September 4

Sep 1, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

With this little biography I am going to tie together two consecutive days. Henry Jessey was born on September 3, 1601. He died a day after his sixty-second birthday on this day in 1663. Henry was the son of a Church of England clergyman, and he followed his father...

All Roads Lead to Glory – I Peter 3:1-6

Sep 1, 2022 | Wednesday

One of the things which made the timing of Christ’s incarnation so exciting was the way in which God providentially brought many factors together. Only “when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son…” Things like the Greek language and the unity...

Returned with Interest – I Peter 2:21-25

Aug 28, 2022 | Sunday Morning

My primary interest this morning is the last verse in this chapter. “For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.” You saints of God should live unto righteousness now that you have been brought to Christ – the...

August 28

Aug 25, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Rather than give you another anecdote about the Culpeper jail, in which Anderson Moffett (born on this day in 1746) was incarcerated, I’ve decided to share another birthday, but it is not of a Baptist preacher. George Pillsbury was born on this day in 1816 in Sutton,...

What Sort of New Life? – I Peter 2:24

Aug 25, 2022 | Wednesday

Let’s put you into what I hope is a familiar picture. You are an 8-year-old boy, living with your parents and two sisters. Your father works 14 hours a day as slave labor, laying brick, and you started several months ago making those bricks, baking them under the hot...

July 2022

Aug 22, 2022 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: New Visitor              On the seventeenth of July we had a new visitor come to our Sunday morning service. His name is Matthew Williams. Matthew lives with his mother, Kim, who has been attending our services for quite sometime now. He is a...

The Canary of the Gospel – I Peter 2:21-24

Aug 21, 2022 | Sunday Morning

Mining for gold, sliver and other important minerals and materials has always been a dangerous occupation. Through the years, thousands of miners have died in cave-ins, explosions, faulty equipment, the misuse of equipment and dozens of other causes. One danger they...

August 21

Aug 18, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

On this day in 1773, Nathaniel Saunders, the pastor of the Mountain Run (Baptist) Church was arrested in Culpeper County Virginia, charged that he did “Teach & Preach contrary to the Laws and Usages of the Kingdom of Great Britain, raising Sedition and Stirring up...

Surrendered to Judicial Authority – I Peter 2:21-24

Aug 18, 2022 | Wednesday

Let’s say that you are walking down a busy downtown street, and you find yourself among three strangers. No one seems to know anyone else, and there isn’t any talking between you. After a minute or two, you hear the siren of a rapidly approaching police car – two...

Two Examples: Heresy and Accuracy – I Peter 2:21-24

Aug 15, 2022 | Sunday Evening

I hope that some of you can remember when your English teacher asked you to diagram sentences. The technique was used to help us learn the various parts of a proper sentence, and to speak correctly. We were taught the rudiments: the subject, the predicate and the...