Nov 17, 2019 | Sunday Evening
There is an old, old proverb which says, “What is well begun is half done.” There is a lot of truth in that thought. A most important part of the large construction project is making sure that there is a good foundation. And similarly, even without adding the...
Nov 17, 2019 | Sunday Morning
75 years ago, when WWII was still raging in the South Pacific, and 10,000 islands were held by the Japanese, the allies set up observation posts on remote islands; sometimes on islands still held by the enemy. These spotters would take up positions on the sides of...
Nov 14, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Juliette Pattison was born in 1808. After the Lord saved her, she was baptized by her brother, the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Providence, RI. While teaching in Charlestown he met her future husband, J. G. Binney. They married in 1833, and on this day ten...
Nov 4, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Cate was born in 1807 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. At the time, the religious condition of East Tennessee was said to be deplorable – overrun with lifeless paedobaptists. Nevertheless, here and there souls were saved by the grace of God, and among them...
Nov 3, 2019 | Sunday Morning
Last Wednesday, I was reminded how busy Brother Fulton is right now. He just got back from 11 days in Kentucky which included preaching in several churches and being in a missions conference. Yesterday he and Rachel hosted a House-warming party which we forced on...
Oct 31, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Richard Miller did nothing to become famous among God’s servants on this earth. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been rewarded in Glory for his sacrifice and service to the Lord. Richard M. Miller was born in Seveir County, Tennessee on this day in 1815. While a...
Oct 28, 2019 | Sunday Evening
This morning we looked at the somewhat unusual idea of the faithfulness of God. It is unusual only in that we have almost always skipped over those Biblical statements which declare it. It is strange to our ears, only because it is so much a part of the nature of...
Oct 27, 2019 | Sunday Morning
Have you ever felt betrayed? Perhaps you shared an intimate secret with someone you trusted, but that person then shared it with others, causing you personal shame or harm. Or perhaps you asked someone to help you in an important matter, and they promised to do so,...
