Vian Baptist Church Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. For this article I am going to do something I do not normally do. I am going t...

“The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught” (Psalm 9:15). ------------- “His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in ...

I went to the mailbox Tuesday morning. I forgot to get the mail Monday evening, so as I took the trash to the curb for pickup, I grabbed the mail. Right on the top of the stack was a letter with big, ...

SINNING WILL NOT GET YOU TO HEAVEN! DO YOU WANT THE SMOKING, OR NON-SMOKING OF ETERNAL LIFE? KNOW JESUS CHRIST, KNOW ETERNAL LIFE! NO JESUS CHRIST, NO ETERNAL LIFE! 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9Know ye not t...

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you -------------- richly in all wisdom...” (Col.3:16). How can His Word dwell in you? You open His Book! Let God speak to you, take it into your heart, let it become ...

The term ambivalent is defines as: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. That describes the present state of the world about two very important topics. The topics ar...

Last Tuesday I (well, Jill and I) had a phone call from a friend from Southwest Arkansas. I had the privilege of being her Pastor for 6 ½ years and continued on and off in that role for the next 4 yea...

DON’T LET ANYTHING OR ANYONE GET IN THE WAY OF THE LORD! ALWAYS LET HIM GO BEFORE YOU AND BE WITH YOU ALWAYS! THERE IS ONLY GOD THEFATHER,GODTHESON,AND GOD THE HOLY GHOST! CLING TO HIM FOR ETERNAL LIF...

Dear Editor, Today, I learned of a tragic death in the Box Community, north of Vian. On July 31, the old Box School building by the Box Cemetery was demolished, bulldozed and burned. There was no memo...

Dear Editor, The Vian Police Department would like to give a special thanks to Blake Lyons with Cherokee Nation Public Health in donating two large cases of Narcan to help us in our fight against Fent...

ICorinthians 9:24-27 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things....

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and ~ pray; for you do not know when the time is”(Mark 13:32-33). “in a moment...

FCS/4-H It’s estimated that more than one-third of adults in the U.S. are getting less than seven hours of sleep daily. Prol onged lack of sleep can lead to serious health consequences, including immu...

While in Virginia last week, Jill and I had the opportunity to spend time with the Grandkids, Killian (my warrior) and Selah Belle (my…well, Selah Belle). We played games, went shopping, had breakfast...

THE LORD IS VERY SERIOUS! BE A BLESSED CHRISTIAN IN THE LORD! COME TO THE RIVER OF LIFE AND DRINK DEEPLY! Psalm 1:1-6 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth i...

Psalms 53:2 “God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.” Truly, if God looked down today what would be see? Can you imagine ...

Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Jesus gave His life for the sinner...you and I! Praise the Lord! You can be saved! Today ...

I am in Virginia this week. I am writing this article from my room at an Airbnb outside of Amherst (a community north and east of Lynchburg). Jill and I decided to take a little time off and come see ...

THE BIBLE IS GOD’S HOLY WORD! IT’S THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH OF GOD ALMIGHTY! GOD’S HOLY WORD CAN AND DOES SEPARATE YOU FROM DEATH IF YOU KNOW JESUS CHRIST AND SAVIOR! HEAV...

Judges 2:10 “And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.” Thi...