Recent Blog Articles
Our Dad the Pastor
The members of Nelson County Baptist Church are quite familiar with their pastor. After all, he is the one who started the work and no member of NCB has sat [...]
A Life Worth Celebrating
Recently, I had the privilege to witness the retirement of a man who had devoted forty years of his life to public service. I had worked under this man’s leadership [...]
Reflections on New York’s Legalization of Late Term Abortion
This week New York was the first state to pass legislation legalizing abortion up to the time of birth. We should not miss the qualifier that that the health of [...]
Does the Church Need Legalism? by Bro. J. C. Barnard
Let me say this first. I have struggled with this subject for years. I would say that my childhood was spent in a legalistic environment, but as a child of [...]
How Much is Enough?
“It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.”-Matthew 10:25 Jesus made this statement to his disciples as he gave them [...]
The Eternal Relevance of John 3:16 (part 2 of 2)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 4. Only [...]
The Eternal Relevance of John 3:16 part 1 of 2
John 3:16 is probably the most well-known verse of Scripture. But how often do we really consider what it says? Sometimes we are so familiar with something that it loses [...]
What Will my Epitaph Be? by Bro. J.C. Barnard
Several weeks ago my family and I drove over to Abingdon, Virginia for the wedding of our oldest son. Abingdon is an old city that dates back to the 1770's [...]
Turn Aside by Bro. J.C. Barnard
In Exodus 2 we see that Moses has slain the Egyptian and fled to Midian to get away from Pharaoh. Some time has passed and in chapter 3 we see [...]
Should the church have a voice? by Deacon Lex Goodlett
Driving through some parts of Kentucky it seems that you can hardly make a turn without seeing a church. Someone told me that the county they lived in had 66 [...]
It’s True! It’s Religions Fault
How many times have you heard someone say that religion is the cause of wars and human problems? I have concluded that I agree with that statement. Everything good or [...]
Faith and Mystery
Mar 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things [...]