The Possibility of Great Peace – Psalm 119:165

Apr 11, 2024 | Wednesday

Only once have I preached from this verse, and it was twenty years ago. I didn’t pull that message out, but I was tempted, because I have it listed as a gospel message. There are just too many great scriptures in the Bible. And when a quarter of my sermons are about...

How God was Man – I Timothy 3:16

Apr 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning

Last Wednesday our lesson was entitled: “How God Became Man.” I tried to explain the incarnation of God’s Son as the child of Mary, the woman betrothed to Joseph. With more than a dozen scriptures I endeavored to show that “the LORD” became a man. Mary, then...

How the God-Man Saves Sinners – Hebrews 9:19-26

Apr 7, 2024 | Sunday Evening

I have a yellowing copy of a 1979 newspaper with a picture of my father receiving a certificate of recognition. The article talks about the fact that Antony Oldfield had been donating whole blood for more than 40 years. During that time, he had given more than 20...

April 7

Apr 4, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History

The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London was the place of C.H. Spurgeon’s great ministry. But long before that, Benjamin Keach was their pastor, ordained to that work in 1668. After his passing, John Gill led the congregation for fifty-one years. On this day in 1773,...

How God Became Man – Galatians 4:4-5

Apr 4, 2024 | Wednesday

In a moment I will have you turn to Luke 1 and 2 and also to Matthew 1. When you see what we are studying this evening, you may think that I have lost my mind, or perhaps I have begun using the Greek Orthodox calender. Here we are in April, and I am taking you to some...

Historical Revisionism – Romans 16:17-18

Apr 1, 2024 | Sunday Evening

A couple weeks ago I brought a message entitled: “Ours is not a Reformed Baptist Church.” It generated quite a bit of interest beyond the walls of our own building. I don’t know how many have watched it on FaceBook, but nearly a hundred people have listened to it on...

Life out of Death – Acts 17:1-3

Mar 31, 2024 | Sunday Morning

Our text reminds us that it was Paul’s custom when he came to a community to go into the Jewish synagogue. When given the opportunity, he would open up the Old Testament to specific scriptures and read. Then he would prove through prophesy that the Jewish Messiah –...

March 31

Mar 28, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History

I have shared this story before, but I like it, even though it may leave some of you ladies shaking your heads. Abraham Marshall, son of Daniel Marshall, had been pastoring the Baptist church at Kiokee Georgia for eight years, when he decided that it was God’s will to...

Annotations on Anatomy– I Corinthians 6:19-20

Mar 28, 2024 | Wednesday

Years ago, we had a member who, earlier in his life, had been a Baptist pastor. Knowing the pressures and problems of the ministry, he went out of his way to be a blessing to Judy and me. He and his wife were generous, taking us out for meals, and often inviting us to...