Isaiah 11:1-10 “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understandi...

“Yet I am the LORD your God, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no Savior besides Me. I knew you in the wilderness. In the land of great drought. When they had pasture, they were filled; T...

Three words. They don’t seem like much just to read them. I have been thinking about them for a couple of reasons. First I just read them in my morning quiet time, but I will get to that in a little b...

LOVE JESUS CHRIST, HE IS THE SOLID ROCK! BUILD ON JESUS CHRIST, HE IS THE CORNERSTONE OF FAITHFUL LIFE! I Corinthians 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual R...

Parents considering allowing their child to stay home alone this summer may have visions of “Home A l o n e ” protagonist Kevin McCallister fighting off the Wet Bandits or getting into other mischief....

Dear Editor, The Vian Police Department would like to give a special thank you to Marilyn Eckstein with Century 21 Realty for her generous donation, and Akins BBQ for the delicious sides. This donatio...

A fundamental error in religion, or an error of opinion respecting some fundamental doctrine of religion. But in countries where there is an established church, an opinion is deemed heresy, when it di...

“Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is co...

School is out! Summer break is here! As a matter of fact, Summer is a little less than a month away. Things start to get a little (understatement… a LOT) busy for the church. We have end of school eve...

ALL SOULS ARE THE LORD’S! THE WICKED SHALL DIE IN THEIR SINS! THE LORD WANTS ALL SOULS TO BE IN HEAVEN WITH HIM FOREVERMORE! REPENT! THE LORD DOESN’T WANT ANY SOUL TO BE SEPARATE FROM HIM! Ezekiel 18:...

For the first time in many years, my birthday fell on Mother’s Day. When this happens, I always stress to my daughter, Sydney, that I deserve twice as many gifts and twice the recognition. It’s like t...

1 Corinthians 12:21-22 “And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be ...

“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served — on the other ( side of the m River and in - . EgyP^ Serve y the Lord!” “But as for...

GOD IS LOVE! GOD LOVES EVERYONE AND HE WANTS EVERYONE TO COME TO HEAVEN! GOD GAVE MANKIND FREEWILL TO LOVE HIM, TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AND TO KNOW HIS SONJESUS CHRISTAS THE LORD AND SAVIOR OF ALL! 1 Joh...

I have been in ministry for almost 40 years. I have lived in a lot of places. I (and my family) have lived in garage apartments, rental houses and mostly church parsonages. Some of the places have bee...

2Peter 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. I am going...

“I will stand my watch” (Hab. 2:1). “But the just shall live by his faith” (Hab. 2:4). If there was ever a time for the Christian to “flex the faith muscle” it’s now! When we don’t use our “faith musc...

I know this is a week late for Mother’s Day. Sometimes I forget to look at the calendar and do a little advance planning (and writing). But to all the moms, this is for you and hope you had a happy Mo...

JACOB’S LADDER, WHAT A MESSAGE AND WHAT A VISION! ANGELS ASCENDING AND DESCENDING TO EARTH ON A LADDER! JACOB—ONE OF JESUS CHRIST’S KINSMAN—WAS A L L OW E D TO SEE A GLIMPSE OF ANGELS COMING DOWN FROM...

Psalms 8:3-4 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest h...