Monthly Archives: September 2024

Love is Fundamental

Several years ago I heard a story about a psychology professor who believed that parents should not punish or spank their children. His motto: ”Just love your children.

Although he had no children of his own, whenever he saw a neighbor scolding a child for some wrongdoing, he would say, “You should love your boy, not punish him.”

One hot summer afternoon the professor was pouring a concrete driveway leading to his garage. Worn-out after several hours of work, he laid down the towel, wiped the perspiration from his forehead, and started toward the house. Continue reading

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Weekly Recap: September 23-27

Greeting from rain soaked Citrus County, FL

Many of our friends and readers around the US and Canada have inquired about our welfare since hurricane Helene hit our coast aptly called The Nature Coast.

The town closest to us, Crystal River, which made the national news, suffered extensive flooding.  Helene’s forceful winds were felt farther North of us where it made land fall.  But our coast had record high flood waters.  Our son, Kenny and his family, live on a river that accesses the Gulf, so they had about 3 feet of water come over their banks, through their carport and most of their property.  Fortunately, their house is raised up so it didn’t flood.  For us personally, we live about 15 miles, as the crow files, from the Gulf.  We’re 130′ above sea level.  So, we had no problems with flooding and very little impact from the storm other than rain. Continue reading

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Love and the Little Things

On the facebook page entitled “Very Interesting” is this post by an unknown and obviously female writer. Apparently it’s been shared almost 3,000 times and has received over a 1,000 comments, mostly positive.

It offers a practical perspective of love in action in a marriage. Not some Hallmark fantasy. Continue reading

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Under Construction

Yesterday we were working out at our local YMCA and Chez, one of the trainers, walked by wearing a T-shirt which read: UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Then it added “Building a better me through exercise.”

When I saw it, I was reminded that’s why we were all there–young and old, men and women, out of shape and trying to get in shape.  We’re all under construction.  We’re there to exercise, improve our heath, and get better physically.

But quickly my mind to turn to a spiritual application. “Under construction” ought to describe the state of each one of us as we are growing “in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:18). Continue reading

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2 Corinthians 9:1-5: Generous Giving Encourages Others

Last year the Washington Post ran a story by Sydney Page about a man named Michael who meant to donate $150 to a charity, but mistakenly gave $15,000.

Michael heard from a neighbor about a GoFundMe site to support a charity helping people in poverty stricken countries. However, after typing 150, he accidently typed two extra zeroes in the “amount” box before removing the cursor to the next field. Continue reading

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Are All Religions a Path to God?

“All religions are a path to God,” declared Pope Francis as he spoke to an interfaith youth assembly in a recent visit to Singapore.

Francis’ further added, “If you start to fight: My religion is more important than yours, mine is true and yours isn’t. Where will that lead us?” as reported by a Catholic news outlet Crux.

The Pope then used this analogy. “Each of us has a language to arrive at God. Some are Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, and they are different paths [to God].” Continue reading

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Brotherly Kindness is Fundamental

In an old Bits and Pieces magazine the story is told of an old Texas woman named Mamie Adams. She always went to a branch post office in her town because the postal employees there were kind and friendly.

One year just before Christmas Mamie went there to buy stamps and the lines were particularly long. Someone pointed out that there was no need to wait in line because there was a stamp machine in the lobby. “I know,” said Mamie, ‘but the machine won’t ask me about my arthritis.” Continue reading

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Weekly Recap: September 16-20

 

Greeting from Beverly Hills, FL

We’re home after a wonderful week with the brethren in Huntington Beach, California. It was good to be with Joe Griffin, who preaches for the Huntington Beach Church and his wife Debbie.  We not only  made new friends, but were able to meet some of our readers of ThePreachersWord and see some other friends of bygone days visiting from other congregations.  We feel blessed as we continue to travel and minister in the Word as the opportunities are offered. Continue reading

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Cancel Culture

Rory Feek is a country music singer-song writer from Columbia, Tennessee. He’s also a blogger, author, and a world-class story teller. He was one-half of the Grammy-award-winning duo, Joey+Rory. Sadly Joey passed away 8 years ago with cervical cancer.

Today post is from Rory’s facebook page where he shared an article he wrote from Plain Values magazine in May 2023. It’s longer than we usually publish, but I believe you will find Rory’s article accurate, edifying, and spiritually challenging. Continue reading

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Get Ready

 

Today is another one of the unusual, weird, and wacky holidays.

The third Thursday in September is Get Ready Day.

Their online calendar says, “Show your readiness for anything life throws at you on Get Ready Day – start by getting organized, setting goals and making plans!” Continue reading

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