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Episode 57: 20 Things I Want My Children to Know, part 3 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/legacy_podcast_057.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here.) Continuing our four-part series, on this week’s podcast, Adam shares 5 more things on his list of 20 things he wants his children to know. To listen to part 1, click here. To listen to part 2, click here. The Five Things Discussed on This Week’s Program 11. I want them to know manners. 12. I want them to know what it means to be a true gentleman/lady. 13. I want them to know how to handle rejection and failure. 14. I want them to love the New Testament Church 15. I want them to know…
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A Piece of My Mind
I have been in the unique position recently to spend time talking with some dedicated Christian servants who happen to be older than me. I feel the need to share some of what they have been sharing with me: They care about younger people, both children and their parents. This care has led them to expend amazing amounts of energy and creativity working on summer activities that are geared mostly toward these young families. And they are pleased that the young families turn out for these events. However, they are hurt and/or discouraged that some of those families only turn out for these events that are catered to the young…
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What’s Missing from Too Many Vacation Bible Schools
“I love Vacation Bible School.” So begins a short little song that is often sung this time of year. Those words, though, also share my heart. I think VBS is a wonderful event. I have attended Vacation Bible Schools since I was a baby, I suppose. I have taught at a number of them and have directed (I think) 14 years’ worth of VBS. Here at 9th Avenue, we are still a few week away from our Vacation Bible School for 2016, but I am encouraged by many of the conversations we have been having in preparing. The reason is that we are not leaving out what too many places forget…
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How Orlando is No Different than Sandy Hook
It is a tragic act of absolute violence. It is cold-blooded murder. And it is happening more and more every day. The recent Orlando massacre is the latest shooting where innocent people became victims of terror. To try and figure out why these things are happening and what the motivation is behind them is really probably not going to solve the current situation in our world. And without being insensitive to any person affected by any of the mass shootings on our soil or abroad, let’s go ahead and state one thing that all of these terrible acts of violence have in common: A God who is very sad. Whether…
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“You Know What to Do”
I remember a conversation I had a few years ago with a preacher friend of mine. He was telling me about a lady who had been baptized a few days earlier. He had only been at the church where he was preaching for a short time. The lady, however, had been attending worship services there for about ten years. Her conversion to Christ was the result of a simple question: “Are you a Christian?” Isn’t it amazing that, in ten years, nobody had ever asked her that question? Had they totally ignored her? Apparently not. She did remember what had been said to her by some members of that congregation. They had “encouraged” her by saying:…
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Episode 56: 20 Things I Want My Children to Know, part 2 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/legacy_podcast_056.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here.) On last week’s podcast, Adam began sharing with you his list of 20 things he wants his children to know. If you missed that program, you can find it here. This week, in part 2 of 4, he discusses five more things he hopes to instill in his children before they are grown. The Five Things Discussed on This Week’s Program Are… 6. I want them to know that the devil and hell are both real. 7. I want them to know how to properly interpret Scripture. 8. I want them to know the peace that…
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Are You “Church of Christ?”
I don’t know how many times I have been asked, “Are you ‘church of Christ’?” or “Are you a ‘church of Christ preacher’?” The answer, Biblically speaking, is “no.” That may surprise you for me to say. After all, I do preach for a church of Christ, and have been a member of various churches of Christ since I became a Christian about 26 years ago. I love the church of Christ, and I graduated from a university associated with churches of Christ. So why would I say that I am not “church of Christ?” It is very simply because I am a Christian only. I do not belong to…
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Could You Be Wrong about Your Religion?
Saul was wrong about Christianity. Peter was wrong about the Gentiles. James and John were wrong about discipleship. Thomas was wrong about faith. We could go on and on but the point is that even sincerely religious people are going to be wrong about what they believe and practice sometimes. This is why we have the Bible. This is why it is the supreme authority on all religious matters. Some people believe in the wrong God. There is only one God, Jehovah (Deut. 6:4). Yet we have Allah, Buddha, the gods of Hinduism, or the other various false gods created by man. People believe in these gods and stake their…
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A Lump in a Shoe : An Illustration of Love
Years ago, a good brother shared a story with me that I would like to share with you. I hope that it will have the same impact on you that it did (and does) on me. He told me about a mother who asked her young son to shine her slippers. He worked very carefully. He did a wonderful job. She was so impressed that she gave her son a quarter. (Remember, this was years ago.) The next time she wore those shoes, she felt a lump in one of them. She pulled the shoe off and found a quarter with a piece of paper wrapped around it. On the paper, in her son’s boyhood scrawl, were…
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Episode 55: 20 Things I Want My Children to Know, Part 1 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/legacy_podcast_055.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here.) What do you want your children to know? I mean, what do you most want them to know, especially before they are grown and gone? In this episode of the podcast, Adam begins a four-part series of the 20 things he has on his list for his children. This list is meant to help spur your thinking, as you seek to instill certain principles in their lives. We hope you enjoy this program, and will tune in next week for part 2 of the list. The Five Things Discussed on This Week’s Program Are… I want my children…
