YOLO + The Stoics

Alan Beck and his wife visited with us this past Sunday and he delivered two very educational lessons on two groups of people mentioned in Acts chapter 17 – the Epicureans and the Stoic philosophers. He also talks about the acronym, YOLO that many of today’s youth cite for their...

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Conversations with God

Looking back to the stories of David, we can read how God was looking for a leader whom He wanted, not the people as with Saul. Over David’s life, we see a man focused on pleasing God even though he failed from time to time (sometimes greatly). The conversations we...

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The Power of the Tongue

James 3:1-6 (NKJV) – “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put...

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Our Words

Embed from Getty Images Following a lesson Abe had done a while back, and some things I was thinking about regarding how people use some really bad words or don’t watch what or how they say things, I posted the text below on our church Facebook page last week. The...

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My Visual Aid

In late summer of 2014, one of our members, Roger Starnes, began meeting with a group in Wilmington, Ohio called the Wilmington Expressives*. They are a Toastmasters International* group that meets twice a month to help people like him do a better job speaking in public. The group works on...

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