Nov 02
Read these five conclusions from a recent study by Christian Smith, a scholar from North Carolina University. A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions. …
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Oct 31
Today is Halloween 2014. Many people will wear a mask of some sort for their costume. These are physical masks, but people also wear masks all through the year. In fact, all of us are guilty at times of wearing masks to hide ourselves. Adam and Eve immediately tried to hide themselves from God when …
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Oct 27
The title is certainly audacious. You may even think a bit vain and arrogant. I certainly am not claiming to be a great lectureship speaker. In fact, I have only spoken at a few lectures. But I have listened to hundreds of lectures over the years at various events in our brotherhood. I have spoken …
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Sep 30
I love blueberries. Amanda loves the health qualities and taste of blueberries. So when she ran across blueberries discounted to closeout prices at Tractor Supply she could not pass them up. She bought them for $.49 a piece when they are normally $5 or $6 dollars in the Spring. She read about planting them in …
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Sep 26
It will be a year in October that we bought our farm. We have poured lots of work into the farm over this past year. We had hoped to be living at the farm by now, but our house has not sold. If you are looking for a good 3 bedroom house in Mayfield …
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Sep 17
Judas Iscariot is famous for his betrayal of Jesus. We can learn many lessons from Judas regarding greed, unbelief, and hypocrisy. But I wish to consider an aspect of Judas typically overlooked. It is likely that Judas was the only Apostle not from the region of Galilee in the north. His surname Iscariot likely signifies he came from …
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Sep 11
This is the solemn anniversary of one of our great national tragedies. It has come to be represented with three numerals – 9-1-1. It is hard to believe it has been 13 years since that terrible September morning. Yet here in 2014, we continue to see more terroristic threats. Recently we have all been appalled at …
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Sep 07
How do you define success? You have a definition. In fact, you have some different definitions of success according to the realm of life. For example, my mind defines success as it relates to being a preacher, father, husband, son, financially, and as a farmer now. This definition that we have developed for success has …
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Aug 31
I like to know the plan and schedule for the week. I like routine and find comfort in a schedule. Times of waiting when the end is unknown are difficult. Our family runs on routine and regularity overall, though it is still pretty crazy with four kids. Thus the text of Numbers 9:17-22 jumped out …
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Jul 31
Newton Minnow a former chairman of the FCC made a ground breaking speech about the Vast Wasteland of TV in May 1961. You likely haven’t heard of it, but it is very applicable to today and a bit prophetic I believe. Here are some short excerpts of it. “Ours has been called the jet age, the …
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