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  • Sermon Starter Outline – Hebrews 10.25

    Sermon Starter Outline – Hebrews 10.25

    Are you struggling with an idea for a Sunday morning? Maybe you need a short outline to help in your personal study? If so, here is a short outline that you can use to develop your thoughts for an outline.  You might divide this outline up by using each point for a separate outline. How…

  • Rewards of Christian Families – Part #1

    Rewards of Christian Families – Part #1

    All of us want the best for our families; both spiritually and physically. Our families are, typically, the closest people to us on the Earth and the love us despite our faults. Because of our relationship, we want the best for our families and, many times, we will go out of our way to help…

  • #MondayMotivation and 5 Things I Learned from Last Week

    #MondayMotivation and 5 Things I Learned from Last Week

    It is a chilly, rainy Monday around this area. Today looks to be a good day to settle down in some research or one of the many books on the “to read” list. Days like this are so relaxing. I never consider them gloomy, but a time to relax and review what is important. Below…

  • UPDATED: Six Concerns I have About Your Congregation (a Visitor’s perspective)

    UPDATED: Six Concerns I have About Your Congregation (a Visitor’s perspective)

    Several years ago, my family and I took a month sabbatical from ministry for refreshment and relaxation. The purpose of the sabbatical was to step away from ministry and spend time in the word gaining a much-needed refreshment. As a minister, you spend your time teaching and helping others and rarely do you get time…

  • Sermon Starters for February 6, 2018

    Sermon Starters for February 6, 2018

    Each week, preachers face a daunting task of speaking to people of every age and background seeking to assist each one of them in following Jesus better than they had the previous week.  It is a job of encouragement, correcting and motivating to keep pressing on in the world. Upon the responsibility, tack on the…

  • Super Bowl Sunday 2002

    Super Bowl Sunday 2002

    Since the football season and the Super Bowl is now past, I thought I would share with you how one particular Super Bowl changed my passion for life. My passion changed because God was gracious. In 2002, I sat in the cardiac critical care unit of the Jackson-Madison County Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee watching the…

  • #MondayMotivation and 5 Things I Learned from Last Week

    #MondayMotivation and 5 Things I Learned from Last Week

    It’s Monday again. Some love it; some hate it. Some enjoy starting their work week and others are ready to get it over with quickly. I guess it all depends on attitude, your view of work and the life you are living. I happen to enjoy Mondays for a variety of reasons. Monday are my…

  • Enhancing Communication (Sermon PowerPoint)

    Enhancing Communication (Sermon PowerPoint)

    I am sure each one understands this, but communication is important. Whether it is verbal or non-verbal, communication affects everything.  For a Christian, our communication is not only towards our brothers and sisters, but it is toward God. Christians have what many consider to be a vertical communication style (our communication with God) and a […]

  • Worship 101 – Sermon PowerPoint

    Worship 101 – Sermon PowerPoint

    Worship. One of the areas a Christian should be more active is in our worship to God. Sadly, many see worship as a box checked on Sunday morning as our Christian duty, instead of a blessing from the Almighty God. We need to worship, but we need to worship as God has asked. This year,…

  • Monday Morning Laugh – Ricky Rigsby

    Monday Morning Laugh – Ricky Rigsby

    So, it’s Monday. Many parts of the country are under a hard freeze warning, while others are finally thawing out. One this Monday, whatever the conditions outside, are you working on the conditions on your inside? Zig Ziglar is quoted as saying, “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s…