Pharaoh’s Phoolishness – Exodus 5:1-4

Mar 16, 2025 | Sunday Morning

Both secular and Bible history tell us that the first Israelites spent time in an Egyptian prison. Their exodus or departure from Egypt – took place about 3,500 years ago. Even though hieroglyphics recount some of the material we have in the Bible – that event, so...

March 16

Mar 13, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

I have conflicting information about the birthday of Thomas Hume, Sr.  One article begins by saying he was born on March 16, 1812 and then later says on this twenty-first birthday, March 17, 1833 he became pastor of the Baptist church in Portsmouth, Virginia.  When I...

That I Might Know Christ – Philippians 3:7-11

Mar 13, 2025 | Wednesday

As we read this chapter, do we ever consider the emotion which must have originally lay behind it? I confess to reading these words academically – prosaically – without emotion or genuine concern. Paul says, “I was raised as a Hebrew of the Hebrews, a Benjamite of the...

How to Quench the Spirit – I Thessalonians 5:16-22

Mar 9, 2025 | Sunday Evening

This epistle to the church in Thessalonica is considered to be the first of Paul’s inspired letters. And most Bibles have this note after the end – “The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.” After preaching Christ in Thessalonica, Paul made a...

March 9

Mar 6, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

William Hickle was born on this day in 1807. When quite young he put his faith in Christ and soon joined the Little Flat Creek Baptist Church in Tennessee. When he was twenty, and newly married, he surrendered to the Lord’s call to preach the gospel, and he faithfully...

Importance of Connection – Psalm 84

Mar 6, 2025 | Wednesday

The Bible illustrates Christ’s churches in several ways, two of which are a body and a family. I expect that you are familiar with both, because they come up fairly frequently in our messages. But just to refresh your memory, Paul, in I Corinthians 12 spends time...

January 2025

Mar 4, 2025 | Timothy Parrow

Dear Pastor and Church, As the new year begins, I look back at the blessings of our Lord upon our ministry and my health. During the last year I preached on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and then on some of our Articles of Faith. Such a study was a great blessing to...

March 2

Feb 27, 2025 | This Sunday in Baptist History

A few months ago, I shared with you the salvation testimony of Samuel Houston.  It is from this man that the city of Houston derived its name.  Sam Houston is revered by most Texans, but he should also be honored by the children of God around the world. Sam was born...

Do it Now  –  Acts 12:1-10

Feb 27, 2025 | Wednesday

It is safe to say that Peter’s deliverance from Herod’s prison was miraculous.  That Peter was asleep under the circumstances was itself somewhat miraculous, but that is not the point.  More literally, it was a miracle that one of God’s angels appeared in a locked...