February 4, 2019
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
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Category:
Church Community
| Tags: Installation of Pastor Scott, Coggins Church, Gospel Community
My family and I would like to thank everyone for the very warm welcome we have received since our arrival to Lexington! Coming to shepherd this congregation is such a blessing. We are thankful to our God for calling us to Coggins to lead in His Kingdom work....
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January 11, 2019
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Books, Reading, Spiritual Growth
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great 19th Century Baptist preacher, and pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle once said, “Visit many books, but live in the Bible.” With such profound counsel as a guide, before I mention a few of the more helpful books that entered my study in 2018, let me first emphasize the importance of Holy Scripture in life.
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January 1, 2019
by Lynda Russell
| Tags: New Year
Even with your New Year’s Resolutions, did you step across the threshold of midnight into 2019 any different than you had been at the end of December? Did you wake up to a new you?...
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December 31, 2018
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Evangelism, Worship, Thirsting For God, Priorities
Is the church’s primary responsibility to win the lost or to worship God?...
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December 15, 2018
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Vision, Community, Growing, Church, Updating
Let’s brighten things up! It’s important that a church campus look welcoming, even inviting. Our campus should be a place that reflects our faith in our Great and Merciful God!...
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December 12, 2018
by Lynda Russell
| Tags: Pastors, Prayer, Church Membership, Leaders
Before I started anything in the office, I made my way to the sanctuary......
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December 11, 2018
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
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Category:
Vision, Mission, Purpose
| Tags: Driving to Church, Living Church, Dead Churches, Church Names
Unfortunately, today that is often not the case. Many cannot, in good conscience and obedience to the Scriptures, simply attend the closest congregation to their home because it has forsaken the faith of Jesus. So this begs the question, What makes a church a living and vibrant congregation?...
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December 11, 2018
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Suffering, Scripture, Experiential Christianity, Comfort
The last few weeks have been a roller coaster ride of ups and downs. With the sudden onset of severe chest pains two months ago......
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December 11, 2018
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: Suffering, Scripture, Experiential Christianity, Comfort
Finding out that a bypass rather than a stint was needed ranks among the more shocking moments in my life....
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November 20, 2018
by Pastor Scott Slaughter
| Tags: children, kids, parenting, family ministry, Children's Ministry, Family Time, Bible Reading, Family Worship
All of us want to give our children a fighting chance in life. In fact, we want better; we want them to succeed. Often this well-meaning sentiment is misguided. We parents begin filling our children’s lives with things, lessons, and classes to ensure they fit in and do well. The problem is, in a troubled culture, this strategy backfires on us. Our culture has become godl...
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