When Ye See the Abomination of Desolation – Matthew 24:15-22

Feb 23, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening

With verse 15 the Lord Jesus comes closer to answering the disciples’ question about the timing of the Second Coming. “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be...

Biblical References to Fire – Jeremiah 23:29

Feb 23, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

As God promised Abraham that his family would return to Canaan after 400 years in a foreign land, what two things did Abraham see moving between the two pieces of his sacrifices (angels; the Father and the Son; a knife and fork; a smoking fire pot and a fiery lamp)?...

Silver and Gold – Matthew 24:8-13

Feb 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning

This chapter is much like gold-bearing ore. Quite often where there is gold, there is also silver – a valuable mineral, but not as valuable as gold. When the two are found together, steps have to be taken to separate them for commercial purposes. In the ancient world...

February 22

Feb 20, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Today’s little vignette reminds us that not all of God’s servants are as notable and memorable as others. And yet the Lord knows those who are His, and He has a ministry for everyone who is willing to serve Him. On this day in 1817, in Nelson County, Virginia, Thomas...

Christian Motivation – John 14:15

Feb 19, 2015 | Wednesday

Not one of us is the Christian that we ought to be. There is not a person here who is an ideal Christian. There is not one of us who is – 100% – the sort of person we could be. I won’t get personal, and I probably don’t need to be more specific, because down in the...

Biblical Famines and Fasting – Amos 8:11

Feb 17, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

I. Biblical Famines: A. Famines are referred to fairly frequently in the Bible. In the Old Testament we read of them about (a dozen; fifty; a hundred; a thousand) times. A hundred times 1. The Hebrew word is translated most often “famine,” but it is also rendered as...

Modern False Christs – Matthew 24:3-5; 22-23

Feb 15, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening

From time to time, you and I need to remind ourselves that we are very blest people. Amen? That statement could take us in many directions, but I have a special one in mind this afternoon. We were never directly a part – or else we were rescued from – the religious...

These are the Beginning of Sorrows – Matthew 24:4-8

Feb 15, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning

I hope that you aren’t here today with plans to listen to something new. My commission is not to entertain you, and I am not some sort of cult leader with new revelation from God. My job is to teach you what the Lord has already revealed in His Word, and a part of...

February 15

Feb 13, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History

The first record in the books of the First Baptist Church of Boston reads: “The 28th of the third month, 1665, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the Church of Christ, commonly, though falsely, called Anabaptists, were gathered together, and entered into fellowship...

Christ-likeness – I John 4:12-21

Feb 12, 2015 | Wednesday

I suppose that all of us at one time or another have said – either seriously or in jest – “Well, that’s easy for you to say.” Or maybe its been some other form – “It’s easier said than done,” or “Words are cheap.” These phrases...