“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:37 (“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Love one another with brotherly…
LightGrams November 14, 2019 Volume 23, Number 36 A man who died is technically released from his obligations, right? His heirs may have to assume his debt, but that man will pay not another penny on bills he assumed in his previous life. We would all agree to this proposition; how could we not? But…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Joshua 23:1 – 24:33 (“After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness.” …
LightGrams November 7, 2019 Volume 23, Number 35 Others may see it as a novel venue for hosting a party, but it strikes me as sad. The Fokker-100 airplane parked in Robert Sedlar’s’ yard in Croatia was built to carry 100 passengers to various destinations around the world. After being in service from 1991 to…
LightGrams October 24, 2019 Volume 23, Number 34 Zorica Rebernik is someone you’ve likely never met. If you do, she will make you see red. No, really, she will make you see red because that is the color of every outfit she has owned for the last 50 years or so. It’s the color of…
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Romans 9:1 – 10:21 (“As it is written, ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.’”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Then…
LightGrams October 17, 2019 Volume 23, Number 33 One feature of the vehicle I drive is a glove compartment. I’ll have to confess, however, that there are no gloves in that compartment. Neither will you find what used to be a necessity in years gone by – maps. My navigation now comes from either a…
On August 3, 2019 Central hosted the 4th Annual Mountain Empire Men’s Fellowship. Just under 200 men from churches of Christ throughout the region gathered for eight hours of challenging messages from God’s word, encouraging fellowship, and some very delicious food. “The Truth Of Things” was the theme for this event, and several Christian men spoke on…
God’s First Institution: The Family For the past several years Central has conducted a month-long Wednesday night series. We invite guest preachers to present lessons on a given theme. These have proven to be very helpful as we strive to grow in our understanding of God’s word. In September of 2019 our theme was “God’s First Institution:…
LightGrams October 3, 2019 Volume 23, Number 32 Kade Lovell, a 9-year-old boy from Minnesota started with a pack of runners aiming to finish a 5 kilometer race. Starting at the same time were other runners, all adults, who were running a longer 10k course. Somewhere along the way Kade missed his turn, and ended…