The Pastor’s Quarry

Pastor Mitchell mails The Pastor's Quarry once a month to members of First Baptist Church. It is also available upon request. If you would like to receive The Pastor's Quarry, you are welcome to request it by sending your address to Pastor Mitchell.

  • September, 2008
    • The Sun of Righteousness Shall Rise
    • "Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying," by Philipp Nicolai
    • A Bit of History: A Brief History of Our Church
  • August, 2008
    • Seeking What Is Already Ours
    • Hymn 93, by Isaac Watts
    • A Bit of History: Christianity in China
  • July, 2008
    • To Magnify the Lord
    • "Word of the Father," by A. W. Tozer
    • A Bit of History: Tozer answers "Can Fundamentalism Be Saved?"
  • June, 2008
    • The Trivialization of God
    • "Adoration," by Sir John Bowring
    • A Bit of History: Literature in the Age of Science: From Tragedy to Comic Strip
  • May, 2008
    • The Inversely Proportional Relationship of Joy and Frivolity
    • "Desire of God," by Frederick Faber
    • A Bit of History: Summer Camp in America
  • April, 2008
    • Coveting a Costly Conscience
    • Two Poems by George Herbert
    • A Bit of History: The Romanian Extension of Central Seminary
  • March, 2008
    • The Pleasure of Their Company
    • Installation Service of Pastor Greg Linscott
    • Gloria in Excelsis Deo
    • A Bit of History: Was Bach a Believer?
  • February, 2008
    • The Joy of Parts
    • Why Do We Do It That Way? Why We Collect an Offering
    • Of Psalm 133, by Isaac Watts
    • A Bit of History: Bach's Mass in B Minor
  • January, 2008
    • The Most Practical Teaching of All
    • “East Coker” (an excerpt), by T. S. Eliot
    • A Bit of History: Spartan vs. Athenian Education, Then and Now
  • December, 2007
    • Swimming Upstream
    • “New Heaven, New War,” by Robert Southwell
    • A Bit of History: Christmas in America: From Public Carnival to Private Spoiling of Children
  • November, 2007
    • Relief for Spiritual Dryness
    • Thankful for This Undeserved Trust
    • “Maker in Whom We Live,” by Charles Wesley
    • A Bit of History: From the Sobriety of Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day to the Silliness of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • October, 2007
    • Showing Your True Colors
    • Book Review: Ideas Have Consequences, by Richard Weaver
    • “As Thy Days Thy Strength Shall Be,” Author Unknown
    • A Bit of History: The Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch.
  • September, 2007
    • The Most Important and the Most Difficult Thing to Preach
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why Do We Bow Our Heads and Close Our Eyes?
    • Sonnet XI, by Christina Rossetti
    • A Bit of History: The Reward System of the Early Sunday School in America.
  • August, 2007
    • The Student Body of Christ
    • How Are Your Devotions?
    • Of Psalm 78, Part 1, by Isaac Watts
    • A Bit of History: The Early History of Sunday School in America.
  • July, 2007
    • Which Way of Worship is Better?
    • “The Church’s Desolation,” Author Unknown
    • A Bit of History: Paul Rader’s Legacy of Adapting the Gospel Message to Pop Culture.
  • June, 2007
    • The Reputations of Sumac and Saints
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why We Use Hymnals
    • “Batter my heart, three person’d God; for, you,” by John Donne
    • A Bit of History: Mr. Eric White’s Thoughts After His Initial Survey of Our Historical Documents.
  • May, 2007
    • The Weakness of Orcs
    • Visiting Church Historian
    • “I Love the Sons of Grace,” Author Unknown
    • A Bit of History: The Names and Naming of the First Five Books of the Bible.
  • April, 2007
    • He Will Surely Do It!
    • Good Friday Service
    • “Easter Wings” by George Herbert
    • A Bit of History: Charles Finney’s Revivalism.
  • March, 2007
    • Why Should We Live?
    • Our Baptist Catechism
    • “Jesus, My God and My All,” by Frederick William Faber
    • A Bit of History: The Evolutionary Perspective on History
  • February, 2007
    • Sentimental Attachments
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why We Ask Why
    • “Majesty Divine,” by Frederick William Faber
    • A Bit of History: Nestorius and the Doctrine of Christ
  • January, 2007
    • Enlisting in the Local Church
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why We Require Testimonies of Faith from Candidates for Membership
    • "Correction," by Todd Mitchell
    • A Bit of History: Modern Editions of the KJV are Very Different from the 1611 Edition
  • December, 2006
    • Imagination, Emotion, and God
    • Welcoming Opportunities
    • “In the Bleak Midwinter,” by Christina Georgina Rossetti
    • A Bit of History: Fact vs. Truth
  • November, 2006
    • Thanksgiving Without Anxiety
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why our Pulpit is in the Center
    • Of Psalm 136, by Isaac Watts
    • A Bit of History: The Path from Early American Music to Gospel Song
  • October, 2006
    • The Joy of a Devout Life
    • “Who Shall Deliver Me?” by Christina Georgina Rossetti
    • A Bit of History: Spiritualism and Pietism
  • September, 2006
    • Capturing the Imagination
    • Do You Know the Sacred Writings?
    • “Sorrowful, Yet Alway Rejoicing,” by Todd Mitchell
    • A Bit of History: Post-Enlightenment Unraveling of Christian Doctrine and Worship
  • August, 2006
    • A Babe in the Woods
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why We Have a Prelude
    • “I Love My God,” by Jeanne Marie de la Motte-Guyon
    • A Bit of History: Scribal Transmission of Scripture
  • July, 2006
    • A Healthy Guilt
    • “The Labourer’s Noon-Day Hymn,” by William Wordsworth
    • A Bit of History: Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?
  • June, 2006
    • The One Who Cannot Fail
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why We Have Public Reading of Scripture
    • “A Poem for Pentecost,” Author Unknown
    • A Bit of History: The Anabaptists
  • May, 2006
    • The One Who Knows Us
    • “A Hymne to Christ, at the Authors last going into Germany,” by John Donne
    • A Bit of History: The Trefoil
  • April, 2006
    • The Least Jealous of Loves
    • Why Do We Do it That Way? Why We Practice Communion the Way We Do
    • “Peace,” by Henry Vaughan
    • A Bit of History: “IHS”
  • March, 2006
    • The Greatest Friendship
    • “Dover Beach,” by Matthew Arnold
    • A Bit of History: The Labarum