Church Life
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How to Frustrate Church Leaders on a Sunday Night
By “Sunday night,” I am not talking about the Sunday evening worship assembly. In fact, the term “Sunday night” is meant as a placeholder for anytime after worship services are finished for the day. It stands for the next time one of those faithful men who serve a congregation as an elder or as a preacher jumps on social media. Maybe they are just scrolling through Facebook to kill a few minutes before going to bed on Sunday night. Maybe they are checking their feed as part of their Monday morning routine. But it’s whenever they are on again and just seeing how things are going. Want to frustrate them?…
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Another Look at Being Blinded by the (Wrong) Light
Some who read this may have read a previous post of mine that dealt with what I believe may be a danger for those of us who preach and teach God’s word. The short version of what I wrote then is that there is the possibility that the fact that we are often “in the spotlight” can distort our message, our lives, and our eternal destiny. This post is intended to “shed some light” (pun intended) on another dangerous issue. There are those who attempt to influence others by dazzling them with their personalities, their oratorical skills, impressive Hollywood style productions, and a host of other things. Those who experience their…
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Episode 170: Central Diggers: The Nuts and Bolts [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Central_Diggers_Classes_A_Legacy_of_Faith.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here.) This week, Leah and Mary Carol walk you through the ins and outs of Central Diggers.
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The Last Day
On the day this post is being released, it will be the end of the academic year for our homeschool in 2023-2024. This one, though, is one we have seen coming from the beginning, because this is Mary Carol’s final last day of high school. (It is also her last day of homeschool…there’s no way Leah is going to homeschool her through college!) I don’t write this post to be overly sentimental. I write it as a reminder to us all: when you are around people, remember that they all have things on their minds–things that are affecting them–that you may not know. I have noticed that, as this day…
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Blinded by the (Wrong) Light
Most who read this will be at least somewhat familiar with the experience that a man who was then known as Saul of Tarsus had as he traveled from Jerusalem to Damascus. If you are not familiar with this, you can read the original account recorded in the ninth chapter of Acts and recounted later by the man who was then known as Paul in the twenty-second and twenty-sixth chapter of that same book. Saul was making that trip in order to imprison and/or punish Christians. All of that began to change when Saul saw an extremely bright light. The light was so bright that Saul lost his eyesight for…
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Episode 169: Central Diggers Introduction [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Central_Diggers_Introduction_A_Legacy_of_Faith.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) A discussion with Adam and Mary Carol about Central Diggers, which was a program designed to teach children apologetics. This is the first of a two-part series on this great work.
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No Longer a Threat
I recently spent some time with a man that I’ve known off and on for over sixty years. He is about a year older than I am. We weren’t “pals” during our elementary school years because we attended two different schools. When we both got to the same high school, our age difference meant that we weren’t in many (if any) classes together. As I look back, I guess that about the only time we spent much time together in an organized way was when we were both Cub Scouts. That was a long time ago and only lasted a few years. As we were talking, I mentioned that, even…
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How Are You Known?
The idea of this article is certainly not unique to me, and the example I chose may not be unique to you, but as I was reading my Bible, some names jumped out at me from an unfamiliar place. I would guess that when the names Nadab and Abihu are mentioned, what first comes to most people’s mind is the account in Leviticus 10 where they offered profane fire and were struck down by the Lord. I haven’t made it to Leviticus with the plan I am following this year. I am still in Exodus on Mondays, which focus on the books of Law. I did not realize that Nadab…
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A Religious Equation
I realize that some who read this may not be familiar with the name, Dr. Albert Mohler. Dr. Mohler is, among other things, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Among those “other things” is hosting a podcast to which I listen on a fairly regular basis. The podcast deals with news items, various societal trends, etc. from his perspective as a religious leader. While some of the rest of this post may be enough evidence to suggest that I do not agree with some of his theology, I still find his “take” on things to be interesting. One of the features of his podcast is…
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Pride Goes Before a Fall
Studying the prophets of the Old Testament is quite eye opening. We have been studying Jeremiah in our Ladies’ Class every Tuesday afternoon and throughout those chapters we have seen so many thoughts and actions of the people which are clearly mirrored in our society today. In short, they simply thought they knew more than God did when it came to living their lives. Just a cursory study of the people living in Jeremiah’s day will give you a picture of people who, for the most part, thought that they were beyond needing God. They had turned their back on the true God and had become worshipers of idols. They…
