Hephzibah – Malachi 3:8-12

Why do people immigrate to the United States, or Canada, or anywhere else for that matter? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons. When I checked into my motel in Winnipeg, the desk clerk was wearing a turban and speaking with an accent. He could have been...

Immortal, Immutable God – Malachi 3:6

It is one thing to hear on the news about the sad, sad state of the world: the effects of sin on our society. But it is another thing to get out into the world and to see it first hand. It is sad to see family members, people we love, terrified at the world’s current...

Theological Theft – Malachi 3:7-12

Try to picture a gang of thugs in one of the run down areas of Los Angeles, Chicago or New York. They control all the local crime in their neighborhood, including prostitution, drugs, gambling and protection. They are the total masters of their little domain, and the...

December 19

Lovell Ingalls was serving as a missionary in Burma when his wife died, leaving him with a small family. After he returned to America on furlough, the Lord provided another helpmeet in Marilla, and the couple returned to Burma. Shortly after their arrival, the...

The Poet Laureate – Ephesians 2:8-10

Back in the days of medieval kings, art was the property of those kings and queens – monarchs only. The common man was so concerned with earning his daily bread that he had little time for beauty. The king commissioned the musicians, and he bought the sculptures. He...

Has He Come or is He Coming? – Malachi 3:1-6

Most people, especially when they get to be my age, look at their lives as a series of connected units. For some people it is a series of years or decades. Their 40th birthday was celebrated with the color black, as though life is down-hill from that point. But to a...

October 2021

Dear Pastor and Brethren, Difficult Month October has been a difficult month for several of us here attending the mission work. Bro. and Sis. Dick Gaches went to a hospital in Chicago for four weeks to a specialist to operate on Sis. Gaches back due to complications...

November 28

On this day in 1750 Philip Hughes was born. He was born again and baptized when he was 23 by the Regular Baptist preacher, David Thompson. Then, over time he became a close friend to the Separate Baptist, Elijah Baker. Baker was one of the forty-four who were...

Four Points of Prophecy – Malachi 3:1-6

Four Points of Prophecy – Malachi 3:1-6 I’d like to take Brother Fulton’s message from Sunday and preach again it in my own words. It had the catchy title “This is That,” using Peter’s words in Acts 2, where he said to the Jews: “What you are seeing is that which was...

Divine Irony – Malachi 3:1

Do you remember what the weather was like last Sunday? Were any of you thrown into the building with the door being violently pushed open by the 50 mph winds? Were you followed into the building by a handful of maple leaves from next door? Did anyone have their hair...