Jan 21, 2023 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: December Blessings We have had a busy and blessed month in the work of the Lord. On the eighteenth of the month, we had a blessed service with 16 in attendance and a fellowship dinner after the morning service. One visitor was...
Jan 21, 2023 | Daniel Pearson
Even though 2023 is just beginning God has been faithful and so good to us. We will have our first Bible study on January 27th and I will be casting our vision to our attendees that night. Please pray as we invite as many people as we can to this study. Our...
Jan 19, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Charlotte Baptist Chapel was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland about 1800. Christopher Anderson, who had been saved under the ministry of Robert and James Haldane, became the first pastor. The Holy Spirit abundantly blessed his ministry, and soon there were between...
Jan 15, 2023 | Sunday Evening
In the past, I have joined thousands of others, preaching this chapter as a gospel message. But that is not my intention this afternoon. We are in the midst of a series of lessons entitled: “Practical Faith.” If you are like me, we need to learn to take what we know...
Jan 12, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1549 a woman we know only as Elizabeth was arrested for possessing a Latin New Testament. For some reason, her trial was recorded and preserved. Many questions related to Catholicism were asked, such as, “What do you think of the most holy sacrament?...
Jan 9, 2023 | Sunday Evening
As Christians we have been taught by God’s grace to put our faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross. Perhaps there was a period of time when we knew that Jesus’ death was the means of salvation, but that knowledge had not yet been translated into true faith...
Jan 8, 2023 | Sunday Morning
Something of which we need to remind ourselves is that the Bible is permeated with historical facts. The events of which we read in the Old Testament actually occurred. They are not religious fables. Yes, we read of miracles and many other things hard to believe or...
Jan 5, 2023 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Jesse Vawter was born to Anglican parents in Culpepper County, Virginia in 1755. When he was nineteen he heard Thomas Ammon preach the gospel, and the Lord regenerated his soul. Jesse then joined the hated and persecuted Baptists through whom he met his Saviour. There...