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Train Up a Child

Proverbs 22:6 has been a guiding principle for godly parents for 3000 years! "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is ol...

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Be A Light

If you have listened to a country radio in the last few months, you have likely heard the song called "Be a Light" (given that they have ...

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J. W. McGarvey and the Instrument

NOTE: The following article appeared originally in the Forest Park Newsletter in Atlanta. It was later reprinted in the bulletin publishe...

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It's a Trust Thing

A huge part of all relationships is built on trust. Marriages do not usually last very long after one of the partners comes to the point w...

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The Pleasant Taste of Right

We were walking across the hotel parking lot where our group was staying. It was a pleasant day with just a slight breeze. The warm sun...

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Satan’s Beatitudes

Blessed are those who are too tired and busy to worship God, for they are praising my name. Blessed are those who gossip liberally, for ...

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“That They May Be One”

Jesus prayed for his followers to be one, “that the world may believe." Denominational division in “Christendom” and strife and factions...

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The Point of Bible Study

”Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, {3} explaining and demonst...

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Some Thoughts On...

Money may buy housing, but not a home. Money may buy bedding, but not sleep. Money may buy clocks, but not time. Money may buy books, but...

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One Good Turn

But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! ...

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A Father's Note

Tim, I enjoyed your sermon Simply Jesus and it has been on my mind this week with all of the things going on for our family. I decided t...

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Buddy Check

When I was growing up, our summer church camp was Camp Bandina. The camp was about forty miles northwest of San Antonio, Texas, in the ro...

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Influence and the Gospel

Millions of people sit for hours in both pleasant and awful weather because they are "fans" of various sporting events. Some are watching...

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The Publican Factor

The term "publican," or "tax collector translates the Greek word telones. The term is found twenty-one times in the New Testament and onl...

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Someday...

Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. ”And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside...

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Before you change that... consider...

I was reading a thoroughly delightful technical bulletin from an airplane engine manufacturer about engine modifications. Nearly every p...

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The Paths of Men

The course of life that each one of us pursues is a curiosity. Each of us decides on a daily basis the nature of our actions. We choose...

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Who will continue these things?

In the near future I hope to be driving through several mountain states going northeast. The land is often full of beautiful farms. Tom...

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The Gift of Jericho

The first city that lay in the path of the Israelites as they initiated the conquest of Canaan was Jericho. Consider God's promise. "And ...

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Just a Thankful, Old, Patched Pipe

Many years ago it was a common activity to take our youth group camping in the North Carolina mountains. In the early years there were no...

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