BertJones gave his life to Christ at the age of
8 at a Grady Wilson crusade at the football stadium in Reidsville,
NC. Later in life he recommitted his life many times
As a boy and young man, Bert had a lot of jobs, he worked mowing
yards, bagging groceries, bussing tables, and spent summers working
for the local Parks and Rec and for the local can plant. He also
was a substitute teacher teaching all grades and did inventory for
drug stores and grocery stores.
Bert went to UNC-Chapel
Hill for undergraduate and dental school and returned to his
hometown to start up a dental practice and has lived there his
whole life
It's important to be an active part of your local
community. God created us to serve and there's a lot of
opportunities out there to benefit others and benefit your
community.
Bert has been active with
the RCBE - Rockingham Council of Bible Education. It's the
fundraising arm for Bible education in the public schools. It gives
an opportunity to have a Bible teacher in middle school and high
school. At the elementary school it's a bus ministry.
It's been in operation for almost 100 years.
Bert was a Cub Scout and
Boy Scout and an Eagle Scout and was a leader with his son.
He's not sure what the future is for Scouts.
Putting the Lord first is the key to a great marriage and
parenting. Be honest. If you always tell the truth you
don't need to remember what you said. Be always ready to
forgive. Think about how much the Lord has forgiven us.
Show mercy and grace and love. Follow what the Bible says about how
to treat our wife and children.
Bert had been the County
Commissioner and a lot of people were encouraging him to run for
the state legislature. The Lord called him to run. Around
2009 Bert left the
Republican party because they were not following conservative
principles with the stimulus package and other decisions. An
unaffiliated candidate had never won but Bert beat an 8 term incumbent by 12%. It
seemed like a miracle at the time. The Lord did it. With God all
things are possible.
Bert has been reelected
with large margins and served for 4 terms but has decided not to
run again. He feels strongly about being a citizen legislator and
wishes Washington and Raleigh were term limited.
This year Jerry Carter, a fine conservative Christian is
running to replace Bert.
He is being raised up by the Lord and Bert is at total peace about it.
Bert has been a leader to
pass a resolution in NC for the Convention of States. Article
5 of the Constitution allows both the states and congress to call
for a constitutional amendment. This effort has 3 main goals, to
impose term limits on federal officials, to impose fiscal
restraint, and to shift power from the federal government to the
state.
Our country will go down in bankruptcy if difficult decisions
are not made to address the federal debt.
Our founders would turn over in their grave if they knew we
were choosing out of fear not to use this option they gave us. It's
an urgent need
Bert is most proud of the
things he has been a part of in the legislature that have eternal
consequences including marriage and life. In addition, from a
fiscal standpoint they inherited a 3 Billion deficit and now have
surpluses. We were the most liberal state in south. We
were ranked near the bottom in terms of ratings for being business
friendly and jobs friendly and now we're near the top. We honored
Billy Graham and his statue will be at statuary hall in
Washington.
Starting in 2019, Bert will be the next State Chaplain for
the Capital Commission. Brad Harbaugh, the current state
chaplain will become the national president for this organization.
The Capital Commission provides chaplain service for the State and
Federal Capitals. It includes Chapel service once a week, monthly
prayer breakfasts, prayer walks, and much more.
We are commanded as Christians to not just talk the talk but
walk the walk. If we're going to be telling others our faith is in
Christ, hopefully we have something in our life that they want. God
has entrusted you with a job. You have an opportunity to reach the
people around you. We are created to glorify God, and if we're
going to glorify God we need to be a faithful witness in the
world.
Work is what we do to make a living. Work is a blessing. Work
is a good thing. People are often conditioned to think that work is
bad and play is good. Work is life and life is work. Go to work
with the idea that you're not just on a treadmill earning a
paycheck, but that God really does have a higher purpose for our
work. God gave Adam work to do in the garden before sin. I believe
God is going to have work for us to do in heaven and He's certainly
given us work to do here on this earth.
It's good to have other interests outside of work, spending
time with your family or a hobby. We should have a spiritual
balance and a physical balance and a mental balance.
You need to build relationships with people before you talk
about more important things. You can then tell them you're
concerned about their soul and share the Gospel. God gives us
opportunities and hopefully we can take advantage of them.
Bert's favorite verse is Matthew
6:33 - "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and
all these things shall be given to you"
Good things to listen to while commuting are the BBN - Bible
Broadcasting Network and Christian music. it really sets the tone
for the day.
Loving God, others and ourselves at work and at home. Interviews and ponderings, from a Messianic perspective, and with a focus on men. Formerly the Christian Men at Work Podcast.