August 10, 2021
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
| Tags: James, covid-19
"James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings." James 1:1
Just as our bodies need a balanced diet so too does our soul and the Lord has given us the best chefs. Chef James is unlike any other author in the New Testament (Excuse the mixed metaphor). James is one of the hardest hitting and most controversial let...
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August 10, 2021
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
| Tags: Commandments, Law, Liberty, antinomianism
The perfect Law of God sets us free to be human. ...
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February 3, 2021
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Hermeneutics
Pastor Michael explains the discipline of hermeneutics. This article appeared in the January issue of Joy Magazine. ...
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February 2, 2021
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Uncategorized
After planting Heritage Baptist and pastoring it together for ten years, Pastor Michael bids farewell to Pastor Tyrell....
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January 16, 2021
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Current Events
We will suspend meetings during the Level 3 Adjusted regulations. We believe the Scriptures constrain us to. Our elders have put together a lengthy letter explaining the biblical principles they have applied....
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June 9, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
The LORD is the upholder of my life....
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June 4, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Prosperity
Psalm 91 is not the prosperity gospel. It is much more glorious than that....
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May 26, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
Do you fret? Psalm 37 is for you....
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May 21, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
One overarching desire: To see the Lord....
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May 14, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
The Lord takes care of His people....
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May 12, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: netflix, showmax, streaming, Psalm 1
The counsel of the world is all around us. Psalm 1 encourages wisdom....
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April 30, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Prayer
Whether zealot or stoic, the admonition is the same: Pray....
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April 27, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back...
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April 2, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Devotional
| Tags: Anger, stress, pressure, covid-19
Anger does not produce the righteousness we want it to. James has a better way....
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March 20, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: covid-19, coronavirus
Dear Heritage Church Family,
Due to the unprecedented events of the past few weeks and our President's announcement regarding public gatherings of no more than 100 the oversight have decided that the following is the wisest course of action:
With immediate effect and until further notice all formal church gatherings will be cancelled apart from our 9h30 Sunday service. T...
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March 14, 2020
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: covid-19, coronavirus
The Heritage elders message to the congregation on Covid-19....
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January 7, 2019
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Numbers, Ezekiel, Daniel, Revelation, Years, 1260, 42, Months, Days
Interpreting the Book of Revelation: Part 4...
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August 31, 2018
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Revelation
| Tags: Church, Temple, Revelation, Beale, Militant, Triumphant, Two Witnesses
This article looks at the Temple and the Two Witnesses....
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July 17, 2018
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Revelation, Historicist, Futurist, Preterist, Idealist, Cycles
Interpreting the Book of Revelation: Part 2
The Seven Cycles
(The first blog post can be found here and the sermon series on Revelation here)
One of the difficulties with the book of Revelation is that there are so many different interpretations. Some say that most of what John wrote was fulfilled in the first century AD (Preterist), some argue that the primary focus is...
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July 2, 2018
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Poythress, Beale, Dragon, John
It has been a great privilege to study and preach through the book of Revelation these past few months (You can listen to the sermonshere). What an encouragement to see the church grow and hear the reports of robust theological discussion in the Growth Groups.Due to the nature of the series it was not possible to go into too much detail or spend a lot of time on some of th...
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June 20, 2017
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Google, Carey, Mission, Newton, Spurgeon, Glory, God, Levy, OKR
Dear Church Family,I recently read In The Plexby Steven Levy, the subtitle declares, How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives.One of the most fascinating insights, for me anyway, was OKRs. At Google employees must submit what are known as OKRs, Objectives and Key Results. Objectives are the goals that they must set for the next quarter. These Objectives must be ambit...
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March 31, 2017
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: Heritage, Church, Baptist, Potchefstroom, North West University, English, Biblical
This blog post gives an update regarding Heritage Baptist Church in Potchefstroom....
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August 8, 2014
by Michael K. Rogers
| Tags: New, building, venue, funds, Heritage, Baptist
What an amazing God we serve! By His grace, shown through the generosity of His people, we have managed to raise over R2.4million which is enough to purchase the church building in Melville. It was a wonderful experience sitting at my computer and within a period of three days receiving pledges of R1million as well as several monthly pledges.
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July 20, 2011
by Michael K. Rogers
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Category:
Uncategorized
The author of Proverbs wrote that, “A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches.†(Proverbs 22:1) And Solomon said that, “A good name is better than precious ointment.†(Ecclesiastes 7:1) From these verses it is clear that even names are of tremendous importance.
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