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Category: faith
Simeon and Levi
Another story you won’t hear in Sunday School (from Genesis 34)…
When Jacob’s daughter Dinah was out visiting the women in her neighborhood, a young man named Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite (who was ruler of the area) decided to have his way with her and raped her.
Hamor, realizing what his son had done, went to Jacob to make marriage arrangements with Jacob.
Hamor told Jacob and his sons, “My son Shechem is head over heels in love with your daughter—give her to him as his wife. Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and we’ll give our daughters to you. Live together with us as one family. Settle down among us and make yourselves at home. Prosper among us.”
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Keep the campground clean
As summer arrives, many folks will spend time camping outdoors. As a friendly reminder…
Mark out an area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourselves. Along with your weapons have a stick with you. After you relieve yourself, dig a hole with the stick and cover your excrement.
– Deuterononmy 23:12-13
Good advice. Keep the campground clean!
Churches in Kaufman County (and beyond)
As we’ve moved to the northwest corner of Kaufman County, the search has begun for a new community of faith to take part in.
Google has been helpful as we’ve begun our search, but I thought I’d make a listing of churches in Kaufman County and areas surrounding Forney (Sunnyvale, Heath, Rockwall, Talty, etc) similar to what I had in Ellis County.
If by chance I’ve left off any churches, feel free to drop me a note and I’ll be sure to add it ASAP.
Crandall churches:
Central Baptist
Church of Christ
Crandall United Methodist
First Baptist
First Community Church
The Lord’s House of Prayer
Maranatha Baptist
Cottonwood churches:
Gun Barrel churches:
Heartland churches:
Heartland First Baptist
Vista Church
Heath churches:
First Baptist
First Christian
First United Methodist
Freedom Chapel
Holy Trinity by the Lake
Lakeshore
Our Savior Lutheran
Forney churches:
Beacon Hill Baptist
Calvary Chapel Forney
c|Life
Covenant Generations
Crossroads Bible
Fellowship Baptist
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
First United Methodist
Forney Church of Christ
Lake Pointe Forney
Mustang Creek Community
New River
People’s Fellowship
Seven Oaks Fellowship
St. Martin of Tours
Thrive
Trinity Family
Water of Life Lutheran
Kaufman churches:
Country Bible
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
First United Methodist
Grace Fellowship
Kaufman Church of Christ
Kaufman County Christian Center
Kaufman County Cowboy Church (there’s no location info on their site – I’m assuming it’s in Kaufman)
Life Church
Oak Hill/Kaufman Foursquare
Southside Baptist
St. Ann
Trinity Southern Baptist
Wade Chapel AME
Mabank churches:
Cowboy Church
First Baptist
First United Methodist
Mabank Church of Christ
Prairieville Baptist
Sunnyvale churches:
Berean Baptist
Grace Fellowship
Higher Ground
Life Community Church
Long Creek Baptist
New Hope Church
New Covenant United Methodist
Sunnyvale First Baptist
Terrell churches:
College Mound United Methodist
Cornerstone Baptist
CrossPoint Community
Emmanuel Baptist
First Baptist
First Christian Church
First Presbyterian
First United Methodist
Greater McIntyre Chapel
Rafter J Cowboy Church
St. John the Apostle
Terrell Bible
The Jumbo Jet Generation and beyond
Skye Jethani writes another great post about his (and my) generation, which he is calling The Jumbo Jet Generation…
“What they fail to realize is that my generation is not rejecting orthodoxy. We are rejecting the false dichotomy that the American church has perpetuated for the last century. We refuse to believe that the gospel is either social or spiritual, eternal or temporal. Earlier generations of evangelicals were more interested in saving souls than seeking justice because a cup of cold water would be little comfort in the flames of hell. But my generation cannot shake the global perspective imprinted on our minds from our childhoods. The gospel, we believe, must have relevance for this world and not simply the next.“
– Skye Jethani
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Fight for your rights
“The only right a Christian has is the right to give up his rights.”
Oswald Chambers
My Utmost for His Highest
I incorrectly attributed this quote to Dietrich Bonhoeffer Wednesday morning (sorry about that guys) but it led to some interesting conversation.
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