Postponed Due to Weather

In consideration of your safety, Brushfork Baptist Church will be canceling services tomorrow due to the weather. Although some main roads should be cleared by Sunday morning, most secondary roads (including mine) will remain impassable.We will reschedule the Christmas Cantata and Children's Play for next Sunday.Although we will not be having...

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The Weather Outside is (going to be) Frightful

The forecast is calling for up to 12 inches of snow today and tomorrow. If at all possible, we are still planning on having our Christmas Cantata in the 11:00 service and our Children's Play in the 7:00 PM service.I will monitor the weather and if it is impossible or unsafe to continue with our plans, I will let you know through WVVA...

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Christmas Book Giveaway

Over on Kingdom People, Trevin Wax is having his second annual Christmas Giveaway.  From December 15-25, you can register to win his 10 favorite books of the year PLUS and ESV Study Bible and a copy of his new book, Holy Subversion.  To register, click on the link above and follow the directio...

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Who the Light of Christmas Is

This is the second message of a three part Christmas series on the first 7 verses of Isaiah 9. Today’s message focuses specifically on the answer to the question, “Who Is Jesus?” Do you know the answer? This is the perfect season to find out.The manuscript from Sunday evening's sermon is available here. You can listen online or download the...

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Answering Questions

Have you ever asked a question and not gotten the answer you were looking for? I think we all have. The fact is, that just because a person is asking a question, doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re looking for an answer. Especially if the answer goes against what they were looking for. That’s what happened in today’s passage.The manuscript...

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Encouraging Frail Faith

When a person is born again, they are like a newborn baby. The disciples were really no different. They had a lot of growing up to do in just a short period of time, and all through the Gospels, Jesus grew them and nurtured them. He purposely put them in situations that would test their faith. In this message, we will look at one such test.The...

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What the Light of Christmas Brings

This message is the start of a new three part Christmas series on the first 7 verses of Isaiah 9. Over the next three messages, we will be looking at What the Light of Christmas Brings, Who the light of Christmas is, and What the light of Christmas Promises. I hope you can join us each time.The manuscript from Sunday evening's sermon is available...

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When I Suffer

This is our fourth and final look at suffering in the book of Job—and today we’re going to get personal. We’re going to talk about how to deal with it when we are the ones who are suffering. How can we suffer well?You can listen or download from the player at the bottom of this page. If you would rather, you can read the manuscript he...

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Casting Pearls

I don’t know why I do it…. I know Jesus’ command in Matthew 7:6, but I do it anyway. I have found that there are two groups of people who are virtually impossible to talk to seriously—homosexuals and militant atheists. I deal with them quite differently, but in my experience they have been equally hostile and antagonistic.I will not debate...

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Extreme Letters

Philippians 3:18Dear Mom and Dad,I greet you with the love of Christ. I am doing well and feel very blessed. One of my schoolmates, Varia, is a member of the Communist Youth Organization. I have been witnessing to her, and I think I am finally starting to get through to her. Recently she said, “I cannot understand you at all. So many of the...

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The Sin of Atheism

Psalm 14:1We are much assaulted to atheism and blasphemy; to atheism, as the greatest sin thatis, in that it smites at the root of all; for to say the truth, all sin comes from atheism (for who would sin, did he then verily think that there were a God that saw all, and would punish all) and such a God, God must be, or no God. And all sin...

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Spurgeon Saturday

3 John 3The truth was in Gaius, and Gaius walked in the truth. If the first had not been the case, the second could never have occurred; and if the second could not be said of him the first would have been a mere pretence. Truth must enter into the soul, penetrate and saturate it, or else it is of no value. Doctrines held as a matter of creed...

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Spiritual Exercise

1 Timothy 4:8Preparing the heart means unlearning evil prejudices. It is dusting off the tablet before attempting to write on it. Now solitude is most useful for this purpose. It quiets our passions and makes room for holiness to cut them out of the soul.So then, set aside a place for yourself, separate from contact with other people so that...

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I pray that your Thanksgiving celebration is at least as happy as this one.... Ahhh, memories.......and why did we never find it creepy that a bird is excited about eating another bi...

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West Virginia Southern Baptist

The December edition of the West Virginia Southern Baptist is available for download here. In it you will find a short bio of Lottie Moon as well as stories of some homegrown missionari...

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What Are You Looking For?

Have you found what you’re looking for? The people in today's passage thought they found what they were looking for in Jesus--but He wouldn’t have anything to do with them. Why was that? They were looking for a king, but they were looking for the wrong kind of king.Go to the player at the bottom of this page or click here to listen to or...

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It Is Well

On this day in 1873, the steamship Ville du Havre was struck by an iron sailing vessel while crossing the Atlantic. 246 people died, including the four daughters of Chicago lawyer Horatio Spafford. You might recognize the hymn that he wrote while traveling to meet his wife after the tragedy. This video tells the story:HT: Justin Tay...

