The first day of classes for the 2020 Fall Semester starts on Wednesday, September 1st.
After a wonderful summer, we are looking forward to the eleventh year on our beautiful campus. Teachers and students are excited to get back to school after the break.
Please call the college for a brochure, or look online for the list of upcoming classes. We would love to have you join us this fall!
When I was in my 20’s, I heard the old evangelist, Monroe Parker (1909-1994), give this story of how the Lord met his simple needs. I never forgot that illustration and its truth.
In 1932, at age 23, “Monk” Parker was just beginning into full time ministry. He had been asked to travel to Pittsburgh and hold a daily, Christian radio broadcast on KQV, one of the first radio stations in America. His sponsor promised a weekly check of $10.
Brother Parker arrived by bus from Alabama that winter with only $5 in his pocket. He spent $3 to rent a room for the week, and immediately he began live broadcasts. Each day he would spend 35¢ at lunchtime until his remaining $2 was spent. No money ever came.
That next day, he came to the microphone at 3:00 p.m. and brought a message from Psalm 23:1: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
As the young preacher walked back to his room, having not eaten that day, he stopped on the Federal Street Bridge. As he looked across the bannister at the Allegheny River, Monroe Parker began to talk to God: “Lord, I thought You were my Shepherd. Well, if You are, I am a hungry sheep. If I had a hungry sheep and could feed him, I would do so.”
As Monroe Parker began to walk on, he noticed a small ragged coin purse in the snow. Inside, he found two buffalo nickels. Walking back across the bridge, he went to a White Castle hamburger stand and bought two hamburgers (In 1932 they were 5¢ apiece).
When Monroe Parker got back to his room, the clerk had a bundle of mail waiting for him, which included plenty of money for all his expenses. A mix-up had delayed the mail.
Monroe Parker finished his story by saying: “It was if God leaned over the battlements of heaven that day and said, ‘All right son, if you can’t wait until you get back to your room, here is a dime; go get some hamburgers.’” (Parker, Monroe. Through Sunshine & Shadows. Murfreesboro, TN: Sword of the Lord Publishing. 1987. p. 106-109)
Years later, Monroe Parker would write after his signature – Psalm 91. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. (vs. 1, 2)
Rose O'Neal Greenhow became one of the most famous female spies of the early Civil War.
She spent much of her life as a Washington D.C. socialite. After the accidental death of her husband in 1854, she began to entertain many high Washington officials.
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, she set up a Southern spy ring in Washington, and used her standing with various generals and politicians to gain information.
Being only an amateur, Greenhow soon came under suspicion, and on August 23, 1861 she was arrested. Allan Pinkerton and his detectives later put Greenhow into prison. Conviction for spying carried a sentence of death, but Abraham Lincoln was loath to hang a woman, and he was concerned that a trial could reveal embarrassing secrets on various officials.
On May 31, 1862, Mrs. Greenhow and her young daughter were sent south to Richmond, with her promise to stay in the South.
When Mrs. Greenhow arrived in Richmond, she was hailed as a hero. She turned out to be a far better propaganda tool than spy. In 1863, Confederate President Jefferson Davis sent Rose Greenhow to lobby England and France for diplomatic recognition for the Confederacy.
While in England, Mrs. Greenhow wrote an account of her experience as a Southern spy. The book sold well.
In the late summer of 1864, she boarded the British blockade runner Condor to return. Trying to evade the Union blockade, the steamboat ran aground near the entrance of Cape Fear River in North Carolina. Escaping the ship in a rowboat, a high wave swamped the craft, and threw her into the water. Rose Greenhow drowned, weighed down by a chain around her neck attached to a bag with $2,000 worth of gold from her book sales. (Waller, Douglas. Lincoln’s Spies. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2019. p.84-94)
Sometimes it is better to let go of one’s wealth. The Bible puts it this way:
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. Ecclesiastes 5:13.
The Fall 2021 Class Schedule is available. Various Bible or Christian Education courses are being offered this semester, including Baptist History, Christian Counseling, and Homiletics. Music, history, and many other classes are also available.
For times, location, and tuition costs please view the Fall 2021 Class Schedule. You may get a copy by mail, e-mail, or by going to our website:
You are invited to attend the fall meeting of the Heritage Baptist Bible Fellowship which will be held in the Cincinnati area. Pastor Tommy Trammel will host the meeting on September 26-28, 2021 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Montgomery, OH. Please be in prayer for the meeting and join us for some wonderful preaching and fellowship.
Contact an Admissions Counselor TODAY and plan to visit Heritage. You can reach us at 317-738-3791