CHRIS’ COLUMN p. 2 CHRIS’ COLUMN In the words of the columnist, “For parents, the New Hope An article in the January 5th edition of the New York findings present something of a paradox. We want Baptist Church Times caught my attention this week. It was entitled: our children to be clever enough to but morally To Know Jesus & Make Him Known Is Your Lying to You? That’s Good. Titles are disinclined to do so.” Of course, the meant to catch your attention and get you to read the recommendation is not to punish the lie with any article or spend time on the website so that the ad corporal punishment but to positively reinforce WORSHIP GUIDE space they are selling is viable enough to sell. I telling. Up to this point the research didn’t digress: in reality, this is all the media sources and surprise me. I have told many 2-4 year olds SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2018 television do… they must keep programming on (including all of my own) not to do something or which attracts enough viewers or “hits” so to do something and they disobey me when I turn Feb 17-24 advertisers will buy space and people will buy their my back (or sometimes before) and then lie about Morning Worship Service products. Interesting to consider, but now back on it. We once had a confession of biting at our # 413 Faith Is the Victory point. Seriously! A child lying is good and should be house. One child, we didn’t know who, bit another “celebrated” in a major newspaper in a child on the back. We lined them up for the Invocation & Welcome where celebrities, politicians, executives, and interrogation. All denied it, of course. In steps bad Greater athletes are all lying. Should we celebrate this as the cop and we get a confession… the child who was article indicates initially or “be troubled”? Most bit confessed to the biting on his/her own back. � My Faith Has Found people believe, regardless of worldview, lying is a with Some will tell the truth, some will lie to protect There Is Power in the Blood - moral wrong, we should not intentionally deceive others, and some for self-preservation but to Choir another person. However, the waters will muddy celebrate either is unbiblical. “Thou shalt not lie” very quickly after that even among Christians. Is it didn’t come with any exceptions and the father of # 217 Oh, How I Love Jesus ever ok to lie? What if your wife asks you the is the devil. One more interesting note in this Scripture Reading - John 10:7-10 dreaded question, “honey, does this dress…” well article is when children were paid at least 1.5 you can finish the rest. The article we are analyzing times more to tell the truth, they would confess. Revelation actually states that lying is not only normal (which This is scary because if the cost of lying, either Church of Missionary Zeal - we know, the sin thing) but actually “a sign of intelligence”. financially or some gain or not losing something is Revelation 3:7-13 greater than the cost of the truth, the truth will not This is the point where I go, “oh boy, guess I’ll be told and we are seeing this every day. To quote # 288 Where He Leads Me skip this article and hope I am the only one who our columnist one more time, “the decision to lie peruses the NY Times and hope nobody asks me is very tactical one even at 5-6 years old.” about this.” However, trusting God I kept reading as Many of us would say there is a lot of ethical grey these types of things always seem open the door to area in our lives but really it is not grey area for the gospel. “In one experiment, children were asked God. It is grey for us because we are not close not to peek at a toy hidden behind them while the enough to God. In these situations there is a right researcher withdrew from the room under false and wrong. The question is do we want to choose pretenses. Minutes later, the researcher returned and the right? Will we choose the right? Do we have asked the child if he or she peeked. This experiment enough Jesus in us and do we know God’s Word has yielded two consistent findings. The first is that enough to rightly apply what is right? Flexible a vast majority of children will peek at the toy is a dangerous thing. In fact, it is itself a Evening Worship Service within seconds of being left alone. The other is that well disguised lie from the father of lies. It is a significant number of them lie about it. At least a moral confusion at its worst and it is morality # 4 To God Be the Glory third of 2-year-olds, half of 3-year-olds and 80 flipped upside down. Because only the truth will percent or more of children 4 and older will deny set you free, the truthful realization of God’s Invocation & Welcome their transgression, regardless of their gender, race holiness and the honest assessment of your own # 359 This is the Day or family’s . The experiment also discovered that children are “remarkably good at lying”. The condition. We must be truthful in our living, # 572 I Love to Tell the Story consistent in the lives we speak about and the experiment also showed as a child ages they lie lives we live on a daily basis. Others may not pick Worship Through Testimonies & Prayer more effectively and creatively. Due to this up on verbal lies but when we are witness to creativity, after almost 40 years of studying, the discrepancies the truth always shows up. May we # 54 Great Is Thy Faithfulness researchers believe lying is good and develops strive to be truthful in every single thing we do. Shut the Front Door - Malachi 1 creativity. Who doesn’t want their children to be And may we celebrate truth and confront lies with creative problem solvers? Do we want our children the truth of God’s Word. # 329 Grace Greater Than Our Sin to be liars? How do we foster creativity and teach our kids to be honest? Sanctuary flowers given In Honor of Jan 2018 Our Dear Friend SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Mrs. Betty Henderson By 14 15 16 17 18 The Broken Drum 6pm Stewardship Business Meal Delivery: Sunday School Class Meeting Meeting 7p Helga Shackelford 21 REVERB 22 23 24 25 26 27

The nursery needs volunteers Bishops leave Meal Delivery: for Wednesday nights. for Nicaragua Margaret Bennett Usually there are 28 29 30 31 1 February 2 3 two or three babies. January 19-21 Who doesn’t love babies? Meal Delivery: See Julie or MaryAnn to sign up. Cyndi Fischer Cost: $30 5 Marc leaves 6 7 8 9 10 for Nicaragua Marc returns Guest Speaker: 7pm Deacon’s House & Grounds Meal Delivery: from Nicaragua Pastor Brody Holloway, Happy Birthday! Meeting Meeting 7PM Alma Durrance Pastor and Co-Founder of Today-Helga Shackelford 11 12 Bishops return 13 14 15 16 17 Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters from Nicaragua Jan 19-Binky Graham, Sr. Meal Delivery: 6pm Stewardship Business Pauline Meeting 7p Jan 20-Renee Heither Meeting Hendrickson

Wednesday Services Sunday Services Counting Committee - January 2018 Adult Bible Study……….…..….....6 USHERS of the WEEK DEACON of the WEEK Nursery…………..….16 Jo Smith, Helga Shackelford, Sandra Moore Students……………..……...….....18 January 14—January 20 Bud Wilson Morning Worship..125 GA/RA (elementary)...... 30 David Moore 781-1550 WEEKLY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES Johnny Trammell Evening Worship. ..36 Mission Friends (pre-s)...... 9 Sundays Jonathan Benbow January 21-January 27 Nursery...... 4 Bobby Calves Women’s Study…….……….…...11 9:30 A.M. Media Center Open Marlon Pendergrass 781-9232 Leaders………………………..……16 9:45 A.M. Sunday School - Education Building Total………………...…...….….....94 11:00 A.M. Morning Worship Service - Sanctuary Kids’ Church K-5 Giving Record 6:30 P.M. Evening Worship - Sanctuary Tithes & Offering…....$6,125.00

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