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By Didi Bacon All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV) I believe these words.  The Bible (Scripture) comes from God (God-breathed) and when applied to life, results in living right for God.  Scripture has what we need in order to [...]

We look on with sadness at the tragedy of the shooting in Uvalde. I fully believe that our calling at this time is to fall to our knees in prayer because prayer has power. Those of us who are parents cringe at even looking at the news after things like this happen. It makes us hold our children tighter and shed tears for those lost. [...]

I am particular about words.  Words mean something.  Be accurate with your words in order to be precise in what you mean.   Here are words that I wish we didn’t use - church attender.  What do we mean by church attender?  We mean someone who attends a church service.  A person who drives to a place called “church” and sits in a seat and [...]

I am always amazed how things I read a while ago all of a sudden pop back into my mind.  Over the last few days I have had the phrase “Holy Fool” repeatedly come to mind.   I was first introduced to the term holy fool when I read Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Talking to Strangers, which must have been more than a year ago now. [...]

Part of Mount Carmel’s vision is to provide opportunities for our congregation to develop a deep and rich relationship with the Lord. That discipleship piece typically takes place in our small group communities and our 1 with 3 discipleship groups. Occasionally we have larger events that provide a means to reach many people at the same time. This past weekend Mount Carmel hosted one of [...]