Dec 29, 2021 | Daniel Pearson, Mike Meredith
We’re praising God for 2021 and praying our way into 2022! Family Update: We are praising God for blessing us with a healthy baby boy on December 14th! We named him Darius Michael Pearson. It has been an exciting time for us all, especially the kids! Mission Update:...
Dec 26, 2021 | Sunday Morning
Charles Spurgeon, in volume 59 of his Metropolitan Tabernacle sermons, said, “I believe that it is anti-Christian and unholy for any Christian to live with the object of accumulating wealth. You will say, ‘Are we not to strive all we can to get all the money we can?’...
Dec 23, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Many Americans are not aware that Britain, too, had a “Civil War,” when neighbors shed neighbors’ blood in a battle for “liberty.” During that conflict many Baptists joined and supported the Parliamentary army against the king. The forces of Oliver Cromwell were...
Dec 23, 2021 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: Increased Latino Contact Our busy month began with an increase in our contact with Latino people. The following names represent people with whom we have tried to be an influence for the Lord’s sake as we communicated and worked with them:...
Dec 19, 2021 | Sunday Evening
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...
Dec 19, 2021 | Sunday Evening
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...
Dec 16, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
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...
Nov 29, 2021 | Sunday Evening
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...
Nov 28, 2021 | Sunday Morning
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...