Jul 11, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Taylor Jones provided a great service to the people of Siam (today’s Thailand), when he translated the New Testament into their language. But it may have been the sacrifice that his wife made which was the initial catalyst toward the salvation of many of the...
Jul 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I have preached from this bit of Biblical history several times – but not recently. And I believe a visiting speaker, a year or two ago, also spoke from one of the accounts of this young man. Our subject is often called “the rich young ruler,” but in none of the...
Jul 4, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The first Baptist church in Groton, Connecticut has a long and storied history, revolving, for more than a century, around the name “Wightman.” Edward Wightman was burned at the stake in Litchfield, England, in 1612, for no other reason than that he was a Baptist...
Jul 1, 2024 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren, Articles of Faith. I have returned to preaching messages on our Articles of Faith which I had been using for Wednesday evening services when the pandemic shut us down. Those articles are a blessing to us because of their clarity and...
Jun 30, 2024 | Sunday Evening
A few weeks ago, we had a message on the Mediatorship of the Saviour. I took as a primary illustration the historically based movie, “Bridge of Spies.” Something I didn’t share with you that day was a line which came up three or four times during the story. Tom Hanks’...
Jun 30, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I read a statement the other day which appears to me to be a relatively good description of today’s world. “We are living in a time when sensitivities are at the surface, often vented with cutting words. Philosophically, you can believe anything, so long as you do not...
Jun 27, 2024 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1775, Caleb Evans, the president of the Bristol Baptist College sat down at his desk and wrote a letter to a young graduate of the college named John Sutcliff. Sutcliff had been a good student, and Evans felt that he would be a blessing to many...
