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Episode 28: Children, Obey Your Parents in the Lord {Podcast}
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_028.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not working in email/rss? Click here to listen.) Today marks the final episode in our April emphasis on “What an Ephesians Home Looks Like.” After considering the Biblical role of wives and husbands, today Adam and Leah discuss Ephesians 6:1-4, and the role that children play in making a home what it should be. More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by email for free (and get a free eBook) click here. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Subscribe via rss Find us on Stitcher Radio Visit the show archives —————— Music Credit Opening theme: “Josie…
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A Letter to Satan
Satan, Let me begin by saying that we are not friends. We are enemies. It is important for me to admit that right at the outset because, let’s be honest (if you can be honest), you want me to think you are my friend. You aren’t. You are my enemy…my worst enemy. But I am still writing you today because I have some things I need to get off my chest. It’s time I finally said some things about you that I have kept to myself for too long. I hate what you do to people. People I know and love. I hate what you have done to me before.…
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While We Can
James wrote, “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” (James 4:14). As we age we realize the truth of this statement. It reminds us there are certain things we must do while we can. 1. We must love our parents while we can. The lyrics to a song with this sentiment say it best: They tied our shoes, took us to school, patched our worn-out jeans. They soothed our tears and calmed our fears, and listened to our dreams. Somewhere along their golden years, their hair has lost its sheen. The notes to hymn one-hundred-ten crackle when…
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“Missing the Mark” (Another Look)
Recently one of our deacons presented a devotional at a men’s breakfast we have each month where I preach. According to him, it was his first time to present a devotional of any kind in any setting. Along with all of the other men there, I thought he did an outstanding job. One part of his presentation really made me do some thinking. Part of that was due to the material he presented. Part of my thinking was also because of what I know about the man presenting the material. He was doing a great job talking about different aspects of sin. Much of what he said has been said by others on various occasions, but…
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Friday’s Family Friendly Finds {April 17, 2015 edition}
As I type this, it is raining…again. They say that April showers bring May flowers. If that is true, everything in this part of the country should have a bloom on it next month. It has rained constantly, but all that is good and helps us appreciate days when the sun shines. On to this week’s family links. This Week’s Finds Press On Moms: The Pew Training Battles {There’s an App for That}. Moms who bring children to worship and help train them are doing a great work. This post encourages them to keep it up! Family Conversations around the Table {for the family}. We all know that talking around…
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Episode 27: Husbands, Love Your Wives
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_027.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not working in email/rss? Click here.) The month of April continues, and we continue to look at the book of Ephesians. This week, Adam and Leah discuss what it means for a husband to love his wife as Christ loved the Church. We hope you enjoy this practical discussion of a very important text. More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by email for free (and get a free eBook) click here. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Subscribe via rss Find us on Stitcher Radio Visit the show archives —————— Music Credit Opening theme: “Josie Has…
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A Different Take on Being the Salt of the Earth
As Jesus began the Sermon the Mount, He gave that great list of beatitudes. In many ways, those short statements would be the foundation not only for this sermon, but for the types of people who would truly hear Him and follow. After that list, the Lord gave one of the most famous word pictures in Scripture: “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?” (Matthew 5:13) That word picture has been written about, preached about, and examined from nearly every possible angle. Seemingly every use and application of salt in the ancient world has been spoken of,…
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Singing in the Dents
Several years ago on a Wednesday evening after Bible class, I was sitting with my young son Luke over in the wing of the church building. We were singing, and as we sang (he was still learning to read) we kept our fingers in the songbook in order to follow the words. I remember that he was picking the words up so quickly and I can recall feeling that there was no other thing that could please me more than to hear my child sing to the Lord. Later that evening when we went to bed, I was reading a Bible story to him. (This had become our custom every night…
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Who Are These People?
Do you remember at all a man in the Bible named Bezalel? Have you already “cheated” and looked him up in a Bible concordance or some other source? Some translations render his name as Bezaleel. Does that help? Do you know who he is yet? While you are at it, do you recognize the names of Oholiab (or again, depending on the translation, Aholiab)? Are any of these names beginning to sound somewhat familiar to you? Whether or not we remember their names, without these men and apparently many others, the following words would not have been written in Exodus 40:33: “So Moses finished the work.” The work under consideration was the constructing of the…
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Religion and Medicine: The Familial Line
Faith and family are of particular concern where death is involved. One of the biggest issues of contention among family members and within different religions is whether it’s acceptable to give up your organs or to have medical staff encourage you to do so when your family members pass away. Religious Views We should not require people to give something they don’t want to give. Just because someone has died physically does not mean that they no longer have rights. There are some religions which say that the body is special and it should be something treated a certain way. In some religions cutting someone’s body open after they die…
