June 2023

Dear Pastor and Brethren: A General Report Although several have been sick or absent for some reason, our attendance numbers run as follows for the four weeks of the month: 10, 11, 11, and 6. We had Ellie and her daughter, Mia, Jose’s granddaughter, visit with...

July 16

The history of, John Clough, an early American missionary is too astounding for the average Christian to believe. Certainly it can’t be possible that his ministry lead to the salvation of so many souls that during a period of six weeks, over 8,500 Telugu nationals...

Signs of Life (Sincere Love) – Romans 12:9

We are skipping over five verses in this chapter because they are parenthetical to the theme of this series. I am trying to examine some of the characteristics which make Christians different from non-Christians. And when we bring two dozen Christians with these...

Nathaniel’s God – John 1:43-51

I preached from this scripture twenty years ago, but my theme was entirely different at the time. That message was on Philip’s evangelism of his friend Nathaniel. This morning, I would like to only glance at those two men as we look into the face of our Lord Jesus. I...

July 9

Joseph Binney was born again at the age of twenty. He joined a Congregational church in Boston, and began to prepare himself to take the gospel to the heathen in the Orient. In one of his courses at Yale College he was to debate another student on the subject of...

Signs of Life (Transfiguration) – Romans 12:1-2

I don’t know about your neighborhood, but at our house there is only one kind of elegant butterfly. It is the Yellow Tiger Swallowtail. When it flits its way through our backyard I almost always look up to see. When it lands on one of Judy’s flowers, it usually only...

Legal Immigration – I Corinthians 6:9-11

There is no way of knowing the exact number, but it is estimated that half a million illegal immigrants successfully come into the United States every year. In addition to these, there are thousands of others who enter legally on visitor, student or work visas, but...

May 2023

Dear Pastor and Church This month the sister of Bro. Jose Bautista came on a tourist visa from old Mexico to visit her brother. Elena came for an entire month, and as Jose had promised to bring her to the services, she came three out of four Sundays! We were delighted...

July 2

The work of planting Baptist churches in America’s Midwest was difficult. That was due in part to the cosmopolitan makeup of the settlers and the nature of the terrain along the lakes. Michigan, for example, was described by America’s surveyor-general as low and...