Some people in Madagascar dig up the bones of their ancestors from time to time
and feature them in a festival. They do it to honor their ancestors. The best
way to honor our ancestors is to live in such a way that they would be proud of
us and pleased to claim us as their descendants.


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Robert Shannon, a retired preacher living in North Carolina, began preaching at the age of 16. He has preached in churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Florida, his longest ministry at First Christian Church of Largo Florida. Now in semi-retirement, he has preached regularly for churches in North Carolina and Tennessee. He has also contributed to kingdom work as a missionary to Eastern Europe and as a Bible College professor. He is past-president of the North American Christian Convention. Bob is the author or co-author of several books.

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