Acts: King Jesus Builds His Church
We had a technological glitch at our church on April 6, 2025 and we didn’t get our sermon...
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Author: Allen Nelson IV
Acts and the Preaching of the Gospel
For the inquiring mind, my working title for the book of Acts is: “The Acts of the Ascended and...
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Applauding God’s Justice
In the final verse of Nahum (Nahum 3:19), we encounter an important biblical truth: when evil is...
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How Should Christian Parents View Their Unconverted Children?
As Christian parents, how are we to think about our children who have not yet come to faith in...
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The Providence of God in Perryville, Arkansas: A One Year Update on Reformation
The Story A year ago I was discouraged. We had just had a frustrating SBC Annual meeting in...
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Free Chapter from A Change of Heart: Understanding Regeneration and Why it Matters
I am so excited to be working with Free Grace Press again to publish my third book (2nd with FGP),...
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The First and Second Birth of John Bunyan
On November 28, 1628 John Bunyan was born. I am grateful for Bunyan’s commitment to the Word...
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Advent 2022 – Free Family Devotionals
The Word Christmas is not in the Bible. Never once does Paul, or Peter, or James, or any of New...
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The One Response Conservatives Don’t Give to National Crises
In my 3.5+ decades of life on earth, I have lived through a few “national crises”. Some things I...
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Have You Learned Christ?
In Ephesians 4:20, Paul says the Christians at Ephesus had “learned” Christ. By that,...
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Resolution on the Sacredness of the Southern Baptist Pulpit
In the 2006 preface to his biography on John Calvin, Steve Lawson wrote, “As the pulpit...
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5 Deceitful Schemes Seeking to Ruin Churches
In Ephesians 4:14, Paul desires that local churches “…may no longer be children, tossed to and fro...
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Why the Church Should “Get with the Times”
In 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul writes, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation....
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No One is Scared of the Church
Exodus 12:33 shows us that the Egyptians saw God’s people as a threat to them. The text...
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Neutrality is War
Neutrality is not only an impossibility but also rebellious. To pretend that anything in our universe, like a tree, or the law of gravity, or the human mind, does not have a holy and good Creator is actually rebellion against God. To attempt neutrality is an attempt to live out from under the rule and reign of God.
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Why You Should be a Baptist – Part 5
This is the fifth and final post in a series of posts on why you should be a baptist. In the last...
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Why You Should be a Baptist – Part 4
In the previous two posts, we have walked through 5 points on the significance of Baptism. I am...
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Why You Should be a Baptist – Part 3
In the previous post, we began to walk through 8 wonderful realities that our Baptism points to....
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Why You Should be a Baptist – Part 2
The last post was really an introduction to this discussion. In this post, we begin to get into...
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Why You Should be a Baptist – Part 1
Benjamin Keach, a 17th Century Baptist, was once put in a pillory to face physical pain and public...
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Spirit Baptism and Water Baptism
Baptism and the Spirit In the New Testament, we recognize the word “baptism” is not only used to...
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Recreational Youth Baseball: What it is, What it isn’t, and How to Enjoy it
Recreational baseball has the awesome opportunity to play a small part in the shaping of America’s next generation. That’s a remarkable privilege that coaches, parents, and a community dare not take lightly. We are dealing with precious cargo. Woe to us if we mishandle the occasion! To whom much is given, much is required.
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The Work of Elders and Deacons (Benjamin Keach)
Consider the words of 17th century Baptist, Benjamin Keach (1640-1740), on Elders and Deacons: The...
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When the Gospel takes Root
The following is an excerpt from my book, From Death to Life: How Salvation Works (you can order...
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The Love of Christmas
We covered Ephesians 3:18-19 recently at Perryville Second Baptist Church. Strange interpretations...
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