On the facebook page Church of Christ Bulletins and Articles I came across a post by Ronny Milliner who shared an interesting piece of history, posed an intriguing question, and offered a thoughtful challenge.
It’s one of our shorter facebook Friday posts. I hope you find it as fascinating as I did. Continue reading
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Did you watch the return of the astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who had been stranded in space for over nine months?
What an incredible sight when the space capsule Dragon unfolded those colorful parachutes against a beautiful blue sky and landed in The Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida. Continue reading
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WordPress, the platform we use for ThePreachersWord, has a daily writing prompt on its dashboard for bloggers.
A couple days ago the prompt asked, “What One Word Describes You? Here are some of the answers, ranging from insightful, to amusing, to sad. Continue reading
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Today marks my 77th trip around the sun.
It’s remarkable in some ways to realize it, let alone admit it. Yet, the calendar doesn’t lie. Nor do the eyes, the ears, the color of the hair, nor does the hyperpigmentation of the skin, called age spots or liver spots. Continue reading
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“Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.”
In case you missed it, yesterday, March 10, 1876, was the anniversary of these words spoken by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant in another room. It was the first discernible speech transmitted over a telephone system. Continue reading
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I’m reading a book right now entitled, “Not Too Old, ”by David Faust. It’s subtitled “Turning Your Later Years Into Greater Years.” I would recommend it to any senior saint.
In his chapter on pursuing maturity as an older adult, Faust wrote, “Someone summed up senior adulthood by saying, “In your sixties, it’s ‘go, go, go.’ In your seventies it’s ‘slow, slow, slow.’ In your eighties it’s no, no, no!” Continue reading
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Tuesday morning I was up early working on my blog in the breakfast room at Homewood Suites in St. Augustine.
I noticed a man dressed in a coat and tie at table near me reading his Bible. Later when Norma joined me for breakfast, the man was still there. When he finished reading, I walked over and introduced myself.
“My name is Chuck,” he said.
“We have something in common,” I shared. Continue reading
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Last Wednesday night our class at West Citrus studied a lesson from Matt Hennecke’s workbook on Bible Wars entitled “A Boy…A Stone…A Giant.”
Sunday, we were visiting the Central Church in Ocala and Jody Broyles’ lesson was “How To Kill A Giant.”
See a similar theme here?
So, I figured this was a sign that I either needed to slay a giant, or write about it. I’m going to do both. Continue reading
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Hollywood has made a fortune from the plot of someone else inhabiting your mind and body and thus changing your life. Freaky Friday, 17 Again, and Family Switch all capitalized on this theme for some hilarious scenarios.
Author Max Lucado, however, offers a more serious thought. “What if for one day Jesus were to become you?” Continue reading
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“Debt is a common aspect of modern life, from mortgages and student loans to credit cards and business financing. But what does the Bible say about debt?”
I asked this question to ChatGPT. I think you will be interested in the answer. Continue reading
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