If you could change one rule your family has, what would it be? Change my bedtime to 10. Of all the things you’re learning, what will be the most useful as an adult? Math, because you have to add stu...

Vian Baptist Church Psalms 103:8-14 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with ...

Faith isn’t simply optimism or wishful thinking. Perhaps the most Biblical description is what’s given in the Book of Hebrews. Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV) “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the ...

Faith may be defined as trust and belief, It helps us through pain in times of grief. It will lift you up when things are going wrong, With it in your heart, you never stand alone. Sometimes all bad l...

Psalms 81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. The newer translations of the Bible have trie...

Legislation to raise the Cherokee Nation’s chief and deputy chief’s salaries was voted down twice last Monday by the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council rules committee and the Cherokee Nation Tribal Counc...

I pray everyone had a great Independence Day. The celebration for the U.S.A. is a pale comparison of the celebration we’ll have when we all get to Heaven! I, like many other Christians, are so looking...

“I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death” (Rev 1:17-18), I say to all Believers, Do not fear death because I have conquered...

I’ve found that it doesn’t matter whether you live in the city or country - you can’t hide because the critters will always find you. I mentioned a few weeks back that I lived near the refuge and enjo...

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. While I was in the U.S. Navy I was assigned to the U.S.S. Providence. It was a light cru...

“…Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.” “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him....

I’m sure that if I asked the question “What is the church?”, I’d get a variety of answers. Some would say it’s an organization. Others would say it’s the people who make up the church. Others would sa...

Round Mountain Community Church (Continued) God the Father wants all of His children to become better acquaint-ed with Him. Getting acquainted through the word. I’m so glad I’m in the family, I want t...

The Christian Union Station The gift of tongues—what is it? It is a precious gift of God to His children. This gift is not meant to hinder the Word of God, but to increase the understanding of God. Ep...

Day After Day I sadly think about friends that have passed away, I know I too will face that dreadful day. Far too often I attend someone’s final goodbye, Life is precious but in due time, we all die....

AROUND TOWN May 11 marked another birthday for me which means I am now another year older, although I prefer to say I’m another year ‘wiser.’ Since my birthday is always a day or two before or after M...

I recently rode with the Oklahoma National Guard in a Black Hawk helicopter to observe flood damage in Webbers Falls and the Muskogee area. The breadth of the damage is sobering. So many people have s...

It’s been said, “You never know a man’s true worth until he’s gone.” It was true of Jesus. Nobody on earth, even those closest to Him, fully appreciated Him till after His death. They were dumbfounded...

“The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever. “The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace” (Ps 29:10-11). “But our God is in heaven...

1Peter 3:9 “Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.” We have been called to live exempl...