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...

October 23

Oct 20, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

In 1800 many churches in Kentucky were blessed with a soul-stirring revival. When pastor and historian Lemuel Burkitt heard of it, he traveled from North Carolina to experience and record what the Lord was doing. On this day in 1801, he wrote: “The first appearance...

Sin Free? – I Peter 4:1-5

Oct 20, 2022 | Wednesday

Before the 19th century, there were only two ways to travel from New York to Sydney, Australia. Usually those old sailing vessels went under the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of Africa. But there was another route: sailing by way of the Drake Passage or...

Where Can I Find Christ Jesus? – I Peter 3:18-22

Oct 16, 2022 | Sunday Evening

The title to this afternoon’s message is: “Where Can I Find Christ Jesus?” I will begin with something for which I might get some flack, but I know I’m not the only guilty person here, so I might let you shield me if there is any push-back. Years ago, I read and...

The Baptism of Noah – I Peter 3:18-22

Oct 16, 2022 | Sunday Morning

You fishermen know that the best way to catch fish is to use some sort of bait or other enticement. The enemies of Truth – those who are trying to catch souls – usually use a little bit of bait as well. And like the lure which resembles a fish or some other food,...

October 16

Oct 13, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Gottlob Bruckner was born outside of Berlin, Germany  in 1783.  When he was twenty years old he moved to the big city to find work, and there he met a preacher whose sermons brought him to the cross for salvation.  Becoming a new creature in Christ, Gottlob desired to...

Those Incarcerated Spirits – I Peter 3:18-22

Oct 13, 2022 | Wednesday

Where would you prefer to live: on the planet Mercury or on whatever Pluto is being called today? Astronomers tell us that the surface temperature of Mercury is 354 degrees Fahrenheit. I don’t know if that is on our side of Mercury or on the Sun’s side, but it doesn’t...

To Bring us to God

Oct 10, 2022 | Sunday Evening

Elizabeth Barrett’s parents disapproved so strongly of her marriage to Robert Browning that they disowned her. Almost every week for years Elizabeth wrote letters to her parents begging for reconciliation. Not once did they ever reply. Then after 10 years of...