The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth – John 3:1-16

This evening I’d like to share some of my perspective on the meeting at Indian Mission Baptist Church. In doing so I’d like to point to something which many Christians might think strange, but which happens fairly frequently in Holy Spirit controlled meetings. When...

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Ezekiel 36:16-28

When we first meet Ezekiel, he is beside the river Chebar in Babylon/Chaldea. Ezekiel had been born in Judah, but when King Jehoiachin was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar, he was among the people who were carried away. When his ministry began, there were still a few...

January 2024

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Beginning a New Year!              As I was reviewing all that has happened over the last year, the blessings we have received would have been impossible without the intervention of the Lord in our affairs. We have a new member in the mission...

March 3

When Elisha Abbott, returned to this country from his ministry among the Karen tribe in Burma, his wife had just died and he was in very poor health. He knew that if he was going to be able to continue his mission work, he would need someone to help him, so he visited...

February 25

On this day in 1775, Thomas Scrivner was born. When in Madison County, Kentucky, the Lord redeemed him, he followed the Lord in baptism and joined the Tates Creek Baptist Church. He and his family moved around somewhat after that, before settling near Glasgow,...

Good Leadership; Great Leadership – Romans 2:1-4

Let’s assume we are here in the house of God this evening because we are all children of God.  We have all been saved by grace, and our hearts yearn for fellowship with our Saviour and other believers.  If that is true, then verse 4 doesn’t really apply to us except...

The Library and the Book – Revelation 20:11-15

In my office there are four beautiful book shelves that Bro. Kjeldgaard made for me more than thirty years ago. Not counting their decorative tops, they give me about 100 feet of shelf space, and they are overflowing. Filling those shelves are between 2,500 and 3,000...

Jeremiah Bell Jeter died on this day in 1880. During his life he was a Baptist pastor, a Baptist leader, the editor of a Christian magazine and the author of several books. My source stated that J. B. Jeter was not an outstanding pulpit orator, but his ministry was...

Fishing by Day; Fishing by Night – John 21:1-6

This scripture falls apart into two sections, and they create a simple outline for this lesson. The disciples went out fishing one night, but they caught nothing. Then as the sun came up, Christ blessed their efforts, and 153 large fish were led of the Lord into their...

The Keystone – Acts 4:8-12

Our scripture is a part of Peter’s defense after healing the blind man at the Beautiful gate of the Temple. When he spoke of “the stone which was set at nought,” but which became the head of the corner… When Peter spoke of the stone that was rejected by the...