November 30

Nov 27, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

There are many Baptists these days who seem to love the Reformers, even to the point of claiming a kind of kinship with them.  I am afraid that many of them know neither the history of their own doctrines nor the practice of those Protestant Reformers. On this day in...

Ascending the Peak – Philippians 2:1-11 (9-11)

Nov 27, 2025 | Wednesday

In 1989 something was done in Yosemite National Park that had never been done before. Mark Wellman ascended the nearly vertical face of the 3,000 foot granite monolith, El Capitan. He wasn’t the first man to ever climb that famous peak, but he was the first paraplegic...

The Mind of Christ – Philippians 2:1-11

Nov 23, 2025 | Sunday Morning

Have you ever seen what happens when a drop of gasoline hits a puddle of water? What takes place is called “thin-film interference.” The gasoline spreads out and floats on top of the water – perhaps as single molecules. And when the sun hits it, it displays a swirl of...

November 23

Nov 20, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day in 1853, in Roman Catholic France, the account of an exhumation was published, stirring a variety of emotions.  Close to the holiday residence of Napoleon III was a small village in which the well-to-do Andru family lived.  A Baptist, J. B. Cretin had...

Fulfill Ye My Joy – Philippians 2:1-4

Nov 20, 2025 | Wednesday

There was much in the church in Philippi that filled the heart of Paul with joy. He remembered with a smile those first converts and how they bonded together. And throughout the years they supported him time and time again. And now there were many others, some of whom...

Becoming the Gospel  –  Philippians 1:27-30

Nov 16, 2025 | Sunday Morning

I have given this message a strange and potentially misleading title – ”Becoming the Gospel.”  I had seven other titles under consideration, but I chose one that relates to verse 27 –  “Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel.”  Out of those seven options...

November 16

Nov 13, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Abraham Marshall, the son of Daniel Marshall, who was our subject a few weeks ago.  On this day in 1786 he returned to his Georgia home after journeying by horseback to Connecticut to take care of some his deceased estate.  Everywhere he stopped on that trip he tried...

For to Me to Live is Christ – Philippians 1:21

Nov 10, 2025 | Sunday Morning

Early in His ministry, when He was still popular with the common people, the Lord Jesus gave this invitation: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” – Matthew 11:28. Thousands of gospel messages have been preached from those...

November 9

Nov 6, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

I recently read an article describing the moral decadence of the 17th and 18th centuries, and it surprised me.  Christians today think that our society is the worst of all time, but that may not be an accurate perception. Through George Whitefield and Jonathan...