Pastor Michael J. Brooks: The scarlet thread through the Bible

Pastor Michael J. Brooks: The scarlet thread through the Bible

The late Dr. W.A. Criswell took the scarlet cord of Jericho and suggested there is a scarlet thread throughout scripture showing God’s mercy in calling and forgiving sinners.

The scarlet thread through the Bible - The Port St. Joe Star

Dr. J.D. Gray served for many years as pastor at First Baptist Church, New Orleans. He often delighted in telling a Civil War story from 1865. The First Baptist Church, Columbia, S.C., was a seedbed for secessionists, so it was one of the first places federal cavalry went when Gen. Sherman was busy torching Georgia and South Carolina. The cavalry officer asked a man in front of the church, who happened to be the church sexton, or custodian, if t…