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Comment on Transforming Grace Lesson 3 by odudopar

odudopar — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:09:16 +0000

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Comment on Hello and Welcome to Grace! by Jerry Mapstone

Jerry Mapstone — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:22:42 +0000

Good Afternoon Pastor!

I am not a member of your church but two of our closest friends are…Ernie and Judy Lewis. Ernie send me the web address of your church so that I could read your 4th of July message…Thanks you outstanding lesson on the history of Church and State, few people understand what we are facing in this country as the body of Christ…the body of Christ has for too long accepted this misconception thus allowing the church to grow weak and in many cases ineffective while we are called to be the light in a lost world. May God bless you as you lead your congregation in these days.

Comment on Hello and Welcome to Grace! by Michael Pope

Michael Pope — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:38:44 +0000

Great website!

Pastor Alan, your messages are a spiritual feast and require some serious chewing. But thanks for the meat! I am so pleased you’re here.

Comment on One Nation Out From Under God by mpope

mpope — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:31:06 +0000

Pastor,

I agree with your sermon. I think it is entirely valid to challenge believers to take a stand for what they believe. But what about when believers of other faiths take a stand for what they believe? Under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, diversity of faiths is not merely acceptable, but insured. Our democractic state expects Christians (those that are citizens anyway) to respect and uphold a legal system that refuses to engage in the promotion of one faith to the exclusion of the other. It will not take sides and was never designed to do so.

But Christians do take sides: we stand with the Truth of God’s Word. And faiths such as Christianity and Islam are mutually exclusive fundamentally. They cannot co-exist. The Islamic “holy wars” teach us that.

So, how does a Christian reconcile his duty to a nation with his faithfulness to the ONE TRUE GOD. It seems to me that, in their truest expressions, Democracy and Christianity are not complimentary. Here I tread carefully, realizing that our government is not a true democracy but a democratic republic. And let’s not, of course, forget God’s direct involvement with the affairs of governments. The question is not with God’s involvement; the question is with man’s idea of good goverment and Christians’ understanding of that government. As we all know, it’s not a perfect system.

Your thoughts?

Comment on The Day the Lights Came on!! by Eddie Meshaw

Eddie Meshaw — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:42:08 +0000

This website allows us Christians the opportunity to encourage our leaders, express our faith in words, and most of all, get out The Gospel. Whoever invented the internet (not Al Gore,though he may still believe he did) made a unique way for the Good News to go forth.

Comment on Hello and Welcome to Grace! by Eddie Meshaw

Eddie Meshaw — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:36:30 +0000

Praise God!! This new website is another big plus for the ongoing work of our Savior here at Grace. Plus, Pastor Alan, I am sure that Heaven has taken note of our efforts to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ through this media.Lastly, I encourage you to keep up the good ministry that God has called you to do here at Grace.

Comment on Hello and Welcome to Grace! by Vann Bradberry

Vann Bradberry — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:24:38 +0000

read the message “One nation under God ” ….great message for our day …have never met the pastor but was a member there for 13 years …I love Grace and Pastor Herchenhahn …. great memories …..undoubtedly ..Brother and Mrs .Herchenhahn are some of the finest Christians i have ever known ….great character ! ….so i sure the man he gave the pulpit to is just is good …..May God continue to bless Grace Baptist …

Vann Bradberry …..

Comment on The Day the Lights Came on!! by Gertie Rollins

Gertie Rollins — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:43:50 +0000

It’s me again! I seem to be the only consistent “blogger,” but I have something to say, so here goes. In 1970, the summer after I graduated from BJU. I spent five weeks in Martinique which is also a French speaking island in the Carribean. I worked with a missionary family helping to teach Bible schools in their home as well as at their church. I got to use my French for the first time out of the classroom setting. I experienced sleeping with lizards, eating my first goat (YUK!), and seeing first hand the poverty of the people on the island. Thank goodness there were no bats!! In spite of all of the disadvantages these people experienced, they were genuine Christians who had an evident love for the Lord in their everyday lives as well as in their worship. A little wooden shack of a church with rough-hewn wooden benches was filled at every service. Their singing was unlike anything I have ever experienced- what enthusiasm and what unusual tones and harmonies- but they genuinely praised the Lord. On occasion, a rooster or two would perch on the open window sills and add their voices to the songs. Many of these people walked miles through the mountain trails to get to church at least three times a week, rain or shine. Poverty became reality when you walked a mile down a mud path to visit one of the deacons and his family of six and entered a one room tin shed with a palm branch roof, mats on the floor in the corner, a table, one or two wooden chairs, nothing more. My “lights began to come on” the more I saw these people who had a really vibrant Christian testimony, a love for the Word of God, and a desire for fellowship with other believers. I saw people who did not grasp after materialism or fame or reputation. They survived on the basic necessities and were full of joy of the Lord. It really makes us realize how our values are all out of whack. It seems the more we have, the more we want, and the spiritual gets put on the back burner; if there’s any left over, we consider giving it to God. The sad thing is that when we are removed from those people and their meager existence, our “lights” tend to dim again, and we forget and continue in our lives of abundance and self-centeredness and think we are spiritual because we are in church every time the doors are open. What would it take for us not to forget?

Comment on Hello and Welcome to Grace! by Rob Worrell

Rob Worrell — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:07:20 +0000

FINALLY - a working Grace website!!!!!!!! It looks AWESOME!!!!!!! Pastor Alan, I’m happy for you and Michelle. I know that you will do a tremendous job. I wish you guys all the best as you further the work at Grace. Take care.

Rob Worrell

Comment on Hello and Welcome to Grace! by Victoria Hales

Victoria Hales — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:26:16 +0000

Pastor Alan!

Great Site! Thoughts and prayers for you and Grace!!

Vic