November 6

Nov 3, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Elijah Baker was born and raised, and born again, in Lunenburg County, Virginia. After his salvation, he fearlessly began preaching Christ where the government and state-sanctioned church forbade him. While many of his Christian friends were moving into Kentucky, the...

Serviceable Stewards – I Peter 4:9-10

Nov 3, 2022 | Wednesday

Last week we looked at the Lord Jesus’ “Parable of the Talents” applying it to the work of evangelism. Matthew 25 tell us that this was given just two or three days before Jesus’ crucifixion. In Luke 19 we read a similar, but different illustration, called the...

September 2022

Oct 31, 2022 | Timothy Parrow

Pastor and Brethren: We have had a month of increased activity at the courthouse of Payne County, Ok., translating from English into Spanish and Spanish into English. Because of the changes in legal procedure, I do not always get an opportunity to present the clients...

Above Everything Else – I Peter 4:8

Oct 31, 2022 | Sunday Evening

No sincere Christian would readily admit to arguing with Peter or any other penman of the scriptures. Every well-taught Christian knows that the Holy Spirit is the author of the Word of God, and no one should argue or differ with the Lord. But the truth of the matter...

October 30

Oct 27, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

David Barrow was born on this day in 1753.  He was raised on a Virginia farm and was not privileged to have much formal education.  But the Lord saved him at the age of sixteen. He was baptized and immediately started exhorting his friends to come to Christ.  After...

Ready or Not, Here He Comes – I Peter 4:5-6

Oct 23, 2022 | Sunday Morning

I believe you’ve heard this story recently, but I am repeating it because it jump-starts this message. Lewis Craig was a Baptist pastor in Virginia during the days when it was illegal to be a Baptist pastor. In the course of preaching the gospel, in about 1767, he was...

October 23

Oct 20, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

In 1800 many churches in Kentucky were blessed with a soul-stirring revival. When pastor and historian Lemuel Burkitt heard of it, he traveled from North Carolina to experience and record what the Lord was doing. On this day in 1801, he wrote: “The first appearance...

Sin Free? – I Peter 4:1-5

Oct 20, 2022 | Wednesday

Before the 19th century, there were only two ways to travel from New York to Sydney, Australia. Usually those old sailing vessels went under the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of Africa. But there was another route: sailing by way of the Drake Passage or...

Where Can I Find Christ Jesus? – I Peter 3:18-22

Oct 16, 2022 | Sunday Evening

The title to this afternoon’s message is: “Where Can I Find Christ Jesus?” I will begin with something for which I might get some flack, but I know I’m not the only guilty person here, so I might let you shield me if there is any push-back. Years ago, I read and...