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Feb 18
What the FHU Lectures Do for Me
This past year was my 19th FHU Bible lectureship to attend. My first was when I was a freshman at FHU in 1995. I went because I was “made” to go because of chapel and notes for my Bible class. But I remember enjoying the lectureship as a student. The speakers were so good and …
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Feb 13
My Momentary Loss of Valentine’s Day Sense
Despite what I wrote yesterday, I still don’t get it either. To illustrate ….. This past Tuesday, I was working in my office at church when a sweet lady from church, who is our adopted Mayfield grandmother stopped by and asked “Would you like a baby sitter on Valentine’s day?” It didn’t take me …
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Feb 12
Pursuing the Beauty
It is in countless movies. It is the basic story of most love stories. Many cartoons are based on the same general theme. Yet us men still don’t get it. Women like to be, yes, desire to be pursued. They want to be chased. We think it is silly-romatic mush, but it is how …
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Feb 11
If You Want a Big Catch, Cast a Big Net
I asked the traveling evangelist Keith Parker, “What are you seeing as you travel throughout the nation preaching in campaigns for churches of Christ?” His response was convicting. First, he noted that brethren are the best people on the earth. They are good people who are doing good things! But then he stated, we are …
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Feb 10
Church Outreach Idea: A Couples Night
[important]”Churches talk a lot about marriage and family, but this is an event that actually demonstrates the church’s care for marriages.” Keith Parker”[/important] Keith was the guest speaker for our first ever couples night at Seven Oaks this past Saturday night. The theme was “Keeping the Romance Alive” and it was for couples only. Despite …
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Feb 02
FHU Lecture 2014 – How Does Satan Work Today?
FHU Lectures This Week The Freed-Hardeman Lectureship is this week (Feb. 2 – 6). I will be speaking on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. in Loyd Auditorium – Aud. A. [I was supposed to speak at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Loyd, but there was a need to change in order to allow Dr. Jack …
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Jan 30
Forgiveness #3 – The Benefits of Forgiving
This is the third part of three posts on forgiveness. This section focuses on the benefits of forgiveness. To read the other posts see these links – Part 1 – Collecting Debt; Part 2 – A Decision of the Will Here is an audio sermon I did on the topic of forgiveness if you are …
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Jan 29
Forgiveness #2 – A Decision of the Will
This is the 2nd of 3 posts on forgiveness. You can read the first post which introduced the topic here. This is the most important post of the three and offers, I think, some unique thoughts on forgiveness and considers it in ways not normally considered. Give it a read and let me know what you …
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Jan 28
Forgiveness #1 – Collecting Debt
A year ago, I wrote a chapter about forgiveness for a potential book. This study was fascinating to me and was very beneficial. I was greatly helped in this study by the aid of Jim Savage, a local mentor and counselor. I do not know when or if this chapter will be printed, so I wanted to …
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Jan 24
My Great-Granddad’s WW1 Bible
At Thanksgiving, my parents had some family keepsakes from my Dad’s mother. Gramma, as she was known to me, or Jeanne Wiers Ketchum, passed away in April of 2008. This involved a box filled with journals, old photographs, and a unique little Bible. This Bible belonged to my great-grandfather Garrett Wiers. This was my …
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