Dec 17, 2023 | Sunday Evening
We have a special purpose this afternoon: the ordination of our first deacon in more than thirty years. Some time ago, in preparation for this day, we had five lessons on the office of deacon. I have no intention of repeating those lessons now, even though they may...
Dec 14, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
One of the large, early earthquakes in American history occurred on this day in 1811. Its epicenter was under the Mississippi River, but it was felt as far away as Boston. Jacob Bower, living in Kentucky at the time, was so startled by the quake that he cried out,...
Dec 10, 2023 | Sunday Morning
This morning, I would like to tie together a New Testament scripture with something from the Old Testament. As you have heard, the New Testament is illustrated in the Old Testament, and the Old is fulfilled in the New. The pastor who preaches only from the first...
Dec 7, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Dutton Lane sounds like it could be the title to a 1967 Beatles’ song, but it is actually a man’s name. After settling in North Carolina and establishing the Sandy Creek Baptist Church, Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall began to minister and preach the gospel in...
Dec 3, 2023 | Sunday Morning
Last week – thinking about the perfection of our salvation in Christ – I took our text from John 10. The Lord Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish…” Earlier in...
Nov 30, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
There is a registered historical home near Fairfax, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. Interestingly, it has a few graves in its backyard. One historian wrote of the house: “the significance of the Hutcheson House lies in the fact that it is one of the few…...
