First Baptist Church of Wellston, OH

06/12/2026

“Prayer is a war-time walkie-talkie, not a domestic intercom for ringing up the butler. It’s not to pad your life with more American comforts. It’s to give you power to do hard things for the kingdom.” -John Piper

06/02/2026

God’s unmerited favor ✔️

05/29/2026

Wow.

He created the tree upon which He was to die!

John 19:17 "Bearing His own cross, He went forth to that place which is called Calvary."

There is no incident in our Lord's passion which, to a heart quickened with spiritual sensibility-is more replete with holy instruction, or more deeply, tenderly touching than this: Christ bearing to Calvary the cross upon which He was to suffer. It unveils such a profound abasement, and yet such a depth of love; it portrays a stoop of the Majesty of Heaven, to earth's lowest degradation-so marvelous, and yet is the measurement of grace so vast, the fact stands out, amid the many marvels of our Lord's death-one of the most touching and significant of all.

To compel the criminal to bear the wood upon which he was to be impaled, was one of the severest elements of degradation in the Roman punishment of crucifixion. To this our Lord was subjected, "Bearing His own cross, He went forth to that place which is called Calvary."

Little did they dream, as they bound the fatal wood upon His shoulder, by whose power that tree was made to grow, and from whom the beings who bore Him to the death, drew their existence. So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself, He created the tree upon which He was to die, and nurtured from infancy the men who were to nail Him to the accursed wood!

Oh the depth of Jesus' love to sinners!

Lord! The universe in its accumulation presents no love like Yours! Your love, as eternal as Your being, saw from everlasting the cross of Calvary-and yet You did not falter in Your purpose, nor modify Your plan of saving lost sinners by the sacrifice of Yourself. You saved others; Yourself You would not save!

05/25/2026

Who better to follow in this dark world than the light himself?

05/19/2026

“One reason why we so little value the ordinance [of the Lord’s supper], and profit so little by it, may be because we understand so little of the nature of that special communion with Christ which we have therein.” -John Owen

05/14/2026

“We relive the gospel every time we gather as a church to worship…consequently, a proper service of worship centers on Christ, an each element, from praise to confession to intercession to scripture reading and preaching focuses on the benefits which flow from the cross.” -Terry Johnson

05/07/2026

04/21/2026

“Telling a slave to be free is to add insult to injury. But telling a liberated slave to be free is an invitation to enjoy his new freedom and privileges.
We continue to struggle with sin. We’re like a freed slave who still jumps at his masters voice. We’re like a man with a healed leg who still limps out of habit. We’re like a former prisoner who still wakes at prison hours.” -Tim Chester

04/13/2026

[ It began to grow dark after crossing over the easier path. Hopeful groaned in himself, “Oh that I had kept on my way!” Christian said, “It is my fault. I put you and myself in danger. The easier path was right beside the WAY we were on.” Hopeful replied, “Friend, there is a great deal of difference between being NEAR the truth and being IN the truth.” ]

-Pilgrams Progress

04/05/2026

Reminder!

You are invited to the canata at the First Baptist Church in an hour.