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When God Hides: The Day She Changed Her Name (Esther 6-8) Chris Altrock – July 3, 2016

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The Name We Wear

Tomorrow, July 4, is a day that, in part, reminds us who we are. We may be fans of the Tigers or the Titans. We may be of Millington or Memphis. We may be Church of Christ or Church of God in Christ. We may have family trees with roots in Poland or Peru. We may have grown up in the United States or have moved here from another country. But tomorrow, Independence Day, reminds us that there is something that supercedes all of those differences. Tomorrow reminds us that we are Americans. We are not just Tennesseans or Texans New Mexicans. We are not just Republicans or Democrats or Independents. We are Americans.Read More »When God Hides: The Day She Changed Her Name (Esther 6-8) Chris Altrock – July 3, 2016

The Fulcrum of Finances (Esther 3-4) Chris Altrock – June 12, 2016

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Turning Points in the Air

The BBC once ran an occasional series called “Turning Points.” This series highlighted key moments when the storyline of history turned in a significant way. Here’s their infographic on turning points in aviation. I’ll highlight a few of the times in history when manned flight pivoted in a powerful way:[1]

  • 1903 The first heavier than air aircraft
  • 1919 The world’s first non-stop flight across the Atlantic
  • 1939 First flight by a jet aircraft
  • 1947 First supersonic flight
  • 1958 First commercially successful jet airliner
  • 1968 First supersonic airliner
  • 1988 B-2 Stealth bomber enters service
  • 1995 World’s first hunter killer unmanned aircraft

Every story in history has a turning point, a fulcrum, on which important things pivot.Read More »The Fulcrum of Finances (Esther 3-4) Chris Altrock – June 12, 2016

When God Hides: Engaged (Esther 3-4) Chris Altrock – June 5, 2016

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Sometimes Hard Things Happen

A few years ago a series of books hit the best-seller list. The series was called The Hunger Games. They told the story of a post-apocalyptic earth when children from districts were chosen each year to fight to the death in “the hunger games.” These novels, along with millions of others, were available in electronic forms. And in 2014, the most highlighted passage in all electronic books came from The Hunger Games. Here’s the line that more readers underlined that year than any other line in any other electronic book: Read More »When God Hides: Engaged (Esther 3-4) Chris Altrock – June 5, 2016

Living in a World Without God (Esther 1-2) Chris Altrock – May 22, 2016

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That Kind of Relationship

Several  years ago a movie focused on professional athletes and their agents. The movie was called Jerry Maguire.[1] Most athletes and agents portrayed in the movie had relationships we would characterize as “professional.” They were cool and distant. But at the end of the movie Jerry Maguire and his one client, a professional football player, had endured so much in a shared journey that their relationship was something we might call “unprofessional.” They were more like family. In a closing scene, in front of a mob of reporters, they hugged tightly.

Another athlete, standing nearby with his agent, saw this intimacy. He turned to his agent and asked, “Why don’t we have that kind of relationship?”Read More »Living in a World Without God (Esther 1-2) Chris Altrock – May 22, 2016