Faith for the Storm – I Kings 18:41-46

The title of this message is: “Faith for the Storm,” which is something quite different from faith in the storm. We may eventually come to that lesson, but not tonight. In this scripture Elijah put his faith in God in order to receive a much needed storm. And right...

A Different Use of the Gospel – I Corinthians 15:1-4

People who attend our church only on Sunday mornings may grow tired of what they hear week after week. At this hour each Lord’s Day, I endeavor to share a message relating to Christ and the Gospel. I try to make each sermon a little different, but there are only a...

March 5

Thomas van Imbroek of Cologne, Germany was arrested for his Christian faith in 1557.  For nearly a year he was kept under guard, during which time religious and state officials tried to persuade him to change his mind about salvation and infant baptism.  Thomas’...

Carmelite Faith – I Kings 18:1-2; 17-21

I am calling this message: “Carmelite Faith.” That word may accurately encapsulate our subject, but it might mislead a few people who know one of the special meanings of the word “Carmelite.” There is as a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns and monks who use that...

Introduction to Faith – I Kings 17:1-7

Elijah is a truly interesting Old Testament character, with many practical lessons to teach us. He was useful to the Lord for many years, including his mentoring of Elisha. Then while preaching to the king of Israel, he was also commissioned to anoint a future king of...

Addicted, but not Ashamed – Philippians 1:21

The title of this message is: “Addicted, but not Ashamed.” The word “addicted” is found once in our King James Bibles in I Corinthians 16:15. Speaking of a particular church family, Paul says, “ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and...

February 26

John Picket was a Baptist preacher who ministered in Virginia just prior to the Revolutionary War.  There were times when he would invite neighbors to meet him in a grove of trees or in an open field, and he would preach the gospel to them. On those occasions if the...

Fast Faith – Esther 4:10-17

Esther, also known as Hadassah, the cousin of a Jew named Mordecai, became the wife of the Persian king, Ahasuerus. She was providentially (even miraculously) placed in that position by God in order to save Israel from genocide. Haman, an anti-semite, was able to...

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Acts 26:24-25

What would you think if I walked up to you and said, “I’m mad?” Would you automatically think that I was angry, or would you picture something else? Would your opinion change if I said, “I am really, really mad?” Would you ask yourself: “Oh, no, what have I done?”...

February 19

In 1874, Victoria, British Columbia, had a population of about four thousand people, but it had no Baptist church. In December of that year, about a decade before there was a rail link between eastern Canada and the Pacific, Alexander Clyde and his family emigrated...