Richard and Arlene Baughman have been married 75 years and claim they’ve never had an argument.
“If we had differences we just talked about it,” said Richard.
Arlene joked, “We always said, we didn’t have dishes to throw or shoes to throw because we couldn’t afford it. So, we had to get along!” Continue reading
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School is resuming in Kansas City this week, as well as in many parts of the country. I’m reminded of this cute story shared by Scott Mareten about his Pre-school son who was learning the alphabet
Scott says it was a crisp Minnesota fall afternoon, when his four-year-old son was helping him rake leaves in the front yard of their farmhouse. He glanced up just in time to see a flock of geese flying over and pointed out how they flew in a perfect formation shaped like a “V”. Continue reading
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Emile Calliet, in Alone at High Noon, wrote, “He who consciously or unconsciously has chosen to ignore God is an orphan in the universe…”
For the past three weeks, we have recognized many of God’s qualities from A-Z. Today, let’s reflect on four more. Continue reading
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On January 1, 2012, I launched ThePreachersWord with my first post. Today, I’m writing my 1000th post. It’s been an amazing journey.
As I reflect back over 3 ½ years ago, I was looking for a way to expand my ministry. Time and opportunity had come together in an unexpected and unique way for me to consider blogging as a means to share the Word.
We began with no “followers.” No readers. No archives. And no idea where this would lead. Today, according to WordPress, we have 3,275 “followers.” Continue reading
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“The headline caught my eye: “Is it OK to live together before marriage’”, wrote Rubel Shelly in a recent Fax of Life.
Shelly said he knew what the answer would be before he read it. So did I! The internet is filled with blogs with titles like “5 Reasons you shouldn’t say ‘I Do’ Before Living Together First.” Continue reading
“Thought and character are one,” wrote the 19th century philosopher James Allen in his book As a Man Thinketh. He further makes this forever timely observation about our thinking:
“Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the divine perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of thought he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.” Continue reading
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Last Thursday night I joined 24 million other Americans and watched the Republican Presidential Debate on Fox News. While I did have two or three candidates that I was particularly interested in seeing, I admit I was curious what kind of fireworks Donald Trump would ignite! And it didn’t take long!
In the beginning Trump admitted that he would not commit to unconditional support the GOP nominee. Unless it was him! Then came Megyn Kelly’s question and Trump’s answer that people and pundits are still buzzing about. Continue reading
Rage, anger and a lack of civility seems to dominate a segment of our society. Or at least it makes the news!
A Texas mother slapped the mother of a girl on the winning basketball team who beat her daughter’s team.
A Florida baseball coach broke an umpire’s jaw after a disputed call.
A transatlantic flight from Rome to Chicago was recently diverted when a 42-year-old man threw a fit when he couldn’t get any more snacks because the crew ran out of crackers. Continue reading
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Nature proclaims there is a God. We see the demonstration of his power and His creative genius in the universe. But when it comes to the qualities and characteristics of God, we can only know them through the revelation of His Word.
The past two weeks we have been reflecting on His attributes from A-Z. Today, let’s notice three more. Continue reading
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When you go home at night how do you enter your house? Down the chimney? Though an open window? By digging a tunnel? Of course not!
You enter through a door. It might be a garage door. A side door. A back boor. Or an elaborate and expensive front door. It might be wood, metal or glass. But it’s a door.
In one of the 7 vivid I AM statements of Jesus, he says, “I am the door” in John 10:7-10. Continue reading
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