Dear HLPC family, One of the books I took with me to Colombia was about 19th century Scottish pastor, Robert Murray M’Cheyne. He pastored St. Andrew’s Church in Dundee, Scotland—a place I’d love to visit one day, along with C.S.…
Dear HLPC family, I write this as I sit in my hotel room in Medellin, Colombia on Μonday, October 3nd, with two and a half hours until I’m picked up to be taken to the airport for my departing flight. …
Dear HLPC family, I’m writing you Wednesday morning, September 28 from my hotel here in Medellin, Colombia. Yesterday I completed a full day of teaching on Christology. As has been the case every time I teach, the students have been…
Dear HLPC family, This past Sunday we looked into Revelation 4 and got a glimpse of the worship that surrounds God’s throne in heaven. We drew some applications to our own worship from that passage. I want to expand some…
Dear HLPC family, It has been encouraging to have visitors worshipping with us these past few weeks and months. I hope you who are a part of our church family already are going out of your way to make them…
Dear HLPC family, As I write this Pastor’s Pen I’m sitting in a dentist office waiting room while Connie has some dental work done to prepare her for an implant (I hope I’m not committing a HIPAA violation in sharing…
Dear HLPC family, One of the books I enjoy for devotional reading is Jewels from John Newton. John Newton, as you know, was the author of the hymn “Amazing Grace,” as well as many other hymns. I’ve enjoyed reading this…
Dear HLPC family, We believe that the children of believing parents who are members are to be considered part of our church family—they are covenant children. This is a major reason why we baptize our infant children as we claim…
Dear HLPC family, Connie and I enjoyed our time away for our summer vacation. We spent last week in the north Georgia mountains in a cabin in Clayton. This gave us a chance to take a day trip to Highlands,…
Dear HLPC family, Every year I like to share the following quote from Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening devotional. It fits well with a point that was made this past Sunday in the sermon. I hope you’re as encouraged by…
Dear HLPC family, This has been an unusual week, a rather difficult week. In the span of three days, I received word that three friends of mine had died. In three successive days I was made aware of sad news. …
Dear HLPC family, This Sunday night, Lord willing, I plan to give a talk entitled “Contending for the Faith Once Delivered: Dealing with False Teaching & Teachers.” This message will be a part of the online conference being put on…