Mar 4, 2012 | Matthew
Last Sunday, a couple of people mentioned that they were blessed by the message on John the Baptist. And I was told that one person said that she had never before heard any lessons on John. I went home and checked my records and to my surprise that comment was quite...
Mar 3, 2012 | Matthew
Wednesday I picked up the mail at our box down the street, and as I walked home, I glanced through it all. Within that little bundle was an envelope from the Internal Revenue Service, Philadelphia, PA 19255. Immediately my heart skipped a beat. About five years ago I...
Mar 2, 2012 | Matthew
Back in 1972 I bought a book by S.E. Anderson, published by the church of M.L. Moser in Little Rock, Ark. It’s title was “The First Baptist.” Very surprisingly, the forward to the book was written by W.A. Criswell, pastor of the huge First Baptist...
Mar 1, 2012 | Matthew
Between chapters 2 and 3 we jump ahead about thirty years. The ministry of the Lord Jesus is about to begin, but first there is a forerunner, a vanguard, an usher. As we shall see, it was John’s divine commission to prepare the way of the Lord and to encourage...
Feb 15, 2012 | Matthew
With this message tonight, I have every intention of finishing our thoughts on this chapter. If I made that statement a month ago, and I might have done so, then I apologize. But I’m really serious this time, and I won’t even try re-reading chapter 2 at...
Feb 14, 2012 | Matthew
Have you ever thought about the logic behind the word “overjoyed?” I was surprised that my dictionary didn’t offer any etymology for the word. Who first used that word in literature, and what did he intend by it? We all know what it is to be...
Feb 12, 2012 | Matthew
I have created a problem for myself. Here it is, Sunday afternoon, and most of us have just eaten far more than we should have. And some have the habit of taking a Sunday afternoon siesta, and according to the clock the time is right. But the pastor is considering...
Feb 10, 2012 | Matthew
Years, and years, and years ago, I created a chart to help me with my Bible study. Today I can’t tell you from where I first got the idea, but I modified it, and it became my own. It was my original intention to have at least one sheet for every chapter in the...
Feb 9, 2012 | Matthew
If my math is correct, we have a total of four prophecies about Christ here in this chapter. We have sufficiently dealt with the first one – the prophecy from Micah 5 – “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of...
Feb 8, 2012 | Matthew
You may think that I’ve lost my mind in returning to a verse which we have studied at least twice before. My reply is that I have not lost my mind, even though the jury is still deliberating. This message has little to do with anything that I’ve said...
