Monthly Archives: March 2016

March 8, 2016 · 6:31 am

Celebrating The Women Of God

Women Ministry

Did you know that today is International Women’s Day?

I didn’t either until I heard it mentioned on the news last night. In fact, I didn’t know what it was. So, of course, I googled it. Their web page reveals the following.

Celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.  Yet let’s also be aware progress has slowed in many places across the world, so urgent action is needed to accelerate gender parity.  Their 2016 campaign theme is #PledgeForParity

Their web page asked, “How will you mark the day?” Continue reading →

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March 7, 2016 · 6:05 am

Word of the Week: Reconciliation

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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 6, 2016 · 5:59 am

Communion With God

The word “communion” is often used to refer to the Lord’s Supper as in “we take communion every Sunday.” However, it  has a much broader meaning.

The word translated “communion,” from the Greek word “koinonia,” is often translated “fellowship.” It is also rendered “contribution,” “companion.” “partaker,” and “partner.” Continue reading →

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March 4, 2016 · 7:26 am

Being Pure in a Profane World

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I didn’t watch last night’s Republican debate. Did I miss anything?

Did Donald Trump insult anyone? Did the other candidates react with similar retorts? Were they still taking about the size of hands and what that possibly meant? Were there any personal attacks?

Actually I did see a CNN headline this morning that read “Republican Debate Turns Dirty.” Continue reading →

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March 3, 2016 · 6:11 am

The Radical Teachings of Jesus

Radical Jesus Teaching

This quarter at Hickman Mills we are studying Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Though I have read, studied and taught it many times, it is always fresh, rich and challenging with modern-day application.

The study reminded me of a story  related  years ago by Phillip Yancey, in his book “The Jesus I Never Knew,” about a Texas A&M professor, Virginia Stern Owens, who assigned her students to write a short essay on the sermon on the mount. Here’s a sample of some of the student’s reactions: Continue reading →

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March 2, 2016 · 5:03 am

GREAT VERSES OF THE BIBLE: Matthew 5:14-16

Matt 5.14.16

“Jacob’s Ladder,” was a 1980’s hit written by Bruce Hornsby and performed by Huey Lewis and the News. Remember them?

The song was set in Birmingham, Alabama, and married the Biblical image of Jacob’s ladder with someone who rejects a proselytizing evangelist, preferring to struggle through life one day at the time. In part the lyrics go like this. Continue reading →

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March 1, 2016 · 6:23 am

The Welievers Are Moving

West Main St Church

Fifty years ago I made the decision as a teenager to preach the Gospel of Christ. Although there have been various opportunities, interests and even the need on occasion to “make tents,” I’ve never wavered from my primary passion.

The commitment to preach has taken Norma Jean and me to many cities and states throughout the years–from Maine to California. And even a mission trip to Kazakstan. We have lived and engaged in located work in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida and now Missouri. I have tried to approach what I might do and where I would live based on the exhortation in James 4:13-17. Continue reading →

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