Jul 15
I didn’t post any last week, as it was a difficult week of tragedy for our family. My first cousin, Brandon Daniels lost his wife in a tragic car accident on the way to Horizons camp at FHU. Brandon and I grew up together and went to Freed-Hardeman together back in 1994. They have two …
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Jun 15
I follow professional golf pretty closely. During Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial tournament some interesting comments were made that have me to thinking. Jack Nicklaus considered the greatest golfer of all-time because of his 18 career Major wins, said, “”I think I underachieved all my life.” Nicklaus said Wednesday at the Memorial. ”I think that’s why …
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May 26
My dad is a farmer! He loves to work and improve the land. He has always been a farmer since his young age and built his own business with the help of family. He has grown soybeans, rice, cotton, milo, wheat, and corn over the years. His farm is in Southeast Missouri in the rich …
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May 13
This is a special guest post by my friend Mark Ray. Mark preaches at the Benton Church of Christ in Benton Kentucky. He is the author of a book on marriage I am teaching now and recommend for your use. He also has a web presence at www.markdray.wordpress.com. He has lots of excellent resources on …
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May 05
This has to be the most outlandish title post ever on my blog! But this quote was from the source of many of my blog posts–my wife Amanda. We were talking about a particularly upsetting situation, I will say more about later, that prompted this statement. She said there are two times when she doesn’t …
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Apr 03
Jeff Abrams who preaches in Shoals, Alabama and has made many trips to the Ukraine has put together something special for this Easter. We in our comfortable pews (or seats here at 7 Oaks) are not aware of the persecution and challenges our brethren face in other parts of the world. Jeff has produced a …
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Mar 24
We watch very few movies, because we never take enough time to watch a whole movie. But we finished an interesting movie the other day called “Get Low.” with Robert Duvall and Bill Murray. It took us three sittings to finish it, but I enjoyed the show; Amanda not as much, though she picked it. …
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Mar 02
I was reading through 2 Chronicles when this verse jumped out at me which was speaking about King Jehoram the son of Ahab and Jezebel. “He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city …
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Feb 19
For the last year I have put Caleb, our youngest down to sleep each night. Don’t think I am the greatest dad ever, I probably wouldn’t do this every night if he didn’t do better for me than Amanda. You see, he likes her more! This really isn’t up for debate, in fact, he likes …
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Feb 02
Russell Wilson, the quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, came to a key crossroads in his life over the last 24 hours after losing the Super Bowl when he threw a goal line interception in the final minute. He had led his team down the field and they were within 1 yard of scoring a touchdown. …
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