by Nicholas Kersten Director of Education and History (This originally appeared on Nick’s private blog and has been lightly edited for content and length.) As I sit writing, it is technically the last day of 2016, though only just barely.I have spent much of the past two years taking on a job which, by everyone’s admission, was too big for a person to...
Chaplain (MAJ) Jerry Johnson
Jan 25, 2017
Chaplain (MAJ) Jerry Johnson graduated with honors from the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff Officer School (CGSOC) at the Fort Belvoir, VA satellite campus on December 15, 2016. He finished the Intermediate Level Education — Common Core with a 3.98 GPA after a rigorous fifteen weeks of studying Army doctrine and tactics, joint military operations,...
Real or Fake?
Jan 25, 2017
By Rev. Donald Chroniger SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ Are you able to tell if something is real or if something is fake? That is the question. With what is happening inour country today, can you really tell what is the truth and what is a lie — the real or the fake? In our world today we have things that are counterfeit…like clothing. I saw, not too long ago,...
The Lord’s Prayer: Who is in Heaven…
Jan 24, 2017
By Pastor Phil Lawton from the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shiloh, NJ. Check out Phil’s blog at contemplatingkenosis.blogspot.com We probably don’t spend as much time understanding this phrase as we should. Heaven. If you asked most Americans they would say that heaven is up in the sky. It has puffy clouds and golden gates and angels with harps and...
God Likes To Use the “NOTS”
Jan 24, 2017
by Danny Lee President, Missionary Society What a wonderful year! It has been my pleasure to serve as President of the Missionary Society. I remember when the Board asked me to be president, as with most folks, I thought to myself, “How can I add one more thing to my already full plate?” My job is demanding at the tune of 60 hours a week; I’m already a...