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2026-04-19 – Purpose of Preaching
Purpose of Preaching While my wife and I drove on an interstate in central Texas, we passed a church with a large banner that read, “Home of the 15-minute Sermon.” Around the same time, a Read more…
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2026-04-05 & 12 – The Anthropic Principle: The Universe
The Anthropic Principle: The Universe After hearing a loud bang aboard Apollo 13, astronaut James A. Lovell radioed, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” The mission was 56 hours underway on April 13, 1970, when oxygen Read more…
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2026-03-22 & 29 – The Anthropic Principle: The Solar System
The Anthropic Principle: The Solar System Sir Isaac Newton used his law of universal gravitation to help explain the solar system’s motions. The story is told that he built a mechanical model of the solar Read more…
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2026-03-08 & 15 – The Anthropic Principle: Earth
The Anthropic Principle: Earth The Goldilocks Planet In the familiar fairy tale, Goldilocks breaks into the home of three bears and tests their food, chairs, and beds until she finds the ones that are “just right.” Her story illustrates a Read more…
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2026-03-01 – Questions Related to the Eldership
Questions Related to the Eldership Many questions arise when congregations consider the qualifications and work of elders. Several of these issues are addressed in the thirteen‑lesson workbook Elders, Overseers, Shepherds, with an expanded eighteen‑lesson edition Read more…
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2026-02-22 – The Appointment of Elders
The Appointment of Elders Crete was one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean world. Paul left Titus there with a clear purpose: “For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set Read more…