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Can God Use a Person Like Me?
Read Luke 19:1-10 The Bible is full of unexpected converts. One of them was a wee little man named Zacchaeus. (“And a wee little man was he.”) This short-statured Jewish man from the city of...
Dr. Rhyne Putman
Rhyne Putman serves as the Pastor of Preaching and Vision at FBC Kenner. His day job is at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he serves as the Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture. (Yes, he’s the nerdy theology type.) Rhyne is the author of In Defense of Doctrine (Fortress Press, 2015) and of When Doctrine Divides (Fortress Press, 2017). He greatly appreciates any contribution you make to his son’s college education by buying his very (interesting) books. He’s also a pop culture geek who thinks himself Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen. He also bleeds Mississippi State maroon. More importantly, he’s the husband of the stunning Micah and the father of a rambunctious preschooler named Ben.
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Oblivious to Jesus
Have you ever been oblivious to something big going on around you? This week, there was a lot of hullabaloo surrounding the unfortunate decision of United Airlines to forcibly pull a man off an airplane....
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Can you forgive the seemingly unforgivable?
When I was a seminary student, I took a job as an administrative assistant for a theology professor on campus. I’ll never forget a phone call a student made to the office one Monday morning....
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Confessions of a Picky Eater
I’ll be the first to admit it. I was a bit of a picky eater growing up. When I was a kid, my parents would take me through the McDonalds drive thru, and I was...
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Don’t Hit the Spiritual Snooze Button
This coming Sunday, March 12, is Daylight Savings Time, and no, it’s not the good one in the fall where we gain an extra hour of sleep. It’s time to spring forward—something we will enjoy...
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Pray for Gospel Fruit
Hey Church Family, I just wanted to remind you that we are in the final legs of preparation for the Wild Game Supper, which is tomorrow night in the fellowship hall. Several men should be commended for...
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No Easy Way Home
This last weekend I had the privilege of speaking at a statewide BCM conference at a university in the Little Rock, Arkansas area. I spoke to roughly a thousand college students about Jesus and other...
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God Allows Comebacks
Most of my evenings when I come home from work, I am occupied playing foil to a black-and-gold clad four-year-old Drew Brees-wannabe. He wants to play football. All the time–even after football season is over....