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The Wisest Man
Solomon has taken over as ruler of God’s special people upon his father David’s death. He is a young man with a tremendous responsibility. Perhaps that is why we are all so impressed with the direction of his thoughts when God said to him, “Ask! What shall I give you?” (1 Kings 3:5) I don’t know for sure what my astralean request would be. I think I know myself well enough that it would revolve around my family, but I’m pretty sure at that young age I wouldn’t have had the maturity Solomon showed when he asked for wisdom in order to fairly judge the Lord’s people. 1 Kings 3:10…
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Get This Book: “12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You”
[Note: All Amazon links in this post are affiliate links. We receive a very small kickback for you using the link, but we were not asked to write this review in any way. This is our personal review of the book.] It has been quite a long time since I reviewed a book on our site, but this book has to be one of the most helpful and practical books I have read in a long, long time. 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You is practical because it does not simply say, “you’re spending too much time on your phone–now stop it!” Instead, Tony Reinke uses a tremendous amount…
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Is God Punishing Me?
One of the questions that I receive often as a preacher comes from people who are unhappy with their circumstances. In their efforts to steer their life in a certain direction, when things just don’t seem to work out the way they hoped, they ask in their discouragement, “Why is all of this happening to me?” Or maybe, “Is God punishing me?” Just google: “Is God Punishing Me?” You’ll find out that people ask this all the time and there are a lot of wild and false answers coming back to them. But I want to attempt to answer the question from Scripture. In other words, why don’t we just…
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From Shoveling with a Stranger to Worshiping with a Brother
I suppose that it has been somewhere around forty years since the suggestion was made. I lived in a small community and was preaching for a relatively small church. The good people of this church had taken a chance on a fellow with absolutely no experience in “full-time preaching.” I decided that one way I could serve would be to conduct a regular Bible class at the only nursing home in town. I didn’t realize that somebody besides the residents was listening to that class. I found out that this was the case when the lady who served as the activity director approached me with the following suggestion: “You need to talk…
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Episode 129: In Which We Get Really, Really Real [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_129.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS(Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) In this week’s episode, Adam and Leah reflect on the recent Reconnect retreat for preachers and wives, then, well, they anabolizzanti online get real! Based upon a listeners question, they simply talk about how they do not have it all together and how it is okay to let some things go. More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by email for free click here. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Subscribe via rss Find us on Stitcher Radio Visit the show archives
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Give Your Kids More Heroes Than Celebrities
We live in a celebrity culture. It seems that everyone wants the proverbial 15 minutes of fame. Attention spans are short, but the financial stakes of fame are still high, so people will do nearly anything to reach celebrity status. And, sadly, our culture eats it up. We care about the latest gossip from Hollywood. We tune in to watch our favorite singers and stars talk about themselves. We follow, retweet, like, and favorite nearly anything they produce on social media. But I want my children to understand the difference between celebrities and real heroes. Heroes may not get the wall-to-wall coverage, but they are the types of people I…
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Are Women Really the “Weaker Vessel”?
It was by the Holy Spirit that the apostle Peter wrote, “Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered” (1 Peter 3:7). I am going to begin by responding to this passage of Scripture by saying something that is politically incorrect. Men and women are different. That’s right folks, you heard it here first. You are reading an article written by someone who still feels it is appropriate for men and women to use different public restrooms. God made men and women to be…
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Grief: It’s Not Always “Textbook”
My friend, Ron Williams, recently posted the image below on Facebook. Ron and his twin brother, Don, have helped a lot of people who deal with grief. They have conducted seminars, written books and other materials, and have helped people in personal ways. Like most of us, grief is no stranger to them. They have lost people very, very close to them. I think that is why the image below made such an impact on me. While I’m not sure whether the image is original with either Ron or Don, it was posted by somebody I admire and who has both professional and very personal experience with grief. I’m not sure what message…
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She Taught Us How to Die
The diagnosis wasn’t good. She had been having pain for quite some time (really for years), but this was different. Being in her nineties made most doctors relate the pain to her age. However, one particular doctor did some tests and the diagnosis was bad. Cancer…in several places…including her pancreas…and just a very short time to live. Now most people would have been devastated by that news, but not this lady. Her outlook was very optimistic! She let the doctor know that she had been waiting for this next trip she would be taking for a very long time. She didn’t want them to do a biopsy or any other tests…
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A One-Step Process to Become a Superstar
At some point, almost everyone has dreamed of being a superstar. While very few people achieve celebrity fame, almost everyone has thought about it. And a whole lot of people really wish they could be famous. Today, I want to give you a simple one-step process to achieve superstardom. But, before I share it, I have to add one caveat; one disclaimer. This one step will not make you a world-wide phenomenon. This process won’t get your name in any newspaper or on the headlines of famous websites. You won’t get any interviews on TV or radio. You won’t be asked to write a book and go on a tour.…
