Pastors, Elders and Bishops – I Peter 5:1-4

Nov 14, 2022 | Sunday Evening

  Back in chapter 1, Peter introduced himself to his readers using the word “apostle.” He was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ; one of those to whom Christ gave that special title in Luke 6. “And it came to pass in those days that (Jesus) went out into a...

Scarcely Saved – I Peter 4:17-18

Nov 13, 2022 | Sunday Morning

You and your friend have just entered the newest Italian restaurant in town. It looks like you have just stepped back into 19th century Italy. The menus are well-designed with fancy lettering and a few illustrations, but no pictures of the food. You are not an expert...

The Fellowship of Fiery Trials – I Peter 4:12-19

Nov 10, 2022 | Wednesday

  It appears to me that Peter was concerned about the saints in Asia Minor – Galatia, Pontus and Cappadocia. Perhaps he had heard that they were suffering under severe persecution. Perhaps he was afraid they would stumble and turn from Christ, even renouncing...

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...