Aug 3, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
In the years preceding 1994, the Quaker Oats Company had posted strong financial earnings. At the same time, the company which produced Snapple teas was doing equally as well. So that year the chairman of Quaker Oats pushed his company into buying Snapple for $1.7...
Aug 2, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
The fourth book of the Decalogue is called “Numbers” – for what reason (it is the fourth number in the Hebrew mathematics; there are more numbers in that book than in any other; that is where we are told to “number our days;” the book begins...
Aug 2, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
I’d like you to consider Barabbas this morning, because, ironically, he has wonderful lessons to teach us. He was an evil, wicked man, who was “saved” by the grace of God – in a certain sense of the word. But first, let me try to set the stage just a...
Jul 26, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Miracles in General: The New Testament word “miracle” might come from either of two Greek words; one of those words “semeion” (say-mi’-on) literally refers to (sayings; the voice of God; signs; symbols)? Signs The second Greek word...
Jul 24, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
In November 1681 the Baptist church in Boston granted authority to William Screven to “exercise his gift in ye place where he lives or else where as the providence of God may cast him.” That place of service was in Kittery, Maine. Apparently the Lord...
Jul 19, 2015 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Missionaries and evangelists. How many times is the word “missionary” found in the Bible (4; 12 40; 316)? Never Therefore, we conclude that missionaries are (common; frequent; rare; absent) from the Bible? “Missionary” refers to (someone...
Jul 19, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Evening
I’ve titled this message “Christ’s Trial before Pilate.” I have probably used the word “trial” many times over the last couple of weeks, and I will do so again. Jesus stood before the Jewish council, then before Pilate, then before Herod and...
Jul 19, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I have been trying for weeks to put myself into Judas’ shoes, but it has been without much success. I have tried to reach a reasonable explanation for his betrayal of Christ, but I can only make guesses. And now we come to the aftermath of that betrayal and his return...
Jul 17, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Alfred Taylor was the son of Pastor Joseph Taylor. Joseph for a time had been a Methodist preacher, but in reading the Word of God, he realized that the baptism of the Methodists was rooted in Catholicism, not the scriptures. He was immersed in September of 1804 and...
