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The Columbus Christian
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Vol.58 December 6, 2007 Number 24
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The Haggard Mind
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“There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” Proverbs 14:12
It’s enough to haggard your mind if you let it: Just five years ago, a Baxter Springs, Kansas lawyer threatened to sue the schools if they portrayed the Nativity of Christ in their Christmas program; the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii judged that same sex marriages are lawful. These were news “headlines.” On the “Today Show” they interviewed some beautiful, righteous-looking people (men & women) who were celebrating the court’s decision.
The truth is that many young people will see and hear these attractive people and believe that their ways are right. The story of the birth of Jesus Christ will be more completely hidden from the eyes of the public school children, and more and more of them will grow up not knowing “the Way, the Truth and the Life.” And God will give them over to depraved minds and wicked ways. (Romans 1:18-25)
In my haggard mind, I would call Christians to arms. But in my rightful mind, I know it is not Christ’s way. God does not need us to protect Christ, but we, God’s people, need Him to guide and help us through these challenging times. It is time, my Christian friends, for true followers of Jesus Christ to start making a true witness about what Jesus Christ has done for us and what He means to the world. “Beautiful Christians” are what children need to be seeing and hearing; true Christians continually give God credit for all the marvelous things God has done, and is doing, through Jesus Christ in their lives.
Too many of our Supreme Court judges are Don Quixote’s riding forth gallantly challenging windmills, thinking they are saving America’s liberty. Our country’s founders and fathers of the Constitution of the United States were concerned with separation of church and state. Their concern had to do with church hierarchy, not with children’s programs.
But, as the church of Jesus Christ, Christians need to be asking in this entire hubbub: What is God doing? I think God is making it very clear that it’s time His people start making a true witness to the world. Witness to who God and Jesus Christ truly are; and what God has done for the world through Jesus. Only as people look to God and God’s ways, and confess those ways, will God give them the ways that lead to Life.
Tell someone about the true meaning of Christmas, and have a Merry Christmas.
Just a haggard thought,
Rev. Dan E. Haggard
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GIFTS FOR KANSAS CHRISTIAN HOME
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One of our ongoing projects of the Church is to collect gift items for the residents of the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. There will be a box by the door for your new & unused gift items. Suggested items: Toothbrushes & toothpaste, denture tablets, mouthwash, deodorants, body powder, body lotion, nail clippers, disposable razors, hair brushes, combs, sweat pants. Items must be into the Church by Sunday, Dec. 16th to have them to Newton in time for Christmas.
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PRAYER CONCERNS
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We pray for the leaders of our country and those in the military. We want to remember all of our shut-ins and those in area nursing homes in our prayers. Please contact the Church Office if you know of a Church member in the hospital. This is the only way of us knowing.
Dustin Wary - Iraq
Rob, Bethany and Will Robinson are all home. Treva Gray is a patient at St. John’s Hospital with a broken leg.
Those to remember in prayer: Mike Mitts, Florence Turner, Marvin & LaVon Blackburn,(friends of June Evans), Don Johnson & Lee Lalicker (friends of Jim Pritchett), Paul Westervelt, Brooke Chrismas, Willy Tanner, Moore Johnson, Goldie McNemar, Beverly Murdock, Delores Brown, Patty Kimrey, Robert Jarman, Bonnie Stover, Ronnie Grubbs, Mary Sharpnack, Kaitlin Nash, Tom Reeves, Jessie Ferguson, Becky Johnson (Chris Johnson’s sister-in-law)
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CHOIR, BELL CHOIR & BEREAN CLASS
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Members of the Choir, Bell Choir and Berean Class and their families are invited to June Evans’ home on Wednesday, December 12th at 6:30 p.m. for a Christmas Covered Dish Supper.
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THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
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The Thursday Morning Bible Study will meet at June Haggard’s home on Thursday, December 13th at 10 a.m. Members are to bring finger foods to share. (Dan has volunteered to drive the Church Van if enough interest is shown – let him or Cheryl know).
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