Teach Us To Number Our Days
The “New Year” always seems to rejuvenate us, offer us hope, and open for us another chapter in our lives. Yet, for one family I know, and countless others I do not know, the new year brought with it...
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A few months ago, I finally had to give in and purchase my first pair of bifocals. Now, I’ve had to wear glasses since Junior High, but things are different now. I had gotten to the point were I was...
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“Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye!”
Nearly ten years ago, while Americans wept over the September 11th attacks on the United States, news crews in Palestine showed men and women dancing in the streets as they chanted, “Death to the USA!”...
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The Urgency of the Gospel
The congregation at Karns has a very active jail ministry. Twice a month, several men from Karns go to the Knox County jail, which probably houses a couple thousand inmates, and conduct Bible...
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7 Things Not To Say To The Grieving
My family and I just recently suffered the loss of my dad. During the days following his death, we were comforted by all the kind words that were spoken in an effort to encourage us. But not everyone...
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Birth & Death
(Do you know how you can hear something and make it such a part of your thinking, that it becomes your own? Well, I don’t remember from whom I first heard the following illustration, but I’ve used it...
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The Sermon My Dad Didn’t Get To Preach
As we approach “Father’s Day” this weekend, I’ve done a lot of thinking about my Dad lately. This fall will mark two years since my dad, Frank Higginbotham, unexpectedly passed away. Dad was 80 years...
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A Timely Reminder
Tomorrow will mark two years since my dad passed away. Over the past two years, I have missed so many things I used to take for granted, but one thing I am sure of is that my sadness has been tempered...
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Last Words
On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Darrell Holt, a preacher for the Figueroa Church of Christ in Los Angeles, preached his last sermon and spoke his last words.As Darrell Holt neared the conclusion of his...
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A Terrifying Call from the Closet
Two weeks ago, our phone rang a few minutes before midnight. It was our oldest daughter. We could barely hear her, but she began by saying, “We’re okay, but our house was just hit by a tornado.” On...
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