor was the son of Pastor Joseph Taylor. Joseph for a time had been a Methodist preacher, but in reading the Word of God, he realized that the baptism of the Methodists was rooted in Catholicism, not the scriptures. He was immersed in September of 1804 and...

The Servant God Replaced – I Kings 19:1-21

Jul 16, 2015 | Wednesday

There are many lessons here for us in this chapter. Lessons on: the fear man, ministerial burn out, unwise prayers, the power of God, the care of God… There are also several people that make for good messages – Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah, Elisha, the 7,000. But...

Jeremy’s Prophecy – Matthew 27:6-10

Jul 13, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening

  Years ago, I awoke one Saturday morning with a terrible pain in my gut, low on the right side. Knowing my body fairly well, I told Judy, my wife, that I had appendicitis. When she replied me that I needed to go to the hospital – our doctor’s office was closed. I...