Category: Doctrine

December 1, 2023 Matthew Recker

I would like to briefly touch on some discipleship considerations, obstacles to overcome, and blessings to expect in starting a local church Bible institute.

March 15, 2023 Matthew Recker

by Matthew Recker Jesus said, And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved (Matt.10:22). One of the keys to enduring to the end is found in the root word of “endure” (hupomeno) which is to “abide” (meno).  We must have an…

February 25, 2023 Matthew Recker

By Matthew Recker — While Lent is a ritual observed by various branches of the Christian faith, it has been popularized most notably by the Roman Catholic Church. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and extends for forty days. During this time, a Roman Catholic practices voluntary “self denial, fasting, almsgiving, fraternal sharing.” According to Roman…

April 6, 2020 Matthew Recker

The Amazing Prophecy of Jesus’ Crucifixion Psalm 22This Psalm has two clear parts, (1) The PRAYER of the King Crucified, v.1-21  (2) The PRAISE of the King Crowned, v.22-31 Consider twenty four specific prophetic fulfillments of Psalm 22 through the suffering of Christ: My God, My God why hast thou forsaken Me, v.1; Matt.27:46 Despised of…

May 29, 2019 Matthew Recker

We invite you to attend our special meeting this Sunday through Friday, June 2-7 at Heritage Baptist Church. Dr. Flanders has a true heart for revival and has studied and taught upon the history of religious revivals in America. Revival means to restore something to life or to make alive. Psalm 85 is a revival…

July 24, 2018 Matthew Recker

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption…

June 11, 2018 Matthew Recker

There has been a recent catastrophic wave of suicide among those who are rich and famous. This past weekend two others jumped out of Manhattan buildings to their death. These unspeakable tragedies remind us that sometimes the least likely people in the least likely places are thinking about suicide. This evokes the memory of that…

June 6, 2018 Matthew Recker

In the early days of our fledgling nation, pressure to conform to the Church of England drove many individuals to the new world. Henry Dunster was one of many who departed England for the freedom and spiritual life available in the colonies, immigrating to the new colonies in 1640.  Soon after arriving to the new…

May 7, 2018 Matthew Recker

A recent study deems loneliness a national epidemic, plaguing nearly half of our population. Specifically, 46% of Americans report “always feeling alone,” and 27% feel as though people do not understand them. Generation Z (ages 18-22) is the loneliest generation according to this study. Another important finding is that social media provides no cure for…

April 12, 2018 Matthew Recker

Looking at the resurrection from a purely scientific or philosophical standpoint it may seem too impossible to be possible, too unbelievable to believe, and too incredible to be credible. Yet it is true. Jesus lives. How can you explain the Apostles Paul or Peter, without the reality of the resurrection? There is no way such…