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What Do You See?

Texas.RanchSince I’m in Texas this week here’s a story about the famed Dallas preacher Dr. George W. Truett, who ministered in the same church for 47 years.

Once he was the dinner guest of a wealthy West Texas rancher.  Following the meal, the rancher took Truett up on the veranda of his massive ranch house.  As the sun set, the man pointed south toward some oil rigs and said, “”I own everything in that direction as far as you can see.” Continue reading

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Post Thanksgiving Day Thoughts

ThePreachersWord is back after a short break!  We hope you’ve had a good Thanksgiving holiday and enjoyed some special times with loved ones.

On Wednesday we published our ABC’S of Thanksgiving.  If you missed it, I think you would enjoy it.  https://thepreachersword.com/2012/11/21/the-abcs-of-thanksgiving

With the holiday behind us, I wanted to share a few thoughts that have been on my mind the past few days.  Kind of a potpourri of post-thanksgiving thoughts and observations. Continue reading

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