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SOUND WORDS, OCT. 14, 2024
SILVER LININGS As I am sure many of you know, I ruptured my Achilles about a month ago. And let me tell you, getting the MRI report and reading (actually having brother Dave Jr read and explain đ) what actually happened was eerie. My phone call to my wife on my way home the night of the injury included the following, MeââDo you want the good news or the bad news?âŚIâll just start with the bad news. The bad news is…
SOUND WORDS, OCT. 6, 2024
LOVE VS ACCEPTANCE On Parade Magazine a number of years ago, an article introducing âBrotherhood Weekâ began with the following lines: He drew a circle that left me outâŚHeretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I to wit to win; We drew a circle that took him in. The article continued with the observation that the universal love of God should be the ideal which all of us should seek to attain. Godâs Circle of Love It is certainly true…
SOUND WORDS, SEP. 30, 2024
THE “GREATEST” MET THE TRUE GREATEST! A very popular sports figure arrogantly claimed to be “The Greatest” in his sporting event. Of course, many took this as mostly promotional hype, and not to be taken seriously. But this man, in addition to promoting his boxing, also used his popularity and influence to support and propagate the false religion of Islam. Like all men, he eventually passed away (Heb. 9:27) and would learn Who the Greatest truly is (Isa. 12:6; Tit. 2:13)!…
SOUND WORDS, SEP. 14, 2024
THE ARK HAD ONLY ONE DOOR God was specific when He commanded Noah to build the ark. He was to make it of gopher wood, supply it with rooms, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. It was to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet tall (Gen. 6:14-15). The instructions continued, âYou shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the…
SOUND WORDS, SEP. 8, 2O24
WE CAN ENDURE Have you ever met someone whose perseverance through their own struggles motivated you to do better? For me, it was Angela, a 33 year old Christian with Downâs syndrome whom I met while preaching in the Birmingham area. Though she only came up to my shoulder she had a personality that was bigger than life. Angela was nearly the first person who shook my hand the morning I arrived at the church building. She marched right up…
SOUND WORDS, AUG. 25TH, 2024
DOES EVERYTHING HAPPEN FOR A REASON? DOES EVERYTHING HAPPEN FOR A REASON? RJ EVANS Based on how often we hear the expression “Everything happens for a reason,” you would think the answer to our title would be a definite “yes”. Some time back, while watching a professional football player on TV being interviewed, and in commenting on his team’s loss, he remarked, “I know everything happens for a reason.” And I can think of many other examples and situations in…
SOUND WORDS, AUG. 18TH, 2024
THINGS LEFT IN THE PEWS Church members are prone to leave things behind in the pews. We’ve even known of some folks who drove away from the meeting house before discovering that they left one of their toddlers sleeping in the pew. Anyone taking a turn at cleaning the church building is in for an eye-opening experience. It is amazing to see the things that get left in the pews. For example: Trash. Candy and gum wrappers, scraps of paper, Kleenexes,…
SOUND WORDS, AUG. 11TH, 2024
LIVING AS A LEADER A true leader of God’s people doesn’t wait for a formal appointment to begin serving. Rather, we come to recognize leaders among us as those who in the regular course of life have already been serving the congregation “without the credentials,” so to speak. We’re not talking about an autocrat, one who arrogates unto himself a position, title or authority that doesn’t belong to him â a usurper, if you please. Remember, the primary function of…