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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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Memorable Without Doubt

Some brief information is appropriate here as a matter of historical record. Our last edition of this bulletin was on March 15 and was al...

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Weebles Wobble (but they don’t fall down)

In 1971, Hasbro toy makers showcased one of their soon to be famous toys on the Romper Room children’s show. It was a Weeble. A small e...

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Samuel

The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground. All Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized...

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On Braids and Other Matters

A lovely teenage girl on the verge of tears once asked me if she was sinning for wearing her long dark hair in braids. I knew her to be ...

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Preaching in the One-Room School House

The legacy of the one-room school now remains mostly in the fading memories of our oldest generation. There was a time when almost all ru...

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Give Me A Number!

Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”(Mat 19:16). Human nature i...

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"Belief" as Used in the Book of Acts

The following is the first part of a longer article on the study of the word “belief” as used in the book of Acts. The Greek noun for fai...

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Looking For What is Real

Many years ago we took a bunch of our kids and adults to Boone, North Carolina. The intent was to go snow skiing. I knew that the experie...

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Have You Forgotten....?

The tender story of Luke 17 tugs at our hearts. Ten men's lives ruined by leprosy were given new lives by the Lord! We are shocked and ap...

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