March 2015

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Recovery and Recuperation During the month of March the Lord has enabled me to return to attending church services on the 15th but just to sit in the pew. Bro. Dick Gaches is doing a good job of preaching the Word from II Peter chapter one,...

Nurse Kavorkian – Job 2:9-10

What is your opinion about this lady, the wife of Job? To your mind, is she a shrew – a woman with a violent, scolding, nagging personality? Perhaps you picture her as an agnostic; a spiritual fool. Has she been a professing Christian, but a closet unbeliever, all...

Idols and Idolatry

Old Testament Idols and false gods: The first time the word “idols” is used in the Bible it is the Hebrew word ‘eliyl (el-eel’) which means (nothing; worthless; of no value; Satan). The first three Is everything which is ‘eliyl a false god and worshiped by...

May 10

If, for some reason or other, you were invited to preach or speak in a Methodist church, at a Rotary Meeting, or at a city council meeting, would you select baptism as your subject? What would your subject be, if you were given an opportunity to speak privately with...

Lord, Is it I? – Matthew 26:20-25

I confess to borrowing this outline from the 19th century Baptist preacher, Alexander MacLaren. About the time that Spurgeon was in London, MacLaren was preaching in Manchester. His best known work is the 31 volume, “Exposition of Holy Scripture” – a...

May 3

When Pastor Cantlow baptized that teenage boy on this day in 1850, he probably had no idea of the spiritual and historical significance of what he was doing. Perhaps no Baptist, since John, could begin to understand what lay a head for any baptismal candidate. On this...

Holy Pride – Job 1:1-22

Thirty years ago there was a building boom in Calgary, and houses were going up everywhere. One construction company built an especially nice house and put it on the market. One day when a real estate agent brought some potential customers by, they made horrible...

They Made Ready the Passover – Matthew 26:17-19

The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a Spring festival which lasted for either seven or eight days, depending on your point of view. Prior to that week, Israel was to “clean house,” moving out all forms of corruption and leaven. Then, on the first day of the...

Hymns and Hymn Singing – Psalm 33:1-5

“I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.” How often is the word “hymn” found in the Bible in one form or other (1; 2; 3; 4)? Four How often is that word found in the Old Testament? Never “Hymn” refers...