Persuasive Prayers: Changing God’s Mind
This past Sunday, we considered Genesis 18:16-33. As we saw, Abraham provides us there with...
04 March, 2020
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Something New: Worship Training for HLPC Kids
HLPC would like to begin something new to help further our stated desire that all in our ministry “may know Christ in all His fulness.” That something...
04 March, 2020
A Word for Carolina Mountain Mission
Last year we took our inaugural group to the Carolina Mountain Mission. This ministry,...
20 February, 2020
Elders & Communicants Class
That may seem an odd title for the Pastor’s Pen this week but it captures 2 important news items. The first is about our elder candidates and...
04 February, 2020
Carrying Our Griefs
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. (ESV) Isaiah 53:4 This weekend I am going to...
21 January, 2020
New Year, New You
Ok, the “new year, new you” is truly not a serious title. We all wish it were that easy. We all wish the change...
21 January, 2020
What Makes God Laugh?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart...
15 October, 2019
Effectual Calling
This past Sunday we touched on the doctrine of effectual calling as we considered Jesus’ parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22:1-14. What led us...
31 July, 2019
Thanking God for a Good Week in North Carolina
Thank you for praying for the HLPC team that went to North Carolina last week, June 14-20, with the Carolina Mountain Mission. 14 of our church family...
24 July, 2019
End of an Era
The PCA General Assembly met in Dallas, Texas June 25-28. I wrote about the nature of the Assembly for the Pastor’s Pen that came out while...
10 July, 2019