News and Notes
Work Day
This Saturday morning, Feb. 23rd, we will have a special
cleaning of the auditorium. Some will be here as early as 7:00
a.m. while others will arrive later that morning. See Jack
Jackson for a list of tools, etc. to bring.
Beacons Breakfast
The Beacons of Light will meet for breakfast at 9:00 a.m. on
Saturday, February 23rd at Cracker Barrel. Everyone is welcome
to join them. If you plan to attend please sign the sheet in the
lobby.
Special Men’s Leadership Meeting
This Sunday, Feb. 24th all men of the congregation are
encouraged to attend this meeting here at the building beginning
at 3:00 p.m.
Ladies Informational Meeting
This meeting has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 9th at
3:30 p.m. Bob Freeman will preside.
Items Needed for Guyana
Please bring the items needed to ship to Guyana as soon as
possible and place them in the container in the lobby.
Guyana Mission Trip
James Pendley, along with several others, will be leaving
for a mission trip to Guyana on March 5th. The group will be
there until March 17th. Remember James and the others in your
prayers as well as the people of Guyana that they will be
receptive to the word of God.
Relief for Tornado Victims
There is a list on the table in the lobby showing items
needed for those who were victims of the recent tornadoes in
North Alabama . Let’s all help out with this effort and bring
these items as soon as possible. If you have any questions see
Pat Lambert.
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Ladies’ Bible Class
The Ladies Bible Class meets at 10:00 a.m. each Wednesday
morning. Kim Gott is the teacher. We encourage all of our ladies
who are able to attend the class.
Ladies Health Class
The Ladies Health Class meets at 6:00 p.m. each Thursday
evening. Kacie Jackson is the instructor.
Couple’s Retreat in Gatlinburg
February 28 – March 2
Area Events
Parenting Classes
Central Church of Christ
Thursday nights at 6:00 p.m.
Instructors: David Powell and Rosa Statom
See flier in lobby for more information.
Self Defense Classes for Women
Fairview Road Church of Christ
Thursday evenings from 6 – 8 p.m.
Instructor: Captain Gina Gartman
These classes are free.
Ladies Day
Antioch Church of Christ at Snead
Saturday, February 23rd
Speaker: Sheila Butt - Theme: “Sisterhood”
Continental Breakfast: 8:30 a.m.
Lesson: 9:00 – 11:00 Lunch following
Ladies Day
Oxford Church of Christ
Saturday, March 8th
Speaker: Dietlinde Spears
Theme: “Bloom Where You’re Planted”
Registration at 8:30 a.m. – Lunch at Noon
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THE BIBLICALLY INCORRECT AGE
Ben Wright
Ours is an age of political-correctness. If a person, such as John
Rocker, of the Atlanta Braves, says something that is offensive about
one or more ethnic groups, then he is publicly castigated and vilified.
This is not all bad. We must watch what we say and not be offensive or
hateful towards others because of race. Jesus taught this in the parable
of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10).
Political-correctness becomes bad when preachers are influenced by it
concerning sin. There is no reason for a preacher to be deliberately
hateful or offensive in his sermon. However, we need to define the term
“offensive”. If it means a preacher cannot point out sin, then there is
a problem. Pointing out sin should not be offensive to Christians
because sin is offensive to God.
I am afraid Jesus would have a hard time finding a place to preach
today. Could you imagine the shock if Jesus preached a sermon in which
he said, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for
the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41). I believe many would get up
and walk out, or one of the elders would pull Jesus aside and tell him
he cannot preach like that for it will make people mad.
In our time, the apostle Paul would have to continue his tent-making to
earn a living. The first gospel sermon (Acts 2) could not be preached in
some pulpits. The twelve apostles pointed out the sins of the Jews that
day. The amazing thing is they baptized about three thousand of them.
(Acts 2:41).
One of my instructors often imitated the attitude of some in the church.
He would stick out his shoulder and say in a whining voice: You see this
chip on my shoulder? Knock it off and I’ll quit the church?” I would
think to myself, “That surely cannot be how it is with Christians.” I
was wrong and he was right.
