Brrrrrr! That’s what everyone was saying as they entered the church building yesterday. For those who don’t live in the South, you don’t know how weird our weather has been lately. Around 5PM on Saturday, the temperature at our house was around 57. It was breezy and cool, but quite nice. By 5PM on Sunday…it was around 20! This morning when I woke up, it was 9 degrees. We are blessed to have a nice, warm building in which to worship God and have our Bible classes. We had several families away on Christmas holiday, and others were ill, but we were still blessed with a wonderful day at Lebanon…

It’s holiday travel season. We begin “making the rounds” this afternoon, as we are headed to Olive Branch, Mississippi. Leah’s sister and brother-in-law live there, and her family are all coming to exchange gifts and enjoy some time together. We’ll return on Saturday. On Tuesday night, Leah and I went visiting, but I also surprised her. A couple of daring guys (JD and Shea) came to the house and watched the kids for a couple of hours while we were away. After visiting, I took Leah to the Opryland Hotel to see the Christmas lights. They were truly amazing. While my phone doesn’t take very good pictures, you “get the…

In case you missed it last night, Cleveland State upset #11 Syracuse on the ‘Cuse’s home floor. The way they won is the great part. A player for CSU nailed a 60-foot bank shot as the buzzer sounded. It was his first three-pointer of the game. In case you didn’t see it, here’s the shot: Now, as if that didn’t get under Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s skin enough, he had a little trouble with the microphone at the post-game press conference. Considering how his team lost, I think he handled the microphone quite well. Enjoy: I’m thankful that there are members at Lebanon Road who make sure these things don’t…

Recently, I posted an article that was inspired by an email I received from my friend Wes Hazel. In that post, I asked for “top 10” lists of books. [To read the original post, click here. There are three lists in the comments so far.] I’m posting this for two reasons: 1. To remind you to post your “favorites” list either in the comments or send them to me via email: adfaughn@gmail.com 2. To post a list that was sent to me. Neal Mathis, who works in Henderson, Kentucky, sent me a shorter list via email. Here are his books: Notes from the Margin of My Bible (OT & NT)…

It has been a wonderful couple of weeks at Lebanon Road. While our attendance has slacked just a bit, it is still very good and a lot of good things continue to happen. First, over the past couple of weeks, we have added some new members. Greg Holland, along with his daughter, Abby, placed membership with us. Both are Christians, as Abby was baptized at our camp this past Summer. They have been visiting with us for some time, and we are thankful they have decided to work and worship with us. Also, Bill Wolfe has come to worship with us under the oversight of our elders. His son, Jordan,…

When Moses was leading the children of Israel through the wilderness, they complained that they had nothing to eat. God gave them food from heaven in the form of a small wafer. When the people saw it, they said, “What is it?” This led to the name of the food being “manna.” Last night, we saw something fall from the sky and wondered what it was. Okay, so we knew what it was, it just had been some time since we had seen it. Nashville was blanketed with snow! While we didn’t get a lot at our house (1-2 inches), and while it is already almost gone, it was fun…

This has been one of “those” weeks. Sunday, while we were at Leah’s parents’ house, Mary Carol and I both were sick. Fortunately for her, Mary Carol’s went away by early Monday morning. Mine, however, has not. I worked Wednesday (feeling pretty good), but, by Wednesday night, I was feeling awful. Thursday, I didn’t come to work at all. I went to the doctor, and they really don’t know what’s going on. Today, I’m at work…for now. I’m only staying long enough to get the essentials done. I’m feeling better, but I’m still not well. It’s just good to be on the “upswing” of this, and hopefully there won’t be…

Recently on iPreach, Dale Jenkins and I interviewed Gary Knuckles, who preaches for the Lord’s Church in Briensburg, Kentucky. We talked about books. No surprise this became the longest podcast in iPreach’s short history! If you have not yet heard the show, click here and enjoy. Following that podcast, I received an email from my good friend, Wes Hazel. He preaches in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. While we don’t get to see each other as often as we’d like, email is a constant. He is also a book-lover, and he sent me an interesting email. I have taken out some of the personal stuff, but here is the basic “bones” of the…

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Okay, so this has nothing to do with religion, but it’s funny. Today, I want to post two sports stories you probably missed (I saw both of these on Deadspin, which is a sports blog I read, but with great caution!!!). 1. The BCS stinks. You want proof? Here it is: One of the computers used in the ranking of teams has a I-AA (sorry, FCS) team ranked in the top 25. That’s right, James Madison ranks #24 in Sagarin’s ELO-Chess number which is used for the BCS formula. Need a visual? Here’s the link. JMU is #33 on the list, but #24 in the ELO-Chess number, which is the…