Sep 09
I enjoy cooking outside and have long wanted a sink to help in the preparation. Also with four kids and all of our outdoor activities a fully-functioning sink would come in handy. So while it never worked out in our old house, we planned to put one in our new house. I planned it for …
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Sep 06
You know the question! You have asked it in various forms. It goes like this: What am I here for? What is my purpose? This is a good question. Most all of us have asked this question. We are exploring the purpose and meaning of our existence. But let me suggest that this is not …
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Aug 30
Abortion is not the only problem Christians should be speaking out against when it concerns the womb. There is another epidemic increasing rapidly across our nation, that most Christians rarely encounter. It is not as severe as abortion in numbers or consequences, but our faith should demand us speak to this issue of pre-natal development …
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Aug 23
Most Bible students are familiar with Jesus’ famous parable about the Pharisee and the tax collector who went up to the temple to pray (Luke 18:9-13). We have read it and heard it preached many times. Jesus gave the parable to those who “trusted in themselves” and “treated others with contempt” (Luke 18:9). The Pharisee …
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Aug 21
Today is the day of first Total Eclipse to travel the length of the United States since 1918. Eclipses where you live are rare events. Researches who have studied the orbits of the earth and moon believe the moon is moving 3.8 centimeters away from the earth each year. The effect of such movement means …
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Aug 16
The so-called Great American Total Solar Eclipse will darken the skies across the continent on August 21st. This is the first time in 99 years a solar eclipse has covered the continent of America. Here in Western Kentucky we are blessed to be in the “path of totality” that will travel across the U.S. A …
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Aug 15
It had been five years. Yet, when we returned it seemed like we had never left. I held a Gospel Meeting with the Roan’s Creek Church of Christ in Clarksburg, Tennessee. My whole family got to attend the meeting. It was a wonderful week for us. The Roan’s Creek church traces its history back to …
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Aug 03
It is back-to-school time in our area. The many activities and loose schedules of summer are replaced with the rhythm and schedule of school. Many parents have been purchasing school supplies for their kids. The kids are excited about new items. As kids return to school, I would like to give them some reminders of …
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Aug 02
We admire the big-thing faithfulness. We laud it in decade anniversary celebrations, 40-year retirement parties, and in funeral eulogies about the person’s lifelong faithfulness to Christ. Big-thing faithfulness is what all of us want and desire. Christians want to be faithful until death (Rev. 2:10). People get married intending to celebrate a 50th anniversary one …
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Jul 12
On Saturday evening July 9th, 10 people had been pulled 100 yards off the shore of Panama City Beach. A riptide had separated these individuals from the shore and was threatening them with drowning. Some of the ten were adults who had gone trying to rescue two young boys and got pulled into the riptide …
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