The Happiness of Heaven – Acts 7:54-60

Dec 7, 2025 | Sunday Morning

I am in the middle of reading a three volume set called, “The Life and Works of Joseph Kinghorn.” Volume 1 is biographical, illustrated with the letters between Joseph and his father, Pastor David Kinghorn. The son, Joseph, was born in 1766. When he was fourteen he...

December 7

Dec 5, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Thomas Moor Rice was a Baptist preacher for two short years.  He was born in Kentucky on this day (December 7) in 1792 to a Baptist mother and a Presbyterian father.  His dad was a farmer who also ran a still.  After only ten months of formal education Thomas was put...

The 4×400 – Philippians 2:14-18

Dec 4, 2025 | Wednesday

Once again, I’d like use a parable through which to look that these five verses – we have a parabolic lens. In 1908 the a new kind of race was introduced to the Olympic Games, and since then it has taken several forms. I’m talking about the“relay race” in track and...

October 2025

Dec 1, 2025 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Mission Activity:  Sis. Kim Wiliams, Sis. Roxanne and I attended the yearly Bible Conference at Bethel Baptist on the Firday night of the conference, enjoying the fine food and spirutal fellowship of the beleivers in attendance there. Latino...

November 30

Nov 27, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

There are many Baptists these days who seem to love the Reformers, even to the point of claiming a kind of kinship with them.  I am afraid that many of them know neither the history of their own doctrines nor the practice of those Protestant Reformers. On this day in...

Ascending the Peak – Philippians 2:1-11 (9-11)

Nov 27, 2025 | Wednesday

In 1989 something was done in Yosemite National Park that had never been done before. Mark Wellman ascended the nearly vertical face of the 3,000 foot granite monolith, El Capitan. He wasn’t the first man to ever climb that famous peak, but he was the first paraplegic...

The Mind of Christ – Philippians 2:1-11

Nov 23, 2025 | Sunday Morning

Have you ever seen what happens when a drop of gasoline hits a puddle of water? What takes place is called “thin-film interference.” The gasoline spreads out and floats on top of the water – perhaps as single molecules. And when the sun hits it, it displays a swirl of...

November 23

Nov 20, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day in 1853, in Roman Catholic France, the account of an exhumation was published, stirring a variety of emotions.  Close to the holiday residence of Napoleon III was a small village in which the well-to-do Andru family lived.  A Baptist, J. B. Cretin had...

Fulfill Ye My Joy – Philippians 2:1-4

Nov 20, 2025 | Wednesday

There was much in the church in Philippi that filled the heart of Paul with joy. He remembered with a smile those first converts and how they bonded together. And throughout the years they supported him time and time again. And now there were many others, some of whom...