Faith Columns
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Enjoying a casual evening at home, reclining in my favorite easy chair reading, while the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage was chatting on the telephone. I seldom pay attention to phone …
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By JAMES L. SNYDER, Faith Columnist
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9/27/18
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This time around Editor Scott Coleman wants to know whether the perspective of ‘once saved, always saved’ can be reconciled with the belief that we must repent and seek forgiveness on a regular …
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By AIDAN WILCOXSON, HCN Faith Columnist
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10/18/18
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Christmas is a special time of year. It is one of our favorite family holidays. Christmas is a time when the entire world celebrates the birth of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. Jesus is the …
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By MARK BROWN, HCN Faith Columnist
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12/20/18
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This week’s question is frequently asked. I’ve heard fascinating and sometimes loud discussions from laity and clergy alike. When asked, I usually cop out and say “That’s above my pay …
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By DALE CHRISMAN, HCN Faith Columnist
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10/18/18
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For me, personally, my Christmas memories always involve family — first, my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Then, later in life it involved my wife, two daughters and five grandchildren. …
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By DALE CHRISMAN, HCN Faith Columnist
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12/20/18
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The topic for this round table is: “Some teach the doctrine of once saved, always saved, and others preach repent and seek forgiveness always. Are the two teaching at odds?” Jesus said in …
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By MARK BROWN, HCN Faith Columnist
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10/18/18
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Karen and I have spent almost every one of our adult Christmases managing church observances and worship. Now our children live away with their children and we are free to celebrate Christmas as we …
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By CHUCK ROBISON, HCN Faith Columnist
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12/20/18
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Editor Scott Coleman wants to know what the Christmas Season means to me. The best way I can express that is by telling you what I’m going to be doing on the morning of Wednesday, December 26.Like …
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By AIDAN WILCOXSON, HCN Faith Columnist
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12/20/18
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John Le Carre wrote a heartbreaking but graceful book in 2001 — “The Constant Gardener” — that was quickly adapted as an equally haunting film. The Emmy-awarded adaptation, starring …
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By RONNIE MCBRAYER, Faith Columnist
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4/25/19
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This coming Sunday, March 17, is St Patrick’s Day, and, if you have been cruising social media for ‘Things to Do on St Patrick’s Day’ then you know that there is a lot going on this weekend. …
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By AIDAN WILCOXSON, HCN Faith Columnist
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3/14/19
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We’ve all heard of the saying, blow your mind. Can you imagine being sincerely surprised and overwhelmed with God’s goodness in your life? Well, that is exactly what God wants to do. He wants you …
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By MARK BROWN, HCN Faith Columnist
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5/23/19
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Last month, the Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, at age 75, made an appearance in a Hong Kong court room to defend himself against the charge of being “a nuisance to the public,” along with a number of …
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By RONNIE MCBRAYER, Faith Columnist
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5/23/19
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Happy Independence Day! 1776 was a significant year – thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England which later led to the formation of the United Sates. Each Fourth of July, we …
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By MARK BROWN, Faith Columnist
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7/4/19
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When Reese Harrison arrived at his dental office in Lynn Haven, Florida, the day after Hurricane Michael made landfall, the devastation was beyond imagination. Dr. Harrison’s building was in tact, …
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By RONNIE MCBRAYER, Faith Columnist
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11/21/18
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We’re going to have a Thanksgiving service this year and it’s always a challenge. Not the service itself, but what should be the main message. Of course we ought to say we’re thankful for a …
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By DALE CHRISMAN, HCN Faith Columnist
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11/21/18
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As my friend Betty Ann unpacked her young family in my Deep South hometown, it didn’t take long for the neighbors to arrive with a strangulating dose of hospitality. Their silver hairdos teased to …
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By RONNIE MCBRAYER, Faith Columnist
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10/4/18
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Traditionally, King Solomon has been regarded as the primary author of three books of the Old Testament. Some interpreters say he wrote Song of Songs while he was a lusty, young man (a book that …
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By RONNIE MCBRAYER, Faith Columnist
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10/25/18
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Christmas traditions are hardly monolithic. The season is celebrated with as much colorful variety as the pretty paper and shiny ribbons encasing the gifts under the tree. And speaking of that tree, …
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By RONNIE MCBRAYER, Faith Columnist
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12/30/18
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A friend gave me a little book a few weeks with a startling title: “Sum: Forty Tales From The Afterlives,” written by neuroscientist David Eagleman. My first thought was that it was about people …
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By RONNIE MCBRAYER, Faith Columnist
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12/30/18
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One of the most remarkable passages in Scripture is Jesus’s appearance to the disciples on the evening following his resurrection. The disciples are cowering behind locked doors, for fear that the …
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DALE CHRISMAN, HCN Faith Columnist
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12/30/18
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