Entries by Josh Rice

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The Hard Way

October 12, 2025 James 5:19-20 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

October 12, 2025 by
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Coming Attractions

Good morning church family, About 85% of all the silent films produced in the early twentieth century are now lost to us. Due to the highly flammable and unstable nitrate film that was used when shooting these movies, many of the reels suffered spontaneous combustion and were destroyed. Films that didn’t go up in flames […]

October 11, 2025 by
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No Stooges

October 5, 2025 Matthew 7:15-20 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot […]

October 5, 2025 by
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Star-struck

Good morning church family, On top of the dresser in Brooks’s bedroom sits a baseball signed by Hall of famer, Brooks Robinson. How I happened to get that signature is a memory I enjoy pulling up and reliving now and again. I see that baseball most every night when I go in to read to […]

October 4, 2025 by
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Why We Kick Against the Whip

September 28, 2025 Acts 12:1-5 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This […]

September 28, 2025 by