Oct 28, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Baptists in early Virginia often suffered physical pain and imprisonment in order to preach the gospel of Christ to the lost, but this kind of persecution was not always the most painful. The scorn and ridicule they endured often left more scars. On this day...
Oct 10, 2021 | Sunday Morning
A few of you are familiar with the “God Father” movies. I won’t point any fingers. I can’t point any fingers. In the midst of much disturbing material in that series, there was one which particularly bothers me. The leaders of the Corleone family were outwardly very...
Oct 8, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Duncan was born in Amherst County, Virginia, in the year of this country’s birth. His father was a highly respected Baptist pastor, but it wasn’t until William’s twentieth year that he was converted to Christ. Immediately he began growing in the things of the...
Sep 30, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Clarke began his earthly life on this day, October 3rd, 1609 in Suffolk County, England. We don’t know when he began his spiritual life, but it appears to have been at an early age. He was well-educated, not only receiving degrees in England but also from...
Sep 13, 2021 | Sunday Evening
I hope you believe that God is God. Do you understand what I mean by that? I don’t mean, I hope you believe that Jehovah is God, or Elohim is God. That is an eternal truth. I mean: I hope you believe that God is truly sovereign. Sovereignty is a part of the definition...
Sep 12, 2021 | Sunday Morning
Speaking through Malachi, God has been correcting and criticizing both Israel’s priests and her people. Those priests, as part of the leadership of the nation, should have been setting a godly example. But they were accepting and offering corrupt sacrifices from the...
Sep 10, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The early Baptists in Connecticut were persecuted by the state, especially in the area of ministerial taxes. Everyone, by law, was to pay an assessed amount for the support of the local Protestant minister. The Baptists, on principle, refused. They were often taken to...
Sep 9, 2021 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
I don’t know if it is true of every pastor, but this pastor has been getting unsolicited suggestions to buy stuff. And one which has come up recently, over and over again, are materials dealing with “ministerial burn-out.” “Ministerial burn-out” is a term which...
Sep 6, 2021 | Sunday Evening
Do you see the word “voweth”in this verse? “Cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and VOWETH, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing.” If I am not mistaken, that word takes us from Israel’s required sacrifices to their freewill offerings. This...
