It is a joy to teach the Bible. While I am nowhere near the teacher I would like to be, it is a thrill to try my best. One way I teach is through Faulkner University’s Military Education Program. This program is for students who are in the military and who want to earn a college degree. Faulkner has a series of classes throughout the state of Alabama where classes are taught at local armories. Beginning this week, I will be teaching my third class for the program. I taught Christian Ethics and The Life of Christ. Now I get to teach The Book of Acts. What a privilege! To…

Articles have been written trying to convince Christians to adapt and add musical instruments to worship. Many articles and books have been written trying to “hold the line,” seeking to keep Christians from making such a change. It has been nice to read a book from the “third perspective.” John Price, a baptist pastor, has written a volume outlining his research as to why the congregation where he works has removed instruments of music. They had just one instrument, but, after careful study, he determined that one was just not needed and, in fact, violated the New Testament. Old Light on New Worship reads somewhat like a master’s thesis, containing…

I know, I know. It’s not Friday, yet. I have a good reason for doing the links round-up a day early, though. I won’t be anywhere near a computer tomorrow (or Saturday or Sunday, for that matter), and I’m thankful! I am taking my beautiful bride to see Phantom of the Opera in Birmingham tomorrow night, and then we are staying with her family, because I am preaching at the congregation where they worship on Sunday morning. We have been looking forward to this weekend for quite some time. So, with a full weekend–not to mention an extra day–I thought I’d give you a couple of extra articles to read.…

I was in a mall a few days ago. I walked by a little area and had to turn around. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It was early October and the mall was already setting up for the picture area with Santa! While I don’t get into Christmas until after the Thanksgiving holiday, this did cause me to think. Not about Christmas, but about our 2008 Youth Rally! Over the next few weeks, we will take this column to talk about things that are relevant to our youth rally. This week, we will simply have an overview of what to expect. First, while it is called a “youth”…

Desertion In The Lords Army From: iluvleah9, 56 minutes ago Clark Sims wrote this chapter for teenagers. It deals with why people leave the Lord, and encourages faithful young people to remain faithful and help those who are struggling. SlideShare Link

While it may seem as though it is a long way off, 2008 is, in so many ways, just around the corner. Young people are back in school and involved in sports and other activities. I was in Sears the other day and they were putting up….you guessed it…their Christmas displays. The mall was setting up Santa’s picture area! (Can we not at least get past Halloween first????). Anyway, with the new year coming soon, we have now made available our 2008 youth rally information. On January 4-5, 2008, the 9th Avenue church of Christ will host a rally called “The Christian Handbook: Studies in the Book of James.” While…

We are now approaching 600 posts in the history of this blog. In fact, this is post 597. Our front page has just 12 of those articles. The other 585, then, are “stuck” in subsequent pages in the archives. Usually, if articles are in the archives, they are lost forever. However, there is an easy way to see if we have ever written on a particular subject. At the bottom of this page, there is a mini-search bar. Under the box where you type the word or phrase (as you would on any other search engine), click the small circle beside faughnblog.blogspot.com. By doing this, you can search just this…

We are “gearing up” for our annual Friends and Family Day at the 9th Avenue church of Christ. On Sunday, we are hoping to have 600 in attendance. If you are anywhere near Haleyville (as in, if you are ON EARTH!), please come and be with us. We will have Bible classes at 9:30; worship at 10:30; a noon meal; and worship at 6:00. If you are reading this, you are invited! Also, Sunday is a big day for our family. Mary Carol will turn 2 years old on Sunday! It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since we were waiting in Kentucky for a week for this…

[NOTE: Sunday, October 7, the 9th Avenue church of Christ will host her annual Friends and Family Day. Our goal is to have 600 in attendance for Sunday morning worship. We will have Bible classes at 9:30 AM, worship at 10:30, a noon meal and worship at 6 PM. You are invited to attend and be our special guest. If you can come, please do! With that in mind, I wrote the following article on friendship for our weekly bulletin. It is not a “normal” article for me, seeing as how it has zero scripture references and does not have 2 or 3 points. Instead, I felt a “general” article…

Work Is Not A Dirty Word From: iluvleah9, 58 seconds ago This lesson, written by Paul Spurlin, is the fifth in the Lads to Leaders PEALS book. It’s simple message is that work is not a bad thing and, in fact, it helps us even in our spiritual life. SlideShare Link