Sep 29
The NFL season has begun, and it seems like this year is brought to us by Fantasy Sports companies judging from the amount of commercials. In truth, there has been an increase in the number of commercials for pay-to-play fantasy leagues. I haven’t noticed these types of leagues before, though they have been around for sometime. My …
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Sep 27
Another school year is in full swing; teachers are hard at work trying to educate the next generation of America. I appreciate and sympathize with the great task laid before them. I was once a licensed teacher myself. I taught for a short time before going full-time into ministry. My wife is a trained teacher as …
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Sep 24
As Christians it is tempting for us to envy sinners and their choices. We look at the half-full side of their lives focusing on their pleasure and freedom. We secretly believe they have it better, but we keep living right today because we know it is best and everyone expects it from us. When our …
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Sep 22
I often get to talk to parents and kids about baptism. I try to give the best spiritual counsel and direction to the kids and parents as a I can. The questions generally center around the child’s readiness to be baptized. But things are somewhat different when you are the parent, as I experienced over …
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Sep 18
If you have ever built a house, you have probably heard this phrase a few thousand times! This is why most folks don’t come close to their budget. Contractors and salesmen use this line to get you to upgrade which makes them more money. I have been thinking about this concept a bunch the last …
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Sep 15
I didn’t get to publish a blog post last week as there was so much going on in my life. If I could, let me share with you a an update on our life. It seems that death has been an all too common unwelcome visitor in our family the last couple of years. This …
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Sep 02
Baptism is another controversial subject. There are various beliefs and practices associated with this important religious act. If I had the opportunity to share with everyone about baptism, these are the five things I would share about what I believe the Bible teaches about the subject. I believe there are five proper aspects of Biblical …
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Aug 30
Caleb, our baby in the family who is almost 3 years old, was worried. Caleb had a long nap so he was amped up before bed on Wednesday night. Amanda was talking to him about the next day going to coop with the older kids and him going to his classes. The week before he …
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Aug 26
You want to start a discussion, or maybe I should say an argument, then get off on the topic of worship. People have strong convictions about worship. Worship is quite possibly the hardest thing we as mere mortal humans ever try to do! Worship is so connected to our faith and what we do in …
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Aug 25
With the Supreme Court’s recent decision legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States churches must consider protecting themselves and their staff. Churches that hold to the Biblical doctrine that marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman find themselves at odds to many in our culture. The concern is that same-sex couples …
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