Category Archives: Church

Doing Your Part

Science Hill Christian Church in Science Hill, Kentucky, suffered a devastating fire several years ago. Their church building was declared a total loss, and they had to erect a new structure. The church decided to use their own people as … Continue reading

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The Heart of the Matter

  “If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area of his life.”—Billy Graham   A lot of people who have difficulties in life can trace their problems to their outlook … Continue reading

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An Ounce of Prevention

I recently heard someone make the observation that when we speak of health care, what we are usually referring to is actually illness management. How true! When we talk about health care, we are usually talking about treating some type … Continue reading

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Showing Appreciation

The New York Yankees’ hopes for success in this year’s playoffs took a severe blow when team captain Derek Jeter broke his ankle in the 12th inning of the first game of the AL Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers. … Continue reading

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Highest Regard

NFL fans were hugely disappointed with the performance of the replacement referees during the recent lockout of the regular officials. Players too, were frustrated with the missed calls, inconsistency and lack of confidence demonstrated by the replacements. Action often came … Continue reading

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Pleasant Places

Someone at church recently asked me for some information about church camp. I said, “I think I have that in my office.” My office, I thought as I went to retrieve the requested document. My office! Sometimes I still find … Continue reading

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Playing Offense

One army base had just cancelled a practice session at the rifle range, but the training run to test the soldiers’ physical fitness would proceed as scheduled. Pondering this, one soldier said, “Does it bother anyone else that the Army … Continue reading

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Keep the Unity

  Last Sunday I had the privilege of preaching at an outdoor community worship service. The sermon was about the model prayer that Jesus gave his followers; the text was Matthew 6:9-13.   After the service, a lady—let’s call her … Continue reading

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Ignore the Barking

Yesterday I was walking across the property of a friend who had given me permission to look for ginseng on her land. Her dogs didn’t know that I had their master’s blessing, so they barked incessantly at me. I just … Continue reading

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Place of Worship

People have often said that they can worship God anywhere—on the lake, at the golf course, hiking, etc. Since this is true, some reason that they don’t really need to go to church on Sunday and worship with other believers. … Continue reading

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