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Blessed Are The Peacemakers
Michael J. Brooks The Jimmy Carter administration faced a number of challenges, but arguably the high-water mark of achievement was the Camp David Peace Accords ...
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The last final exam
By Dean Kelly Back in the fall, for most, sometime in August, a new school year began. From little kindergarteners to those who would suffer ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, May 4, 2024 11:08 am
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The 40-minute walk to Bethany
By R.A. Mathews It’s a great mystery: the 40-minute walk to Bethany. It’s also one that hardly anyone notices. Why did Jesus take His disciples ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, April 28, 2024 10:08 am
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Please, help my unbelief!
By Dean Kelly As Jesus was leaving the site of the transfiguration, He saw a great multitude of people around His disciples. When He asked ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, April 27, 2024 10:50 am
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One Ascension?
By R.A. Mathews To me, it’s odd, but I will let you decide. The Day of Ascension is Thursday, May 9, which celebrates Jesus’ return ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, April 21, 2024 10:15 am
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Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s
By Dean Kelly This past Monday was “Tax Day” in America. I don’t know anyone who loves Tax Day. I’m not sure the IRS (Internal ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, April 20, 2024 11:40 am
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No Turning Back
Michael J. Brooks We planned a dream vacation several years ago to Las Vegas where we heard Barry Manilow and The Temptations (these are acts ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, April 20, 2024 11:37 am
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We’ve Never Done It That Way Before
By Michael J. Brooks A church property committee member complained some “knucklehead” installed the wrong bulbs in a room at church. I had to confess ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, April 14, 2024 6:02 am
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Never Give Up
By Dean Kelly I attended two Christian colleges. I went two years to Alabama Christian College (now Faulkner University) in Montgomery when it was a ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, April 7, 2024 7:19 pm
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O Death, Where Is Your Sting?
By Michael J. Brooks It’s been my experience that funeral home directors generally have a great sense of humor. I asked a gentleman about this ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, April 7, 2024 12:07 am
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The soldier’s famous words of faith
By R.A. Mathews He was not a young soldier. Not a private, first class. He’d risen through the ranks, the equivalent of a captain or ...
by Guest Columnist, Sunday, March 31, 2024 10:17 am
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A Friday to Remember
The wind in my face was bitterly cold in downtown Dallas a few years ago since the winter weather was yet lingering. My continuing education ...
by Guest Columnist, Saturday, March 30, 2024 10:13 am
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The Gospel message: Christ is risen!
By Dean Kelly When the Apostle Paul defines the central message of the gospel he says, “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which ...
by Guest Columnist, Friday, March 29, 2024 4:54 pm
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Mystery of the never-saddled colt
by R. A. Mathews This Sunday marks the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when the crowds celebrated our Lord as their king, laying branches ...
by Guest Columnist, Monday, March 25, 2024 8:25 am
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The Bible is God-breathed
By Dean Kelly In 2 Timothy 3:16 Paul said, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for ...