Resources by Charlie Wingard

Depression Era Alabama

By Charlie Wingard · September 30, 2013 · 0 Comments
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Wingards came to Alabama sometime around 1820. Leaving South Carolina, they settled in Pike County, west of Troy. Look at a detailed map and you’ll find Wingard, Alabama. My great grandfather, George Franklin Wingard, married into the Moore family. The Moore-Wingard family farm, called Elmdale, was situated on the Pike and Montgomery County line, and was sold to a paper company in the early 1950s. My Dad (George), Uncle John, and Aunt Martha did a good part of their growing up in Montgomery County. I love these photos. How different was Depression era Alabama! (l-r: Uncle John, Aunt Martha, Dad) One thing you’ll notice in several of these pictures is the bright Alabama sun –  eyes are closed! I tended…

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From the Heidelberg Catechism, for the Lord’s Day, September 29

By Charlie Wingard · September 29, 2013 · 0 Comments
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The Fifth Commandment “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.” 104. What does God require in the fifth Commandment? That I show all honor, love, and faithfulness to my father and mother, and to all in authority over me, submit myself with due obedience to all their good instruction and correction, and also bear patiently with their infirmities, since it is God’s will to govern us by their hand.

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The Lord Jesus Makes No Mistakes

By Charlie Wingard · September 28, 2013 · 0 Comments
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From Bishop Ryle: The Lord Jesus makes no mistakes in managing His friends’ affairs. He orders all their concerns with perfect wisdom. All things happen at the right time, and in the right way. He gives them as much of sickness and as much of health, as much of poverty and as much of riches, as much of sorrow and as much of joy, as He sees their souls require. He leads them by the right way to bring them to the city of habitation. He mixes their bitterest cups like a wise physician, and takes care that they have not a drop too little or too much. His people often misunderstand His dealings; they are silly enough to fancy…

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Sunday, September 29, at Westminster

By Charlie Wingard · September 28, 2013 · 0 Comments
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Click here for tomorrow’s bulletin. MORNING WORSHIP (9:30):  Charlie Wingard, preaching: Ecclesiastes 1:1-3:15, “Living Wisely in a Broken World” CONGREGATIONAL MEETING REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SANCTUARY (11:00) EVENING WORSHIP (6:00):  Nathan Eldridge, preaching: Proverbs 22:4  (and selected Proverbs, “The Character of Wisdom: Humility”

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Various & Sundry: September 27

By Charlie Wingard · September 27, 2013 · 0 Comments
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German and American soldiers unite to fight one of the last battles of World War II in Europe. Exceedingly strange but true. “What do you do with the site of a mass shooting?” David Murray provides a helpful explanation of the regulative principle of worship. Paul Tripp on ministry readiness and spiritual maturity. On performing Shakespeare with the original pronunciation.

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