Samuel and
America Matthews
February
2010
I was born on 18
February 1949 and raised by my dad in the
rough ghettos on the east side of
I'm a retired US Navy
Nuclear Submarine Weapons Officer (20
years, 1969‑1989). I served 10 years as an enlisted man (E1 ‑ E7)
and the last ten years as an officer (O1 ‑ O3). I served as the Senior
Scuba Diver and as the Chief Torpedo Fire Control Technician (FTG)
onboard the
nuclear submarine USS Lafayette (SSBN 616). I served as an Assistant
Weapons
Officer onboard the nuclear submarine USS Daniel Webster (SSBN 626). I
also
served as a Non-Judicial Punishment Investigating Officer, Submarine
School
Instructor and Division Officer, Satellite Launch Planning Officer,
Quality Assurance
Staff
Assistant, and Executive Officer.
In March 1977, I became
a Christian - a member of the body of
Christ - a servant of God, a preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I
have
performed missionary work in Honduras, Jamaica, New Mexico, South
Africa, and
Utah. I have preached at various lectureships and as the guest
evangelist for
the churches of Christ in
While serving as a
deacon with the church in Salt Lake City,
Utah, I began and preached on the "Bible Is Right" radio program.
This program was aired seven days per week (from 1984‑1994) over
Bountiful, Utah station KBBX (1600 on "AM" dial). In 1987 I published
two religious tracts which can be read in English or Spanish: How To Be Just A Christian and The Five Steps To Salvation. A third article, Come Let Us Reason Together, may
one day be
published. I've written or edited many other Articles
For
Spiritual Growth published in various periodicals.
I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Education from
Southern
Illinois University at
On
I'm just a Christian.
I'm serving God and mankind to make a difference in the
world. I love the Lord our God and all other created things. Like the
apostle
Paul, I can say: "What things
were gain to me, those I counted loss for
Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the
excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; for whom I have suffered the
loss of
all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be
found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law,
but which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection,
and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his
death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead"
(Philippians
3:7‑11).
All Glory
to God!
With love in Christ,
Samuel A.
Matthews
Galatians 2:20
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