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Extreme Wisdom

James 1:5Witnesses falsely testified against him. “We heard him cursing Moses and God. This man talks nonstop against God’s law. We even heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth would tear this place down and throw out all the customs Moses gave us.”The chief priest of the high counsel turned to the defendant. “What do you have to say for yourself?”Calmly...

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Cause of Discontent

1 Timothy 6:8Discontent arises from being so very sensible of the evil of affliction and senseless of the evil of sin. People's bodies are tender, and their senses quick, and therefore even the biting of a flea or the scratching of a pen is presently felt. People are so tender of their reputation, profits and delights, that the least touch...

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Spurgeon Saturday

Ephesians 4:30All that the believer has must come from Christ, but it comes solely through the channel of the Spirit of grace. Moreover, as all blessings thus flow to you through the Holy Spirit, so also no good thing can come out of you in holy thought, devout worship, or gracious act, apart from the sanctifying operation of the same Spirit....

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Be Still

Psalm 46:10The time for confession is now. Confess what you have done in word or action, by night or by day. Confess while it is the acceptable time, and receive heavenly treasure in the day of salvation. Blot out every earthly care from your mind, for you are running for your soul. You are completely forsak¬ing the things of the world. But...

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Suffering: A Survey of Job

I'm finally starting to get caught up on posting my sermons. You'll find several new sermons in the player below including the first three sermons from the four-part series on suffering, called Suffering: A Survey of Job. The Source of SufferingThe Purpose in SufferingWhen Others SufferWhen I Suffer (To be posted lat...

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Extreme Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9“If you will renounce your faith and trample the cross, you will go free,” the Bolshevik gang said. “If you do not, we will kill you.”Reverend Mikhail had seen eighty thousand of his fellow Russian Orthodox leaders and lay people murdered by the Communists. Amidst all of that pain and suffering, he decided that God, if he...

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Walk in Humility

Proverbs 22:4Walk in humility, take heed of pride. It is a deadly poison that spoils and kills all where it comes; so dangerous that another poison was used as a counter-poison to preserve St. Paul from it. And we are never more in danger of it than when we have done most, and made greatest progress in the profession and practice of piety.For...

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Spurgeon Saturday

Zephaniah 1:5Such persons thought themselves safe because they were with both parties: they went with the followers of Jehovah, and bowed at the same time to Malcham. But duplicity is abominable with God, and hypocrisy his soul hateth. The idolater who distinctly gives himself to his false god, has one sin less than he who brings his polluted...

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Divided Loyalty

Matthew 16:26One who delights in the world, who is enticed by flattering and deceiving earthly pleasures wants to remain in the world a long time. Since the world hates Christians, why do you love that which hates you? And why don't you follow Christ instead, who both redeemed you and loves you?John, in his epistle, cries and urges us not...

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Extreme Parable

Romans 5:3-5In a forest one day, three young trees all agreed to pray that they would be used for some noble purpose rather than decay from old age.The first tree wanted to become a manger where tired cattle could feed after a long day’s work. God rewarded the tree for having such modesty. It became a very special manger—the one in which...

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Work Made Light

Ecclesiastes 9:10The divine assistance which Christians have in their work alleviates the labor of it. Consider the Christian's work without this help. It is heavy indeed, yes, too heavy to stand under. But God's helping hand put to it makes this heavy work light. The ship, which when lying on ground, all the teams in the country could not...

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Spurgeon Saturday

Isaiah 49:16No doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word “Behold,” is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the preceding sentence. Zion said, “The Lord hath forsaken me, and my God hath forgotten me.” How amazed the divine mind seems to be at this wicked unbelief! What can be more astounding than the unfounded doubts...

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Bold Speech

Titus 2:8It is always time to speak boldly. For the psalmist said, "I spake in Thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed." If we happen to be around heathens, we should shut them up without harshness or anger. If we do it in anger, we do it with passion and the boldness of those who are confident of their case. But if we speak with...

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Extreme Vision

Ephesians 1:18The blows seemed to come from everywhere, and Chloe tried to wrap his arms around his head to protect himself. Although he didn’t know how many attackers there were, he felt the sharp thud of each blow as he lost consciousness. His attackers shouted at him, mocking his faith and his Jesus. Chloe prayed, silently crying out to...

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The Most Beautiful

Psalm 27:4Christ is the most amiable person and the most suitable object for your love. If you ask of the days which are past, which were before you since the day that God created man upon the earth; if you seek from one side of heaven to the other; if you make enquiry into all the parts of the earth, you will never find that there ever was...

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Spurgeon Saturday

Psalm 51:10A backslider, if there be a spark of life left in him will groan after restoration. In this renewal the same exercise of grace is required as at our conversion. We needed repentance then; we certainly need it now. We wanted faith that we might come to Christ at first; only the like grace can bring us to Jesus now. We wanted a word...

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