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The following are a few thoughts of mine as I reflect upon an event we held at the Waynesboro church of Christ.  My only desire for this post is that you may be inspired to say, "thank you" to a veteran you know.


Saturday evening marked the third annual Veterans Day Celebration at Waynesboro church of Christ and it was amazing!  We had good food,&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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If you'll remember, back in July, was the first time I made the list.  Actually, Matt did a huge favor to me and Matthew Morine by extending the list in July to 48 blogs because that is where we fell #47 and 48!  Thanks to this exposure and some other factors Matthew and I have skyrocketed up&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/zWYmtRwygPg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/11/top-church-of-christ-blogs.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Is the Church of Christ a cult? Part 2</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/iXuzjyeHpyY/is-church-of-christ-cult-part-2.html</link><category>controversy</category><category>salvation</category><category>church</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:07:59 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-7183806152685369735</guid><description>My last post, Is the Church of Christ a cult?, garnered a lot of attention.  That may be putting it lightly, actually the post was HUGE!  I was taken aback by the response it received.  From a numbers point of view it was far and away my most read post ever.  During the month of September I set a personal best for hits on my blog, due to the response to this post I broke that record on October&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/iXuzjyeHpyY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/10/is-church-of-christ-cult-part-2.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Is the Church of Christ a cult?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/BQi0L76tkgY/is-church-of-christ-cult.html</link><category>controversy</category><category>salvation</category><category>church</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:58:04 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-7385877701738981619</guid><description>It wasn't like this was the first time I had heard of or read someone attempting to make the claim that the Church of Christ is a cult, however this time was very different, this time it was personal.  I, like most of you probably, have ran across some websites making this claim using erroneous, second and third hand knowledge about the Church of Christ and our beliefs or more times than not&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/BQi0L76tkgY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5jflhwI6_8s/StoTbYDLbSI/AAAAAAAAAMY/LxCmDCbKgvk/s72-c/cult.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/10/is-church-of-christ-cult.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Blind Ambition</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/Y8BSrBwbgDY/blind-ambition.html</link><category>slidecast</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:54:37 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-7685656800662209496</guid><description>What was the reason God confused the language of his people and sent them babbling in every direction across the earth?  Take 18 minutes and listen to this valuable message from God's word then let me know what you think.

