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8 Things I’d Love to Receive for Pastor Appreciation Month

8 Things I’d Love to Receive for Pastor Appreciation Month

Each year, I post on my personal site a list of possible ways to show your pastor gratitude during October (Pastor Appreciation month). Even with that list in mind, here are some things I would love to receive from members if I were pastoring again:  Regular, intentional prayer. In our Church Answers’ Know Your Church…

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The Church That Could in a Town of 714 People

The Church That Could in a Town of 714 People

Bardwell Baptist Church is located in Bardwell, Kentucky, a town of 714 people. Twenty years ago in 2020, the population was 799. Bardwell is, for the most part, an unknown town in a rural area of Kentucky.  But God knows where Bardwell is.  Jason Burnette became the pastor in 2021. Worship attendance was around 100…

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Does the YLT translate Genesis 4:4 accurately?

Does the YLT translate Genesis 4:4 accurately?

ד וְהֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם-הוּא מִבְּכֹרוֹת צֹאנוֹ, וּמֵחֶלְבֵהֶן; וַיִּשַׁע יְהוָה, אֶל-הֶבֶל וְאֶל-מִנְחָתוֹ.
Genesis 4:4 YLT
4 and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah…