Monthly Archives: April 2022
Letter from a Freedman to his old Master
Jourdon Anderson was freed from slavery when the Union army reached the Tennessee plantation where he and his family were enslaved. He packed up his wife and kids, made his way to Ohio, worked a job, got paid for it, and lived safely in his community. His former master, Colonel Anderson, did not fare so well after...
My Word Shall Not Return Void: a Salvation Testimony
Scripture says, “My word shall not return void.” I want to thank Wissinoming Bible Fellowship for their faithfulness in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Sometimes we become discouraged and don’t see the results of our planting the seed of the Gospel. We want to give up, because we don’t see the result of our endeavors. But...
Pastor Frank L. Herb: Gentle Shepherd
Back in the days before a minister was expected to be a CEO, an administrator, a visionary, an eloquent orator, a fund-raiser, and a psychologist as well as a shepherd and preacher, Pastor Frank Herb kept it simple. He was a Pastor. With nothing more than a Bible College education and the knowledge he gained from the...
Sno Glo 2022
In the course of two frigid January weekends more than six hundred teenagers and youth leaders descended on the grounds of Pinebrook for the annual Sno Glo Winter Retreat. It was two weekends full of fellowship with old friends and new and dedicated time in the Word of God, with challenging and thought provoking messages from our...
A Future and a Hope: How God Used My Tennis Partner to Get My Attention
Hi, my name is Barbara and I’m an alcoholic. Actually that’s not true anymore. In Jeremiah 29:11, God says, For I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. And that’s exactly what God has done for me.
Building Up, Reaching Out: Building Project at Trinity Bible Fellowship Church in Blandon
The journey together for Trinity Bible Fellowship Church in Blandon has not been an easy one. Such steps of great faith rarely are. Early on, for example, ministry leaders who were used to doing things a certain way had to quickly learn how to do new things differently, together. Leadership teams had to quickly assimilate key people...
Hearts that Care
It doesn’t take very long for Brother William Sankan’s evangelist heart to become apparent. At a Souderton, PA, diner, he shares his faith with a kind smile and a gentle probing of the server’s spiritual framework. Sitting nearby, Eleanor (Nell) Ruch’s energy for outreach becomes equally visible, equally quick. Whether the needs are spiritual or temporal, she...
Assurances from Isaiah 40 through 53
It seems that our problems have become God-sized and our God has become small in comparison. In Isaiah 43 the first three verses lay out for us this contrast. The waters of trials become rivers of difficulties, which intensify into fires of destruction.
But He is with us, prevents...
Plan A, Plan B, or Plan C
Plan A, at our house for more than 30 years, for husband hair maintenance has been Carolyn and a hair cutting kit. Last month, we could not find the kit. I have some theories but will save them for another time. Two options presented themselves: stay indoors till the scissors are found or find a Plan B.