Abstemiousness – I Peter 2:11-12

Jun 30, 2022 | Wednesday

I was driving one of our members back from a medical appointment at the VA hospital one afternoon. While on Francis Street I glanced over and saw a small office with a sign above the door reading: “Abstemious Outpatient Clinic.” I was confronted with a new word:...

Peculiar People – I Peter 2:9; Titus 2:11-14

Jun 27, 2022 | Sunday Evening

How odd should the people of God be in the eyes of the world? Some might criticize my use of the word “odd,” but note that I am using it in the context of the unsaved mind. We might prefer the word “peculiar,” but we know it in its Biblical context, whereas the world...

Marvelous Ophthalmolic Grace – I Peter 2:9 (John 9)

Jun 26, 2022 | Sunday Morning

Peter, was probably on high alert as he walked beside the Lord Jesus that day. It was dangerous for Christ and His disciples to be in Jerusalem. Just a day or two before, Jesus had been confronted by a group of Pharisees, escorting a woman who had been taken in...

June 26

Jun 24, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

When John Borum was thirty years old, he and his family moved from Virginia to Tennessee to start a new life. In 1807 he joined the Round Lick Baptist Church just east of what was to become Nashville. Very quickly he began serving the Lord and soon was preaching God’s...

Canticle in 4/4 Time – I Peter 2:9

Jun 23, 2022 | Wednesday

Not very long ago, I preached a series of messages from verses 9 and 10. At least it doesn’t seem very long ago to me, because they were such a blessing to my heart. I have no idea whether or not you remember them. I hope you do, but forty months can seem like a...

Inexpressible Hidden Wealth – I Peter 2:2-8

Jun 19, 2022 | Sunday Morning

Let’s say you have been experiencing horrible pain behind your left eye, and now it seems to be in both. You finally relent and go to an ophthalmologist, where you receive a thorough examination. When finished, he tells you that you have a rare form of cancer. If you...

June 19

Jun 16, 2022 | This Sunday in Baptist History

It was on this day in 1834 that Charles Spurgeon was born. He was the first of seventeen children. His ancestors had come to England from Holland. His grandfather, James, was the pastor of the Independent Church in Stambourne, Essex, for 54 years. His Father, John...

Acceptable to God – I Peter 2:4-5

Jun 16, 2022 | Wednesday

You have just spent half hour at the grocery store, looking for the supplies you need for a camping trip. You have been planning this little get-away for a month, and in your pocket is the cash you’ve been laying aside to pay for it. As you go through the store, you...

Chips off the Block – First Peter 2:4-8

Jun 13, 2022 | Sunday Evening

I mentioned in our last lesson that one of the ways the Holy Spirit keeps His Word relevant is with the use of timeless illustrations. For example, babies have been essentially the same from the day in which Eve first gave birth. The Spirit uses what we know about...

May 2022

Jun 11, 2022 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Health Difficulties I had been living and preaching under the burden of atrial fibrillation since about the middle of last December and did not know it. I remember having begun to slow down in my activities but thought that such was the...