Effects of Eschatological Thinking – Philippians 4:4-9

Oct 22, 2023 | Sunday Evening

I’m going to come very close to breaking one of my personal, homiletical rules. “Homiletics,” by the way, is a fancy word for sermon preparation and preaching. I really dislike it when I hear preachers read a scripture to begin a sermon and then never return to it. I...

September 2023

Oct 20, 2023 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: More Visitors              Natasha, who is studying veterinary medicine at OSU, and Jeff, from California, an old friend of Bro. Gaches, and Ally, the lady friend of Bro. Hunter Northern all came at least once this month to visit with us. Of...

October 22

Oct 19, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

The Lord blessed the United States in the late 18th century with souls saved and multitudes turning directly to the Bible for their spiritual direction rather than listening to their Protestant preachers. In New England hundreds, if not thousands, of members of...

Pushing Through – Philippians 3:13-14

Oct 19, 2023 | Wednesday

I was talking to our missionary Tim Parrow the other day when he mentioned that one of their church people hasn’t been in the services for several weeks – it may have been as many as six weeks. There hasn’t been any problem with the church. It appears that the...

The Rock of Ages – Isaiah 26:1-4

Oct 16, 2023 | Sunday Evening

Last Sunday, Brother Haug gave us a heart-warming rendition of Augustus Toplady’s hymn “Rock of Ages.” Some people claim that “Rock of Ages” is the number one best and most popular hymn in Christendom. Some make it equal to “Amazing Grace” – which has far less of a...

Freed from Sin – Romans 6:17-23

Oct 15, 2023 | Sunday Morning

When I was child, my parents, like thousands others, were terrified by an epidemic which was sweeping world. COVID hadn’t been invented yet, and the Spanish flu had run its course, but this was just as frightening. I remember, shortly after moving to Denver, my sister...

October 15

Oct 12, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day in 1774, Benjamin Cole became the second, full-time pastor of the Hopewell Baptist Church in western New Jersey. Its earliest preachers were all itinerant visitors, but God blessed, souls were saved and a church was established. In fact, Hopewell was one...

Do All Things Properly – Philippians 2:14-16

Oct 12, 2023 | Wednesday

I need to remind myself from time to time that our primary Wednesday night purpose is prayer and worship. And then there is the fact that some of us have come from work; we are tired and perhaps a little tried. Of course, there are always things we need to hear again,...

The Principles of Obedience – Deuteronomy 4:30-31

Oct 9, 2023 | Sunday Evening

I have no idea how I came up with this outline, but I have had it for years. And it is obvious to me that it is not an Oldfield original, although I’ve adopted and adapted it. I prefer to preach textual messages, drawing out and applying the meaning of a particular...