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Grace and Boots
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH It seems that one day a kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put on his cowboy boots. He asked for help, and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on. Finally, when the second
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‘Get Fit!!’ Part 5
BY GREG CRUM “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.” Hebrews 4:9-10 How’s the quality of your sleep been lately? Have you been getting the rest your body and mind require
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Telling the Story: In sickness and in health
BY DAWN REED In October 1980, my beloved and I raced to the state line and got married — against my mother’s wishes. We were 18 and madly in love. She thought we were crazy. Standing in the belfry of the Wise County (Va.) Courthouse, we repeated vows that sealed us in matrimony: “to have
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Effective Leadership
BY JACK WARD, PASTORTOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Once there was an ecumenical crusade that was being held in a large city. Every imaginable denomination was in attendance for this unprecedented event. One afternoon the gathering was in session when all of a sudden, a secretary rushed in shouting, “The building’s on fire! The building’s on
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‘Get Fit!’ Part 4
BY GREG CRUM “But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” I Timothy 4:7-8 According to I Timothy 4:7-8, there is such a
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Telling the Story: Waiting for the Green Light
BY DAWN REED At 5:30 a.m., it was still pitch dark. Ink black. Heading to Lick Creek for a RAM dental clinic last Saturday morning, I told myself more than once that I was on the right road. But it was hard to tell. Still miles from the clinic location, I came upon a temporary
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Why Do Christians Suffer?
BY JACK WARD Solomon surveyed the course of human existence 2,500 years ago and concluded that life is all vanity or emptiness. (Eccl. 2:18-23) He saw the righteous suffer and felt it was a form of injustice. Job must have felt much this way during his time of trial. Perhaps you, too, have gone through
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‘Get Fit’ Part 3
BY GREG CRUM “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” II Peter 2:2-3 The Word of God is food for the spirit of man, and what’s the primary function of food? For us to tickle our
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Telling the Story: An instrument in God’s hands
BY DAWN REED According to britannica.com, “an instrument is a tool or device that is used for a particular purpose.” For 15-1/2 years working as a dental assistant, I have handed my dentist/boss instruments throughout each workday. At first glance, they may appear to be utensils made for torture, but in truth, they are not. While a large
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The Greatest Words Jesus Ever Said
BY JACK WARD Some people have a way with words. They just have such a grasp of language and an eloquence of speech that they are always saying things that are deeply profound. Jesus was a person like that. All through the years of His recorded ministry, one thing about Him kept the people spellbound:
