Greetings from Beverly Hills, FL
After a four week trip to Tennessee and Texas, we’re home again. Well, for a few days!
We’re finally, beginning to enjoy some Florida Fall weather. Highs in the upper 70’s and lows in the upper 50’s here in Citrus County. Sweet. It’s a good time to be in Florida. Continue reading
Filed under Weekly Recap
I’m not sure who is the original author of this piece. I’ve seen it posted by two different people on both facebook and Instagram.
The headline caught my attention when it announced “Stop fighting lust–” What? I thought. But then the second part of the title offered a fuller explanation.
Filed under facebook friday
David Brooks is a Canadian born opinion columnist who writes about social, political and cultural issues. In a recent issue of The New York Times ,writing about the political divide in the United States, Brooks commented that we are facing “a crisis of respect” in our country.
We have written a good deal about the Biblical attitude we should have leading up to last week’s election. In looking back, all the posts were based on the idea of respect. This is not another blog post about the election. It is however, an appeal for us to evaluate of our level of respect in all of our relationships. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship
Last Sunday, Norma Jean and I visited the church at Cosby, Tennessee, and enjoyed hearing our friend, 92-year old Olie Williamson, teach the Bible class and preach at the worship service.
Most of the class was centered around the text found in Hebrews 11:8-10. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship
Although he professed a personal faith, American humorist and author Samuel Clement, (a.k.a. Mark Twain) was known as an outspoken critic of organized religion and hypocrisy among religious leaders.
The story is told that Twain attended church one Sunday and informed the preacher at the door that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning.
The preacher assured Twain that his sermon was original and demanded to see the book. Twain said he would send it over. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship
“Are you a good person?”
According to an online article by Kelly Allen and discussed in detail on Twitter and Reddit, there is an easy way to tell. Continue reading
Filed under Fundaments of Faith
Greetings!
The past week was a special time returning to North Texas, It was a joy to be with the wonderful brethren at the West Main Church of Christ in Lewisville, Texas. We’re thankful for the opportunity to share the Word with folks who really appreciate gospel preaching, encourage it, and support it. Continue reading
Filed under Weekly Recap
With a few exceptions, I have been generally pleased with most posts that have come across my facebook feed this week following the election. Most have been respectful.
Moving forward, here are a few thoughts that we need to embrace now and in the coming days and weeks.
Next week ThePreachersWord will move on to other issues. But for now… Continue reading
Filed under facebook friday
I went to bed Tuesday night with every news outlet declaring the Presidential race was too close to call. Wednesday morning I awoke to learn that former President Donald Trump was once again President-elect Trump.
In reading Trump’s Victory speech he promised to “fix everything” that is broken in America. He also pledged to put “divisions” in the rearview mirror. “It’s time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us,” he said. “It’s time to unite.” Continue reading
Filed under America
Linda J. Black in “Kids of the Kingdom,” shares a story relating to her work as the Church treasurer.
Because of Linda’s role she makes a weekly trip to the bank to deposit Sunday’s contribution, which her kids are familiar with. However, one day her 3-year-old opened the bank bag and looked in.
“Where did all that money come from?” he asked. Continue reading
Filed under Passage To Ponder
ThePreachersWord 