AROUND TOWN I’ve had several readers ask me how my vacation to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico went earlier this month. My answer each time has either been “fantastic” or “wonderful!” I can honestly say there...

Round Mountain Community Church The Way to Success I Corinthians 13:13, And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity (love). I John 4:8, He that loveth not k...

“But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is...

Psalms 55:1-6 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complain...

Scribbles and Poems by a Blackgum Mountain Boy How you fall in love, you may not recall, Sometimes it starts from only a sweet smile. It could have occurred after a date or two, You will soon say, “I ...

The Christian Union Station You are not an accident! You have a marvelous purpose. You are a masterful creation of God! Psst! Your purpose is to be about the Father’s business. This old world’s, or sh...

I attended the memorial service for Jim Mayo on October 11 in Salli-saw. I considered Jim the newspaper guru – the man you went to for answers when you had a newspaper problem. Of course I respected h...

Shelly Baker of Vian decided to go to college for the first time in her life nearly two years ago. Baker, 48, says she decided to pursue a degree in nursing and has been attending Carl Albert State Co...

Proverbs 4:20-23...My son attend to my words, incline thine ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life to those that find them, an...

The day we met, I knew I wanted you, To win your love, there was nothing I wouldn’t do. This was the first time I ever felt that way, You occupy my mind both night and day. I now long to hold you clos...

“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 the ...

1Corinthians 4:17 “For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every ...

The Christian Union Station The Lord’s prayer, have you really thought about the words in it? The words are timeless and weighty. Take a look at it if you haven’t. Matthew 6:9-13... 9 After this manne...

“… that you put off, concerning your former conduct, … you put on the new man” (Eph. 4:17-25). “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light… And have no fe...

Birthdays are special when you are with friends, While together, you find joy that has no end. Nothing is more important than sharing time and love, This is a gift we should not place things above. Me...

The Christian Union Station Editor’s Note: Pastor Mike Martin’s column, Mad At The Preacher Again, inadvertently ran under Pastor Reginald Kelley’s column header last week. We apologize for the error....

2Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throug...

Philippians 3:12-14... Not as though I had already attained, neither were already perfect; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I...

As our students and teachers return to the classroom this year, I am reminded that many children will be attending new schools this fall. That can be a problem for some or even most. Several years ago...

“Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!” (Deut 5:29-30). “ Wives, submit t...