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Lions and Tigers and Bears . . . and Conspiracies, O My!

"For the Lord spoke to me with His strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, 'Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread" (Isaiah 8:11-12).

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Bitter-Sweet Father’s Day; Bitter-Sweet Days

Yesterday, June 16th, 2023, my Dad would have turned 77 years old.

That's ancient for a McWhorter man in my clan. My daughters do not like me to mention it, but fact is, genetics matter. They matter greatly. And to my knowledge, no McWhorter man in my clan has lived beyond the age of 72 for at least the last four generations, and perhaps well beyond.

Yesterday was sobering for me.

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Always Thank God

"We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints" (Col 1:3-4).

At a recent local pastors' prayer gathering (which I have been blessed to be a part of for over ten years), a fellow pastor challenged us all from Colossians 1:3-4 to be thankful for our flocks.

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Remembering Dad

Don Wilson McWhorter

June 16, 1946 - Sept 13, 2017

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Stop Laboring!

"Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt 11:28).

Labor Day in America!

A Holiday where we celebrate the fruits of our labors . . . by not laboring.

Genuis!

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Year’s End

On page 204 of my copy of The Valley of Vision, this Puritan Prayer is recorded, titled “Year’s End.”

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Thanksgiving

Without a doubt, Thanksgiving is my favorite American Holiday, followed closely by St. Patrick’s Day (mostly just because I am Irish and love corned beef and cabbage).  

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Shall We Never Forget?

The song by Alan Jackson, “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?” says it well.  It did feel like everything in the world was on pause, on that day twenty years ago. 

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When God Whispers

In a sermon now infamous among many of us Southern Baptists, the then President of the SBC, J.D. Greear, stated that “God whispers about sexual sin.”  Pastor Greear said he was quoting Jen Wilkin.  And of course, the now President of the SBC, Ed Litton, parroted Greear (without citing his source, but that’s a story for another day). 

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Redemptive Relationships

“Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry” (2 Timothy 4:11).  

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