A Letter to the Heath Church Community
Monday, April 20, 2020 “8:00 p.m. Quarantine Note.” A verse of scripture has been going over-&-over in my mind & heart today. It’s Philippians 4:19 – “But my God SHALL SUPPLY .. ALL YOUR NEED .. according to His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus!”It is my personal belief that when someone has a need…
Read MoreThe Book of The Law of God
“And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God…” (Josh. 24:26) “BUCKLE UP – IT’S THE LAW!” A few years ago, this admonition and reminder nearly shouted out its message of seat belt safety from signs and billboards strategically placed along the city streets and rural roads of my home state…
Read MoreExhortation To Good Works
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your GOOD WORKS, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.” (Matt. 5:16) A little girl was taken to a great cathedral to visit. As her parents walked around observing the massive structure with all its ornate beauty, she simply sat in one…
Read MoreGlorify God COLLECTIVELY!
“That you may, with ONE MIND & ONE MOUTH, glorify God, even The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!” (Romans 15:6) As I write this blog, I’m sitting about 10 feet from the edge of the great Atlantic Ocean. From time to time, an extra-large wave, crashing upon the sandy beach,…
Read More“Works Compliment Faith”
“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead, also.” …
Read MoreThe Protestant Reformation: One Of Our Church’s Vital Roots
One of the worst things a living plant could ever do is sever itself from its roots. The root system carries the very “lifeblood” of that plant, and to sever those roots, is to kill that plant. We know that a plant cannot (on its own) do such a self-destructive thing, but the fact is,…
Read MoreUnquestioning Obedience
As I’m writing this little blog, we have just come through the celebrations of The Passion Week of our Lord. Palm Sunday, Good Friday, & Easter Sunday are now behind us for another year. However, I trust and pray that our celebrations of Jesus’ Resurrection are not behind us. Hopefully, they will always be fresh,…
Read MoreOur Greatest Investments
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is credited with making the following statement, “We cannot always build the future for our Youth, but we can always build our Youth for the future!” There is SO much truth in that statement and it corresponds with thoughts that have been on my mind a lot, of late. As…
Read MoreKindness, Always…
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God, for Christ’s sake, has forgiven you.” (Eph. 4:32) A former adult Sunday School teacher in the church I was pastoring years ago used to stop at the door on his way out of church, and hand/tell me a little saying or story pertinent to…
Read More“The Bible, God’s Word”
My eyebrows shot skyward the moment I saw the headline in my evening newspaper: “Looking For Proof of the Bible in Stones.” As I read the article about various mideastern archaeological diggings, from time to time certain statements caused my eyebrow level to heighten even more: “A.B.T. is an archaeologist who doubts anything he can’t…
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