Being politically-correct has caused many to become
Biblically-incorrect. When the church was the fastest growing religious
body in America following the Second World War, preachers preached the
truth with boldness. They pointed out sin and showed how God felt about
it. Many have gotten away from that. If we want the church to grow and
save souls, then we must preach it as the apostles did. We must preach
it like Jesus did.
Elders must not be scared of how a member might react to a sermon on
marriage and divorce. Preachers must not refrain from teaching and
preaching against dancing even though an affluent member allows his
children to go to the prom. We must preach the truth in love. We do not
love people when we allow them to go to hell without saying anything to
them about their sin.
Let us get away from Biblical-incorrectness. Let us preach the truth to
a lost and dying world. “Preach the word…” (II Timothy 4:2)
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In Our Prayers
Sick at home: Mattie
Peace, Dot Miller, Malcolm Edge, Gail Clough, Martha Dowdy, Miranda and
Mason Bly, Maggie Statom, Betty Freeman, Dana White, Kim Cronan, Jan
Ragsdale and Peggy St. John
In the Hospital: Martha Kirby is in Riverview Medical Room 601.
She will be going to Healthsouth Rehab soon. Bill Gardner,
brother-in-law of Bob Freeman, is in the hospital in Powder Springs ,
GA.
Shut In: At Home- Frances Wesson, Martha Phillips, Katie Pendley,
William and Ruby Brown
Coosa Valley Healthcare: Canolia Bone –Rm 208
Meadowood –Walter Thompson –Rm 107
Attalla Health Care – Lois Knight
Gadsden Health Care – Johnny Watson
Sympathy: Linda Lipscomb, friend of the Hodges, passed away this
past week in Vietnam . Please keep her family in your prayers.
Prayer Requests: Canolia Bone; Katie Pendley; William & Ruby
Brown; Anna Sanders and her family as Gary is in Iraq; Rodney Lambert,
Pat’s father, is waiting for a lung transplant; Peggy St. John; Martha
Phillips; Dot Miller; Matthew Rosenbaum; Susan Easterling; Holli Walden,
friend of Sonya White; Clint Snell; Malcolm Edge; family of Georgia
Parnell; family of Rita Hamilton; family of Jeff Brown; Kaylee Pearson,
friend of Hayley Turner; William Dowdy –new Christian at the jail;
Nathan, a cousin of Hoyt St. John, is having family problems; Lois
Corfman, sister of Betty Freeman; Gladys Williams, Kim & Jonathan
Cronan’s grandmother; Jan Ragsdale; Rodney Whitson and family; Mike
Bowdoin; family of Missy Lambert; family of B. R. Jones; Arthur Shaw;
Patricia Burgdorf; family of Stancil Higginbotham; family of Jerry
Davenport; Tom’s mother, Betty Hodge, and his sister, Wendy Burns, are
both having health problems; Kevin Edmondson; Bill Gardner,
brother-in-law of Bob Freeman; family of Linda Lipscomb; Gage Wise, 6 yr
old great-nephew of Pam Jackson, is having health problems; Charlotte
Tumlin, knee surgery recovery
In the Military- Gary Sanders (he will be leaving Iraq soon),
Danny Moss, Josh Jones, Jeff Brewster and Gary Brown
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God’s Word
Isaiah 35:8-10
8 A highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.
9 No lion shall be there,
Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;
It shall not be found there.
But the redeemed shall walk there,
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Weekly Programs
Radio: Sun. at 8 AM - WAAX/570
With Ronny Johnson
TV: "In Search of the Lord's
Way"
with Mack Lyon
Sunday at 7:30 AM - Channel 11
"Preaching the Gospel" with James
Watkins
Sunday at 7 AM - Channel 11
Jerry Jenkins -
Thursday at 7 PM
Channel 5
Earl Barnett - Sunday at 6 AM
Channels 4 & 9
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Happy Birthday
Feb. 27 – Stephanie Pittard
Feb. 28 – Mallorie West
Feb. 28 – Alex Turner
March 1 – Kelly Jones
Happy Anniversary
March 1 – Michael & Sandy Statom
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