Church Life
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A Rare Combination (That Shouldn’t be Rare)
Recently, I was visiting with one of the members of the church where I serve as one of the elders. One of his daughters from another state was taking advantage of a week off from her work to stay with him. Unfortunately, his health is declining to the point that somebody needs to be with him at all times. Since he is a widower, he no longer has a spouse who can help. Fortunately, this daughter and her siblings are seeing to it that this need is met. During the course of conversation with both the father and the daughter, the daughter said something kind of “out of the blue.”…
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Coming Next Monday…
On our most recent “Legacy of Faith” podcast, Leah and I took some time to talk about two projects that we are working on; one from each of us. We are very excited to be doing these things and we are praying that what we are trying to do will be a blessing to you in your Bible study. In case you missed that episode of the podcast, I’m taking my post today to let you know about these two things, both of which start next Monday, October 14. “Into the Heart of the Bible” (Leah) Leah has had a desire for some time to do something to help teach…
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Some Things I’ve Learned from My New “Hobby”
In recent years, I’ve taken up a new hobby. I now go on scavenger hunts on a fairly regular basis. Well, to be honest, it is not a hobby. Also, in the interest of honesty and transparency, they also are not really scavenger hunts. Actually, what I have started doing more of recently is an attempt to “carry my weight” with regard to some of the things that Donna has done for years. Part of that effort involves what feels to me like a scavenger hunt, but is actually a trip to the grocery store. I’ve been known to tell people at the store on some occasions that my wife…
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Stop Calling God’s Handiwork Ugly
There are so many beautiful things in this world. God has blessed us with a universe and a world filled with sights that are pretty, and many that will take your breath away. Maybe you have been blessed to visit some of the more famous ones; the Blue Ridge Mountains or the Redwood Forest. Or maybe you have simply looked up into a night sky and been in awe at the wonder of the stars. It is not uncommon at all for people to take pictures of these sights, post them on social media, and give God the credit for the wonder and beauty of it all. And rightly so!…
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Farewell — Goodbye
As far as I know, I’m not planning to take any extended trips anytime soon. I am also not planning on this being my last post on A Legacy of Faith. Since only God knows the future, I was careful to use the word “planning” in those statements. I’m sure that you can think along with me of at least a couple of places in the Bible which deal with the mistakes made by people who are totally confident about their futures. It is interesting to me that the two passages that came immediately to my mind–Luke 12:16-20 and James 4:13-17–concern people who saw for themselves a bright future. I…
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Episode 178: Announcing Two New Bible Study Tools from Us! [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Episode_178_Announcing_Two_New_Things.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) On Monday, October 14, both Adam and Leah will be launching a new Bible study tool. On this podcast, we take a few minutes to hopefully get you excited about these new tools, and what that means for the podcast (it’s not going away!). Find our podcast on… Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher TuneIn Radio RSS
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Making Connections
Sometimes people try to discredit the Bible by saying that the God in the Old Testament is not the same God we read of in the New Testament even though He claims to be the “same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). Others try to use the same argument but to make almost the opposite point: that it is much easier to please God today because He is more loving now. They usually point out actions recorded in the Old Testament that seem more harsh while highlighting verses from the New Testament like 1 John 4:8 which reads, in part, “God is love.” My son Daniel is extremely good…
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Bring Polishing the Pulpit with You!
A few weeks ago, dad wrote an article about Polishing the Pulpit (PTP). As a family, we have loved this event for many years now. Truthfully, of all the “extra” things that were cancelled due to covid in 2020, PTP was probably the one that hit our whole family the hardest. Each year, we all enjoy dozens of lessons. This year, only three of us went, as Mary Carol had started school. Next year, it will just be Leah and me, but we have already made plans to go and we know we will be built up spiritually throughout the week. However, in the 51 weeks in-between PTP 2024 and…
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The Song of Songs
We have known it was coming. As our Tuesday afternoon Ladies’ class has traveled through the Bible in chronological order for the last 14 years, we have known that the Song of Solomon was coming up. Last Tuesday was the day that I introduced the book, and we began a study of it on Tuesday of this week. There have been comments made over the years about dreading to get to this book and how hard it will be to teach. We have even joked about feeling like illness was coming on the closer we got to the Song of Songs. As I have devoted more time to study, I…
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The Challenge Churches Don’t Want to Address
Churches face a lot of challenges. Of course, there is no challenge so great that it cannot be overcome with God’s help. If we follow Him, there is nothing that can hold a congregation back. I have noticed that there are a lot of enemies and challenges that churches will regularly address, and will do so with great fervor. They will clearly address sins that are bearing down on society and that are in the regular news cycle. The whole array of LGBTQ issues comes to mind. Certainly, these need to be addressed and the truth of God’s Word needs to be presented boldly. It is also easy to talk…
