Essential Baptist Principles_™
As taught in the Holy Scriptures

Selected Articles

• Weak but Strong?  The only times we are truly strong is when we are totally relying upon the Lord and are fully conscious of our own weakness.  by  Elder Ralph Harris 
• Glorious purpose of Preaching  There is a glorious purpose in preaching, but that purpose is not the eternal salvation of souls. R. H. Pittman bit and pieces #463 by Elder Ralph Harris
• Daily work The hardships and tribulations a child of God goes through are not designed to break him.  They are designed to give him a foundation of experience and learning. by Elder Carl Arnold
• Mount Rushmore  I conclude that to some of God's people coming to the Church, the Kingdom of God, the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, is muck like Mt. Rushmore to me.  by Elder Marty Hoogasian
• Marvel Not    The Arminians would have this Scripture read: 'everyone that decides to be born of the Spirit can be like the wind and blow wherever he will' by Elder Marty Hoogasian

• Poem  'Our great example'

• Hymn  'Thy Mercy my God '

Acknowledgement of God -  Daniel Chapter 3

Notable Quotes:  “Let it be tried a thousand times, and in nine hundred and ninety-nine cases it will be found that preachers who aim at worldly honors will be completely ruined or greatly depreciated as preachers." --  Robert Semple from 'History of the Baptist in Virginia'