The expression “fake news” has been in the news a lot lately.
Hillary Clinton recently gave a speech calling fake news “an epidemic” with “real world consequences.” No doubt she’s alluding to the so-called “Pizzagate” where a false news report spread an online rumor that her campaign had run a child sex ring at a pizza shop. The story led to a man with an assault rifle firing a shot into the Comet Ping Pong, the Washington shop falsely accused in the fake story. Continue reading
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On November 23rd a fire started in the Chimney Tops area of the Smoky Mountains and spread throughout the area into Sevier county and Gatlinburg. As a result 14 people have died. 145 were injured. 1753 homes and buildings were destroyed. And over 17,000 acres of forest were burned.
On Wednesday, authorities announced the arrest of two juveniles that will be charged with aggravated arson, but more charges could come later. According to various news sources they are currently being held at the Sevier County Juvenile Detention Center. Continue reading
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While in Tennessee the past few days, we noticed a reoccurring message on electronic signs over the Interstate highways.
YOUR DECISIONS
DRIVE
YOUR SAFETY. Continue reading
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Brad Johnson tells about a soloist performing a song that Christian artist Sandi Patti made popular several years ago entitled “In Heaven’s Eyes.” The audience was enraptured as he sang:
A fervent prayer rose up to heaven
A fragile soul is losing ground
Sorting through the earthly babel
Heaven heard the sound
This was a life of no distinction
No successes, only tries
Yet gazing down on this unlovely one
There was love in heaven’s eyes Continue reading
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Today finds Norma Jean and me in Fayetteville, Tennessee, where I’m preaching in a meeting this week. It will be my first time to be with this church. And we’re looking forward to meeting the brethren, making new friends and worshiping together. Continue reading
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Yesterday Norma Jean and I had a rather unsettling experience at Dallas Love Field on the way to Nashville. While waiting in line to go through security I looked at her and said, “Where’s the camera case?”
“I thought you had it,” she replied. “I put it on the seat by you in the shuttle.”
“No, I don’t have it. I thought you had it.” Continue reading
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After a tiring two-week criminal trial in a high profile bank robbery case, the jury finally ended its 14 hours of deliberations and entered the courtroom to deliver its verdict to the judge. The judge turned to the jury foreman and asked, “Has the jury reached a verdict in this case?”
“Yes we have, your honor,” the foreman responded. Continue reading
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“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything” observed our 26th President, Teddy Roosevelt.
In his book, Confident Living, Warren Wiersbe, writes that the inventor Thomas Edison “spent more than $100,000 to obtain 6000 different fiber specimens, and only three of them proved satisfactory. Each failure brought him that much closer to the solution to his problem. His friend Henry Ford was right when he said that failure was the ‘opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.’” Continue reading
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“Who’s in charge ’round here?” asked my friend and preaching colleague, Wilson Adams, on a recent facebook post.
Furthermore Wilson asked these rhetorical questions pertinent for all Bible Believers. “Do you think it’s time we were reminded of the unparalleled and paramount authority God has over the world in which we live? Do you think its time to turn off the incessant talking heads on 24/7 news? Do you think it’s time to revisit history and learn…our God is ALIVE and sits on the Throne?” Continue reading
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Last week’s post, Don’t Let Doubt Sink Your Faith, prompted these 3 honest and sincere questions from a reader.
1) Are you saying that one can’t doubt their faith?
2) Are you saying that if we doubt that God won’t love someone who does?
3) Are you saying that if we doubt we are not people of faith? Continue reading
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