Worldly Pursuits

Today, Waynesville member, Roger Starnes, Jr. provided his lesson entitled, “Worldly Pursuits” and began showing what John tells us in 1 John 2:15-17. The lesson begins with what we tend to find “beautiful”… people, cars, houses, fame, power, or wealth. How can we defeat this human trait? By focusing on...

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Hummingbird or Vulture?

Scott Taylor, the preacher at West Mason, was with us at Waynesville this Sunday, as his son Jacob Taylor was getting some education in Colorado for a few months this summer. Scott said he would fill in for him, and we were glad to have him! Scott had done lessons...

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Hezekiah, part 1

Today, Waynesville member Roger Starnes, Jr. presented a multi-part lesson on Hezekiah. Hezekiah was one of the very good kings of Judah. While we can learn about this man in both 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, Roger’s lessons will stay in 2 Chronicles. In fact, this one lesson was supposed...

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Making Decisions – Part 2

In his previous lesson, Making Decisions – Part 1, Roger talked about the ways that people make decisions. The focus was on how the children of God and the people of the times from the Bible made decisions when they did not have a direct command from God. We talked...

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Zacchaeus

One of the shortest stories in the New Testament has nothing to do with the length of the text, but everything thing to do with the measure of the man being discussed, Zacchaeus. Cody and Abe split the lessons today on a closer look at who this tax-collection leader was,...

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Fleeing and Pursuing

As part of Abe’s “Conduct in the House of the Lord” series, Abe’s lessons today were on Fleeing and Pursuing. As so well illustrated by his photo of the young boy running, it is not apparent whether the boy is running from something (fleeing) or running after something (pursuing). What...

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