August 3

Aug 1, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

When George Fownes became the pastor of the Broadmead Baptist Church in Bristol, England, he knew he was stepping into danger.  His immediate predecessor had been imprisoned many times between 1671 and 1678.  And that man’s predecessor had even died as a result of the...

Christ, the Glorious Foot-Washer – John 13:1-16

Jul 27, 2025 | Sunday Morning

Last week we considered Mary’s anointing of Jesus’ feet. You might have pictured her washing the Lord’s feet before she anointed them with her spikenard. But that washing took place on an earlier occasion (Luke 7). An infamously sinful woman “stood at his feet behind...

July 27

Jul 25, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Here is a bit of local history.  How many can picture the location of Dayton, Washington?  It is about 150 miles southwest from Post Falls and 41 miles north of Walla Walla on highway 12, resting under the shadow of the Blue Mountains. Today it has a population of...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – II Peter 2:9-16

Jul 24, 2025 | Wednesday

Robert Louis Stevenson, author of “Treasure Island” and “Kidnapped” was a conflicted professing Christian. He was raised by a staunch Presbyterian father, but his nanny was much more evangelical. Stevenson, as a child heard the gospel. During university Stevenson...

The Christ of the Anointing – Mark 14:3-9

Jul 20, 2025 | Lessons on Bible Trivia

The Lord Jesus said something in regard to His anointing which is often overlooked. At least I have overlooked it until recently. Most preachers consider this passage and its cousins in Matthew 26 and John 12 merely in the light of worship. Mary loved the Lord Jesus...

July 20

Jul 17, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Samuel Pearce was born on this day in 1766.  As a young man he happened to be in a house where a man lay dying.  The man in despair cried out, “I am damned forever.”  The words filled young Samuel with terror.  For more than a year, the death of that man and the...

God Knows, God Can and God Does – II Peter 2:9

Jul 17, 2025 | Wednesday

A little boy grew up wanting to play professional baseball. As a child he lived baseball; he dreamed baseball, he watched baseball; he studied baseball. He played catch with his dad and his uncle. He played five hundred with the neighboring kids. He played baseball at...

Those Whom God Spared – II Peter 2:4-10

Jul 13, 2025 | Sunday Evening

Our Bible’s translators show us that verse 4 into verse 10 is one sentence – one primary lesson. But, as we have already seen, there is a wealth of information here. There are three illustrations each split into two sections – one positive and one negative. This...

Those Whom God Spared Not  –  II Peter 2:4-6, 11

Jul 13, 2025 | Sunday Morning

Isaac Newton was an early English scientist, and probably a “genius” before the word had been defined.  He was raised in the Anglican denomination, but he held to some unorthodox views about Christ.  Because of those views, I can’t say that he was a Christian in the...

July 13

Jul 10, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

William Powell (not the actor of by-gone days, but William Rufus Powell), was born into a godly home in 1808, but he was not born again until many years later. At an early time in his life, his mother died, and other family tragedies sent him swinging back and forth...