Ephesians 5:17-21 says: Wherefore be ye not unwise, but under standing what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the spirit. Speaking to yourselve...

John 11:10 “But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.” The Edge of Night was a long running TV serial that aired from 1956 1984. It was a popular show and many pe...

Dear Editor, Both of my parents were born and grew up in Vian. My father was Olen Barker and my mother was Lorene Keck Barker; both are deceased. In going through my mother’s papers, I found the enclo...

Dear Editor, I am the director of Lake Tenkiller Sky Warn, a group of HAM radio operators who live on or around the Lake Tenkiller area. The purpose of this group is to monitor and report severe weath...

One characteristic of the God kind of love is that it forgives. When God’s love is in demonstration, there is an attitude of forgiveness because love and forgiveness go hand in-hand. The God kind of l...

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1). .. the just shall live by his faith (Hab. 2:4). Faithless If there was ever a time for the Church to let Her ...

IThessalonians 5:3 “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” There is a idiom that has been ...

Harris family thanks you Letter to the Editor: Thank you doesn’t fully express the deep appreciation we feel for the kindness that all our friends, neighbors and family have shown us through this very...

Dear Editor, God is so great and awesome! As pastor of the Vian United Methodist Church, my wife and I would love to invite everyone to visit and worship with our church family. We are a “come as you ...

“ Matthew 9:4-7 “And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye may kn...

Righteousness is the ability to stand in the presence of God, without the sense of guilt or inferiority as though sin never existed. Isaiah 54:13-17... And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord...

  “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and th...

Dist. 7 Perhaps you’ve wondered why I don’t publish a weekly column about what’s going on at the capitol. Well, it’s because I am trying to spare you. Depending on your world view and your point of vi...

Christians, let us “celebrate” our Nation! Let’s begin in prayer. Our Nation is in turmoil and only prayer to our One and Holy God can change it. God has blessed America, but I am afraid we have forgo...

When God gave us the New Testament law of love, He said we’re to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. That just means that we’re to love our fellow man and fellow believer as we would love ourselve...

“…Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples” (Ps. 96:2-3) W h e n was the last time you shared your Salvation experien...

Ecclesiastics 12:1 “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;” Man needs companionship....

“…Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him” (Gen. 5). We are “…to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and wit...

Isaiah 42:6-7 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eye...

What’s in your heart will eventually come out of your mouth, Matthew 12:34. That’s why the b i b l e s a y s , “ K e e p thy heart w i t h all dilig e n c e , for out of it are the i s s u e s of life...