Heritage Baptist Church Podcast

Preparing for Valentine’s Day the stores are full of red and pink decorations and the center piece of them all is the heart. The heart is used because it symbolizes love for that special person in your life. God has a lot to say about the heart because it represents the whole person – who you […]

Are you overwhelmed?    I’m not asking if you are overwhelmed by the stress of trying to make ends meet, the pressures at school or work, the tension of relationships, or the strain of family life. Are you overwhelmed by the LORD and the fact that He desires a relationship with you? Are you amazed that […]

Life is full of oxymorons. For example – absolutely unsure, freezer burn, real phony, original copy, awfully good, pretty ugly, bitter sweet – I think you get the idea. An oxymoron is a combination of conflicting words that means the exact opposite of each other.  They describe something that is inconsistent, seemingly contradictory or simply […]

There are times when the circumstances of life have so worn you out, you feel like you’re hanging by a thread and if you can just make it to the end of the week, get through the semester, survive the project at work, or simply live to the end of the day, you can survive. […]

Sunday, January 18, was National Sanctity of Human Life Day. President Ronald Reagan designated January 22, 1984 as the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day. He then declared that the third Sunday every January would be a day to recognize the sanctity and sacredness of human life. God values life . . . He loves […]

It’s a brand new year and that can signal a new, clean and fresh start. But it can also be just more of the same job frustrations, financial struggles, health concerns, school anxieties, family difficulties, and spiritual doubts. So what do we do about that? How do we start the year in a fresh clean […]

Join us for testimonies of what God has done in the lives of three individuals, looking ahead toward a new year, including Kristi Walker, our missionary in Germany, and Ralph Cure, Sr., one of the drummers in our worship band.

Testimonies of what God has done in the lives of three individuals, looking back over the past year: Todd Walker, our missionary in campus ministry; Don Patten, one of our deacons; Paul Osborn, the Director of First Impressions.

Can you believe it? It’s almost Christmas! Many of the Christmas parties, get-togethers and gift exchanges are over. Family will soon be arriving and looking forward to the excitement of Christmas Eve and the anticipation of Christmas morning. So, have you had a peaceful Christmas season? Have you been able to avoid the stress and […]

Do we think that everyone should have God’s peace? If so, how do people receive it? Join us as John Jackson explains how we can give away God’s gift.

A brand new Christmas sermon series called “Peace On Earth? — Unwrapping God’s Greatest Gift.” We’ll see how God’s Word can help us find, share, and experience true peace in the midst of the disappointments, tensions, struggles, questions, and the chaos of Christmas. We’re all looking for peace, but true peace isn’t found in a place, it’s not […]

We have so much to be thankful for – in fact, far more than we usually think. And for that reason, God has called us to be thankful.  Join us as we finish our series on Psalms of Thanksgiving by looking at Psalm 66.

There are times in life when it is difficult to be thankful. We’ve all seen world crises, family problems, financial struggles, or personal issues at some point in our lives. Let’s admit it, it’s easy to be frustrated or discouraged instead of being thankful – even during the Thanksgiving season.  It may help somewhat just […]

Ken Sande in his book The Peacemaker says, “In many situations in life, the best way to resolve a conflict is simply to overlook the offenses (wrongs) of others.” That sounds like a cop-out, the easy way out or maybe just a way to chicken out. Actually, it’s another way to demonstrate God’s forgiveness towards […]

Jim and Mary Lou Long, Heritage missionaries who formerly served in Bangladesh, present their ministries, accompanied by a young Bangladeshi man by the name of Joshua Das. Hear a moving testimony from Joshua as well as a sermon by Jim from the life of the Apostle Paul.

“Give Peace a Chance” is a song written by John Lennon in 1969 that became the anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 70s. The song ended with the lyrics “All we are saying is give peace a chance” . . . sung over and over again. Aside from all of the political and […]

Counting sheep is an activity that is usually associated with getting to sleep at night. Actually, I’ve never found that method to be very effective. But Jesus told a story to the disciples about a shepherd who owned one hundred sheep. While they were out on the hills, the shepherd counted his sheep and found […]

There is no easy way around it, forgiveness is hard! You can come up with all kinds of reasons why you shouldn’t forgive – the hurt was so deep, what was said was not even close to being true, you didn’t deserve to be treated like that, no one knows what really happened and besides, […]

We are living in a day when there seems to be an overabundance of public apologies from politicians, athletes, TV personalities and high profile individuals. Beyond the need for an apology, a bigger problem exists. Most of these public apologies are what the media has termed fauxpologies – an attempt to sound remorseful, but simply […]