Early mid-morning yesterday, reports began trickling in from various sources that Walmart was laying off people from the home office (located here in Bentonville, Arkansas). By day's end, I think the number was around 850, maybe more. Walmart, McDonald's, and Dunkin' Donuts were three of the only companies that …
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To God’s People: In Times of Gloom… Shine!
February 11, 2009 2 Comments
Stories About Giving… Starting with Shoes
December 12, 2008 Leave a Comment
This past Sunday, I talked about giving. Toward the end of the message, I challenged people to take off their shoes and leave them at church. We give away shoes several times per year and hundreds of people come with a need. As people walked out of church barefoot across the cold, hard concrete, they were to …
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Everybody’s Got Shoes, My Lord!
August 9, 2008 Leave a Comment
That's a lyric from an old gospel song about needing new shoes to walk around heaven someday. Well today, we gave away almost 500 pair of shoes at Bethel Baptist Church. Two news crews even showed up and we'll be on the evening news on 2 channels (and I wore horizontal stripes!) - KNWA and 4029. I'll see if I …
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In the Beginning
May 30, 2007 Leave a Comment
This week is very monumental for me. I am preparing to begin preaching through the entire Bible this Sunday morning. It has been a ministry-long dream. Since reading the autobiography of Dr. W. A. Criswell, who preached through the Scriptures over an almost eighteen year period at First Baptist Church in …
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