Albert N. Martin was the pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Montville, NJ for over 40 years. In
recent years due to health issues he had moved to Michigan to be closer
to his wife’s family. One day, while I was still living in New Jersey
about 45 minutes away from Montville, I had heard he would be back to
visit Trinity and would preach during the Sunday morning service.
I wasn’t a member there, but I had visited on multiple occasions to
sit under Pastor Martin’s preaching. So I went back to Trinity with a
good friend of mine who is a member there. And I was excited. I was
looking forward to hear what Pastor Martin had to say. What wonderful
message, exhortation, rebuke, did he have for the congregation he loved
and shepherded for nearly half a century?
He began his message by talking about the Bible, how it’s quite a
large book, and really is more like a library, being a collection of
books. And then he started talking about the overarching message of the
Bible that’s recognizable in certain “capsule statements” that are given
throughout revelation.
God has given us these wonderful little capsule statements that give us the heart of the whole message of the Bible. And those statements become like a door into this marvelous, panoramic, overarching message of Bible. And if you can grasp those particular portions, you have a handle on what the Bible is all about. (04:03-04:39) Continue at Mike Riccardi
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