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Shepherding Thoughts
by Pastor Ben Francis
Welcome to Shepherding Thoughts: An inside look at a Southern Baptist Pastor's comments on navigating popular topics in Christianity and Religion.
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Ben Francis
- Jan 31
- 5 min
What I’m Reading: January 2023
Well, another year has come and the pages continue to turn! I have been encouraged lately that many of my friends have posted about their...
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Ben Francis
- Jan 18
- 6 min
The Sanctity of Human Life.
Sunday, January 22, 2023 is Sanctity of Human Life Day. Sanctity: The quality or state of being holy or sacred : INVIOLABILITY. What is...
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Ben Francis
- Jan 9
- 10 min
Manliness: The Needed Virtue of Our Day
“Be a man!” - The Apostle Paul What does it mean to be a Man? -I tend to like how the ancient Romans defined manliness, which was “living...
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Ben Francis
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
The Importance of Fathers...
We are living in a time when our society is not only devaluing the role of the father, but also the very idea of manhood. For most every...
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Ben Francis
- Dec 9, 2022
- 4 min
What I’m Reading…November-December 2022
Life being what it is, I forgot to post a reading update for November, so I’ve combined these last two months into one. The end of the...
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Ben Francis
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
One Step Closer…The Senate moves to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Today—Wednesday, November 16th, 2022—the United States Senate took a major legislative step in the effort to write into law federal...
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Ben Francis
- Oct 4, 2022
- 3 min
Abortion, the Bible, and the Progressives.
Thinking Critically... This week has brought about several concerning headlines that Christians need to be paying attention to. There are...
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Ben Francis
- Sep 16, 2022
- 6 min
Christianity is Shrinking in the U.S., Study Says…
“Christians are likely to be a minority in the U.S. by 2050, Pew Research Center says.” This headline really isn’t surprising to those...
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Ben Francis
- Sep 1, 2022
- 11 min
Has Big Eva Made Too Much of her Human Leaders?
“Big Eva” …Big Evangelicalism. The structures and Institutions that make up American Evangelicalism with all of its power, prestige, and...
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Ben Francis
- Aug 29, 2022
- 5 min
What are the Essentials of Christian Faithfulness?
Have ever wondered, “What does it really mean to be a Christian? Like, day-to-day? What does that look like?” I often fear that the...
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Ben Francis
- Aug 23, 2022
- 8 min
How Much Longer Can Christians Participate in Public Education?
Thinking critically… How Much Longer Can Christians Participate in Public Education? —This is not a question that would have made any...
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Ben Francis
- Aug 22, 2022
- 5 min
What I’m Reading - August 22’
It's back to school month! Life changes with the shifting of the seasons, and as we prepare for the fade of summer into fall, so too life...
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Ben Francis
- Aug 3, 2022
- 6 min
Is My Life Too Busy?
Is my life too busy? Probably… Busy; busyness: The state of having or being involved in many activities I remember stepping off the plane...
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Ben Francis
- Jul 15, 2022
- 8 min
Christians Should Judge each Other...Right?
“Only God can judge me!” That’s what the license tag said on the car parked in front of me. It's not an uncommon thing to hear in the...
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Ben Francis
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
A Society in Decay…
246 years ago, as America was becoming an official country unto itself, our founders had an idea about what it would take for a free and...
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Ben Francis
- Jun 21, 2022
- 11 min
How Should Christians Perform their Weddings?
Thinking through Weddings from a Biblical perspective.
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Ben Francis
- Jun 7, 2022
- 6 min
We're Living in Babylon...Not Heaven.
People Preparing for Exile… Christian faithfulness has meant various things throughout the many chapters of history. In one sense,...
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Ben Francis
- Jun 6, 2022
- 6 min
Does Social Media Deny my Physical Body?
“Are you angry, Dad?” That’s what my 10-year old son asked me early one morning as I forcibly prepared his breakfast. I had not said...
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Ben Francis
- Dec 31, 2021
- 5 min
Should Christians Care About Physical Health?
The Western world in which I live is torn between two opposing realities: One reality is the overwhelming abundance of food. Food is...
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