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May 4, 2024 · 5:05 am

Weekly Recap: April 29-May 3

Greetings from Gatlinburg and The Great Smoky Mountains,

Norma Jean and I have enjoyed another wonderful week in the mountains.  Walking trails. Seeing wildlife. Relaxing. Eating good food. Going to Dollywood.  Being together. And just basking in the beauty and magnificence of God’s creation.

Not the least of our enjoyment is our fellowship with the brethren at the Cosby church and reconnecting with our dear friends Olie and Mary Williamson.  I will be preaching there again tomorrow at their 11:00 AM worship service. Continue reading →

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May 3, 2024 · 5:58 am

Always Be Kind

“I was the poor kid growing up,” wrote Sherry Vonderhaar-Adair on her facebook page.

“My mom used to send me to birthday parties with no present, just so I could eat. I definitely got to a point where I understood and was embarrassed as h—,” she recalls. Continue reading →

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May 2, 2024 · 2:55 pm

National Day of Prayer 2024

Today is the “National Day of Prayer,” which originated and is observed by an act of Congress on the 1st Thursday in May each year.

The theme this year is “LIFT UP THE WORD–LIGHT UP THE WORLD.  It is based on 2 Samuel 22:29-31

29 You are my lamp, O Lord;
the Lord turns my darkness into light.

30 With your help I can advance against a troop;
with my God I can scale a wall.

31 “As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is flawless.
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in him.
NIV

In that spirit may I offer this simple prayer Continue reading →

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May 2, 2024 · 6:22 am

Sexual Revolution in the Methodist Church

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church is meeting this week in Charlotte, N.C. to enact new legislation which will separate sexual relations from the marriage union.

In an post by Mark Tooley on the Juicy Ecumenism website and reposted on World.org he writes, “delegates by wide margins are disconnecting sex from marriage or even monogamy. Until now, the United Methodist Church officially taught that “sexual relations are affirmed only with the covenant of monogamous, heterosexual marriage.” Continue reading →

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May 1, 2024 · 6:47 am

Acts 16–A Divine Vision

“A blind man’s world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant man’s world by the limits of his knowledge: a great man’s world by the limits of his vision,” observed author and minister, E. Paul Hovey

Or as expressed by the often quoted author anonymous, “We are limited not by our abilities but by our vision.” Continue reading →

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April 30, 2024 · 7:59 am

Are You a Christian? Or Just a “Cultural Christian?”

“I call myself a cultural Christian,” said Richard Dawkins, the well known British evolutionary biologist, author, and atheist.

Cultural Christian? What’s that? You may wonder.

Dawkins further explained in a recent interview with Rachel Johnson broadcast on March 31st on LBC. Continue reading →

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April 29, 2024 · 11:06 am

Evangelism is Fundamental

In the comic strip “Peanuts”, Lucy tells her brother, Linus that she has “converted” a school classmate to her way of thinking religiously. Linus is surprised, especially knowing how Lucy operates!

“How did you do it?” Linus asked. Continue reading →

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April 27, 2024 · 4:27 am

Weekly Recap: April 22-26

 

Greetings from The Great Smoky Mountains

We are blessed to be enjoying our annual Spring trip to the Smokies.  We visited here on our honeymoon 56 years ago.  And we’ve been back many times.  It holds a special place in our hearts.

In recent years,  our pleasure has been enhanced by our friendship with Olie and Mary Williamson and our fellowship with the Cosby Church, where I’ve been given an open invitation to preach whenever we’re in the area.  Olie has already passed his 90th birthday and still going strong.  Preaching every Sunday, except when he can get a guest speaker.  And teaching Bible classes twice a week.  Plus playing golf twice a week.  And Mary is still making bread every Tuesday.  Special folks. Continue reading →

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April 26, 2024 · 6:15 am

How To Defeat Sin and Satan

“Sin is fun, until it isn’t,” recently wrote my facebook friend and preaching colleague Wilson Adams.

Take a minute to read this thought provoking post by Wilson that provides a fresh reminder of sin’s seriousness. And maybe offer a new perspective. Continue reading →

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April 25, 2024 · 4:25 am

“He Being Dead Still Speaks”

It was 30 years ago today I received that call. You know “that call.”

It’s one you’re expecting sooner or later, but hoping against hope that it’s later. The voice on the other end speaks softly, slowly, and kindly. In hushed tones they gently inform that your loved has died.

On that day, April 25, 1994, the voice on the phone broke the news that my father, Roy C. Weliever, had passed from this life. Continue reading →

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