On Braids and Other Matters
A lovely teenage girl on the verge of tears once asked me if she was sinning for wearing her long dark hair in braids. I knew her to be...
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Feb 16, 2020
Preaching in the One-Room School House
The legacy of the one-room school now remains mostly in the fading memories of our oldest generation. There was a time when almost all...
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Feb 9, 2020
Give Me A Number!
Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”(Mat 19:16). Human nature...
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Feb 2, 2020
"Belief" as Used in the Book of Acts
The following is the first part of a longer article on the study of the word “belief” as used in the book of Acts. The Greek noun for...
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Jan 26, 2020
Looking For What is Real
Many years ago we took a bunch of our kids and adults to Boone, North Carolina. The intent was to go snow skiing. I knew that the...
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Jan 19, 2020
Have You Forgotten....?
The tender story of Luke 17 tugs at our hearts. Ten men's lives ruined by leprosy were given new lives by the Lord! We are shocked and...
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Jan 12, 2020
The Right to Write
Many of us at Maysville, scattered into our separate homes but with a common goal, are writing portions of the Bible with our own hands...
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Jan 5, 2020
Be Salt, Be Light, Be Courageous, Be Ready
January 5, 2020 How did those who hate God, hate morality, hate decency and love all things evil ever come to define what is “moral” and...
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Dec 29, 2019
"Roger"
Chances are if you heard “angels 14 tree fife niner,”after an air traffic controller asked a pilot for his altitude and heading it...
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Dec 27, 2019
Swinery
Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you...
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Dec 15, 2019
Night Flying
I still remember my very first night flight as a student pilot. To say that it was unsettling would be a huge understatement! It was...
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Dec 1, 2019
"All Systems Go?"
When I was young, the days of space flight were just beginning. I grew up with Apollo; man's missions to the moon. The Space Shuttle,...
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Nov 24, 2019
Almost Home
For many years Libbie and I had a familiar holiday routine; Thanksgiving was in Atlanta, with her folks, and Christmas was in Texas with...
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Nov 17, 2019
Taming Life
James 3 concerning the tongue is fascinating. In a series of word pictures, James describes the control of large ships and the control of...
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Nov 10, 2019
Outside Looking In
A young girl stood alone, watching the other children play. She leaned against the window, trying to be unnoticed but watching intently...
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Nov 3, 2019
Don't Get Cheated
The concept of being cheated is very close to being robbed. If there is something you should have had, that you deserved, or had a right...
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Oct 27, 2019
"What Lack I Yet"
Ideas roll around in my head, sometimes for years. ("Of course they do," some would say "there's so much EMPTY SPACE up there! Ha!") The...
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Oct 20, 2019
Considering Free Will
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could guarantee that your children would be faithful Christians? Or maybe, in your case, you would like...
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Oct 13, 2019
Be Friendly and Greet Visitors and Guests!
Many people know who Glenn Beck the conservative radio personality is. But did you know that Glenn was raised Catholic, but was not...
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Oct 6, 2019
The Hug Heard Around the World
Having been convicted of murdering Botham Jean, a member of the Dallas West church of Christ, the last thing Amber Guyger probably...
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