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

Mar 27, 2023 | Sunday Evening

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

Mar 25, 2023 | Sunday Morning, Timothy Parrow

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

Mar 23, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

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

Mar 23, 2023 | Wednesday

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;...

January 2023

Mar 20, 2023 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren, As another year begins and the prospects for the blessings of the Lord lay before us, we rejoice in the blessings of last year. We have had several visitors some of whom have stayed with us, and we are running between 9 and 14 people coming...

March 19

Mar 16, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Many of my references to the early Baptists in Virginia point to the persecution they endured. Forty-four were incarcerated for preaching without permission from the government and the Episcopal church. But the fact is there were other preachers whom the Lord...

Faith at Home and Abroad – I Samuel 1:18

Mar 16, 2023 | Wednesday

In this series of lessons I am trying to provide examples of practical faith in the Lord. And if we are talking about real life then at some point we have to include our lives at home. At the very least, we begin our day and end our day at home, and for many of us 95...

Jesus’ Friend, Judas – Matthew 26:47-50

Mar 12, 2023 | Sunday Morning

Our title this morning is – “Jesus’ Friend, Judas” – taking, as our text, Christ’s words in verse 50 – “Friend, wherefore are thou come?” You might think, somewhat incorrectly, that this is more about Judas than the Lord Jesus. Let me assure you that this is about our...

March 12

Mar 10, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Pownal is a small community in the southwest corner of Vermont. In 1772 Benjamin Garner arrived in Pownal from Massachusetts, and a Baptist church was formed. During the following year some sort of disease swept through the area, and the Lord used it to awaken...

Triad of Faith – II Kings 5:1-14

Mar 9, 2023 | Wednesday

Let’s start with a silly question: Where on the map of God is your faith? If it was required that you pinpoint its exact location on a spiritual map, where would your faith be? I don’t know if it is true in real life, but in fiction, when the authorities want to find...