Allen Jones

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The Voice of the Empty Pew

 Each day when I leave my home, I don’t get too far down the road before I start missing my wife and children.  As we age, we all are going our separate ways, but each time I leave my family, I can’t wait to see them again!  Upon departure, I anxiously want to see their …

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“I am not school shopping this year…”

Most of our local school districts welcomed students back a few days ago.  A few more districts will begin school in a few days.  Traditionally, as we point towards the start of school, most parents and kids plan for the “back to school shopping trip.”  Sometimes these trips and purchases are costly because of what …

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The Classroom’s Pulpit – How Can We Assist Our Children?

             It is not news to you, the “start of school” as we know it, is about to commence!  While many plans are being made for “school shopping” for new clothes and school supplies, are we making plans to support, encourage, and shield our children from all the many spiritual and theological challenges they will …

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They Just Don’t Come Anymore!

 I recently was in conversation with a gentleman who has been a Christian for approximately sixty or more years, he remarked to me that back in “his day,” he would have twelve to fifteen teens in his class.  He followed that comment with, “They Just Don’t Come Anymore!”  Not be an alarmist, but friends the …

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Using Our Freedom

  This time of year is one of my favorites because of the focus we get to place on our freedom by being citizens of The United States of America!  During the month of June, we stop and recognize “June 6th.”  The President Dwight D. Eisenhower library documents this day by saying, “The D-Day operation …

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Church Camp, “Mission Possible”

         In the early days of television, a TV series entitled, “Mission Impossible” had a successful run.  Mission: Impossible is an American espionage television series that aired on CBS from September 1966 to March 1973.  While I don’t remember watching the series in syndication, I do remember the distinct theme song.  Even today, that song can still be …

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“I miss you a little….a little more everyday”

       On average, adults will eventually experience the loss of their father through death– this is tough!  Unfortunately, most kids (of any age), sometimes lose through their father not because of physical death, but because of damaged relationships, incarceration, drug/alcohol addiction, divorce, the father is more in love with the world than they are their …

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Is Money Magnetic? The Danger of Greed!

     I would be the last person chosen to counsel anyone when it comes to “money!”  Additionally, I would never be elected to lecture on personal finance or budget development for an organization or business.  But, after almost fifty years of living, I’ve learned money/possessions should be used as tools and not as something to …

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Where Do You Find Comfort?

Which Side of The Gulf Will You Be On?

 This is the question I asked recently at the Saturday morning men’s class at the Barren County Detention Center after reading the following text from Luke 16:19-31:              “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full …

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