WHAT FUNCTION DO YOU SUPPLY?
I stumbled across an old adage again that is mainly of interest to those who try to grow things but the principle involved has application to everything we do. The saying went like this: “The best fertilizer is the farmer’s footprints.” The message it tries to get across is that to be successful at […]
A PEAK AT REAL FRIENDS
A real friend is a friend forever, not just for a summer or until the end of college days, or until the end of your tour of duty in the military. And a real friend is loyal and faithful. In 1 Samuel we read that Jonathan’s dad, Saul, hated David. Saul was jealous of David’s […]
WHO DO YOU GO TO FOR ADVICE?
The local newspaper for this metropolitan area has proliferated in advice columns that are daily filled with questions regarding how to solve life’s problems. Advice is freely given. We have no way of knowing if it is followed. We seem, with the passage of time, to seek answers from almost any source except the advice […]
A NEW YEAR IS UPON US
As we prepare to enter a new decade of the 20s, the elders want to say how grateful we are for all of the wonderful and dedicated members of the Beckley Heights Congregation. We know times are tough and we are thankful for your continued support. Our objective is to always watch out for the […]
PRAISE THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCE
When life is good, it is easy to praise God. My life is full of blessings, we think to ourselves. He is so good to me! But what happens when life is hard? Do we continue to give him the glory when we’re thrown curveball after curveball? Regardless of our circumstance, whatever our situation, we […]
A BRISK TRADE IN SOULS
Adam Burtle of Woodinville, Washington, did what many do with less fanfare – he sold his soul. He offered it in a listing in an internet auction company’s ad. He had underestimated what his soul was worth to anyone else. The bidding started at 5 cents and topped out at $400.00. The auction company […]
Our Great Treasure
“Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in a field the which , when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field”. Matt. 13:44 Like the parable of the pearl of great price, that follows, this lesson is […]
LORD, LET ME GIVE
I do not know how long I’ll live, but while I live, Lord let me give. Some comfort to someone in need, by smile or nod…kind word, or deed. Lord let me do whatever I can to ease things for my fellow man. I want naught but to do my part to lift a tired […]
Stedfastness-A Godlike Quality
A Christian business-man had a paper-weight on his desk that was a small replica of an old-time weathervane with a rooster silhouetted. A friend who had been known to tease dropped by and was talking to him. When the friend saw the tiny weathervane, he said, “What does that mean? That you are a fair-weather […]
TEACHING ONE ON ONE
I am the vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:1-2) God want all men to be saved (1 Timothy2:3-4) and he uses us to carry out […]
