Oct 26, 2025 | Sunday Evening
You have probably heard it many times: Bible Christianity is unique among world religions. I’m not saying that this CHURCH is unique. Some people might say that our church is “weird,” and by some standards that is probably true. They said a lot more terrible things...
Oct 19, 2025 | Sunday Evening
In Acts 16 we see Paul and his little band of missionaries sailing northeast from Troas to Neapolis. As I said the other day, Neapolis was the port city of Philippi, but there were about nine miles between them. Today that might seem like nothing, but it was something...
Oct 6, 2025 | Sunday Evening
One of the perks of being my age – if there is a perk – is Medicare’s Annual “Wellness Checkup.” Free of charge, every year, we get to see our general practitioner for a review of our general health. During the hour-long visit. The usual vitals are checked – heart,...
Aug 18, 2025 | Sunday Evening
When I was growing up, I was quite near-sighted. The medical term is “myopia.” After it was diagnosed, it seemed that I was getting a new pair of glasses every year. And in those days when glasses were made of glass and not fancy plastic, my spectacles grew thicker...
Jul 13, 2025 | Sunday Evening
Our Bible’s translators show us that verse 4 into verse 10 is one sentence – one primary lesson. But, as we have already seen, there is a wealth of information here. There are three illustrations each split into two sections – one positive and one negative. This...
Jul 6, 2025 | Sunday Evening
One of distinctives of a New Testament Baptist church is that its message and authority come from the scriptures. We have no loyalty to Rome, or Philadelphia, or wherever Southern Baptist Convention is headquartered. True Baptist churches believe what they believe...
Jun 22, 2025 | Sunday Evening
After spending several hours meditating on these four verses, I thought I had a distinct four point outline. But then after trying to put my words to paper, they became an extinct four point outline. As a result these thoughts this afternoon will be brief and somewhat...
Jun 9, 2025 | Sunday Evening
For what purpose did the Lord save you, calling you unto Himself? Ultimately, it was for His glorification. That God would take – that God could take – a child of the devil like me, and call me “His child,” is certainly a blessing beyond understanding. But it...
May 25, 2025 | Sunday Evening
I tell myself that it is not an addiction, but there might be some debate about that. Every morning I have a set pattern of things I do, depending on the day. Every day at some point, either earlier or later, I fix myself a cup of coffee. It might be said that I have...
May 11, 2025 | Sunday Evening
There are a lot of organizations in the world which run on volunteer labor. Go into most hospitals or museums and notice the people serving there without pay. Sometimes the leadership of the group is highly paid, but the grunt work is done free of charge. Why do those...
May 4, 2025 | Sunday Evening
This afternoon I would like to take you to three semi-related scriptures. They all have questions which were posed to the Lord Jesus, but they had different purposes and answers. I bring them up because perhaps we should have the same questions – if we ask with proper...
Apr 20, 2025 | Sunday Evening
The little six-year-old crept out of his family’s rental cabin and ran down to the dock at the edge of the lake. Pretending to be a pirate in the early morning sun, he was flashing his wooden sword, forcing his enemy walk the plank. All of a sudden, it was he who fell...
Apr 13, 2025 | Sunday Evening
The Epistle to the Colossians was written by Paul when he was under arrest in Rome. Most likely, some of you have “spent time” thinking about the clause “under arrest,” but most have not. What is it to “arrest” something? It is to stop, hinder, or to check the forward...
Mar 23, 2025 | Sunday Evening
Let’s put this Psalm into the context of one of the modern lawyer/crime stories. It might have been written by David Baldacci or perhaps more likely – John Grisham. The hero is a lawyer, and, believe it or not, he is a good man, who has spent his career fighting crime...
Mar 9, 2025 | Sunday Evening
This epistle to the church in Thessalonica is considered to be the first of Paul’s inspired letters. And most Bibles have this note after the end – “The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.” After preaching Christ in Thessalonica, Paul made a...
