Dec 8, 2024 | Sunday Evening
This message doesn’t directly apply to some of you. In fact, I am preaching to myself as much as anyone else this afternoon. And this points out the fact that there has never been, and never will be, a perfect church on earth. Certainly, if the pastor of one of the...
Dec 8, 2024 | Sunday Morning
There is an acronym which has been flying around more frequently than I remember in the past. It was created sometime in the 90’s, so it has been with us for about thirty years. I am referring to “GOAT” which has come to represent the “Greatest of All Time.” A...
Dec 5, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Morgan John Rhees was born on this day in 1760 in Glamorganshire, Wales. The Lord became his Saviour when he was quite young, and when the Lord called him into His ministry, he made preparations by attending the Bristol Baptist College. After his graduation, he became...
Dec 1, 2024 | Sunday Evening
In the light of our reexamination of God’s creation in Genesis, I thought this Psalm would an appropriate codicil. Perhaps there isn’t a distinct division, but generally speaking, in the first half of this Psalm we have a statement of David’s theology, and in the...
Dec 1, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Jim, one of our recent visitors, was telling me that in downtown Spokane, across the street from the main bus terminal, there is a street evangelist with a microphone. He isn’t permitted onto city property, but from a few yards away he shares the gospel with people...
Nov 28, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Mason Peck and his wife left their home in the East to travel into the wilderness of the American Midwest. On his day in 1817, after 129 days of travel by wagon, on foot and by boat, they reached St. Louis, Missouri. The trip had taken its toll on the future...
Nov 25, 2024 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Sis. Kim, Sis. Elaine, Sis. LaShonda, and Sis. Connie were all absent from our services three out of four Sundays mostly due to sickness or travel. So our attendance has been low during all the month. Nevertheless, we have had good services...
Nov 24, 2024 | Sunday Evening
This episode in the life of the Lord Jesus took place very early in His ministry. This is John 2, not John 19. Chapter 1 records Jesus’ baptism by John, and then the gathering of some of the first disciples. Chapter 2 begins with the “beginning of miracles” which “did...
