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For the last 12 years my wife and I have been a part of New Life Covenant Church in Peru Indiana. Unfortunately the church’s attendance has dwindled over the years to the point where an announcement was made last week by our pastor that the church would be ceasing its meetings. It has been a great blessing to me to be able to share Bible teachings in the church, which account for the majority of this site’s postings. As I will no longer be teaching there, the regular lesson postings will not take place. I will probably be making more frequent “blog” postings instead. I do appreciate those who have come to this site, and hope that you have found the lessons profitable, and will continue to visit the site for fresh postings.

This puts us in the unpleasant but common position of needing to find a new church. Believers should not be isolated by choice. We believe that God knows where he wants us to be, and that he will make that plain to us. It is he who sets the members in the body, as it pleases him.

It has been a very great privilege to teach here and there has been a great deal of love within our small group. It is a common observation that we learn more by teaching than we are able to convey, and it has been a joy to listen to, and hear from God concerning the topics and content of the lessons.

Prayers for us and for the other members of the church to find our proper places elsewhere would be appreciated.

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This site includes materials I have developed, most of them Christian in nature. These will include:

- Teachings that I have delivered in church, in the form of "study notes" which are usually passed out to those present, and accompanying voice recordings. These are usually published about three times a month.

- Narrations from Pilgrim's Progress (the classic book by John Bunyan), famous sermons from the past (as, by Jonathan Edwards or Charles Spurgeon) or other short stories

- Narrations of humorous short stories by Patrick McManus or Sholom Aleichem.

Please explore the site, read and listen, and I hope you find it both enjoyable and spiritually profitable.

Howard Slack

Peru, IN

Please note that there is a button below for "Miscellaneous Studies" under "Lessons by Topic". This might be easily considered to be the "leftovers" and therefore ignored. In fact they are simply lessons that are not a part of a series, and do not fit into one of the existing types. Some of my favorites are there, so I hope you will take the time to browse through them.

Recent Lessons/Submissions

(within the last 6-8 weeks)

Note: I usually teach every Sunday morning except the first Sunday of the month. I try to get the text notes out as soon as possible, but the audio recordings will not be available until later Sunday, or even Monday.

Are you wondering if you are really a Christian, or you want to be but do not know what it means or how to become one, here is some help.

Click here for readable notes:

or here to listen:

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TRAIN OF THOUGHT

True Success

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A Good Joke

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Ashamed to Repent?

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Howard Slack was a computer programmer but has now retired. He is the husband of one wife, father of 12, and grandfather of 32 going on 34. He has been a Spirit-filled Christian since 1973 and has been blessed with the opportunity to teach in various churches over the years. He is a member of the New Life Covenant church in New Santa Fe, Indiana.

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