Dec 19, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Andrew Tribble was one of the first Baptists in Virginia. He often declared that he was the fifty-third Baptist on the north side of the James River. Some of the people with whom he fellowshipped were Lewis and Elijah Craig, John Waller and James Childs. Bro. Tribble...
Dec 12, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Constantine was the Roman leader who united secular government to the “Christian” religion – a false and corrupted form of Christianity. From that day until the late 18th century, true Bible-believers have been oppressed and persecuted by both Catholics and their...
Dec 5, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Andrew Marshall was born a slave in South Carolina. His first “master” was John Houston, the colonial governor of Georgia. Even though he was promised freedom upon the death of Houston, the promise was not kept and he was sold, becoming the property of Judge Clay, who...
Dec 2, 2019 | Sunday Evening
One of the problems, if not one of the actual tragedies of modern Christianity, is that sanctification and justification are taught as one and the same thing. “Justification” is one of the words that we use to talk about our salvation. Justification is the act...
Dec 1, 2019 | Sunday Morning
When the Lord laid this message on my heart, I at first wondered if I was hearing Him correctly. It is related to a message we had a few months ago, and I feared that there might be too much repetition. And then as I began jotting down notes, I became concerned that...
Nov 29, 2019 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Today’s history note once again deals with Missouri, but this time only in the eastern part of the state and somewhat earlier. John Mason Peck was born – and born again – in Connecticut, but the Lord laid the spiritual needs of the West, upon his heart. On this day...