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If I told you I’m still haunted by Christmas shopping, that would be an overstatement. But I definitely sense somebody looking over my shoulder.
01/02/2015 - By John Rutledge
It was convenient for many years for pastors to officiate weddings and then for the state to recognize those marriages. It was easy, but it was a bad idea.
01/02/2015 - By Kyle Henderson
Hope puts its full weight down on God. It’s not wishing for desired outcomes. Hope is trusting God in all outcomes.
01/02/2015 - By Marv Knox / Fellowship Southwest
Student Missions Blog: On my recent mission trip to Bennington, Vt., I saw God work in miraculous ways, and it took almost no time at all.
12/30/2014 - By John Rutledge
It was a “topsy-turvy” year in religion: Rabbi A. James Rudin shares his personal picks for the top religion news stories of 2014.
12/29/2014 - By John Rutledge
Many are feeling beaten down, worn out and disappointed by 2014. But in the coming year, let’s expect more of God, ourselves and others.
12/26/2014 - By John Rutledge
I had the privilege of worshipping at First Baptist Church of Hewitt Dec. 7. Thanks to Pastor Roy Marshall for the opportunity.
12/20/2014 - By John Rutledge
This Christmas has been exciting. I have been to several church Christmas parties. I have been Christmas caroling. And I have eaten more Christmas cookies than I should.
It was December, that month when all heck breaks loose, when the calendar fills to overflowing and the expenses pile one on top of the other like leaves covering the lawn in the fall.
A coach’s unwavering faithfulness continues to affect one of his students in prison. It’s a story set among life’s sharpest edges with no guaranteed happy ending.
Mary and Joseph did not get right up and leave the stable before the rising sun. They were there in Bethlehem during both day and night. But we always imagine Christmas at night—as if day never came. Why?
12/19/2014 - By John Rutledge
Seventy years ago, during the Battle of the Bulge, stars lit the night sky with hope on Christmas Eve.
