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ROOTED Series: Work Without Worshiping Work
This content explores the relationship between work, calling, and contentment, emphasizing that work should not define one’s identity. Instead, it encourages viewing work as an act of stewardship under Christ’s lordship. True success stems from serving God rather than seeking… Continue reading
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ROOTED Series: Who Are You Becoming?
Romans 8:28–29 We live in a season of life that keeps asking the same question, over and over again:What are you doing with your life? It shows up everywhere—career conversations, family decisions, financial planning, ministry involvement, even casual small talk.… Continue reading
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Bus Trip: New England
Vermont, New Hampshire, & Maine ~ June 14-20, 2026 Come Join the Friendship Church for a chartered bus tour of New England. The Best of Northern New England7 Days – 6 NightsJune 14Depart from Friendship Church, Farmville, NC and travel… Continue reading
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January 2026 Ministry & Meaning
While I’ve been a pastor, I found that life and ministry were more valuable when I had proper tools. There are, even now, piles of manuals, devotionals, and resource material on my office desk, floor, and bookshelf. I wanted to… Continue reading
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Philippines Mission Report – April/May 2025
On Saturday, April 26, I departed from Raleigh-Durham International Airport alongside Harold Jones and Chris Singleton for a mission trip to the Philippines on behalf of the Board of Foreign Missions (OFWBI). Our journey began at 7:30 a.m., taking us… Continue reading
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Heroes of Faith: Thomas Cranmer
By John Hill Thomas Cranmer was born July 2, 1489, in Aslockton in Nottinghamshire, England. He was the youngest son of Thomas and Agnes (Hatfield) Cranmer. The Cranmers were modestly wealthy with a lengthy pedigree of English noblemen and women.… Continue reading
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Divine Renewal and Abundance in Ezekiel 47: River Symbolism
HISTORICAL CONTEXT Ezekiel 40-48, written around 572 BCE, comes fourteen years after Jerusalem’s fall, while Ezekiel and his people remain in exile with at least thirty more years to endure. Unlike Psalm 137, which laments the exile, Ezekiel encourages the… Continue reading
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Ezekiel 33:7-16a: Watchman, Justice, and Mercy
HISTORICAL CONTEXT Ezekiel 18 emphasizes individual responsibility, highlighting that each person is accountable for their spiritual life. God offers every individual an open future based on their actions, and Israel’s future hinges on the hearts and minds of its people.… Continue reading
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Ezekiel’s Obedience and Sacrifice
HISTORICAL CONTEXT Ezekiel’s name means “strengthened by God,” and he delivered God’s messages through visions, prophecies, parables, signs, and symbols. Captured along with 10,000 Jews in 597 BCE, Ezekiel and his wife lived in Tel-Abib, near the Chebar River in… Continue reading
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Zedekiah’s Reign and Judah’s Devastation: Lessons in Leadership and Divine Justice
HISTORICAL CONTEXT In 2 Kings 23, King Josiah of Judah is killed by Pharaoh Neco of Egypt in 609 BCE. This marks the beginning of the final twenty-three years of Judah’s history, as recounted in 2 Kings 24–25. The first… Continue reading