Who We Are
Pastor Gerry Burney – Earlier in life, I, like many, believed in some kind of existence beyond this life, and I figured that God would work it all out somehow (heaven and hell, and all that). I figured that I was a fairly decent person—no better or worse than most. So, why should I worry? After all, God loves us all—right? Then, one day, I began to wonder if there wasn’t more to life than scoring some money, and spending it on stuff until we die. So, I went to church and found out that God wasn’t going to work it all out, because God had already worked it all out. Two thousand years ago, God worked it all out already. Now, it is up to each of us. Unfortunately, for those who ignore Jesus, they have a destiny with hell. Yet, many still say that somehow, God will work it all out, not knowing that He already has. The ball is in our court.
Then, as a result of leading youth groups (and getting the same questions that I had while studying science in school), I got more deeply into the study of creation and evolution.
Further, as a result of a conversation I had with a perplexed young man (whose father was a pastor), regarding how a loving God could impute (declare) us as sinners, based upon someone else’s sin (Adam’s), I began to truly study the doctrines. (Note: The end result being two in-depth studies I’ve written on Predestination and Original Sin, as well as several books, (if interested CLICK HERE to go to our Book page, where you can download digital copies or order hard copies for your library!)
The following is taken from the editors remarks from the books.
Pastor Gerry Burney graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, and pursued graduate study at the University of California at Berkeley. He authored his first book on economics and poverty. Pastor Burney is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and served in Vietnam. He retired from managing microwave communication technologies for over thirty years. He has pastored in Baptist Churches in Mendocino and Lake counties, has been a high school teacher, has taught seminars on biblical studies, and currently ministers through the Mendo-Lake Baptist Association in California, leads seminars on various issues, and is the Chaplain for the Mendocino County Jail & Juvenile Hall.
Monica Burney – She has been a Bible memory teacher for over 10 years. Her passion for teaching the importance of hiding God’s Word in the hearts of people grew out of her involvement in teaching Bible Drill (a Southern Baptist children’s Bible memory program, which included competitions at state level). While teaching Bible Drill, she developed a board game, “Learn-a-Verse,” which LifeWay (publishing house for the Southern Baptist Convention), distributed nationwide through their bookstores for a number of years. The game is now available exclusively through www.burneyfam.com Ministries website or this blog.
She is a graduate of Seminary Extension, with a Diploma in Biblical Studies. She is a published writer, pastor’s wife, mother of three grown children and a grandmother of two. She has served in various leadership roles in ministry. She is currently working on completing a Bible memory activities book.
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