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Over all creation, Christ occupies the relation of supremacy such as is accorded the firstborn; and such is preeminently due to the `firstborn of all creation'.

David Lipscomb

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Lennie Acuff leaving UAH to coach basketball at Lipscomb University

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - UAH men's basketball coach Lennie Acuff is leaving the school for a coaching job at Lipscomb University in Nashville. UAH announced Acuff's departure Tuesday afternoon. "I want to thank everyone associated with UAH for giving me the opportunity to serve as the men's basketball coach for the past 22 years," Acuff said in a statement from the university. "It has been an amazing journey, and I will cherish every moment that I was allowed to represent UAH. I hope that all the players who have worn the Charger uniform know how much they mean to me, and they have impacted my life in so many ways."

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"Money given to build houses is not given to the Lord"

"Money given to build houses is not given to the Lord,"

In the summer of 1891, a plea for help appeared in one of the papers. Bearing the heading “Left to Die,” the letter writer stated that the cause would die in a particular location if the brethren there did not receive sufficient contributions for a new church building. Reflecting on this assertion, David Lipscomb demurs: There is not an intimation in the New Testament that the success of the word…

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Standing up even when it is unpopular

Standing up even when it is unpopular

I admit it’s one of my pet peeves; I get frustrated when we (members of Churches of Christ) act as if all the spiritual heroes out there are from other fellowships. I am not suggesting that there aren’t admirable people out there, but I think we have a blind spot to our own heroes. David Lipscomb is one such hero. You may already be aware of his great influence as a preacher and Bible scholar,…

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"The most distinctly southern city I ever saw": Nashville, 1897

“The most distinctly southern city I ever saw”: Nashville, 1897

Morrison Meade Davis (1850–1926)

To follow up on J. A. Lord’s comments about Nashville in my last post, here’s an excerpt from an account of a visit that M. M. Davis, then pastor of the Central Christian Church in Dallas, paid to Nashville in the summer of 1897:

Nashville is a splendid city of 100,000 people, and is the most distinctly southern city I ever saw; much more so than Dallas. It is…

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Coach Don Meyer

Before I dive into my thoughts on Coach Meyer, there has been an incredible amount of articles, videos, blogs, posts, etc. throughout the day, as the outpouring of emotions from people throughout the basketball community has been quite remarkable.

If you knew Coach Meyer )of which a high percentage of the basketball coaching community did), then you have some idea of the far-reaching influence of the man.  

As such, I'll follow this post with some of my own, personal thoughts/insights about Coach, but there has been so much more shared today, and I wanted to provide links to several of the articles, videos, posts, etc.

Here is the official tribute page for Coach Meyer (and, by the way, it's phenomenal):  http://coachmeyertribute.com/story-wall/

Buster Olney's Thoughts:  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10950375/legendary-coach-don-meyer-teacher-all

Release/story from David Lipscomb University:  http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/filter/item/0/28159

Release/story from Hamline University:  http://www.hamlineathletics.com/news/2014/5/14/MBB_0514143508.aspx?path=mbball

Release from Northern State University:  http://northernstatewolves.com/news/2014/5/18/GEN_0518141405.aspx

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Legendary College Basketball Coach Don Meyer Passes Away

Coach Don Meyer passed away at 6:52 a.m. (CST) today (Sunday).

Clearly, he was one of the most respected, influential and proud small college basketball coaches.....not to mention that he was one of the most successful.

I will plan to write more about my personal experiences with Coach Meyer here shortly, but I will start by listing the links to a number of the articles that have already been written.

Much more to come, but here you go:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2014/05/18/don-meyer-among-coaches-with-most-wins-has-died/9245693/

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/don-meyer-coaches-wins-died-23767497

http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/2014/05/18/don-meyer-dies-basketball-coach/9245735/

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10949643/don-meyer-college-basketball-coaches-most-wins-dies-age-69

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Don Meyer and a Great Scene - Away From the Court - at the NAIA Tournament

At Municipal Auditorium, the public address announcer announced participants in the inaugural 3-point contest, Slam Dunk contest and the All Star Game.  Along with those announcements, the coaches for the All Star Game were announced.

Coaching the NAIA Division II All Stars was Al Waller.  Coach Waller was the long-time coach at the College of the Ozarks, and he's now the school's Athletic Director and the Commissioner of the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference.  Coaching the NAIA Division I All Stars was Don Meyer.  If you're following this blog, you are probably aware of Coach Don Meyer. He's coached at Hamline, David Lipscomb and Northern State.  When he retired from Northern State, his win total of 923 wins was the most of any NCAA coach, at any level, ever.  (Having written this, most of his wins came at David Lipscomb, which was an NAIA program at the time).

Coach Meyer's Lipscomb team won the 1986 NAIA National Championship, and he was named the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1989.  In 1990, at the age of 47, he was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame.

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And so, after Coach Meyer was introduced to the crowd on Friday night, I watched him. He's now in a wheelchair, and he disappeared into the tunnel on the South side of the arena.  So after, I saw him sitting behind the South basket, with coaches on his left and right.  Seated to his left was Joe Niland, the coach and Athletic Director at the University of Mobile.  Seated to his right was Dannton Jackson, Head Coach at Xavier in New Orleans.

I watched the scene for quite a while, both from a distance and up close.  All heads were down during a good portion of the time.  As I got a bit closer, I saw Coach Meyer writing, and I saw Coach Niland and Coach Jackson scribbling away.  They were taking notes on whatever he said and wrote. 

It reminded me that the great coaches are great teachers.  AND the great teachers are greats listeners and great pupils.