I’ll admit it: Halloween isn’t exactly my favorite holiday. You have to admit, though, the music is awesome! Nothing like hearing The Monster Mash. Also nothing like a little Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and his biggest hit ever: Is that disturbing or what? Young people, don’t ever let your parents tell you that artists were “normal” in their day!

Finding quality Bible class material is a chore. While plenty of material exists, finding quality material is difficult. As you know, one of my hobbies is writing (otherwise, I wouldn’t have this blog!). While it is a skill I continue to attempt to improve, writing is a great outlet. That “outlet” has led to two books. Both have been out quite a while now, but I wanted to take a moment to remind you of each. The first book I wrote is entitled Building a Hero: A Study of Nehemiah for Young People. Thirteen lessons fill the book, written with Junior High/Senior High students in mind. Since there are 13…

“Respects his virginity, but felt he is also too innocent.” That’s the reason that Eddie was eliminated from the new “hit” reality game show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. Parents, if you don’t know about this show, it’s time you learned. A Shot at Love was originally taped to be on VH1, but, when the producers saw what they had, they moved it to the main station, MTV. The first show aired on October 9, and was the 3rd-highest ranking debut in MTV history. The show “features” Tila Tequila, an internet superstar who makes a living being famous. On the original episode there were 16 straight men and…

How about another video? Every once in a while, we like to put something fun on here. Folks, THIS is fun! Also… The Yankees couldn’t beat the Red Sox, but they could upstage them! First, A-Rod is leaving (maybe) and, now, a new manager. Welcome, Joe Girardi.

My friend Todd Clippard sent me a very touching story in an email. Please read the story. Now, if that didn’t pull at your heart strings, enjoy the video!

I’m excited about the Washington Avenue youth rally in Evansville this weekend. My friend, Alan Bush, always does a great job planning the rally, and I enjoy leading singing there. I just wish I was driving my own car. What I thought was a timing belt turned out to be a totally messed-up engine, and when you drive a Daewoo, it’s next to impossible to get parts at anywhere near a decent price. So, if anyone has a low-mileage car you’d like to give me (or sell me for next-to-nothing), I’ll be glad to take it off your hands. Seriously, I’m thankful for friends like Andy and Mary Jane Kizer.…

[With the 9th Avenue Youth Rally a mere 71 days away, here is another article about the book of James. You are coming to the rally on January 4-5, aren’t you?] James wrote his epistle “to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad” (1:1). That they were “scattered” is enough to show us that something wasn’t right. It is true that we can scatter on our own, but usually we scatter because we are forced to leave. In Acts 8:4, we have a summary statement about the early church. After Stephen had been stoned to death, persecution began to become common in and around Jerusalem. For that reason, we read,…

I know you probably went to bed last night thinking, “Adam sure hasn’t put any pictures of his kids on the blog in awhile.” Okay, maybe you didn’t think that, but I did. So…. Here you go. Mary Carol is two now, and Turner Eric is 6 months. We are SO proud of our two wonderful kids.

Who Runs Your Church From: iluvleah9, 4 minutes ago | View | Upload your own This lesson, written by Chuck Webster, gives an overview of the organization of the New Testament Church. It is the 8th lesson in the Lads to Leaders PEARLS book. SlideShare Link

One feature of this blog is the list of blogs and sites that I find helpful. I try to keep the list short, even though there are dozens of great blogs out there. Personally, it is not my favorite thing in the world to go on a blog that has 100 blogs on the sidebar. It’s just overwhelming to me. However, today two more blogs were added that I frequent. Both have been featured in our Friday Links Roundups before (and will be again, no doubt), and both contain helpful content in brief articles. The first is The Mind of Mitchell. Mitchell Skelton is the Family Life Minister for the…