We are going to have a ton of folks away this weekend to the annual Challenge Youth Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This weekend will be so encouraging and educational for our young people and the adults going with them. I don’t know the final numbers, but between 40 and 50 will be there from Lebanon Road. With them being gone, we need your help! We want to still have over 300 in attendance Sunday morning. We have been running right[...]
We post a lot of things on this blog, but absolutely nothing comes close to being as important (or exciting) as when we get to pass along a baptism or restoration. Today, we get to pass along the news of a new sister in Christ. Last night at our midweek services, Cassidy Schow responded to the Lord’s invitation. She had been thinking of doing so for some time, but knew she needed to wait no longer. Cassidy is a wonderful[...]
This book, written by W.T. Hamilton in 1969, was lent to me a couple of weeks ago. One of our members knew I was wrapping up a study on Job and thought I might enjoy this volume. Did I ever! In fact, I enjoyed it so much that, upon finishing it, I ordered a copy from Amazon. Yet Trouble Came is a collection of devotional thoughts from brother Hamilton. Each chapter contains a page with the Scripture reading from Job,[...]
My friend, Shane Thomas, sent me a link that I couldn’t wait for the roundup to put on here. Instead of sharing the link, however, I want you to watch the video found in the story. You may, at first, think this is silly, but watch the whole thing… …and have a box of Kleenex handy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8IgZsFKOs&hl=en&fs=1]
This book served as my biography for February, as I have challenged myself to read a biography each month. I chose it for the very simple reason that I didn’t know much about Alec Guinness, but had often heard his name. I thought the book would be quite informative as I tried to learn more about the life of an actor whose name I knew, but not much more. I was wrong. The book is a meandering diary of (about)[...]
