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March 14, 2026 · 5:56 am

Weekly Recap: March 9-13

Greetings from Beverly Hills,

Thanks to so many readers and friends from around the country who reached out yesterday with congratulatory words as I completed another trip around the sun. As my friend Sharon remarked yesterday, they seem to occur more quickly than they used to!

We feel blessed to enjoy this chapter of our lives and to continue, in some small way, to engage in a ministry that reaches beyond our borders. Thanks to those who continue to encourage us, read our blog, and offer opportunities to preach the Word.

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Parents: Stop Letting Culture Disciple Your Kids

While your kids are scrolling, someone is discipling them. The question every Christian parent must answer is this: Will it be you—or the culture?

Dr. Brad Harrub addresses this issue on his facebook page. His advice to parents is practical, pointed, and scripturally sound. Continue reading →

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March 12, 2026 · 7:14 am

Be Reconciled to God

He was called by one reporter “a walking billboard for reconciliation.”

Douglas “Pete” Peterson served as a U.S. Air Force captain during the Vietnam War and was shot down during a bombing raid near Hanoi in 1966. For six and a half years, he was held as a prisoner of war. He was humiliated. Beaten. Abused. Continue reading →

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March 11, 2026 · 7:16 am

Luke 4:32, No Man Ever Spoke Like This Man

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, along comes another “new religion.” Recently, I read about one called “Yoism.”

Invented by a Massachusetts psychologist, Yoism is a system of beliefs based on the “open source” principle, in which the general public becomes the combined, creative authority and the source of truth. Continue reading →

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March 10, 2026 · 7:09 am

Bad Company, Costly Consequences

On Thursday, Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, is scheduled to be executed for murder by the state of Alabama.

However, it is an undisputed fact, admitted by the state’s Attorney General, that Burton never killed anyone.

Then why? Continue reading →

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March 9, 2026 · 7:12 am

The Two Commandments That Change Everything

I haven’t counted them, but Bible commentator Warren Wiersbe notes that the Jews identified 613 commandments in the Old Law—248 positive and 365 negative.

Supposedly, they had also divided the commandments into two basic categories: “heavy” or important commandments and “light” or unimportant commandments. Thus, one could focus on the “heavy commandments” and not worry as much about the “light” ones. Continue reading →

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Tagged as #LoveMoreGiveMore, Warren Wiersbe, William Barclay

March 7, 2026 · 3:07 am

Weekly Recap: March 2-6

Greetings from Beverly Hills, FL

In case you missed it, tonight is the night we “spring forward” to set our clocks ahead by 1 hour. Don’t want anyone to miss Bible Class or worship tomorrow because you’re an hour late. Continue reading →

New Mercies for a New Morning

“From sunrise to sundown, yesterday was not a particularly great day for many reasons,” posted my Facebook friend and Norma Jean’s second cousin, April Aiken. “If it could go wrong or be disastrous, it certainly did and was, and I was in no mood to socialize or smile.” Continue reading →

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Tagged as Fredrik Backman, Pat Schroeder, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Warren Wiersbe

March 5, 2026 · 7:05 am

Are You Suffering from O.D.D.?

Brian Watman, in a Boston Globe article, “‘Have a Nice Day,’ the Conversational Irritant,” reports on a psychological counselor who had an “ODD” experience with a client.

The therapist had tentatively diagnosed the patient with ODD—Oppositional Defiant Disorder. You probably don’t have a psych dictionary on your apps, so here’s the Google definition of O.D.D.: “A behavioral condition characterized by a persistent pattern of angry, irritable mood, argumentative and defiant behavior, or vindictiveness.” Continue reading →

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Tagged as Brian Watman, Matt Hennecke, O.D.D.

March 4, 2026 · 6:44 am