From Whence Cometh This Faith? – John 20:24-25

In our on-going study of the principles of faith I would like to expand a point made in this morning’s message. Believe me, I am not mad at anyone, even though I might get a little heated about this. This is just one of the basic principles about faith, and therefore...

The Faith of the Twin – John 20:24-29

One Wednesday, more than two thousand years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was crucified. In His death, the work of our salvation was accomplish – completely finished. The blood of the Lamb had been shed for the redemption of many. There was nothing left...

April 9

Calista Holman was born on this day in 1807, and she was born again as a teenager. Throughout her life she was often sick, and during one of those illnesses, when it was feared that she would die, she insisted on being baptized. On a cold day in March she was carried...

The Shield of Faith – Ephesians 6:11-17

Picture, if you will, an ancient valley community, clinging to the banks of a rushing river. Against that village there is a terrible army, coming to kill, loot and destroy. The poor community has no natural defense other than the river to its back. So the male...

The Beloved Son – John 3:16-18; 35-36

This message is a cousin to the one we shared last Sunday morning. Last week I tried to address “the Servant of Jehovah,” the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ Jesus was a servant by coming to do the will of God. He died on the cross to bear the sins of many. I introduced...

April 2

The Metropolitan Tabernacle, also known as Spurgeon’s Tabernacle was opened on March 18, 1861. A few weeks later, on this day, there was a fellowship meeting of Baptist pastors from London and across Britain. In greeting those preachers, Spurgeon made the following...

Faith by Which to Live One’s Life – Daniel 6:16-23

For what reason did the Lord redeem us and bring us into His family? What should be the goal of our lives? What are we trying to do with our three score and ten years? The general answer should be: to bring glory to God through our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. More...

The Servant of Jehovah – Hebrews 3:1-6

In the early eighteenth century two young men felt called by God to share the gospel with the slaves on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix in the Carribean. Johann Dober and David Nitschmann, applied to the Dutch West Indies Company for permission to settle in...

March 26

David Thomas was an early Baptist preacher who spent most of his ministry in Virginia, experiencing the hatred and persecution of the religious unbelievers in that area. Thomas endured their attacks willingly, having made the deliberate choice to move to Stafford...

Added by Faith – Genesis 39:1-6

Picture a vast swath of land – about the size of the Oregon, Washington and Idaho. For two years there hasn’t been any rain and relatively little snow over the entire area. Crops have failed. Wild fires have swept through the region. Homes have been destroyed;...