A New Year Exhortation

Exhortation to Churches and individual Christians for the New Year: find ways in 2022 to invest in your community. Almost every community has some form of a foster aid ministry, pregnancy center, mentor groups for at-risk children, Child Advocacy Centers, nursing homes, homeless shelters, food banks, as well as many other resources that serve at-risk…

How to Video your Sermons

I have recently begun making short videos and live streaming our Sunday morning sermons via Facebook Live. Since several have been curious about this as a possible avenue for teaching, I felt inclined to share some “how to” information along these lines. Since my brief “how to” ended up being 5 pages long, I felt…

Where There Is No Vision, The People Perish

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 This verse is often quoted to show the importance of long term goals in the church, particularly in the mind of the pastor. A person would define “vision” as the goals or ambitions of the pastor….

Am I therefore become your enemy?

By Joshua Winslett Galatians 4:16 “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?“ In Galatians, Paul had rightfully rebuked and exhorted the church at Galatia to return to the state of grace in which they had previously enjoyed. Was Paul mean? Was Paul their enemy? Paul greatly loved this church. Paul certianly…

The Ministry, The Church and Fellowship

by Lee Hanks Advocate and Messenger, April, 1934 There are many gifts in the church that should be encouraged. We visit churches where a number of the brethren give good talks, exhort and offer public prayer. This is an evidence of life and each member is trying to bear his part. These gifts should all…

Where Are We Drifting?

by Lee Hanks Advocate and Messenger — 1924 Where are we drifting? The church and the world seem to have a tendency to degeneracy. Where is that beautiful church clothed with humility, love, peace, fellowship, honesty, truthfulness, sobriety and with garments clad in white? The church that is the light of the world? that city…

Lordship Among The Ministry

By CH Cayce The following article was read in the meeting at Jackson, Tenn., which began on Friday before the fifth Sunday in October, 1926: Brethren, you have assigned to me a hard subject, “The baneful effect of the spirit of lordship among the ministry,” and I have had very little time to study the…

Support of the Ministry

By Walter Cash   “Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they that preach the gospel should live of the gospel.”—1Co 9:14. (The following is from an editorial which appeared in the “Messenger of Peace” August 15, 1917.) A minister who would have it in mind to serve with a selfish purpose, just for what would be…

An Appeal to the Ministry

By Walter Cash (The following pages are taken from my work, “Practical Suggestions for Primitive Baptists.” This work is out of print, but I have so many calls for it yet that I republish these pages here in response to the demand.) Having briefly noticed some things pertaining to pastoral work and the preaching of…