Words Of A Servant

About the Book

Words of a Servant is produced with the underlying assumption that the coalescence of academic and spiritual learning is a powerful, effective, and necessary weapon against the torrents of evil.  Evil thrives upon ignorance, uncertainty, and apathy. Saints of God must empower themselves with knowledge of both the world and the Word of God as to render themselves worthy soldiers of Christ in the perpetual war of good against evil.  Saints of God must arm themselves with an arsenal of worldly knowledge in close concert with a thorough understanding of things spiritual that they might foster well-rounded and significantly faithful relationships with Almighty God and their fellowmen.

A thorough understanding of God’s intent and purpose in our lives depends critically upon the status of our academic and spiritual training and indoctrination.  A lack of academic knowledge may render even the most spiritually astute Saint vulnerable to the clever antics of the enemies of Christ.  God wants His Saints to be ready at all levels to annihilate evil at its “door step.”  He wants us to enrich our lives through the advancement of our knowledge and understanding of things of Heaven and of earth.  Educating our minds academically prepares us for productive and satisfying careers in the world. Educating our minds spiritually completes the cycle, as we learn how to foster a personal relationship with Almighty God such that He may heap His blessings (worldly and otherwise) upon us as He so desperately desires.  God has promised to fight the battles of the faithful in this world—to give us sanctuary from the snares of those who desire to do evil against us.  An absolute understanding of this pivotal covenant of God has made with us, His faithful, requires both academic and spiritual intellectual coalescence. AMEN.

Donald R. Small, Ph.D.

About the Author

The author is a tenured Professor of Educational Administration Research at South Carolina State University, where teaches Statistics, Research, and Computer Package Applications in the Specialist and Doctoral programs.  At South Carolina State, he is also Principal investigator for the Sankofa Language Aptitude Development Project; a three-year $250,000 demonstration Project funded under 1890 Research and Extension.  Dr. Small has had varied training and experience in teaching strategies and applications in education at all levels, elementary, middle school, high school, and college.

Privately, Dr. Small has served with the Orangeburg Aviation Commission for more that 12 years, and is a charter member of the South Carolina Aviation Association. He is also a recent member of the Orangeburg Area Mental Health Commission.  Dr. Small is Minister of Education and Director of the newly formed Apostolic Cultural Center with The True Church of God of the Apostolic Faith of Orangeburg, South Carolina, where he publishes the Tri-fold weekly version of Words of a Servant.  It was out of this service, at the urging of his pastor Bishop-Elect V. O. Hickman, that this book and related activities were formulated.  Additionally, he is the founding head Minister of WORDSTAAR Coalescent Ministries, a youth-empowerment ministry designed to address the many socio-academic and spiritual problems that beset youth today.  From this ministry was born the WORDSTAAR LEARNING INSTITUTE, which he operates as the consultative affiliate of the STAAR (Serious Teens and Adults Acting Responsibly) youth empowerment program. The STAAR program, which has operated for over twenty years under the direction of Review Editor, Veronica Primus, boasts a membership of over 10, 000 across 10 states and two African Countries. www.seriousnet.org.

The author is a 1992 survivor of a cerebral aneurysm, a near-death experience that reordered his thinking and solidified his faith in God. He likes to say, “God saved me for His service. Without fault or failure, I am fiercely obedient to his calling.”