The following is a song re-write. Inspired by the great success of Luke K. in this arena, my brother and I combined thinking power to come up with this song to the tune of “God Bless the U.S.A.” by Lee Greenwood. It was written on the way through the...

Grandma’s Heritage By Jarod Hinton, July 11th, 2006 Many speak of heritage, and possessions passed to them. They inherit cars, and wealth… Some houses, deeds, and gems. But in my mem’ry I do have a simply awesome treasure. A heritage beyond those things; My inheritance without measure. My Grandma...

Yesterday’s sermon went well, and God blessed. It was a bit longer than normal I guess, and at first I thought I might not get through the whole thing and have to save the second half for next week. But God helped me, and I think many people were...

My question, for consideration and comment by all, is this: What is a pastor’s job? What do you consider to be the responsibilities of a pastor? What does the Bible say his job is? What does that entail? (etc., etc., etc.) To all of you that believe there are...

Here are the sermon notes from last Sunday’s sermon. The congregation also received my public apology well, and granted forgiveness. Thank you for your prayers. That kind of thing isn’t easy in private. I’m not sure if it’s easier or harder to do in public.  Here is the sermon....

Thursday night. It’s kind of nice to have a moderately free evening. I went to dinner with some friends from church, but after that it’s like, well, what should I do now? Even though I still have a ways to go yet in my sermon prep, and I had...

Hey, I’m back from my long journey. The vacation was great, but I will post about that at another time. I am in the middle of the work day, but I feel so badly about something that I feel I need to address it before going on with other...

Greetings friends and neighbors! I am currently on the road to Kansas. (Well, I’m not actually driving. I have pulled into the parking lot of a Holiday Inn Express and am using their wireless network.) Why Kansas do you ask? Well, to visit my family of course. Why else...

I thought I’d post a few recent pictures, and some others that are a bit older: Matt on a BMW. He made this picture himself. Here is another one of Matt. What a handsome guy right girls? Here is his blog: No_theOtherMatt This is a picture of good friends...

What a great holiday is the 4th! I mean, family, friends, three-legged races, fireworks, Watermelon seed spitting contests…..and then there’s the food! Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Chips, Cake, Cookies, Ice Cream, Baked Beans, Deviled Eggs…..oh man! I’m getting hungry again! So that describes a lot of my day. I did...

Actual quotes (I’m pretty sure of that) from some founding fathers and other wise dead men. On this Independence Day, remember the foundations upon which this great nation began, and also remember where true Independence, true Freedom, comes from. Remember the freedom we have in Christ! “We hold these...

Hello friends. I am really not in the mood to type anything. I’m not sure why. But I thought I’d just start and see what happens. It seems that I’ve had many moments lately that have inspired me to blog, but now that I actually have a moment to...

Here are some encouraging verses for all us young folks sent to me from my sister Laura. Jeremiah 1   6 Then I said, “Alas, Lord God!  Behold, I do not know how to speak, because I am a youth.”   7 The Lord said to me, “Do not...

This week we are having the Basic Seminar at Covenant. Should have a pretty decent turn out, though not a great many “first-timers”. That’s all right though. Even alumni of the Seminar still have problems and need to be reminded of the Truth. And there is so much truth...

Well, here are the sermon notes from yesterday’s sermon: Never Fear, God is Near! It’s an old message. One of the very first I ever did. But I felt like God would have me to polish it up and share it. God blessed us and helped me to communicate clearly. I...