Pastor’s Pen

Dear HLPC family, This morning I was reading and praying through Psalm 1 in my daily time of Bible reading and prayer.  There I read: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands…

Dear HLPC family, This year is the 60th anniversary of the publication of the book Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen.  Dr. Machen was the founder of Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia and one of the early leaders in the…

Dear HLPC family, One night I cut the tip of my thumb trying to “help” Connie in the kitchen.  It took a while to stop the bleeding, and being right-handed, it proved to be quite a nuisance for a couple…

Dear HLPC family, Kevin DeYoung, pastor of Christ Covenant Church (PCA) in Matthews, North Carolina—which is actually the Charlotte area and where my youngest son, Matthew, and his wife, Mary Ross, have recently joined—made this brief but profound statement via…

Dear HLPC family, This will be my last Pastor’s Pen of 2022.  Next week, like many of you, I’ll take some time off to be with family during the Christmas break.  We look forward to having all of them with…

Dear HLPC family, Once again, the musicians and vocalists of our church did an outstanding job this past Sunday evening presenting a night of music.  We, as a church, need to be thankful for the abundance of talent we have…

Dear HLPC family, January 20-21, 2023 we will be hosting a conference on C.S. Lewis.  Our speaker will be Dr. Jonathan Rogers who is a published author and has written and spoken on C.S. Lewis.  He also happens to have…

Dear HLPC family, December is a busy month as we are all aware.  HLPC is certainly a busy place.  Here are some things I want to emphasize strongly this week: Looking forward to the Second Sunday of Advent and our…

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up,…

Dear HLPC family, A couple of weeks ago, Connie and I ran into two of our former students from our days with RUF at Mercer University, Griff and Justine Hogan.  Griff and Justine started their dating relationship as students in…

Dear HLPC family, What a great day it was this past Monday for HLPC to pay off the mortgage debt we owe!  I’m looking forward to our Celebration Lunch after worship on December 4th.   This should be a special day…

Dear HLPC family, This morning I read one of my favorite stories in the Old Testament.  It’s found in 2 Kings 6:8-19.  Elisha the prophet, the successor to Elijah, is in the city of Dothan, and the king of Syria…