God of Grace and Glory – I Peter 5:10-11

Dec 15, 2022 | Wednesday

There are people who like to read the Bible as if it was some mystical collection of allegories. To them very little is black and white. To them just about every other statement must mean something other than what it clearly says. The word “Israel,” for example,...

Your Adversary: the Devil – I Peter 5:8-9

Dec 12, 2022 | Sunday Evening

Peter, while in the midst of some practical exhortations, uses a simile to punctuate his lesson. “Your adversary the devil, AS a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” We will get back to the illustration of the lion in a moment, but first… As...

Your Father, the Devil – I Peter 5:8-9

Dec 11, 2022 | Sunday Morning

I have a two part message for you today. We will finish up in tonight’s service. This isn’t one long lesson that I’m dividing for convenience’s sake. It has two distinct sections, but they are obviously tied together. Our subject throughout the day will be Peter’s...

December 11

Dec 8, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

I often describe the persecution against the Baptists during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries here in America, as well as in Britain and a few other places. Going a little astray with this vignette, I turn to Russia and a much more recent date – December 11, 1985....

Care Casting – I Peter 5:6-7

Dec 8, 2022 | Wednesday

Twenty to twenty-five years ago, Judy and I began to set aside a few dollars every month in the hopes of leaving it to our children should the Lord not take us away together at some point. We established an account with a well-known investment company, and other than...

Indescribably Delicious – II Corinthians 9:15

Dec 4, 2022 | Sunday Morning

A lot of people are very interested in the appearance of their bodies, but they don’t care a penny’s worth about the condition or appearance of their souls. They spend thousands of dollars on beauty creams and treatments – injections of gels and poisons. They may even...

December 4

Dec 1, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Nathaniel Chambles was born in 1762 in Sussex, Virginia. Even though his parents were faithful and godly Baptists, Nathaniel didn’t see himself as an unworthy sinner and in need of Christ until he was twenty-six. After his conversion he was received into the...

Fear the Divine Resistance – I Peter 5:5-6

Nov 28, 2022 | Sunday Evening

In Acts 7 Stephen was being called to defend his faith in Christ as he stood before Israel’s high council. Someone had said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.” His blasphemy was in declaring that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of...

The More things Change… – John 6:30-35; 47-51

Nov 27, 2022 | Sunday Morning

“The more things change, the more things stay the same.” It is fun to research the history and origins of common phrases like this. That research can be done today on the computer. But years before the internet, I used a book called: “Morris’ Dictionary of...

Novermber 27

Nov 24, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Lee Compere and his wife were British missionaries in Jamaica before the climate drove them out and up to Charleston, S.C., where they met Richard Furman. After some time in the Carolinas they moved to Alabama to work among the Creek Indians. It was there that their...