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...
Aug 26, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Thomas Baldwin died on this day (August 29) in 1825. Baldwin had been born 72 years earlier in Bozrah, Connecticut. Having a love for books, he decided to prepare for a profession as a lawyer, but the Lord had other plans. When he was seventeen he was brought under...
Aug 24, 2021 | Lessons on Bible Trivia
Dear Praying Brothers and Sisters, “Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving; withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ” (Colossians 4:2-3). Our witness and work for Christ is utterly...
Aug 23, 2021 | Scott Silvers
Greetings in Jesus Name, We would like to begin our Spring 2021 update by giving thanks to our Great Savior. 2020 was a year that most of us were glad to put in our rear view. From great social and political problems to the loss of many dear friends and family it was,...
Aug 22, 2021 | Sunday Morning
Before we get into the application of this scripture, please remember the historical context. Malachi, the last of God’s Old Testament prophets, served the Lord after Israel returned from Babylon. Some commentaries place his ministry during the days of Zerubbabel, but...
Aug 19, 2021 | This Sunday in Baptist History
In these days when church after church is throwing aside the name “Baptist,” people need to consider the life and choices of Isaac Backus. On this day (August 22) in 1751, Isaac Backus was dipped into water as a testimony of his faith in Christ. A man who had been...