January/February 2015 Report

Mar 29, 2015 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Affliction! Although we continued our regular preaching services, jail ministry efforts, and missionary outreach during the month of January, the Lord saw fit to afflict me once again with a heart attack on the 29th of January. This one was...

The Parable of the Servants – Matthew 25:14-30

Mar 29, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning

I have given this message the title: “The Parable of the Servants.” In all my favorite old Bibles (I don’t believe that I have ever thrown away one of my KJV Bibles) – In every single one of my Bibles, either at the top of the page or in the margin, the...

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Mar 27, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History

  This material was taken from a “Christian Messenger” article, published on this day in 1871. Isaiah Wallace was born in Hopewell, New Brunswick on January 17, 1797. The Lord saved his soul at an early age and after his baptism he began to publically...

Caleb, a Giant in the Land – Joshua 14:6-15

Mar 26, 2015 | Wednesday

As much as I love certain branches of history, I am terrible at remembering dates. And that includes the dates of Biblical history. But because of a poem, part of which I recall, I do remember the year of Israel’s Exodus. “In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus...

God – Psalm 14:1

Mar 23, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

Facts about the nature of God: Ex. 3:13-14 teaches that God is (omnipotent; holy; self-existent; gracious). Self-existent Ps. 50:12 teaches that God is (omnipotent; holy; self-sufficient; omniscient). Self-sufficient Ps. 90:2 teaches that God is (eternal; omnipotent;...

The Parable of the Talents – Matthew 25:14-30

Mar 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening

Matthew 25 is a chapter of parables – we have two of the Lord’s stories and something which comes very close to a third. And what “fun” there can be with parables – they can be twisted and turned into logic pretzels. At this point, I have plans to preach...

The Parable of the Ten Virgins – Matthew 25:1-13

Mar 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning

Let’s say that several of us were out on a walk together, and we saw a large cherry tree. Each of us might think of something different as we looked at that tree. One lady might see those cherries and think of all the pies that she could make. Someone else might think...

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Mar 20, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History

John Gill was born at Kettering, Northamptonshire, England on November 23, 1697. His father, Edward, was a Baptist, but at the time was a member of a union church composed of Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Baptists. This proved to be an untenable situation, and...

The Secret of Abiding Joy – Habakkuk 3:16-19

Mar 19, 2015 | Wednesday

Habakkuk, the man with the crooked name, is one of the celebrities of Heaven; one of the friends of God. I pronounce his name “Hab-a-kuk,” because both my first Bible and my last, gave him that pronunciation. If you want to pronounce his name...