I hear that many businesses fail. Someone has a great idea and decides to build a business around it. They obtain a loan, make purchases, and open for business. Customers don’t materialize fast enough to keep up with the mounting debt and the new business goes under. Unfortunately, the results reveal a failure to accurately […]
Perhaps you are familiar with Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations. Pip, the main characters had expectations. He thought that wealth, education, and social status would help him be somebody. Unfortunately, he learned that this was not the case. Unfulfilled Expectations Many of us expect things in our lives that never come to pass. Perhaps, we
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History of the Church Hymnal As the Church of God (Cleveland, TN) grew, the people expressed the need for a hymnal. In addition, the success of their Tennessee Music and Printing Company made this feasible. So, in 1951, they produced the Church Hymnal. Many today call it the Red-Back Hymnal. The name Red-Back came from
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Disappointed by Other People Do people ever disappoint you? I understand that at one time, people could rely on a handshake. Now, instead of everlasting faithfulness, we might easily believe that some people have recurring fickleness. Please don’t get me wrong. There are still good, reliable people around. But, I think we’ve all experienced a
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Gandalf, in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien, is famous for saying to the Balrog, “You shall not pass!” However, this is not true for us. We must continue to pass, to move forward in time. Our lives continue. Unfortunately, it is also true that we’ve not passed this way before. Where Have
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