Members in every family proceed to decline, Death is cruel to all loved ones left behind. It hurts to accept someone is no longer here, Memories remind us how we held them dear. We’re never prepared f...

Are you being fed, spiritually? Are you being nurtured in your faith? Are you taking care of your soul’s health? Those are important questions. They are every bit as important as whether or not you’re...

Gore Town Administrator Horace Lindley was the featured speaker at the Sequoyah County Historical Society on Sunday, May 19. Lindley was raised in Muskogee and attended Muskogee Central High School an...

This was Another Busy Week at the House! A s session begins to wrap up, we’re continuing to hear Senate amendments to House bills. Many legislators are also spending time in conference committees to w...

2Peter 1:16 “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.” The term fable is refe...

Earlier this week I went to the VA Hospital, in Muskogee, to have lab work done on my blood. Please pray. I’m awaiting the results. But, did you know that life is in the blood? Leviticus 17:11 11 For ...

I had several great teachers while attending Vian High School from 1985 through 1989, but the cream of the crop was Julie Wilson, our high school Home Economics, Child Care and Accounting teacher. I l...

Vian Baptist Church “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Jeb Magruder, as...

Round Mountain Community Church Christ came to destroy him that had the power of death... Hebrew 2:14. Satan isn’t destroyed yet, but he will be put in the bottomless pit for a thousand years after Je...

Scribbles and Poems by a Blackgum Mountain Boy This is the time of year seniors are looking forward to graduating from high school. It’s also the time, 60 years ago in 1959, I was graduating from eig...

The Christian Union Station Anyone ever throw themselves a pity-party? Don’t feel bad. This is one of Satan’s snares for all people; especially for those who are working for God. One of the most renow...

“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God,” Heb. 4:14. “Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a clo...

Vian United Methodist Church God’s grace has been given for the world. John 3:16 is fulfilled. The 23 Psalm has been given flesh and blood. The Greatest commandment of Mathew 22:37 has been obeyed. Je...

Hearing The Remaining Senate Bills After last week’s committee deadline, the House has moved the majority of our focus to hearing the remaining Senate bills on the House floor. These bills cover a var...

“A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also” (John 14:19). “But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I...

It’s unwise to trust our tongue when we’re mad Some use it too much even when they’re glad. If we think before speaking, we’re usually alright One must remember, our mouth starts most fights. Speaking...

Round Mountain Community Church The road to divine healing is seldom an expressway, more often than not there are many roadblocks in the road, placed there by the devil to keep us from the blessing of...

There are 3,749 verses in the Gospels. Of those verses, exactly one half of one verse is dedicated to the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. Luke 23:56b says, “But they rested on the Sabbath in ...

As Oklahomans, we all know the weather is something we can’t predict and I’m beginning to think the meteorologists are just guessing most of the time, too. We went from heating to air conditioning in ...

Dear Editor, Ruby is a precious person. She loves and cares about people. She’s always busy doing the Lord’s work. He is using her in a mighty way. I’ve known Ruby for many years. She is like a sister...