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Sermons and Bible studies. Teaching resources for rural church pastors and small group leaders.

What is the Rural Think Tank?

June 8, 2026 by Brent Lacy

In the latest episode of the Rural Think Tank Podcast, I discuss the history and purpose of the Rural Think Tank.

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It’s Friday

June 12, 2026 by Brent Lacy

It’s Friday by SM Lockridge – It’s Friday….Jesus is praying Peter’s a sleeping Judas is betraying But Sunday’s comin’ It’s Friday….Jesus is praying Peter’s a sleeping Judas is betraying But Sunday’s comin’ It’s Friday ….Pilate’s struggling The council is conspiring The crowd is vilifying They don’t even know That Sunday’s comin’ It’s Friday….The disciples are …

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Dry Bones in Rural America…

June 13, 2026 by Brent Lacy
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Grasshoppers!!!

June 12, 2026 by Brent Lacy

This post was originally published on my other blog, MinistryPlace.Net Numbers 13:31-33 31 Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.” 32 So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had …

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Spread the Gospel like Stubble Clover…

June 12, 2026 by Brent Lacy

The Gospel Grows Like Stubble Clover “So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.” — 1 Corinthians 3:7-8 (ESV) I was part of a lot of years of planting seasons as a kid and teenager. Want to know what my least favorite thing …

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Resource – Study on Philemon

June 12, 2026 by Brent Lacy

Useless or Useful? You Decide. Philemon 1 — “Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house.” The letter to Philemon is one of the shortest books in the New Testament. But it …

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