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You can’t ease into a street fight.
Former St. Louis Rams DL D’Marco Murray
Sound advice from Zaxby’s wall…
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
~Samuel Butler
(A good thing for the “that’s-so-30-seconds ago” generation to learn. Everything you know today is the cumulation of knowledge built over the long haul.)

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An Old Preacher’s Admonition: Please, Quit!
Years ago, when I was a young pastor in California, some well-meaning chowderhead gave me a book titled, Dear Preacher, Please Quit! (If you were that chowderhead, I apologize…for not telling you sooner.) The book’s author was no Rhodes’ scholar. … Continue reading
Posted in (Gene)tic Rantings, Church, Faith, Preaching and Preachers, Sermons, Worship
Tagged Church, Faith, preachers, Preaching, Roy Branson
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The Law of the Jungle and the Law of Christ
Galatians 6:2,5 (NKJV) Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ… For each one shall bear his own load. From Rudyard Kipling’s timeless classic, The Jungle Book, comes this morsel of wisdom: “Now this is the Law … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Church, Devotional, Faith, Family
Tagged Church, Faith, Family, law of christ, teamwork, work
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Hip Shots
Blackie Sherrod, One of my favorite old-time newspaper columnists, wrote a column of random observations for the Dallas Morning News . He called it Scatter-Shooting. In the column, he would offer a collection of observations, opinions, and news items that … Continue reading
Posted in (Gene)ric Ramblings, (Gene)tic Rantings, America, Family, Life Experience, Personal Observation
Tagged America, Church, Family, football, Hip Shots, reality TV
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Give Me a P! Give Me an R! Give me an I! Give me a D! Give me an E!
The Bible has a great deal to say about pride…and none of it is good. Over and over again, pride is roundly condemned. It is listed among the seven deadly sins. God goes so far as to say that when … Continue reading
Posted in (Gene)ric Ramblings, (Gene)tic Rantings, Life Experience
Tagged Christian, Christianity, Church, Pride, Sin
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