Signs of Life (Sincere Love) – Romans 12:9

We are skipping over five verses in this chapter because they are parenthetical to the theme of this series. I am trying to examine some of the characteristics which make Christians different from non-Christians. And when we bring two dozen Christians with these...

Nathaniel’s God – John 1:43-51

I preached from this scripture twenty years ago, but my theme was entirely different at the time. That message was on Philip’s evangelism of his friend Nathaniel. This morning, I would like to only glance at those two men as we look into the face of our Lord Jesus. I...

July 9

Joseph Binney was born again at the age of twenty. He joined a Congregational church in Boston, and began to prepare himself to take the gospel to the heathen in the Orient. In one of his courses at Yale College he was to debate another student on the subject of...

Signs of Life (Transfiguration) – Romans 12:1-2

I don’t know about your neighborhood, but at our house there is only one kind of elegant butterfly. It is the Yellow Tiger Swallowtail. When it flits its way through our backyard I almost always look up to see. When it lands on one of Judy’s flowers, it usually only...

Legal Immigration – I Corinthians 6:9-11

There is no way of knowing the exact number, but it is estimated that half a million illegal immigrants successfully come into the United States every year. In addition to these, there are thousands of others who enter legally on visitor, student or work visas, but...

May 2023

Dear Pastor and Church This month the sister of Bro. Jose Bautista came on a tourist visa from old Mexico to visit her brother. Elena came for an entire month, and as Jose had promised to bring her to the services, she came three out of four Sundays! We were delighted...

July 2

The work of planting Baptist churches in America’s Midwest was difficult. That was due in part to the cosmopolitan makeup of the settlers and the nature of the terrain along the lakes. Michigan, for example, was described by America’s surveyor-general as low and...

Signs of Life (Sacrifice) – Romans 12:1

According to IRMI, a risk management company which works with industrial insurance companies, about 100 years ago, 80% of the US population was involved in some aspect of farming. Today, it is 2%. And today, the average farm size is 434 acres, but 55% of all US farms...

Pleading with God – Matthew 15:21-28

After the Lord put this scripture on my heart, I became concerned that you might have heard a lesson on this Syrophoenician woman recently. I knew that Brother Fulton referred to her as part of a recent message dealing with the “Son of David.” But I was fearful that...