Blind AmbitionView more presentations from Mitchell Skelton.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/Y8BSrBwbgDY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/10/blind-ambition.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Review of “Less Clutter. Less Noise”</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/J8bEogbMpDk/review-of-less-clutter-less-noise.html</link><category>Review</category><category>technology</category><category>communication</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:48:54 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-5105382281496435754</guid><description>The subtitle for this book is, “Beyond Bulletins, Brochures, and Bake Sales.”  It is authored by Kem Meyer, self styled as one who “used to think church was for out-of-touch people who just needed to “get a life.”  Now, after having left the business world, Kem is the Communications Director at Granger Community Church.  The main focus of this book is about how churches can be more effective&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/J8bEogbMpDk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/10/review-of-less-clutter-less-noise.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Wrestling_with_Yourself</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/YxKLf-7kgvM/wrestlingwithyourself.html</link><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:36:42 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-9168319915125971617</guid><description>Find your Jabbok.  We all have those defining moments in our lives when we must face God along with all the baggage we carry.  Follow Jacob and learn how to be victorious over the sin in your life.Wrestling_with_YourselfView more presentations from Mitchell Skelton.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/YxKLf-7kgvM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/09/wrestlingwithyourself.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Made for a Mission</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/nVCSdLR4DlI/made-for-mission.html</link><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:14:45 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-3419367105853957833</guid><description>An urgent message about our mission!  Have you lost your zeal?  Has your fire for the lost been put out?  Listen to this Slidecast and be renewed.  (Contains Podcast audio along with the PowerPoint presentation.)Made for a MissionView more presentations from Mitchell Skelton.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/nVCSdLR4DlI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/09/made-for-mission.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>H1N1 and Sin</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/G_-uf2xKyMA/h1n1-and-sin.html</link><category>Confession</category><category>Eternal Life</category><category>repentance</category><category>grace</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:49:15 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-2268055767550767047</guid><description>Things get dirty.  You leave the house for any amount of time and once clean shoes become coated in filth; clothes become contaminated with grit, grease, and grime.  Even in our homes, dirt is everywhere.  Don't believe me?  Move a lamp that has set on a table a day or two without being dusted or run your finger across the top of a door facing.  Our world is filled with dirt that requires that we&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/G_-uf2xKyMA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5jflhwI6_8s/Sq-cqlcMZbI/AAAAAAAAAL4/c6D4Hvb2SWc/s72-c/swine+flu.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/09/h1n1-and-sin.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Discipline of Weakness</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/0JvAujGLMXU/discipline-of-weakness.html</link><category>iTunes</category><category>slidecast</category><category>iPod</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:45:14 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-1461721826702229966</guid><description>Sunday's sermon presentation linked with my podcast.  Enjoy!The Discipline of WeaknessView more presentations from mitchellskelton.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/0JvAujGLMXU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/08/discipline-of-weakness.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Thankful for Temptation</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/ShWdalN5GL0/thankful-for-temptation.html</link><category>Mark</category><category>grace</category><category>Blessings</category><category>temptation</category><category>faith</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:15:17 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-6716274662187074974</guid><description>As Christians, we realize that temptation is an inevitable occurrence.  Satan is always lurking, always planning, and always scheming.  I think most of us look at temptation as a hindrance.  Temptation is something we must endure and certainly, we pray for God's aid in overcoming temptation but how many of us ever thank God for allowing temptation in our lives?In the gospel accounts of Jesus'&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/ShWdalN5GL0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/08/thankful-for-temptation.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Made for Ministry</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/edngz4v1aAM/made-for-ministry.html</link><category>Podcast</category><category>body of Christ</category><category>gospel</category><category>PowerPoint</category><category>ministry</category><category>encouragement</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:10:49 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-7661124042249277223</guid><description>This one will challenge you!  You were made for ministry, not to sit on the sidelines.  Christians are called to be servants.  Listen and let me know what you think.

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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/S-h4PuFZYdo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/07/top-church-of-christ-blogs.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Pure Religion</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/TRJSYS_zguQ/pure-religion.html</link><category>visitation</category><category>church</category><category>body of Christ</category><category>Evangelism</category><category>faith</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:07:58 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-4988996365621967623</guid><description>One fault of mine is the tendency to want to complicate things. I see a problem and immediately seek to solve it with some grandiose plan of action when often the solution is simple and not so glamorous.  We see this in government a lot, some issue comes before our consciousness, and our leaders immediately want to add new cabinet position or appoint a czar to oversee the issue. We have this&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/sIFAVVYPWyQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/05/reaching-down-in-gut.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>GraceConversation.com</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/XKA04lkCcCc/graceconversationcom.html</link><category>Unity</category><category>debate</category><category>church</category><category>body of Christ</category><category>Blogging</category><category>faith</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:04:20 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-8434667400635176750</guid><description>A new blog that should interest everyone, especially those of you who are members of the Churches of Christ, is GraceConversation.com.  This blog is self-described as "A conversation regarding the disagreements that separate the conservative and progressive branches of the churches of Christ."  



It's participants are Jay Guin, an elder at the University Church of Christ in Tuscaloosa, AL and&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~4/whYckZBVLfA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5jflhwI6_8s/SdI6g3EdGyI/AAAAAAAAAK4/PWbmlSQines/s72-c/perspective.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.mitchellskelton.com/2009/03/perspective_31.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>CSI: Easter</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mitchellskelton/~3/wRESDJ0i8GA/csi-easter.html</link><category>salvation</category><category>Eternal Life</category><category>church</category><category>repentance</category><category>worship</category><category>Easter</category><category>faith</category><category>encouragement</category><author>mskelton@live.com (Mitchell Skelton)</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:10:44 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348806140466242761.post-490524436806837141</guid><description>Easter is huge!  Next to Christmas, Easter is the most celebrated holiday in the world.  There is a good reason why so many people celebrate Easter.  Historians and theologians have never come to a satisfactory conclusion for the reason the early church began celebrating Easter.  Some evidence seems to suggest that Christians held the first Easter celebrations to differentiate their celebration&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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