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...
Sep 2, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day (September 5) in 1651, Obadiah Holmes was whipped nearly to death in a public ceremony. His crime was only that he was a Baptist trying to serve the Lord according to the principles of the Bible. But Holmes is not the subject of this history. When Holmes...
Aug 29, 2021 | Sunday Morning
If you were going to define “salvation” according to Biblical terms, what words would you use? If you need some help, let me give you some suggestions. When Zacharias, the father of John Baptist, had his voice miraculously restored, he began to praise God. One of the...
Aug 28, 2021 | Daniel Pearson
We have great news! Greater Vision has grown in its membership and the Pearson have grown in its family numbers! Mrs. Perason will be having another Pearson baby. Our newest member is due December 18th. We are excited and very thankful for God’s grace to bless us with...
Aug 28, 2021 | Frank Tottingham
Dear Pastor and Church, “That ye may know that ye have eternal life” 1 John 5.13 July – September 2021 Praise the Lord for new births! Another soul has been born again, and Shelley and I have become grandparents! On the 14th of June, Caitlin and...
Aug 28, 2021 | Mike Meredith
Dear Pastor and Church, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” Psalm 68:19 I recently asked prayer for Luke who had stopped attending services. In the past two weeks he has been back for some...
Aug 28, 2021 | Raymond Johnson
Dear Bro. and Sis in Christ: The Work in Talihina The Lord has blessed us with a one new member and our attendance has been stable. The Sunday school is slowly growing and the Lord answered prayers, we now have four Sunday School classes with four teachers. We hosted...
