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J. Vernon McGee

THE STORY I was born in 1725, and I died 1807. The only godly influence in my life, as far back as I can remember, was my mother, whom I had for only seven years. When she left my life through death, I was virtually an orphan. My father remarried, sent me to a strict military school, where the severity…

Very moving story

THE LORD'S PRAYER (Could be a skit for worship) Rather cleverly done. This is in two parts, The Prayer (in blue or black type) and GOD (in red type) in response. It is very, very good. ********** Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Yes? Don't interrupt me. I'm praying. But -- you called ME! Called you? No,…

Dr. Doug Sager is the pastor of FBC Concord in Knoxville, TN. He was recently elected chairman of the IMB's board of trustees. He shared this hilarious story in chapel last Wednesday. Use with discretion, please! -- Mark SAGER: I come from a part of Tennessee where many people believe that if you go…

> Why We Love Kids > >> > >>I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening > >>when a > >>woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was > >>stark > >>naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my five-year-old > >>shout from > >>the back seat, "Mom! That lady…

This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston , Tennessee , by school Principal, Jody McLeod. "It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games, to say a prayer and play the National Anthem, to honor God and Country."…

R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

How to Abide and How to hear God’s will

5/2/2004 A 70-year-old grandfather was asked by his young grandson how things have changed since he was a kid. His reply is worth reading. "Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill. There weren't things…

Communion Order taken largely from a Communion Liturgy published by R. Kent Hughes. (Hughes, R. Kent. The Pastor's Book (pp. 447-449). Crossway.)

Some of you spend Christmas day surrounded by your families. Possibly you have a large family—ten or twelve are at home on that day, with a grandchild or two. I will tell you what your greatest joy is on that day: it is to see the happiness of your children and to mark how they enjoy what you provide…

I was speaking yesterday to a friend who had bought a pleasant house, with a large garden. He said to me, “I now feel as if I had a home. I have lived in London for years, and I have changed from one house to another with as little regret as a man feels in changing a bus; but I have always longed for…

When the Moravian missionaries first went to Greenland, they were months and months teaching the poor Greenlander about the Godhead, the doctrine of the Trinity, and the doctrine of sin and the law, and no converts were forthcoming. But one day, by accident, one of the Greenlanders happened to read that…

I remember hearing of a pious minister who was asked to speak one day upon the subject of joy in God. He stood up and said, “I am sorry that I have been requested to speak upon this topic; for the fact is, I am not walking in the light, but I am crying, ‘Restore to me the joy of your salvation’ (Psa…

When your adventurous spirit has sought to climb some lofty mountain, delighted with the prospect you scale many and many a precipice. Onward you climb up the rocky crags until at last you arrive at the verge of the snow and ice. There, in the midst of precipices that scarcely know a bottom and of summits…

Jyll Justamond was finally able to spend Father’s Day with her biological father after searching for him for decades. All she knew was that her father’s name was Al, he was Italian, and the location of where he worked for 40 years. In a last ditch effort, Justamond made a post in a social media group…

The average person speaks about 16,000 words in a day. The less chatty speaking only 700 words with the most talkative topping out at 47,000 words a day. --Richard Knox, “Study: Men Talk Just as Much as Women.” All things Considered, NPR radio. Accessed 72621. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11762186…

Father’s Day will never be the same for Thomas and Mark Willoughby. Mark was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis in 1994 and recently discovered he had stage two liver cancer during a routine doctor visit. The doctor wanted to Mark to consider a transplant immediately so he get the liver out before the…

Charley and Martha Harris had been together for 65 years. They and fell in love at the age of 12 and were married at the age of 19. The couple blossomed over the year and their commitment to each other and their family never wavered. As they aged their health declined from different issues and finally…

Hannah Oliver-Willetts of the United Kingdom was working tirelessly to raise funds in support of her son, Zac, who is suffering from Leukemia. The special treatment, while likely to be successful, is not yet available in the UK and is therefore very expensive. The Hospital contributed by cutting the…

After Chastity Patterson lost her father, she continued to test his phone every day to update him on her life. On the fourth anniversary of her father’s death, she received an unexpected answer. Working through her grief, Patterson sent a text that recapped all the highs and lows of the four years, including…

We are gathered here today to mourn the loss, but also to celebrate the life of Russell Bowen. Today we find comfort in knowing that God is with us as we grieve. In the Bible we read these words: We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not…

Beginning in 2021 it is going to take a bit more commitment to become a dog owner in Germany. The nation’s Agricultural minister is imposing new rules for owning a dog. Every dog owner will be required to take them outside for a least one hour per day. The law will also prohibit dogs from being left…